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Microsoft Updates Anti-Exploit Tool for Windows

Microsoft released its latest anti-exploit tool designed to add security for various software programs running on Windows systems, even those programs that lack much protection at all....

3 Critical RCE Fixes in May Security Patch

Microsoft's May security update includes three bulletin items classified "critical" and four "important."...

Quest Tools Aimed at Easing Exchange Online, Office 365 Migration Challenges

Quest Software announced two new migration solutions for organizations moving to Exchange Online and Office 365....

Microsoft Reminds Organizations of Conficker Risk

The Conficker worm should continue to be a top concern in enterprise security -- even though there hasn't been a new variant seen in the wild in over two years -- according to Microsoft....

Microsoft Office 15, SharePoint 15: Early 2013

Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley looks more closely at a product roadmap that Microsoft released to partners last year. In it, Office and SharePoint look to be released early next year....

Six Bulletin Items Announced Ahead of April's Microsoft Security Update

Microsoft will release six bulletin items in its April security update, according to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification....

Report Finds Almost All Attacks Could Have Been Prevented

Verizon found that 97 percent of breaches it studied could have been avoided by "simple and intermediate controls," according to a security report released today....

Microsoft's March Security Update Arrives With One 'Critical' Item

Today's release of Microsoft security update features six bulletins, with one labeled as "critical," four "important" and one "moderate."...

6 Fixes Prepped for Microsoft's March Security Update

According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification. Microsoft's monthly security update will feature one bulletin item "critical," four "important" and one moderate....

Chrome Finally Falls in Pwn2Own Contest

This year's CanSecWest security conference's Pwn2Own contest saw Google's Chrome Web browser fall to multiple exploits on Wednesday....

Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 Hits RTM

Microsoft's upcoming SQL Server version has now been approved for release-to-manufacturing (RTM)....

Windows Server 8 Beta Arrives With Multiple Enhancements

Improvements include GUI and PowerShell enhancements, virtual machine memory boosts, security and self-updating cluster option improvements....

Windows 8 Preview, Visual Studio 11 Beta Set for February 29

Microsoft said it will simultaneously release the Windows 8 Consumer Preview along with the Visual Studio 11 and NET Framework 4.5 betas on Feb. 29....

Microsoft Cuts SQL Azure Storage Pricing

Microsoft decreased its SQL Azure pricing again, and added a new 100 MB database storage option....

Microsoft February Security Update Includes 4 'Critical' RCE Fixes

Microsoft today released its Security Update for the month of February, featuring four bulletin items classified as "critical" and five "important."...

SQL Server 2012 'Launch Event' Happening on March 7

Microsoft indicated today that SQL Server 2012 is nearing product release....

Microsoft Previews 7 Fixes for First Security Patch of 2012

January's Security Update from Microsoft will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice....

Microsoft Internet Explorer Updates To Be Automated

Microsoft will start silent updates of users' Internet Explorer browsers next month....

Microsoft's December Security Patch Laden with 13 Bulletins

December's security update comes with 13 bulletins fixing a range of Microsoft products. The good news? Only three are rated critical....

Microsoft In Development on BizTalk Server 2010 R2

Microsoft said it plans release an update to BizTalk Server 2010 sometime after the release of Windows 8....

Microsoft Releases SQL Server ODBC Driver for Red Hat Linux

It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft finally pushed out a 64-bit SQL Server Open Database Connectivity driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5....

SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate Now Available

Microsoft has issued a release candidate version of SQL Server 2012 for download and testing....

4 Security Bulletins Released by Microsoft in Light November Update

Microsoft released its security update for November today with only four bulletins -- one item deemed "critical," two "important" and one "moderate."...

Microsoft Unveils SQL Server 2012 Licensing and Pricing

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday....

Microsoft Releases Temporary Workaround for Duqu Zero-Day Kernel Issue

Microsoft today released a workaround, documented in Security Advisory 2639658, that will prevent the Duqu malware from entering a targeted system through a Windows kernel issue....

