Last year's list turned out to be pretty accurate, the only things wrong weren't my mistake but delays or change of plans. This list is based on facts, assumptions and wild guesses.What to expect from Microsoft in 2006
Bink.nu made a list of what we can expect from Microsoft in 2006
Microsoft Corp. has struck a deal with Softbank BB Corp. and Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. to deliver more secure, integrated voice, e-mail, instant messaging and groupware services for the companies' customers in Japan, the three announced Wednesday.
Microsoft to offer VOIP services with Japanese partners
Microsoft to offer VOIP services with Japanese partners
SOFTBANK BB and JAPAN TELECOM to incorporate Microsoft Solution for Enhanced VoIP Services.
Microsoft, SOFTBANK BB and JAPAN TELECOM Announce Strategic Relationship to Provide Integrated Voice, E-Mail, Groupware, Instant Messaging and Desktop Services
Microsoft, SOFTBANK BB and JAPAN TELECOM Announce Strategic Relationship to Provide Integrated Voice, E-Mail, Groupware, Instant Messaging and Desktop Services
The software maker earlier this month quietly delivered one piece of its 'Orcas' Visual Studio release: a design tool for its Windows Presentation Foundation technology.
Microsoft Presses 'Cider' Test Build on Developers
Microsoft Presses 'Cider' Test Build on Developers
PUBLISHED January 2004. Discussion on how Microsoft created an application called Order Management (OM)—based on Microsoft technology—to provide an organization-wide e-commerce standard.
Managing Online Software Sales at Microsoft
Managing Online Software Sales at Microsoft
PUBLISHED June 2003. Discussion of how Microsoft uses the Terminal Server component on five computers running Windows Server 2003 to centrally host a financial forecasting application for up to 2,700 users worldwide.
Hosting an Enterprise Financial Forecasting Application with Terminal Server
Hosting an Enterprise Financial Forecasting Application with Terminal Server
PUBLISHED June 2002. HRWeb is an integrated suite of three intranet portal products that provides human resources (HR) information to Microsoft employees.
HRWeb
HRWeb
Overview of Microsoft IT's two-stage backup and restore solution.
Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft
Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft
PUBLISHED June 2004. To successfully manage wide area network demand and escalating operating costs at Microsoft, Microsoft IT assembled a small, dedicated team, tasked with identifying and implementing ways to improve engineering, operating, and management efficiencies for overall bandwidth consumption.
Optimizing Bandwidth at Microsoft
Optimizing Bandwidth at Microsoft
This tool analyzes your Lotus Notes/Domino Applications and is used for developing an application migration and coexistence plan.
Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino Beta
Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino Beta
Microsoft has announced plans to make several key default changes to Internet Explorer 7's security zones to further harden the browser against attacks.
China Rising Microsoft to Further Lock Down IE7
China Rising Microsoft to Further Lock Down IE7
eBay will not become a buzzing marketplace for malicious code, as it has for computers, antiques, ipods and geegaws of all sorts.
eBay Pulls Auction for Microsoft Vulnerability
eBay Pulls Auction for Microsoft Vulnerability
The Threats and Countermeasures guide provides you with a reference to all security settings that provide countermeasures for specific threats against current versions of the Microsoft
Windows
operating systems.
Threats and Countermeasures Guide
Windows
operating systems.Threats and Countermeasures Guide
PUBLISHED July 2003. Overview of how Microsoft IT uses the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack for Exchange Server 2003 to manage the messaging environment.
Monitoring Messaging at Microsoft
Monitoring Messaging at Microsoft
NBC plans to purchase a controlling stake in the MSNBC channel, but the companies continue to share MSNBC.com equally.
Microsoft sheds control of its cable network
Microsoft sheds control of its cable network
PUBLISHED June 2004. Deploying a Worldwide Site Consolidation Solution for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft. Detailed discussion on how Microsoft IT used Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Office System 2003 to enable a consolidation of Exchange sites from 75 to just seven worldwide.
Deploying a Worldwide Site Consolidation Solution for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft
Deploying a Worldwide Site Consolidation Solution for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft
PUBLISHED June 2004. High level overview of Microsoft IT's server and data center consolidation effort, which has resulted in a 40 percent overall spending reduction and a 54 percent site reduction.
Server and Data Center Consolidation: Microsoft IT Enhances Availability, Performance, and Cost Savings
Server and Data Center Consolidation: Microsoft IT Enhances Availability, Performance, and Cost Savings
PUBLISHED May 2004. Discussion on how Microsoft IT developed and deployed an internal Web services solution to provide an enterprise infrastructure for managing Web services across line-of-business applications at Microsoft.
Building and Deploying an Enterprise-Quality Management Solution for Web Services
Building and Deploying an Enterprise-Quality Management Solution for Web Services
Microsoft and Google have resolved the contention over Google's hiring of former Microsoft vice president Kai-Fu Lee.
Microsoft, Google and Lee Settle Hiring Dispute
Microsoft, Google and Lee Settle Hiring Dispute