Microsoft releases free ebook: Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you'll encounter.
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12.4.2006 Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local and remote connectivity checks help ensure database availability.
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5.6.2006 Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - September CTP
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
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24.9.2006 Podcasts: Microsoft IT Showcase: How Microsoft IT Architects and Configures DFS Replication
Edit: Something close to my heart! I sure hope the R2 changes to DFS are as good as they sound in all the marketing documents!
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25.2.2006 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 Microsoft set to beta Microsoft Security Essentials June 23
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23.
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18.6.2009 Microsoft is 30 years old today! have a look at the Microsoft Timeline
It's hard to believe that Microsoft is already 30 years old. The company that made Redmond, Washington, a household name was actually founded in 1975 in another city by two young Seattle men, one of whom was a college dropout. From this inauspicious beginning came an equally improbable vision: A personal computer on every desk and in every home. Thirty years later, it seems so obvious. But at the time, when only a handful of people knew what a personal computer was, it was a great leap of faith and daring.
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Microsoft Windows Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2.0038
Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.
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26.7.2006 Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!
Microsoft doesn't want you to pirate their software, but if you must choose between illegally installing Windows or a competitor's operating system, Microsoft would prefer that you choose them.
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15.3.2007 Microsoft releases new Ultimate Extras - Microsoft Tinker
Microsoft has silently released 3 updates for Windows Ultimate users today.
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23.9.2008 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the projects consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 Microsoft Launches Microsoft TalentLab in The Netherlands
Demand for ICT specialists is growing; new portal site advertises job vacancies at Microsoft partners with guaranteed training.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft 4 Patas
Four different wallpapers with those that are considered men best friend. Besides that, icons and sounds give a special touch in this theme, that is already a success in those that love dogs.
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5.1.2006 What Microsoft has that Linux
Microsoft has seven "Microsoft Across America" trucks cruising the country, visiting Microsoft Partners at their request to show off the latest Windows wonders. At last count, there were exactly zero (0) "Linux Across America" trucks.
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15.8.2006 Microsoft isn't done with Vista yet
There is still more work to be done on Windows Vista, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on the day the company's highly-anticipated operating system is officially released to enterprise customers.
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2.12.2006 Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft?
I'm doing a short project on Microsoft and its impact on society.
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15.12.2006 A word with you, please, Microsoft
If Microsoft's 1976 was all about "hobbyists" and "Altair," then its buzzwords for 2006 were things such as "connected entertainment," "interoperability," "Zune," and "Windows Vista."
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2.1.2007 Microsofts IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical.
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15.1.2007 Microsoft Feeds Plus
Microsoft Feeds Plus is an
Internet Explorer 7 add-on for Windows XP/2003/Vista that makes your feed reading experience easy and efficient. You can read your feeds in a combined view (aggregate feeds) and get pop-up notifications when there are new items to read.
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27.1.2007 Microsoft Wants Yahoo
Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.
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5.5.2007 Microsoft: Why the Silence about IE 8.0?
Two years ago, Microsoft used the Bill Gates keynote at its MIX conference as the launch pad for Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0, which shipped last year. However, this year at MIX07, news of the next IE version, which Microsoft has confirmed is in development, was not to be had.
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6.5.2007 Microsoft Seadragon
Seadragon is an incubation project resulting from the acquisition of Seadragon Software in February. Its aim is nothing less than to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays to mobile devices, so that visual information can be smoothly browsed regardless of the amount of data involved or the bandwidth of the network.
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6.6.2007 Microsoft Got Hacked!
The official Microsoft U.K. Domain was attacked and defaced by a hacker identified as rEmOtEr. Microsoft confirmed that the hack has been successful. rEmOtEr altered a webpage in the Microsoft.co.uk domain with two images and multiple references to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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1.7.2007 Microsoft Gives Up on Antitrust
Microsoft has long been a landmark of monopoly worldwide. But this detail is about to change as the Redmond company has evolved, following the various antitrust rulings against it both at home and abroad. In this context, Microsoft has suffered antitrust scrutinies not only in the U.S. but also in the European Union as well as in South Korea.
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16.10.2007 Microsoft ThinSight
A computer screen that also acts as a two-handed touch interface and a crude infrared camera has been developed by researchers at Microsoft's labs in the UK.
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23.10.2007 Microsoft is in Danger (Inc.)
Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase Danger, the makers of the T-Mobile Sidekick product but otherwise known as the Danger Hiptop to those within the industry.
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11.2.2008 Microsoft Sphere
As you all know about Microsoft Surface....Microsoft Sphere is the current R&D product that Microsoft is developing.
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1.8.2008 Where Should Microsoft Partner Next?
