PostPath looks to bring in Linux-based replacement.
Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, Bob Muglia, mulls Microsoft's management lineup.
Windows-based authentication such as VPNs could face a trying transition.
Current Microsoft managment products garner good reviews; questions dog long-range plan.
Microsoft posts nearly $3 billion in net income for its fiscal third quarter.
Microsoft acquires AssetMetrix, provider of hosted asset management.
Microsoft adds to System Center management tool family.