MAP Toolkit 6.5 Beta, SCM 2.0 Released

The MAP beta adds an Oracle-to-SQL Server migration readiness assessment; SCM 2 adds a Group Policy Objects Pack feature....

Nokia Reveals Windows Phone 7 Devices

The Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, the first two devices running Microsoft's mobile OS, were introduced today....

An Improved SQL Azure Targeted for 2011

At the second day of the SQL PASS Summit, Microsoft announced a new SQL Azure release as well as some new features to come later this year....

Microsoft Officially Calls It SQL Server 2012

At the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle this week, Microsoft dropped the Denali code name and called the product SQL Server 2012 officially. Also, the company released some information on its efforts to sup...

Microsoft's October Security Bulletin Addresses 23 Flaws

Microsoft is keeping IT pros busy this week as it issues two security bulletins rated "critical" and another six rated "important," all addressing 23 assorted flaws....

Worldwide Use IE Falls, Windows 7 Rises

NetMarketShare shows IE use still dominates but has lost some ground among competing browsers. Meanwhile, StatCounter shows a rise in Windows 7 use in the U.S....

Skills Shortage Behind High Cost of SharePoint Deployments (Study)

An industry study of Microsoft SharePoint shows that usage of the collaboration platform is growing, but maintenance costs can be high especially given the lack of trained personnel....

Security Advisory for SSL/TLS Flaw Released by Microsoft

In response to a new threat of attack caused by a flaw in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2588513, which contains a des...

Security Advisory Targeting Web Certificates Receives Update

Security Advisory (2607712) got a re-release yesterday from Microsoft after the previously flawed update failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate firm....

'Windows Server 8' Previewed at Build Conference

Microsoft described improvements in its next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8," at its Build conference for developers....

Windows 8 Previewed at Microsoft's BUILD Conference

Microsoft kicked off its BUILD conference with a preview of "Windows 8" in its "reimagined" form....

Microsoft Server, Tools Chief Wants to 'Cloud Optimize' Businesses

Microsoft's Satya Nadella said his department's focus is for enterprises to adopt multiple Microsoft technologies that will provide a hybrid public/private cloud solution....

Next Week's Security Bulletin Has Important Fixes, Nothing 'Critical'

This looks to be a lighter patch month, with no "critical" items making it into in September's Microsoft Security Bulletin....

Windows 8 Will Include Hyper-V, Says Microsoft

Microsoft said it took some engineering savvy to include Hyper-V in the upcoming Windows 8 OS....

System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 Now in Beta

The DPM 2012 beta includes a new centralized console and backup and recovery of generic data sources, among others....

Microsoft Shifting Future SQL Server APIs from OLE DB Back to ODBC

Microsoft said that future SQL Server APIs will phase out of OLE DB and back to supporting the Open Database Connectivity protocol....

Microsoft Releases Hadoop Connector CTPs for SQL Server

Microsoft released two community technology previews of its Hadoop connectors, one that works with SQL Server and other with SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse....

Microsoft Releases Preview of SQL Server 2008 SP3

Microsoft this week released community technology previews of a new Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2008....

IE 9 Best Defense Against Social Malware, Says Study

Microsoft's newest browser topped the list of ones that provides the best protection against socially engineered threats....

Security in the Mobile App World Takes Patience

Developing secure mobile applications is doable if developers are willing to apply the proper testing and auditing techniques....

Microsoft Readies 13 Security Bulletins for August Patch Cycle

The August patch from Microsoft will be thick with security fixes....

Apple's Safari 5 Gains Ground on IE 8

The browser wars took a new turn as Apple's Safari 5 browser gained ground in a July survey....

Microsoft Releases System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta

A beta version of System Center Operations Manager 2012, an infrastructure and application performance monitoring tool that supports both public and private clouds, was released today....

SQL Server 'Denali' CTP3, SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Out Now

Microsoft released the third community technology preview (CTP3) of SQL Server code-named "Denali" and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1....

A Light Load of 4 Land for July Patch Tuesday

One "critical" and three "important" security bulletins are on tap from Microsoft this month, marking a rather light Patch Tuesday compared to previous months....

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