The state had originally said "No" to Office.
Company's open source software (OSS) product offers break from proprietary solution lock-in.
May be officially released on 'Patch Tuesday,' Aug. 14.
Tool for Team Foundation Server, while not finalized, includes a new management capability.
Solution uses models for rapid application development.
Older versions of company's enterprise Unified Communications products face potential tie-ups.
Open source solution combines collaboration tool with application development capability.
New tools and initiatives such as BPMN, BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask provide a start at marrying BPM's business acumen with SOA's IT-savvy.
Model-driven business process platforms provide the best path to enterprise service-oriented architectures (SOA). It's all about the metadata.
Company adds .NET integration to Java-based solution for developing dynamic Web sites.
Beta 2 is "99 percent" feature complete.
Microsoft exec describes strategy for Live as part of a layered business approach and calls Software Plus Services "critical" over the next few years.
Strong numbers may not tell the whole story, however.
Developers code in Perl to create interactive Web catalog for the National Postal Museum.
New site to promote OSS harmony went live Thursday.
Service pack scheduled for 2008 delivery.
Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight expected this week.
Company moving far beyond software development.
Microsoft's team development platform, code-named "Rosario," is planned for a preview release next week, blogger says.
Products are part of Unified Communications group.