Hunter Strategies LLC logo

Microsoft News Tracker

What’s more interesting than observing Microsoft?

November 12, 2007

Microsoft releases 3 System Center products and SQL Server 2008 CTP

Posted by David Hunter at 12:07 PM ET.

In addition to the Windows Server 2008 version menu revealed at TechEd IT Forum 2007, Microsoft also announced the general availability of three System Center products and the November CTP for SQL Server 2008. The System Center releases are:

(more…)


 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Filed under Beta and CTP, Configuration Manager, Data Protection Manager, Microsoft, SQL Server, Servers, Virtual Machine Manager

Related posts:

 

August 28, 2007

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 released

Posted by David Hunter at 12:26 PM ET.

As promised in April, Microsoft announced on Monday that the successor to the venerable Systems Management Server (SMS) called System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 has been released to manufacturing.

(more…)


 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Filed under Configuration Manager, Microsoft, Servers

Related posts:

 

April 4, 2007

Microsoft Management Summit wrap-up

Posted by David Hunter at 11:13 AM ET.

Last week, Microsoft held its Microsoft Management Summit 2007 in San Diego and Mary Jo Foley, Omar van der Hoeven, and Maarten Goet have details and summaries of the high points. Key items related to Microsoft product plans:

Also related, Microsoft with a group of other tech companies have submitted their Service Modeling Language specification to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for review as an industrywide standard.


 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Filed under Configuration Manager, Data Protection Manager, Microsoft, Operations Manager, Servers, Service Manager, Standards, Technologies, Virtual Machine Manager, Web Services

Related posts:

 

February 25, 2007

Microsoft Miscellany, February 25, 2007

Posted by David Hunter at 10:49 AM ET.

Some Microsoft news items from last week that did not get a post of their own.

Microsoft competitor VMware is profiled in the NY Times. Uh-oh! Someone just said “Microsoft” and ”bundling.”

Wii outsold PS2 which outsold Xbox 360 which outsold PS3 in January big box retail sales in the US. Think there might be a message from consumers there?

Windows Vista Express Upgrades could finally begin shipping next week:

If you purchased a PC before January 30 and took advantage of the Vista Express Upgrade program, you know by now that this program is everything else but “Express”.

Blu-ray disc sales finally passed HD DVD, but the question is why the attach rate is so low given that Blu-ray players outnumber HD DVD about 5 to 1. Could it be that most Blu-ray players are the Sony PS3?

Details of Exchange 2007 SP1 revealed. Beta coming in April with final release alongside Longhorn server.

Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 is now available for public download. It’s the rebranded old favorite, Systems Management Server (SMS). Also, RC1 of System Center Essentials is now publicly available.

Microsoft to launch new consortium aimed at Oracle users on Feb. 26. It’s all about interoperability, I’m sure.

The South African government plans to switch from Microsoft to Open Source. So does Cuba. Meanwhile in the USA, Dell users demand Linux and OpenOffice on PCs via the new Dell company blog.

Microsoft sued over “Office Live” trademark.

And last, but not least: Microsoft offers to take Iowa antitrust jurors to dinner. I wonder if they can pay with vouchers?


 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Filed under Antitrust, Beta and CTP, Blu-ray, Configuration Manager, Coopetition, Essentials, Exchange, General Business, Governmental Relations, HD DVD, Hardware, Legal, Linux, Marketing, Nintendo, OS - Client, Office Live, Open Source, OpenOffice.org, Oracle, Public Relations, Servers, Sony, VMware, Windows Vista, Xbox

Related posts:

 

November 30, 2006

Vista, Office, and Exchange Launched

Posted by David Hunter at 11:44 AM ET.

Microsoft today staged a rolling launch of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Exchange 2007 , and associated products starting in Sydney, Australia and wrapping around the world through Asia and Europe to Steve Ballmer in New York who is still speaking as I write. The launch event so far has been as devoid of excitement as expected, but the important thing is that Microsoft at long last got Vista out the door.

Update: For the sake of completeness, according to the press release linked above, the full set of products launched today was:

Products Released

An * below indicates the product is available now.

Client upgrades
• Windows Vista Business *
• Office Professional 2007 *
• Office Project Professional 2007 *
• Office Visio Professional 2007 *
• Office InfoPath 2007 *
• Office OneNote 2007 *
• Office Communicator 2007

Client enterprise editions
• Windows Vista Enterprise *
• Office Enterprise 2007 *

Server upgrades
• Exchange Server 2007 *
• Office SharePoint Server 2007*
• Office Project Server 2007 *
• Forefront Security for Exchange Server *
• Forefront Security for SharePoint *
• System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Server Enterprise editions
• Windows Rights Management Services *
• System Center Operations Manager Enterprise 2007
• Unified Messaging Services for Exchange *
• Excel and Forms Services for SharePoint *

New products
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance
• Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 *
• Office Forms Server 2007 *
• Office SharePoint Designer 2007*
• Office Communications Server 2007
• “Voice Call Management” for Office Communication Server 2007
• Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
• Forefront Client Security
• Office Sharepoint Server for Search 2007 *
• SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007
• System Center “Desktop”
• Office Groove Server 2007*
• Office Groove 2007 *
• Exchange Hosted Services*


 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Filed under Configuration Manager, Exchange, Executives, Forefront, Forms Server, Groove, Groove Server, Hosted Services, InfoPath, Microsoft, OS - Client, OS - Server, Office, Office 2007, Office Communications Server, OneNote, Operations Manager, PerformancePoint Server, Project, Project Portfolio Server, Project Server, Servers, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint Server, SharePoint Server for Search, Steve Ballmer, Visio, Windows Rights Management Services, Windows Vista

Related posts:

 

News Search:

Recent Posts:

Daily Digest Email:

Enter your Email


Powered by FeedBlitz

Categories:

Full category list

Archives:

October 2008
S M T W T F S
« Sep    
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  

RSS Feed:



HunterStrat Links:

Other:


Advertisements:




Related:


Misc:


 

Tracked by ClickAider