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Office for Mac 2011 Released to Manufacturing (RTM)

The next generation of Microsoft’s Office productivity suite designed for Apple’s Mac computers has reached a key milestone of the development process, RTM.The past week, Office for Mac 2011 was released to manufacturing, which means that the Redmond company has wrapped up the product. With the software ...

13 September 2010
05:10 GMT

Download 14 New Windows 7 Wallpapers

In parallel with the new themes that have been uploaded to the Windows Personalization Gallery, Microsoft also updated the wallpapers offered to customers. The Redmond company has been continually refreshing the online hub designed to centralize personalization content, adding a plethora of new themes designed speci...

10 September 2010
11:38 GMT

Windows 7 Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 Hotfix Release

Microsoft has updated a free tool designed to streamline the migration to the latest iteration of Windows client for end users. At the end of the past month, the Redmond company quietly refreshed the Application Compatibility Toolkit version 5.6 “With relatively little fanfare (in other words, with no fanfare ...

3 September 2010
10:05 GMT

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 RTM Documentation

The first major upgrade for Exchange Server 2010 was released to manufacturing a week ago, and the release is accompanied by documentation detailing the evolution from Exchange Server 2007 as well as issues customers might come across and how to streamline deployment. According to Bharat Suneja, and additional member...

3 September 2010
08:17 GMT

Download 4 New Windows 7 Themes Featuring Content from Taiwanese Artists

After the past week Microsoft released six new themes for customers running the latest iteration of Windows, the company has done it again. This week, four new themes went live on the Windows Personalization Gallery, and as is the case for all the content featured on the website, the latest theme packs are offered f...

2 September 2010
13:40 GMT

Office 2010 Update Center

Now that Microsoft has made Office 2010 RTM available to the public, it falls on customers to make sure that their products are kept up to date. But the Redmond company is making it extremely simple for end users and businesses that embraced the latest iteration of the Office productivity suite to find the Service P...

2 September 2010
06:39 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 RTM "CoreMR" VPC Released

The first of the two virtual machine images featuring the RTM bits of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 is now available for download.Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 RTM "CoreMR" VPC can be grabbed from the Redmond company, but only by customers with access to the PartnerSource Download Page. In addition to the CoreMR" VPC, the...

2 September 2010
06:24 GMT

Windows Phone 7 OS Is Golden, Ready to Take on iPhone and Android Devices, Almost

Microsoft has all but done its part of the Windows Mobile reboot which introduced Windows Phone 7. Terry Myerson, the Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Engineering announced that the Windows Phone 7 operating system has been released to manufacturing, with the product having reached the ‘gold’ st...

2 September 2010
03:20 GMT

Windows Phone 7 RTM'd

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its latest mobile operating system, dubbed Windows Phone 7, has been released to manufacturing (RTM). In other words, the company managed to move closer to completing the testing of the solution and towards its integration with hardware solutions fro...

2 September 2010
02:37 GMT

Download 5 New Free Windows 7 Themes by Graphic Artists

Microsoft has made available for download five new beautiful themes for Windows 7 with content from various graphic artists. The new collection of theme packs is offered free of charge just as all the additional customization content on the Windows Personalization Gallery. Customers running Windows 7 can now have a ...

27 August 2010
11:17 GMT

Download Exchange Server 2010 SP1 RTM VHD

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has hit RTM earlier this week, and Microsoft made the bits available for download, also offering a VHD image of the upgrade, making it easier for customers to test the product’s evolution.The download offered by the Redmond company is a pre-configured VHD of Exchange Se...

27 August 2010
06:38 GMT

Pre-SP1 Performance Boost for Windows 7 DirectX 11 Graphics Platform

Customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client can gain a performance boost for the operating system’s graphics platform. Microsoft has released an update designed to improve the performance of DirectX 11 in Windows 7, as well as in Windows Server 2008 R2. According to the Redmond company, the r...

26 August 2010
12:17 GMT

Download New pre-SP1 Windows 7 RTM Application Compatibility Updates

Although it is currently cooking Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft continues to ensure that the latest version of its Windows client continues to evolve even ahead of the upgrade planned for the first half of 2011. Case in point, two application compatibility updates offered by the Redmond company to custome...

