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Microsoft Expansion on Horizon

Company moving far beyond software development.

CTP of Visual Studio Team System Imminent

Microsoft's team development platform, code-named "Rosario," is planned for a preview release next week, blogger says.

Microsoft To RTM Two Communications Products

Products are part of Unified Communications group.

Vista Market Share On Steady Growth Curve

Microsoft's new OS is still struggling, though.

VersionOne Beefs Up Agile Management App

Product supports large projects with multiple teams for agile methods of software development.

Second SQL Server 2008 CTP Coming Soon

Microsoft is planning to release the next community test preview (CTP) of its database server by month's end, with a few improvements in store.

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Is Imminent

Expected to be released sometime this week.

Microsoft Releases 'SOA in the Real World' E-Book

The "never-ending debate" continues with a new book on Service-oriented architecture.

Introducing ASP.NET AJAX and Web Services

Find out how ASP.NET AJAX Extensions lets you use Web services to support JSON messaging.

Is Windows XP Harming Vista Growth?

The new OS may be suffering because the old OS works well.

Open Source Gains Edge in Alfresco Survey

Company survey of its members finds Linux preferred over Windows for software deployments.

Next Windows Desktop OS: Windows 7

Microsoft sets target ship date for 2010.

Watchfire Unveils Web Security Solutions

Company offers updated development tool and application scanning service to ensure Web security.

Exotechnic Teams With CodeMesh

Software firm is using CodeMesh's .NET/Java interoperability solution to meet the needs of European Union financial institutions.

Confusion Growing About Vista SP1 Release

No information disclosed about a public beta.

PrismTech To Offer Mission-Critical SOA Solution

The company's DDS-based solution adds quality-of-service and scalability to service-oriented architectures (SOAs).

Windows Home Server Released to Manufacturing

New server is aimed at consumers.

Infragistics Updates WinForms/ASP.NET Components

Presentation layer tool features gauge contol and business intelligence functionality.

Microsoft Awards Top Partners in 2007

Partners recognized for their achievements at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Report: Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate Imminent

Microsoft's alternative to Adobe's Flash will become available to developers in a couple of weeks.