Microsoft Fixes Critical Server Bugs
News Beta build versions 3605 or higher of .Net Server already contain the fix. The IIS 5 patch will be included in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, which is in beta testing. The fixes for IIS 5.1 will be included in Windows XP Service Pack 1, which is...
[April 10, 2002, 16:31]
Speech Recognition To Hit MS Office
News Microsoft is creating more synergy between Office and Exchange Server, as well, according to the Beta 1 release notes. Microsoft has notified testers that it has officially launched Beta 1 of the next version of Microsoft Office for Windows...
[August 9, 2000, 9:10]
Delivery Dates Set For Next Windows
News As Microsoft continues to sign up beta testers for its next-generation Windows product, it is updating its self-imposed delivery timetables and design points. If all goes according to plan from here on out, Microsoft is planning an 11 October Beta...
[September 19, 2000, 7:51]
Whistler: One Codebase, Many Releases
News Whistler beta 1 was released for testing on 31 October. The final release of the operating system will contain several visual design changes, most which have not been incorporated into the first beta release.
[November 9, 2000, 11:53]
Microsoft Releases New Longhorn Server Build
News Microsoft released Beta 2 versions of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server at the same time in May, but Longhorn isn't due until late 2007. Microsoft has released a refresh to Longhorn Server Beta 2, which appeared in May, offering bugfixes and...
[September 13, 2006, 18:25]
Microsoft Embraces Open-source Scripting Language
News IronPython 1.0 Beta 1, which was released at the end of last week, is "well integrated" with the rest of the .Net programming framework and allows all .Net libraries to be "easily" accessed by Python programmers, according to Microsoft.
[January 4, 2006, 13:05]
Microsoft Signs Up Helpers To Deploy .Net
News The VMware GSX Server for Windows, released in beta this month, enables developers to work together on an application and also allows development teams to save on buying additional systems. Developing applications around Microsoft's .Net initiative...
[June 19, 2001, 11:15]
Bartercard Disappointed With Vista And Office 07 Betas
News It has 1,500 desktops and about 60 servers in 16 locations around the world, which run on Windows XP and Server 2003, so the company was very keen to beta test Microsoft's forthcoming products. Global trade exchange Bartercard may be an all...
[July 26, 2006, 16:10]
Microsoft Gives New Life To SMS
News Instead, the next version of SMS, once code-named Emerald, but currently known as Topaz, will enter Beta 1 this summer. For example, Microsoft is building into Whistler and Blackcomb (the Windows release slated to follow Whistler) interfaces that...
[January 17, 2001, 16:04]
Longhorn Beta To Arrive 'by June'
News There will be a beta 1 of Longhorn.happening in the first half of this year," John Montgomery, a director in Microsoft's developer division, said during an interview at VSLive, a conference devoted to the company's Visual Studio .Net toolkit.
[February 8, 2005, 8:10]
IE 4.0 Has Problems With NT 5.0 Beta
News Anyone using the first beta of Microsoft Corp.s Windows NT 5.0 will probably have real trouble using the Internet Explorer browser included in the operating system until Microsoft fixes a bug that sometimes prevents the software from correctly...
[October 13, 1997, 10:07]
New 'Whistler' Build Adds Antipiracy Lock
News With all the hoopla over the release of the final version of the Linux 2.4.0 kernel last week, Microsoft's delivery of an interim beta version of its Windows 2000 successor, codenamed Whistler, got lost in the shuffle.
[January 9, 2001, 8:59]
MS Moving Hotmail To Win2000 Servers
News The next version of Microsoft's MSN, available in beta as MSN Preview 1, integrates Hotmail into the core Web-browsing software. Like Passport, Microsoft's Internet authentication service, Hotmail will likely be one of the first of the Microsoft...
[August 3, 2000, 11:17]
Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta): A First Look review
Reviews The beta version of Microsoft AntiSpyware is a first step in the right direction -- but others, such as server-based solutions, must follow. Since most users do not read the license conditions, it is clearly pointed out that you can only use the...
[January 11, 2005, 12:10]
Longhorn And The Linux Long-game
News Microsoft has said publicly that Beta 1 of Longhorn would arrive by the end of 2005, though internally, the company has been aiming for a release by the middle of this year. It has a growing presence in the server space, a strong developer base and...
[March 9, 2005, 11:20]
