A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/19/2007
Continuing its support of Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server 2005, Quest Software recently unveiled its latest offering, Change Director for SQL Server, as well as upgrades to its Performance Analysis for SQL Server 6.0 and Toad SQL Server 3.0.
Get the latest downloads for Orcas Beta 1, Entity Framework designer, and the SilverLight framework.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 06/01/2007
Katmai could improve Microsoft's standing in the database space.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 06/01/2007
Integrating data queries into VB and C#
The Microsoft Synchronization Services 1.0 API for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and the new Sync Designer in the Orcas March 2007 CTP team up to generate a local data cache that synchronizes incrementally and bidirectionally with SQL Server Express.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2007
SapphireSteel Software, Microsoft among others, show growing interest in Ruby's relationship to Visual Studio, .NET
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/01/2007
There are advantages and disadvantages to today's application-tier caching techniques. Consider your data caching options for improving data-intensive application performance.
- By Marie-Anne Neimat
- 03/28/2007
Less than a month after shipping SP2 for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft issues a hotfix to prevent maintenance plan cleanup tasks from removing data before the specified cleanup interval.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/01/2007
There's too much going on in the Visual Studio space for any one developer to keep track of it all?so we're going to do it for you. New downloads available include Visual Studio SP1 and the latest Orcas CTP.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 03/01/2007
Microsoft plans to ship service pack 2 (SP2) of its SQL Server 2005 database this quarter.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2007
The architect for the Microsoft SQL Server Group is interviewed about the various research Sharp languages and their impact on future software development and programming.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 02/15/2007
SP2 provides support for Windows Vista and Office 2007, while also offering new data compression, business intelligence, and security capabilities.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/01/2007
Scott Guthrie recently sat with VSM to discuss Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX and the status of other Web-related projects.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 12/01/2006
Discover an array of OLAP APIs for developing top-notch dedicated OLAP applications.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 05/01/2006
Learn how you can apply Integration Services to the ETL paradigm in your business.
- By Trey Johnson
- 05/01/2006
See how the LINQ syntax, specifically DLinq and XLinq, can increase your productivity and reduce the possibility for error.
A forthcoming Win32 upgrade to SSM joins SSE with SSX and Jet in Microsoft's new triumvirate of freely distributable database engines.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2006