DEMOfall 08 is an autumn harvest of companies Microsoft should be partnering with.
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10.9.2008 I Still Believe in a Microsoft Phone
Michael Gartenberg says I'm wrong about the Microsoft phone. Not so fast, Michael.
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27.11.2008 Microsoft: We can Fix that for you
Microsoft Windows operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista provide troubleshooting options for errors that occur in your PC and sometimes provide a link which can have a solution for that error.
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3.1.2009Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans
Microsoft is sharing more details about its small- and mid-size servers due out later this year that will be built around
Windows Server 2008.
Both of these servers are part of the
newly-christened Essential Server Solutions Family. At the
low end (for users with 50 PCs or fewer), Microsoft will offer Windows Small Business Server 2008, the product codenamed “Cougar.” For
mid-size companies, Microsoft is readying Windows Essential Business Server 2008, codenamed
“Centro.”
winbeta.org - 20.02.2008
$10,000 Says Windows Vista
Won't Ship on Time
Earlier this week Bill Gates
said there was an 80 percent
chance Windows Vista would
ship in January 2007 as
scheduled.
At
the time I said "I wouldn't
make any bets with odds like
that," and neither would Mac
developer Wil Shipley--he
wants to bet Bill $10,000 that
Vista won't ship by next
January, and he's giving the
Microsoft chairman 3 to 1 odds
(which, for the
math-challenged, is better
than Bill's 80%, or
4:1).
Of
course, Gates will never take
him or anyone else (except
maybe Ballmer or Allchin) up
on that bet, but it would be
nice to see him put his money,
as Shipley says, where his
mouth is.
jcxp.net - 16.07.2006
OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows support
Claims that the One Laptop Per
Child project and Microsoft
had partnered to put Windows
XP Starter Edition on the
laptop have turned out to be
false. According to Walter
Bender, president of Software
and Content at OLPC, there is
no agreement in place between
OLPC and Microsoft to offer XO
laptops with any version of
Windows. Bender also indicated
that Microsoft has not
contacted OLPC regarding its
$3 software bundling
program, nor have any
governments requested that the
XO be outfitted with
Windows.
Microsoft
may be one of over 1,500
developers accepted to OLPC's
developer program, the company
does have access to XO
prototypes and has said that
it will develop for the XO
laptop. However, when asked if
OLPC was aware of any tests of
either XP Starter Edition or
Vista Starter Edition on the
XO, Bender said that he was
not.
neowin.net - 03.05.2007
What will Windows 7 look like?
By now, everyone has heard how
Microsoft plans to release the
next Windows client OS,
Windows 7, in 2010. But what
the company is not making
clear is what new features the
OS will have, a topic that has
become fodder for educated
Windows 7 speculation.
Analysts said Microsoft
probably is keeping
tight-lipped about what
Windows 7 will look like
because at this point, company
engineers and executives
don't even know.
"They don't want to commit
because they don't have a
good idea what's in it,"
said Michael Silver, an
analyst with Gartner. "We're
three years out, so you can't
really expect that much
detail." Michael Cherry, an
analyst with Directions on
Microsoft, said that with so
many people still in the midst
of upgrading to the latest
client OS, Windows Vista,
he's hesitant to speculate on
what might be in the next OS.
"We barely know the features
of the one we just got," he
said with a laugh.
neowin.net - 25.07.2007
Windows Home Server, RC Next week?
Two bits of information on
Windows Home Server were
releaced at TechEd 2007 "Day
3".
First there are only going
to be two ways for people to
get the SKU. First is from an
OEM like HP the other method
will be from System Builders.
If you were hoping for picking
this up at your local big box
off the shelf, like me, we are
out of luck. there might be
one exception to this and that
could be the current beta test
population. He was hopeful
that they would be able to
provide RTM to the existing
beta testers, but as with all
things there is no guarantee.
The
second bit of really useful
information was that we might
see an RC version of Home
server as early as next week.
If you have been holing out
rebuilding your home server on
RC, like me, then with any
luck next week is what you
have been waiting for.
jcxp.net - 09.06.2007
Mark Russinovich and David Solomon: Windows Internals 5 Released
Windows kernel expert and kernel "professor" David Solomon and
Windows Kernel Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich have written another
great book covering, in great detail, the internal composition of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. A third author,Alex Ionescu, joined
the fray this time around. Together, they've just released W
indows Internals Fifth Edition. My order has been submitted! If you want to really understand the mechanics of Windows' latest generation general
purpose kernel, then go get this book.
winbeta.org - 19.06.2009
Comparing executable files in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs
Windows Server 2008 Server
Core installation is a minimal
install of the upcoming
Windows Server OS that can run
specific roles (like DNS,
Active Directory or File
Server) with a much smaller
footprint and attack
surface.
