Service pack will indicate exploits and encourage Vista activation.
April 8 is the deadline for submissions.
The update eventually will be needed to install Vista SP1.
Product purportedly injects role-based access control security into legacy Java apps.
Product extends application performance monitoring to service-oriented architectures.
Batch of security fixes is the biggest seen in a year's time.
Industry coalition forms around single sign-on effort.
Achieving business innovation depends on having good communication processes in place between IT architects and business personnel, a Forrester Research talk suggested.
In a move that could help deliver single sign-on to the masses, Google, Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign and Yahoo have joined a consortium that backs a common federated identity specification.
A grab bag of 12 security fixes will be expected on Patch Tuesday.
Security firm provides video of a proof-of-concept flaw in Microsoft's IGMP networking protocol. But Microsoft says conditions for exploitation -- as well as a fix -- keep it from doing damage in the wild.
Survey shows security is an afterthought when live data is used in business application testing.
Enhanced desktop broker tool lets IT pros manage thousands of virtual desktops at a time.
Developers coding to Redmond's OSes should use DEP security process, blogger says.
Company launches development tool that facilitates collaboration on software bugs, checking code before it is compiled.
Experts believe the rising number of exploits targeting Excel gives hackers incentives to continually exploit applications -- rather than operating systems -- for flaws.
In a blog post today, Microsoft announced new APIs that will make security settings easier for developers, particularly for those writing solutions that will run on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3.
Identity theft is seen as a possibility as data go missing.
Microsoft Update will automatically change settings next month for Office 2003.
Social networking and consumer apps may play havoc with enterprise IT security.