A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Stirling
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names.
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27.8.2007 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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27.11.2008One-Care, Forefront, Stirling Get Stonger AntiRootkit Power.
Microsoft announced its acquisition of
Komoku, a company that offers advanced root kit
detection capabilities. Founded in 2004, Komoku is a startup backed by the U.S. governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Navy and
the Department of Homeland Security.
Microsoft, has said that it will build Komuku's technology into future versions of both its
Windows OneCare consumer security products, its line of security software for businesses, Forefront, as well as
Stirling, its new next generation of Forefront.
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21.03.2008Microsoft releases public Beta 1 of Stirling security bundle
On April 8, Microsoft made available to any and all interested testers a
public beta
of Stirling, a bundle of several of next-generation versions of its security and management wares.
The elements of Stirling
include Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint and the next generation of Microsoft
Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server) which Microsoft is renaming Forefront Threat Management Gateway and a unified management
console.
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09.04.2008Microsoft readies 'Stirling' security console
Microsoft is on track to begin testing a console by the end of the year that will give customers a single tool for managing all of its Forefront
enterprise security products.
Code-named Stirling, the console will manage Microsoft security products for desktop clients, instant messaging servers and
e-mail, as well as antispam applications and two of Microsoft's gateway security products, said Steve Brown, director of product management for
Microsoft's security and access division. Stirling will handle the creation of security policies, configuration tasks and centralized reporting.
"What we consistently hear from customers is they're in a lot of pain today apparently trying to do the day-to-day management of
their security systems," Brown said, at Microsoft's IT Forum customer event in Barcelona.
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13.11.2007Microsoft to unveil 'Stirling' at next week's RSA security conference
The world's largest security conference will kick off next week in San Francisco with the public unveiling of Microsoft's next-generation of
security software, code-named Stirling.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has quietly shown the software to a select group of
users, but sources familiar with the company's plans said that it will release a beta version of the code to users during the RSA Conference next
Tuesday. Microsoft will allow attendees to "see new technologies," including Stirling and the company's next-generation Windows Server 2008
software, according to the
conference agenda.
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03.04.2008Microsoft Forefront Codename "Stirling" VHD
Forefront codename Stirling is an integrated security system that delivers comprehensive, coordinated protection across endpoints, messaging and
collaboration servers, and the network edge that is easier to manage and control.
By delivering simplified management and
providing critical visibility into threats, vulnerabilities, and configuration risks, Stirling helps you reduce costs and achieve greater insight
into your enterprise security state.
This fully functional pre-configured VHD provides you with a trial software that will
automatically expire after 30 days.
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18.06.2008Microsoft unveils integrated security
Microsoft shared details of
its long-term security product
strategy as part of its
ongoing TechEd 2007 training
conference on June 4, lifting
the lid on plans to deliver an
integrated suite of its
software by mid-2009.
After leaping headlong
into the security software
market in 2007 with the launch
of a range of products aimed
at defending everything from
endpoints to messaging
servers, Microsoft officials
said the company will soon
seek to compete with the
integrated security platforms
currently offered by rivals
including Symantec and McAfee.
Built under the
code-name Stirling, the
package of security
applications will include
Microsoft's Antigen server
anti-virus, anti-spam and
content filtering technologies
-- in the form of its
Forefront Security for
Exchange Server and Forefront
Security for SharePoint
products -- along with its
Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server
software, Windows Live OneCare
desktop defense system, and
network access protection
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04.06.2007Announcing the Microsoft Forefront Technology Adoption Program
Chris Sfanos, Forefront TAP PM: Hello everyone!! With the successful release of Forefront Client Security v1, its time to focus our efforts on the
next release! The Forefront Technology Adoption Team (TAP) is excited to announce the launch of our new program. The next version of the Forefront
Client Security product will be bigger and better than the previous version, and so will the TAP, but we cant do it without your help.
This Microsoft Forefront Technology Adoption Program includes all products under the Forefront product line, not just the Forefront Client
Security product. These products are:
- Forefront Codename Stirling (To learn more about Stirling, check out the Stirling site.)
- Forefront Client Security
(FCS)
- Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE)
- Forefront Security for SharePoint (FSSP)
- Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration Server (ISA) integration with Stirling
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05.12.2007Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is a comprehensive secure Web gateway that helps protect Web-using employees from threats on the Web
with an enterprise-class Web proxy and anti-malware functionality.
Forefront TMG Beta 2 can help you:
- Protect users
from Web browsing threats (Secure Web Gateway)
- Control network Access at the edge (Firewall)
- Protect users from e-mail threats
(E-mail Protection)
- Protect desktops and servers from intrusion attempts (Network Inspection System, Security Assessment Sharing)
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Enable users to remotely access corporate resources (VPN, Secure Web Publishing)
- Simplify management and deployment
- Integrate with
the Forefront Security Suite (codename Stirling) to provide a unified security solution for protecting all of the assets in your organization
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07.02.2009Microsoft 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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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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19.12.2008Microsoft Wave launched, showcase for 'cool' MS technologies
Microsoft has unveiled a new website with the focus on 'cool' technologies that Microsoft has created. According to Microsoft blogger Steve
Clayton, Microsoft Wave "is a cool new site from our UK team that is something we've long been without – a cool site that isn't trying
to sell anything, simply showing the breadth of cool technology that Microsoft is involved in." Currently Wave hosts information on:Microsoft 2019
visionMicrosoft TagPhotosynthProject NatalWorldwide TelescopeSurfaceDeepzoom Clayton is one of three Microsoft bloggers who will be participating on
the site. The site is being run by Microsoft's UK team. View: Microsoft Wave
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28.07.2009Microsoft Unveils Microsoft Project 2010
Today, at Microsoft Project Conference 2009, Microsoft Corp. announced that the public beta of Microsoft Project 2010 will become available later this
year, and revealed the products enhanced project and portfolio management features for the first time. Microsoft also disclosed packaging information
that streamlines the number of Microsoft Project editions from four to three. Starting today, customers can pre-register for the Microsoft Project
2010 beta at
http://www.microsoft.com/project/2010.
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