September 2007 - Posts

• Windows Server 2008 RC0

  Release Candidate (RC0) for Windows Server 2008 will be available for download within the next 24 hours. With this release, Microsoft’s partners and customers can download and experience a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server virtualization. Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 12:00 PM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: IIS, Virtualization, Windows Server RC0, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008

• Microsoft and Sun Expand Strategic Alliance

  Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced that Sun has signed on as a Windows Server ® OEM. Additionally, Sun and Microsoft will collaborate to further enable deployment of Windows Server on Sun x64 systems. Key components in today’s announcement Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:14 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: IIS, OEM, Virtualization, X64 Editions

• Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab Opening

  Microsoft and Novell announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The opening of the lab, led by Tom Hanrahan (Microsoft) and Suzanne Forsberg (Novell), delivers on a joint promise the two companies Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:10 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: Partner News

• Microsoft and Citrix Integration

  Today at VMworld 2007, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Citrix Systems Inc. (Nasdaq “CTXS”) announced that they have strengthened their longtime integration alliance in the desktop and application delivery market by standardizing on the Microsoft ® Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:40 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: Partner News, Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

• ESB Guidance and BizTalk Server Adapter Pack

  In addition to the release of BizTalk Server 2006 R2, we have two other exciting announcements which demonstrate Microsoft’s continued investment in interoperability and the ability of customers to choose how they want to connect their applications. · Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 3:07 PM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: BizTalk Server

• Availability of BizTalk Server 2006 R2

  Today in Taiwan, Microsoft announced the availability of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 , along with releasing new ESB Guidance and the BizTalk Adapter Pack Beta 2. This product includes advancements for radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic data Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 2:58 PM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: BizTalk Server

• SCVMM 2007 Workgroup Edition Available Jan 08

  Microsoft is announcing the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Workgroup edition, which will be available in January 2008. This edition is aimed at mid-market customers and allows them to manage up to five physical host servers and an unlimited Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:50 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: SCVMM, Virtualization

• New Licensing for System Center Products

  Microsoft is introducing new licensing for System Center products. The System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise is a comprehensive management solution designed to let enterprise customers effectively manage server and application workloads across Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:37 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: SCVMM

• Next Version of SCVMM to Support Virtualization Hypervisor

  Microsoft is also announcing that the next version of SCVMM will support the virtualization hypervisor available as part of Windows Server 2008 (codename “Viridian”), as well as select third-party virtualization software, including VMware and Xen. Customers Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:30 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: SCVMM, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008

• RTM of System Center Virtual Machine Manager

  Microsoft is announcing the RTM of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007, now publicly available at www.microsoft .com/scvmm , with general availability in October. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (SCVMM) is a standalone server application Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:25 AM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: SCVMM

• Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

  On September 4, Microsoft released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight™ 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:32 PM by grantkd | 0 Comments Filed under: Silverlight