Building a business case for Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 8 is going to be the most storage oriented OS launched till date, claimed Microsoft executives. The beta of this forthcoming offering from the Redmond based software giant will be made available in the next few...

Microsoft, the Redmond based software behemoth, had developed its very own cloud service-based operating system in a separate division named Windows Azure Group which was kept separate from the Windows and Server groups. Now, the...

In what can be termed as a sign of things to come, leading Linux solution vendor Red Hat announced on Wednesday that its Enterprise Linux server operating system can be safely used with Microsoft Windows Server on the same...

Amazon has unveiled plans for adding support for Windows and SQL Server code in its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service.The EC2 is a cloud computing service that aims to enable scalable deployment of applications in an elastic...

System Restore is a component of Microsoft's Windows Me, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems that allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event...

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system created by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft...

Microsoft is borrowing a page from Apple's user interface guide and has demonstrated multi-touch features that it hopes, will be natively implemented in the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system. The video demo was aired during...

The guys at Exo-blog have taken up the challenge of converting Windows 2008 Server as a souped up, Workstation Operating System, just like Windows NT4, more than one decade ago.To do so, they disabled all the fancy User Interface...

More than 400 million Windows XP users are getting ready to download the latest version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2. The world's biggest Patch process will certainly put a strain on already overloaded...

Microsoft is pulling all stops to get Virtualisation into its customers' platforms like there's no tomorrow. The company has announced that it is lifting a ban that prevented Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium from being...

The classic battle over operating system supremacy is raging on in the fourth quarter. In one corner, Microsoft stands with hands raised in victory as the market leader. In the other corner, various open-source operating systems...

Microsoft confirmed today that it will not appeal last month's landmark ruling by the European Court of First Instance. The software giant also agreed to changes to comply with the European Commission's decision of 2004.The...

Today's decision by an EU court to uphold a landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft is likely to influence other cases in the software industry. A competition lawyer said he expects the principles of the case to be...

The decision is seen as a key victory for the European competition regulator, and a serious blow for the US software giant, in the long-running competition dispute.The European Court of First Instance rejected Microsoft's appeal...

Centrify Corporation, a provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, announced that it is delivering the first solution to offer Microsoft...