Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next  year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As expected, Microsoft rolled out only one  patch for this month's Patch Tuesday, a critical bulletin for PowerPoint.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- May 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured  Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number  of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has set up a repository in which government agencies may upload and store their public-facing datasets so that they can be reused by other parties.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- May 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The second community technology preview of Microsoft's System Center Service Manager is now  available for a virtual test drive, according to a Microsoft announcement last week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- May 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday launched the second beta of its claims-based  identity management server platform, code-named "Geneva."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next release of Microsoft's SQL Server database, code-named "Kilimanjaro," will offer master data management (MDM) and support real-time  data feeds for business intelligence (BI), reporting and analytics, the company  revealed today. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The middleware software market has entered the slow lane in  2009, according to a Gartner report announced on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- May 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to roll out only one "critical" patch on Tuesday, affecting PowerPoint, for its May security update.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- May 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT pros can now get a package of remote server management tools that work with the new Windows 7 release candidate, which Microsoft released to the public on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced that the Windows 7 release candidate (RC) is now available to the general public. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced  that it is seeking customers  willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 04, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced some SharePoint product updates that may have  gotten trampled under a stampede of information flowing out of Redmond this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- May 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners may see Dynamics and R&D spending being cut, but Microsoft is ramping up to gain on the market leaders. 
                    
			            - By Joshua  Greenbaum 
- May 01, 2009