Margie Semilof, Senior News Writer

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Two years since its initial release, Microsoft's Active Directory is finally making headway within the enterprise.

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Most Microsoft customers are still migrating slowly to a popular version of Windows released two years ago, but... More...

The good news? Microsoft has published a standard product life cycle policy so you no longer have to read tea leaves to... More...

BOSTON -- Of the 200 IT administrators attending a whistle-stop tour featuring Microsoft's top security executives last... More...

There is no evidence that IT professionals take seriously the results of research that is funded by Microsoft or any... More...

The beta program for one of Microsoft's patch management tools is taking a lot longer to pull together than the company... More...

Altiris Inc. is releasing an overhauled version of its manageability architecture that promises improvements in the... More...

Desktop decisions:
A special report

Last of three parts.

When Microsoft gave software developers an early look at its... More...

Microsoft says it's making progress in its attempt to move customers off of NT Server and onto a newer version of Windows... More...

At some point, most IT administrators will have to determine whether an existing application can or should run on a... More...

Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 is barely out of the chute, and already the company has turned its attention to its next... More...

Microsoft appears to be making some strides in scalability with an upcoming release of its messaging server and its... More...

As part of its ongoing effort to lure customers off of IBM/Lotus Domino and Novell Inc.'s Groupwise, and onto the Exchange... More...

Microsoft will indeed be trimming some things out of the initial release of the Longhorn client, the next version of the... More...

Special report:
Can Windows and Linux peacefully co-exist?

First in a series.

Microsoft has spent an enormous amount of... More...

Special report:
Can Windows and Linux peacefully co-exist?

Second in a series.

Despite some high-profile customer wins... More...

Hoping to get more traction in the virtual server market, Microsoft will release a free tool on Friday that will help... More...

If you're still looking for guidance on how to buy products that create a secure Windows infrastructure that is... More...

What can Domino deliver that Exchange cannot?

In clustering, Domino uses a "shared nothing" approach. It doesn't share disk... More...
What is the biggest technical argument for using eDirectory?

Perhaps the biggest thing is that we embrace the entire... More...
What is the state of IM use in the enterprise today?

There's confusion. One CIO told me that he didn't have any IM in use in his... More...
What are some myths about desktop Linux?

'Linux is a hodgepodge and therefore more expensive.' Linux is not a hodgepodge. We... More...
At the recent unveiling of OpenGroupware.org, the project lead billed the effort as an Exchange killer. What really are... More...
Two years ago, all the talk was about Exchange being the collaboration tool. How has this changed?

I think Exchange is... More...
Your company seems to have a lot of computing resources for just nine employees.

Yes, we do heavy-duty number crunching... More...
How does your database strategy differ from Oracle's?

Our strategy is to provide highly manageable, scalable and... More...
In your view, what are the main technical advantages of Oracle 9i over SQL Server?

The most dramatic is the ability to take... More...
Over time, how will the role of Exchange be de-emphasized as a collaboration platform?

It's not that anything about the... More...
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