New keys to be in system builders' hands by September.
Database server gets new features and pricing options.
Service Pack 1 expected to be publicly shipping late this year.
Show's speakers give thumbs up to virtualization-Linux combination.
Six of the patches fix "Critical" vulnerabilities.
Company expands support for its Java Virtual Machine clustering solution.
The ThinWire framework helps developers write AJAX apps that execute entirely on the server, meeting the data-centric, high-security needs of an enterprise.
Three "Important" updates also coming on that day.
Features of Visual Studio 2008, code-named "Orcas," get near finalization with the release of Beta 2.
But use of .NET shows decrease in survey results.
Fixes expected to be part of SP1.
Companies rev up the open source application server market with partnership deal.
Fusion joins growing list of virtualization products for Macs.
Blogger describes community technology preview of latest Visual Studio Team System.
AJAX-era security requires tossing out a lot of what you thought you knew about security, starting with Same Origin Policy.
IIS makes big gains on Apache in last month.
Redmond omits anticipated policy management enhancement in latest release.
Company donates its message bus technology to OpenAjax Alliance.
Microsoft's OOXML format, newly embraced by Massachusetts' IT Division as an open standard, produced divided views along the way toward approval.
Ship date slips into early 2008.