Archive for the ‘Beta’ Category

Wednesday April 15, 2009 09:09

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Released

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Microsoft

Microsoft today released the beta of Microsoft Exchange 2010! Codenamed Exchange 14. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your...

Saturday February 21, 2009 02:03

Vista SP2 Update Sent to Testers

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta

What really, really looks like a release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 -- which first entered beta in December -- is officially being called an "update" this afternoon, after Microsoft declined to give it a more formal title. A Microsoft...

Monday January 12, 2009 13:29

First Office 14 Screenshot Unveiled?

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Microsoft Office

Microsoft enthusiast and blogger Stephen Chapman sends word that he has discovered an early concept Office 14 screenshot from a PowerPoint presentation hosted on Microsoft.com. The screenshot itself appears to be from a slide deck detailing Grava's...

Saturday December 13, 2008 11:09

Windows 7-Windows Mobile integration: What’s coming when?

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Windows 7

So far, the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) agreed to by attendees of Microsoft’s Winter Mobius confab seem to be sticking. The roughly two dozen bloggers, analysts developers and others hand-picked to get a sneak preview of Microsoft’s Win Mobile...

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta is an update to Windows Server and Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta is...

Friday November 21, 2008 16:53

Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta Now Available!

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Microsoft

The System Center Operations Manager team is excited to announce the availability of the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta, which is ready for you to download through Microsoft Connect today! As announced and demonstrated by Brad Anderson at TechEd EMEA...

Thursday November 20, 2008 16:56

IE 8 Won’t be Done Until 2009

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Internet Explorer

Microsoft plans to offer one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before releasing the final version of the updated browser, the company said late Wednesday. The next test, essentially a "release candidate" version will come in the first...

Tuesday October 28, 2008 09:54

Notes on the Windows 7 Demo from Today’s PDC Keynote

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Microsoft

Just a few hours ago, Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President for Windows and Windows Live Engineering, did his keynote here at PDC2008 unveiling Windows 7 to the world for the first time. Steven asked Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President of the...

Beta Information This article discusses a beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice. No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this beta product. For...

Sunday September 28, 2008 09:48

Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 build

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Windows

Microsoft isn’t sharing specifics, but according to new information on its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) blog, the company is definitely planning to distribute in late October a pre-beta build of Windows 7 to attendees. I’m assuming this...

Monday September 22, 2008 19:49

Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace applets with services

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Windows

Windows 7’s mail, photo-management and movie-maker subsystems applets are all being replaced by optionally installable Windows Live equivalents. This is good news for users, as services are easier to update more frequently than software. It’s also...

Sunday August 31, 2008 08:03

Performance is a “major initiative” for Windows 7 and IE8

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Windows

Steven Sinofsky, head of the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, has made a post on the E7 Blog regarding Windows 7's performance which is reminiscent of a recent post on the IEBlog. Right at the start, Sinofsky stated what so many Windows and...

Saturday August 16, 2008 07:48

Confirmed: Microsoft to Proceed Directly to Windows 7 Server

Posted by BSchwarz as Beta, Windows

Microsoft’s Windows Server division has veered from its regular schedule to eliminate — at least in name — the minor “R2? update of Windows Server 2008 that was slated to arrive in the next year or two. The result: The next version of Windows...

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