25 August 2010
11:38 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 Horses Theme

Microsoft continues to add to the impressive collection of personalization content it is offering to customers running the latest iteration of its Windows client. Windows 7 users can now download a new theme for their operating system, containing a set of wallpapers featuring images of horses.  Animal lovers wil...

19 August 2010
12:15 GMT

Download Free Office 2010 RTM Migration Planning Manager

Microsoft has released a new version of the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) to go along with the latest major iteration of Office, which hit store shelves earlier this year. Microsoft Office Migration Planning Manager 2010 is now up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center, a resource designed to streamli...

9 August 2010
10:42 GMT

Download Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server 2.0 RTM

The final version of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server 2.0 is now available for download. Early adopters that have tested the pre-release versions of the drivers were among the first to get a taste of the evolution of the SQL Server Drivers for PHP 2.0, which now features the PDO_SQLSRV driver. The Redmond...

6 August 2010
05:48 GMT

Download Free Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Trial

Microsoft is making it extremely simple for developers to test drive Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. The Redmond company has released for download a free trail edition of the product, enabling customers to test drive it for up to two months. The release went live on the Microsoft Download Center and is off...

6 August 2010
04:19 GMT

Download Free Trials Office 2010 Standalone Components

Concomitantly with the general availability deadline of Office 2010, Microsoft also started offering free copies of the productivity suite for download. Trial versions of Office 2010 RTM continue to be available for download even at this point in time. And the Redmond company is adding even more downloads to the list...

2 August 2010
09:37 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 Wolves Theme

Microsoft has updated the content offered through the Windows Personalization Gallery and is now providing customers running its latest Windows client with new themes. The Wolves themepack is one of the fresh customization releases from the Redmond company, bringing to the table a collection of 11 beautiful images, f...

30 July 2010
10:30 GMT

Get Visual Studio 2010 Keyboard Shortcut Posters

Microsoft has updated a free resource designed to enable developers leveraging Visual Studio 2010 to improve their workflow and productivity. The refreshed version of the Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding Posters are now up for grabs from the Microsoft Download Center. The posters are set up to make it as easy as possibl...

30 July 2010
07:11 GMT

Download Linux Integration Services 2.1 RTM for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2

Microsoft has finalized version 2.1 of the Linux Integration Services it is offering to customers running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 and also leveraging the Linux open source operating system in their virtual machines. Linux Integration Services 2.1 for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 are now available via the Mic...

30 July 2010
05:39 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 RTM Team Foundation Installation Guide

A free resource available for download from Microsoft is designed to streamline the deployment of Visual Studio 2010 RTM Team Foundation as much as possible. Customers leveraging the latest release of the Redmond company’s development platform can now grab the Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studi...

30 July 2010
03:19 GMT

Windows 7 XP Mode Limits Windows Media Player Functionality

When it revealed that it was going to deliver a free and activated copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for select editions of Windows 7, Microsoft also indicated that the virtualized version of the operating system releases in 2001 comes with a few shortcomings. Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 cannot be used in gami...

29 July 2010
06:12 GMT

Free Office 2010 in the Cloud (Office Web Apps) Overview

With the advent of Office 2010, Microsoft started offering a free Cloud-based extension of the productivity suite containing four components, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Office Web Apps are available in two different flavors, illustrative of the Redmond company’s support for customers embracing the Cl...

28 July 2010
12:11 GMT

Windows 7 Accelerates Beyond 7 Copies Sold per Second

While undoubtedly, selling 7 copies of Windows 7 per second, "sounds" better than selling 10 copies of Windows 7 per second, the fact of the matter is that sales of the latest iteration of the Windows client are accelerating. Less than a week ago, the Redmond company announced that Windows 7’s strong momentum w...

26 July 2010
08:54 GMT

Windows 7 175 Million Sold Copies

Windows 7 is becoming a phenomenon in its own. The fastest selling operating system in history continues to enjoy a very strong momentum, even at nine months after it hit store shelves around the world. Since the General Availability milestone on October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft has sold in excess of 175 million copies ...

