Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft airs back-up, recovery tools, 10/03/05
Microsoft last week released Data Protection Manager, back-up and recovery software and the newest member of the company’s System Center family of management tools.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/100305-microsoft-dpm.html?nl
Weblog: New version of Active Directory Migration Tool, 10/03/05
Version 3.0 is designed to simplify the process of restructuring an Active Directory environment. The tools will migrate users from NT to Active Directory, between AD domains in different directory forests and between domains in the same forest. It …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/010076.html?nl
Microsoft at 30 moves toward services, 10/03/05
Windows may have defined Microsoft since its inception, but it will be services, not software, that give the world’s largest software company its claim to fame in the future, according to analysts.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/100305-microsoft.html?nl
Weblog: MOM for your OS, 10/03/05
Here’s the newest add-on for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, the Microsoft Windows Base Operating System Management Pack. The pack provides detection, alerting and automatic response to events and performance issues in hopes of keeping the OS up …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/010078.html?nl
Fix for IPSec issues on Windows, 10/03/05
Microsoft just released a fix for multiple IPSec issues in both its server and client operating system. The problem is with the IPSec Policy Agent (IPsecsvc.dll), which manages IP security policy. The effected systems are: Windows Server 2003, Windows …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/010075.html?nl
Longhorn Server taking shape, 10/03/05
Longhorn Server, due to ship in 2007, has been the translucent entry at the end of Microsoft’s server road map, which includes Release 2 shipment year-end and the high-performance Compute Cluster Edition version next year.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/100305-longhorn-server.html?nl
Opinion: Massachusetts Open Doc moves lack logic, 10/03/05
At the risk of offending many of the fine folks who produce this excellent periodical and who live in the Bay State – has the government of Massachusetts gone plumb loco?
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/100305kearns.html?nl
Eolas patent decision goes against Microsoft, 09/29/05
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week endorsed a Web-browsing patent Microsoft is accused of infringing, dealing a setback to the software company.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092905-microsoft-eolas.html?nl
Microsoft’s Ballmer to meet EC anti-trust chief, 09/29/05
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will meet the European Union’s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, next Wednesday to discuss a range of ongoing issues.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092905-ballmer-kroes.html?nl
Microsoft gets hacker feedback on IE7 Beta 2, 09/29/05
Microsoft showed off the preliminary work it has done on the second beta version of its popular Internet Explorer, Version 7, at the Hack in the Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and came away with some good feedback, managers at the …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092905-microsoft-ie7.html
Microsoft releases backup, recovery software, 09/28/05
Microsoft Tuesday released Data Protection Manager, backup and recovery software and the newest member of the company’s System Center family of management tools.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092805-microsoft-backup.html
Newsletter: Microsoft touts Live Communications Server for securing IM, 09/28/05
Instant messaging – to some network managers it’s the devil’s tool. It eats up bandwidth while contributing to a downturn in productivity they say. …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0926nt2.html?nl
EMC unveils Exchange management software, 09/28/05
EMC this week unveiled new software for managing Microsoft Exchange environments.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092805-emc-exchange.html?nl
Weblog: More on Microsoft licensing, 09/28/05
Earlier this month, Microsoft made another round of changes to its Software Assurance program for software maintenance. Now they have published a benefits comparison chart that explains which Software Assurance benefits apply to each Microsoft Volume …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/010055.html?nl
Weblog: Help with Windows Server R2, 09/28/05
Microsoft is planning a number of Webcasts next month to educate IT about the coming features in Windows Server 2003 R2, such as identity federation, branch office support and storage management. The Webcasts begin on Oct. 4 with a new one each week …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/010057.html?nl
Microsoft, JBoss link up, 09/27/05
Bowing to market realities, Microsoft said Tuesday it will begin working with an ideological foe, open-source development and services company JBoss, on optimizing interoperability between JBoss’ middleware and Microsoft’s Windows Server software.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092705-microsoft-jboss.html?nl
EqualLogic aims at enterprises, backs Microsoft, 09/27/05
EqualLogic unveiled a new storage array, the PS300E, its first product targeting enterprises as well as its traditional midrange customer base Tuesday at the Storage Decisions conference in New York. The storage area network company also stepped up …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092705-equallogic.html?nl
