Products released to manufacturing: Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster - HPC Microsoft Antigen – E-mail SecurityAnnouncements: Microsoft ForeFront™ Client Security – Anti-Virus SQL Server 2005 Always On – High Availability Services Disruption, Management as a Service Office Business Application Strategy Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 by the end of JulyProducts renamed 🙂 WinFX is now … Continue reading TechEd 2006 News →

During the WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) keynote today, Bill Gates announced the release of the Beta 2 for Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server "Longhorn". Here's a review of the status of some of the major betas available today:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Internet Explorer 7 The next browser from … Continue reading Betas, Betas, Betas →

If you follow Microsoft technology closely, there were a few webcasts from Bill Gates recently that provided a comprehensive overview all the platform. Here are the links: First, there's the keynote at the CEO Summit:http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2006/05-17CEOSummit.asp Then, there was the keynote at the SharePoint Conference:https://www.bluereg.com/event/sharepointconference/Link.aspx?url=keynotes.htm&Title=Keynotes Last, there was be a keynote during the WinHEC (Hardware Engineering … Continue reading Some webcasts worth watching →

You probably heard about the new Windows Shell, which will make its debut as the main command-line interface for Exchange Server 2007. This new shell just got renamed to PowerShell. It was originally known by the codename "monad" and was also called the "Microsoft Shell" or "msh".This has been available as a public beta for … Continue reading Monad is now PowerShell, goes RC1 →

Just to let you know that "Exchange 12" has a final name, announced just today. Synching up with the Office System release, it is Exchange Server 2007. The product has a preview released in MSDN right now and a Beta 2 is expected later this year. As the name suggests, the final release will come … Continue reading Exchange Server 2007 →

I just noticed it today, while logging on to MSDN subscriber downloads. The Passport service, which is the main identity system for Microsoft's web sites, is using a new domain name. We are now redirected to https://login.live.com instead of the old https://www.passport.net. This is part of the move of many Microsoft web-based properties to the … Continue reading Windows Live ID →

Beta 2 for Internet Explorer 7 has been released today. As usual, you can download following the links at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. If you're already running the Beta 2 Preview, you'll need to uninstall that version before you can install the Beta 2 version.This beta is available for Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) and Windows Server … Continue reading Internet Explorer Beta 2 →

I was surprised to see a number of sites providing the download of the "Windows Vista Beta 2 Product Guide", the 300+  page XPS document that describes in detail all the features of the new OS. This document, also known as "The Book of Vista", has been available until now just internally at Microsoft and … Continue reading Windows Vista Product Guide →