23 July 2010
03:39 GMT

Download Free Visio Premium 2010 RTM Trial

Along with free trials of Office 2010 RTM and SharePoint Server 2010 RTM, Microsoft is also offering customers the chance to test drive the latest iteration of Visio before making any decisions related to purchasing the product. The evaluation version of Visio Premium 2010 RTM is now up for grabs from the Redmond com...

22 July 2010
07:54 GMT

Update SharePoint Server 2010 RTM

Even though mid-July has already passed, Microsoft only now released the first updates for SharePoint Server 2010 RTM, although the refreshes were initially set up for launch the previous month. According to information supplied by the Redmond company, the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Filterpack-x-none.msp)...

22 July 2010
06:53 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 RTM in Q1 2011

Microsoft has already confirmed officially that the first service pack for Windows 7 will only be made available to customers worldwide in the first half of 2011. Speculation had previously indicated that Windows 7 SP1 would be finalized in the second half of 2010, but certainly by the end of this year, which obvious...

20 July 2010
06:39 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools Updated with New Features

When the new Visual Studio 2010 is not enough in its plain vanilla flavor, developers can turn to a collection of free extensions designed to kick up a notch the development platform. In this regard, Microsoft is offering the Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools Extensions as a free download through the Visual...

20 July 2010
06:07 GMT

Download All Free Windows 7 Bing Themes and Wallpapers

Microsoft is offering an impressive collection of free themes featuring Bing content, to customers running the latest iteration of its operating system. There are no less than four Bing’s Beat theme for Windows 7 as well as an additional themepack that the Redmond company released after it held a photography co...

16 July 2010
12:55 GMT

Download Free Office 2010 RTM User Resources

As is the case with all major Microsoft products, the release of Office 2010 brought with it a collection of content designed to help users get an insight into the latest iteration of the productivity suite. An illustrative example in this regard is the Office 2010 User Resources set of downloads, a massive package o...

16 July 2010
07:27 GMT

System Center Essentials 2010 Resource Kit Released

Customers looking to deploy System Center Essentials 2010 and in need of some help when it comes down to supporting the product, can now access a free Resource Kit from Microsoft. The System Center Essentials 2010 Resource Kit will simplify the work IT administrators will need to do for the adoption of System Center ...

16 July 2010
05:51 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 RTM Bing's Best: Japan Theme

Microsoft continues to add to its excellent collection of content designed to streamline the personalization of Windows 7 desktops. The Redmond company has added another free theme to its Windows Personalization Gallery, a customization hub set up with Windows 7 customers in mind. Users running the latest iteration ...

14 July 2010
12:41 GMT

x64 Windows 7 Patch for Critical Flaw Planned for Next Week

It’s going to be a slow patch Tuesday for Microsoft next week, with the company having planned the release of just four security bulletins. The Redmond company will only have to plug a fistful of security flaws, and the “breather” is welcomed after the massive number of vulnerabilities resolved in l...

9 July 2010
08:28 GMT

Exchange Server 2010 RTM Deployment Assistant Now in More Languages

Microsoft has released an update to a tool designed to help Exchange Server 2010 customers streamline on-premise deployments. With the latest update of the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant, the Redmond company has introduced support for additional languages. The Cloud-based tool was initially unveiled in Nov...

9 July 2010
08:00 GMT

Office 2010 Operations Guide Released

Following the General Availability (GA) of Office 2010, Microsoft has provided a range of content designed to streamline the adoption of the productivity suite. “Operations guide for Microsoft Office 2010” is an illustrative example in this regard, with the company offering customers looking to embrace Of...

9 July 2010
05:40 GMT

Download Windows 7 RTM Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 RTM

Almost two months ago, Microsoft was announcing the evolution of a Solution Accelerator designed to streamline the adoption of its latest technologies. At that time, the company introduced the Beta development milestone of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1. As of this week, the release has been wrapped u...

