Download the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 trial and see how Lync delivers a connected experience that transforms communication into more collaborative, engaging and accessible interaction from virtually anywhere your users may be. With Lync Server...

Microsoft yesterday released an update for Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta. This update improves the reliability of Internet Explorer 9 Beta in various scenarios. For more on what’s in the update and to download the update package, view this...

December 1, 2010, 9:00 AM Pacific Time -- In this webcast you will see several demos of the new features introduced in the Windows Azure November 2010 Release (DPE110CAL), including Virtual Machine Role and Elevated Privileges which can make it easier...

While Windows 7 last month celebrated its first year with more than 240 million licenses, another big milestone looms: It was 25 years ago this month that Microsoft unveiled its first operating system with a graphical user interface, called Windows. And...

Microsoft has delivered the community technology previews of new and enhanced services for Windows Azure AppFabric , our cloud middleware platform for developing, deploying and managing business applications. In addition, we also announced the SQL Azure...

A new study ( download PDF ) by Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy, shows that, for large deployments, Microsoft’s cloud solutions can reduce energy use and carbon emissions by more than 30 percent when compared to their corresponding...

Be sure to check out the new design on the TechNet home page . Last week, we described the upcoming changes and they are now live on TechNet. The new page enables us to update more content, more often. And speaking of new content, the new edition of TechNet...

Microsoft yesterday released the latest preview of Internet Explorer 9, featuring dramatic performance gains in its Chakra JavaScript engine. Since first demonstrated at PDC in 2009, Chakra in Internet Explorer has increased JavaScript performance...