In a
previous
blog post I looked into
overall image sizes for both
and also discussed some of the
details about the differences
between these Full and the
Core installs.
Now I am taking it one
step further to look into the
executable files in both
installs. I will be presenting
about this next Thursday and
wanted to have a better feel
for whats really the
difference between the two. My
findings are presented below,
first with some overall counts
and then looking at files by
group (only in Core, in both,
only in full).
winbeta.org - 31.07.2007
Visual Studio Team System and Windows Live Hotmail
Ever wonder what its like to
build and test a Web site
which has to scale to over 260
million customers? This
technical case study details
how the Windows Live Hotmail
team used the testing
capabilities of Visual Studio
Team System to ensure that the
newest rollout of their site
would live up to their site
performance requirements.
Excerpts:
- The
operating environment that
hosts Windows Live Hotmail is
one of the most advanced data
centers in the world. To go
into great detail about how
this data center is
architected would be beyond
the scope of this document.
What we can say about his
environment is that it is
broadly categorized into front
door servers and
behind-the-scenes servers.
- The goal
established by the Windows
Live Development team for the
front door servers was that
each server to be able to
support 215,000 concurrent
clients. However, to validate
this goal, the team had to
understand what their baseline
was.
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22.07.2007Windows Mobile 6 - More Information
Windows Mobile 6 has been
officially announced, released
and of course
covered
before on Neowin's
front
page. Regardless of this
"small detail", I'd like to
finish off with a third
posting that wraps everything
up with a bunch of quotes and
links. So, without further
ado, here we go: Scores of
additional mobile operators
and device makers from around
the globe, including Cingular
Wireless, now the new AT&T,
Chunghwa Telecom, Dopod
International Corp., HP, LG
Electronics, Motorola Inc.,
Palm Inc., Samsung, Sprint,
Telefnica, Toshiba, Verizon
Wireless and Vodafone, plan to
ship Windows Mobile 6-based
devices this year. Many of
these partners are expanding
large existing portfolios of
Windows Mobile powered
smartphones.
According to
Lokeui,
all beta testers should take
note that the Windows Mobile 6
RTM build has undergone many
speed tweaks: " From
switching windows, going
through long lists like
contacts and mail, navigating
web pages, going back and
forth etc. At least 20-30%
faster IMHO ." Lokeui also
wanted to clarify the name for
the latest version of
Microsoft's Mobile OS. It's
either Windows Mobile 6
or WM6 (incidentally,
"Windows Embedded CE 6.0" is
the official name for the
latest version of Windows CE),
not:
Windows
Mobile
6.0W
indows Mobile 6.x
Windows
Mobile Six
Pocket PC
6
Smartphone
6
Microsoft
Phone 6
Windows CE
6
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13.02.2007“Certified for Windows Vista” Software Logo Requirements
Critical to the
success of User Account
Control is having software
that works well for standard
users and administrators,
without excess prompts. Since
User Account Control is such a
central part of Windows Vista,
User Account Control
compatibility is one of the
key requirements to display
the Certified for Windows
Vista Logo on software.
v 1.1
of the Certifie
d for Windows Vista Software
Logo Technical
Requirements is available
now. Our
goal in sharing this
information on our blog is to
make sure that any ISV’s
reading this are aware of the
requirements so that they have
ample time to make their
product compliant and to give
our customers confidence that
there will be a great supply
of software that works well
for standard users and UAC.
Some of
the key requirements that
relate to User Account Control
and running as a standard
user:
·
Make
sure the application works
well for standard users,
unless it is something truly
designed to be run only by
system administrators such as
disk partitioning
software. If the
program has admin and
non-admin components the main
application should still be
run as a standard user and
administrative features should
be moved to a separate
executable.
·
Every
.exe file included with an
application must have an
embedded manifest that defines
its execution level. Such
as:
<requestedExe
cutionLevel
level="asInvoker|highestAvail
able|requireAdministrator"
uiAccess="true|false"/&g
t;
Note,
including the manifest file
will disable File and Registry
Virtualization for the
application. So the
application has to work well
for a standard user without
relying on virtualization.
·
Executable files
with .EXE, .DLL,
.SYS, .DRV, .OCX, .CPL, or
.SCR extensions must
be signed with an Authenticode
certificate.
·
Installers must not
assume that the person who
starts the installation is the
one who finishes the
installation. For example if
your program allows per user
and all user installations, a
standard user should be able
to start the install, but it
should prompt for admin
credentials if the user
chooses the all users option.