8 July 2010
11:47 GMT

Microsoft Deployed Office 2010 to Over 100,000 PCs In-House

Microsoft is notorious for eating its own dog food, a process labeled as dogfooding, which involves a company using its own products. In this regard, all of its software is used internally from the earliest stages of development, with heavyweights such as Windows and Office gaining a consistent level of traction well...

8 July 2010
09:45 GMT

Office 2010 RTM Getting Started Guide

Customers looking to make the jump to the latest iteration of the Office productivity suite have a variety of resources from Microsoft designed to make it as simple as possible to adopt Office 2010. An illustrative example in this regard is the “Getting started with Microsoft Office 2010” documentation of...

7 July 2010
07:02 GMT

.NET Framework 4 Requires 2 GB of Free Space on x64 Windows

The final version of .NET Framework 4 has been available for download for quite some time, but never fails to have an extra look at the system requirements, just to avoid any surprises. Fact is that there is little to surprise customers when it comes down to the computers capable of playing nice with the latest itera...

6 July 2010
09:58 GMT

$29.99 Windows 7 Professional – Special Deal for Students

Microsoft is offering the RTM copies of Windows 7 Professional at a massive discount compared to the retail variants of the operating system. Essentially, Windows 7 Professional is now available for purchase for as low as $29.99. The catch is that the special deal is only offered to students in the United States. The...

6 July 2010
06:52 GMT

Office Professional Academic 2010 Just $79.95 for Students

A new special deal from Microsoft allows students to buy Office Professional Academic 2010 for as little as $79.95. The “Are You Ready” website, an online destination dedicated to making sure that students are college- and career-ready, offers Office Professional Academic 2010 at a consistent discount com...

6 July 2010
06:01 GMT

Windows 7’s VC-1 Codec Doesn’t Use All Cores of Multicore Systems

Microsoft will fix a problem impacting the high end edition of the latest iteration of its Windows client which prevents the in-box VC-1 Video encoder codec to leverage all the CPU cores of a multicore system. The Redmond company revealed that it is aware of the issue reported by customers running the Ultimate editio...

6 July 2010
04:41 GMT

Download pre-SP1 Windows 7 Reliability and Performance Hotfix Rollup for 4KB sector HDDs

While the first Beta for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is getting closer and closer, signaling the proximity of the upgrade, Microsoft continues to advance the operating system via Windows Update. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download a hotfix rollup designed to kick up a notch both the...

6 July 2010
03:08 GMT

7 Wonders of Windows 7

While it’s true that Windows 7 has received rave reviews across the board, Microsoft has also not been shy when it comes down to applauding its latest Windows client as an excellent opportunity for customers. The latest move from the Redmond company is unveiling the 7 Wonders of Windows 7 website. Designed in S...

5 July 2010
12:28 GMT

Windows Embedded Standard 7 Release Notes

At the start of July 2010, Microsoft updated the Release Notes accompanying the latest version of its Windows Embedded operating system. Windows Embedded Standard 7 was released to manufacturing earlier this year, and made available for download in May, offering customers a replacement for Windows Embedded Standard ...

5 July 2010
10:20 GMT

Windows 7 Application Compatibility List Ready to Receive Important Updates

Microsoft is currently working on delivering important updates to the Windows 7 Application Compatibility List. The Redmond company has yet to provide any details as to what it has in stored for the list featuring applications that have been tailored to the latest iteration of the Windows client, or the deadline when...

5 July 2010
08:55 GMT

Windows 7 Personalization Gallery Revamped

Microsoft has revamped the online destination dedicated to offering free content for end users to personalize their copies of Windows 7. The Windows Personalization Gallery, unveiled alongside the latest Windows client has suffered a minor redesign, set up to better organize the resources offered to customers by the ...

2 July 2010
10:06 GMT

Excel 2010 RTM Migration Guide Released

Microsoft is offering a free guide for download to customers migrating to Excel 2010 from older versions of the Office suite component. “Migrating to Microsoft Excel 2010” is now available through the Microsoft Download Center, having been published at the start of this month. Customers can grab the guide...

2 July 2010
06:00 GMT


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