Microsoft is releasing a second beta of the Windows Server AppFabric technology. This article includes a link to the download site.

Microsoft is releasing a plug-in for Xing, to integrate the German social networking site into Outlook. The Social Connector, for Outlook 2010, will allow you to access content on social network sites without using a browser.

This time a bug in VBScript is raising alarms for users of Internet Explorer, versions 7 and 8, running Windows XP. Vista, Win7, and Server 2008 appear to be unaffected.

Security Essentials is the free security tool from Microsoft – however – "Security essentials 2010" is a piece of malware that didn’t come from Microsoft.

In this helpful article, Joe Dolittle explains how you can find out if your Office license lets you use two copies.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Computer Generated Solutions Inc. announced a cloud-based version of its Unlimited Mailbox email archiving and e-discovery solution. The service is integrated with the Microsoft-hosted Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and is designed for primary and secondary public education organizations.

End-of-life dates for Windows operating systems have been announced. Vista, the original version without any service packs, will be killed first.

Cryptome published a "secret" document detailing the information Microsoft keeps on users. So Microsoft took down Cryptome to remove the document. However, as in many such cases, the effort only encouraged others to post the information.

While Microsoft took down 277 domain names used by the Waledac botnet, no one has seen much sign of a drop in spam levels. Some estimates say the botnet was responsible for less than one percent of spam.

SetFocus has gathered a team of industry experts to present a series of seminars on easing the transition to SharePoint 2010. The Seminar Series comprises 4 half-day sessions on March 18 and 19, 2010.