·
If the
installer uses a
boostrapper/chainer, it must
include an embedded manifest
that designates the desired
execution level for the
installer.
Another
big change in the Certified
for Windows Vista logo
requirements is that
applications must be
independently tested by a
Microsoft approved testing
vendor before they are granted
logo certification. A
draft of the test cases that
will be used to verify
compliance are posted here.
We’ve
also provided a number of
resources to help developers
make their software Windows
Vista and User Account Control
compatible,
including:
·
Develo
per Best Practices and
Guidelines for Applications in
a Least Privileged
Environment
·
Microsoft Standard
User
Analyzer
·
Windows Vista
Jumpstart
Toolkit<
/SPAN>
Learn
more about the Certified for
Windows Vista Software Quality
Logo program including how to
enroll your company’s
software at http://www.isvinnovationporta
l.com/windowsvista.
When develo
pers release software that
meets the Certified for
Windows Vista requirements,
users will experience even
fewer User Account Control
prompts than they are seeing
on beta versions today. And
the Windows Vista team will
continue to minimize the
number of OS-generated prompts
and help make as many legacy
programs as possible work
without prompting to ensure a
good User Account Control
experience in the final
release.
- Alex
Heaton
User Account Control
Product Manager
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29.05.2007Microsoft Mediaroom - Entertainment When and Where You Want It
Q&A: Enrique Rodriguez,
corporate vice president,
Microsoft TV Business,
discusses Microsoft Mediaroom
and what it means to service
provider customers, consumers
and Microsoft...
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18.06.2007Microsoft launches their own online "Microsoft Store"
Microsoft has launched their first online store - Microsoft Store. Users can now buy directly from the store, straight from the source! The Microsoft
Store offers the largest selection of Microsoft software, devices and hardware in one place It is currently available to US, UK, Germany and Korea.
Japan, France, Spain and the Netherlands are in the pipeline and more countries will be added throughout the year.
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14.11.2008Microsoft Mulls Web Based
Works Suite
Microsoft is considering
giving away its basic
Microsoft Works word
processing and spreadsheet
software, aimed at preventing
a possible challenge in the
space from Google. But can it
do so without hurting sales of
Microsoft Office?..
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22.09.2006End of the road for Microsoft Money
According to CNet, Microsoft will soon be bringing to an end its Money line of personal finance management software. From Microsoft's Money FAQ,
the products affected include Microsoft Money Essentials, Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe, Microsoft Money Plus Premium and Microsoft Money Plus Home &
Business. For Microsoft Money Essentials, online services (online stock/share quotations and bill-paying) will stop one year after activation or 31
January 2011, whichever comes first.
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story.....
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11.06.2009A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes
Microsoft is not going to introduce a Microsoft-branded phone at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona later this month. Not a Microsoft-branded
Zune phone. Not any kind of Microsoft-branded phone. Period.
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06.02.2009Microsoft Unveils JPEG
Alternative
Microsoft has plans to take on
JPEG with Windows Media Photo,
Microsoft Watch reports. The
format will be able to save
higher quality images in half
the space, Microsoft claims,
and would supplement
Microsoft's XPS document
standard...
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26.05.2006Microsoft Online Services extends SaaS to SMB users
At the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference on Monday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled plans to provide a software-as-a-service offering not
just to the large enterprises already eligible for such a service from Microsoft, but to companies of all sizes...
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04.03.2008Inside Microsoft - Running the IT Infrastructure at Microsoft
A look at the examples of recent steps that Microsoft has taken to advance its infrastructure.
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13.12.2007Microsoft: we did not hire Erin McNaught
Contrary to widespread reports
that Microsoft had hired TV
show presenter and former Miss
Australia Erin McNaught as an
IT "poster" girl, Microsoft
has contacted TECH.BLORGE.com
to advise that there is no
financial arrangement of any
description between McNought
and Microsoft.
Microsoft says it has
not hired her, nor does it
plan any advertising campaign
featuring Ms McNaught
According to
Microsoft, Ms McNaught
attended the Start Here, Go
Anywhere event which was
staged by the AIIA, with
Microsoft support, at the Tech
Ed Conference.
"She was a
replacement provided by
Channel 10 when a previous
presenter had backed out,"
Microsoft said. ..
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09.08.2007Microsoft Store Down?
Well look what we have here, it seems Microsoft has taken down the Microsoft Store.
Could it be some last minute Christmas specials? A
new site design? Some new unannounced peripherals? Updated Mac Minis?
We'll have to wait and see... In the meanwhile, head on over to
the Microsoft Store to enjoy the yummy offline goodness.
Now, if only today were a Tuesday.
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