Windows Live to disappear
Windows Live, one of Microsoft’s services, is going to disappear, according to a blog post. In this publication, Microsoft acknowledges that the current way of offering Windows Live services seems disconnected from the operating system and its applications, but that changes with Windows 8. Windows Live consists of Hotmail, SkyDrive In…
Can Google Apps Unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange?
In an IT environment of MacBook laptops, Windows PCs, iPhones, iPads and Droid devices, why would any enterprise stick with Microsoft Outlook for email and collaboration? That very question prompted a 60-day pilot test at New England Biolabs, an Ipswich, Mass.-based molecular biology company. Given the growth of Macs and…
Microsoft Security Patches Include Fixes for Word, Office, Windows
Microsoft has fixed 23 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said on Tuesday in its monthly security patch report. The security holes, included in seven bulletins, affect Office, Windows, .Net Framework and Silverlight, and in the worst-case scenarios could give attackers control of affected systems, including…
Azure brand alive and well
A rumor that Microsoft was dropping the "Azure" branding for its cloud service quickly spread yesterday. But it was a based on a back-end adminstrative action and a growing expectation that Microsoft cannot be relied upon for stability. After last week’s news that Microsoft is ditching its "Windows Live" branding,…
Microsoft combats Hotmail spam with Swedish ‘re-training’
Microsoft Sweden has launched a part-education, part-unashamed marketing campaign aimed at convincing spammers to retrain as direct marketers since, it says, spam is dying. In a new promotional video purported to be filmed at Microsoft’s Akalla campus near Stockholm, a Swedish Microsoft shows spam as a percentage of total email…
Hotmail just got even smarter
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — Last October, Hotmail the largest web-based e-mail service in the world with a user base of over 360 million globally, celebrated its 15th anniversary and experienced a complete facelift, causing many to fall in love with it all over again. Now, Hotmail gets even Graymail, what?…
Can Google Apps Unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange?
In an IT environment of MacBook laptops, Windows PCs, iPhones, iPads and Droid devices, why would any enterprise stick with Microsoft Outlook for email and collaboration? That very question prompted a 60-day pilot test at New England Biolabs, an Ipswich, Mass.-based molecular biology company. Given the growth of Macs and…
Microsoft security patches include fixes for Word, Office, Windows
IDG News Service – Microsoft has fixed 23 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said Tuesday in its monthly security patch report. The security holes, included in seven bulletins, affect Office, Windows, .Net Framework and Silverlight, and in the worst-case scenarios could give attackers control of…
Microsoft Continues Rebranding, This Time It’s Azure
Microsoft must be in a mood to rename things this month. First, the company re-branded its small and medium business advertising site and eliminated Windows Live branding. Now it’s moved on to Azure. Will any of these changes have a positive impact on revenue or just result in confused customers?…
ECP Performance revealed and some thoughts on future Exchange management
Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server. ARTICLE TOOLSreprintsEmailPrintComments Posted @ 5/8/2012 7:46 AM By Tony Redmond I was both interested and impressed at Nuno Mota’s article describing how to enable a hidden performance section for the Exchange Management…