This paper provides information about the Secure Startup feature in the next client version of Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) codenamed Longhorn.
A Microsoft exec says there's a lot more to Longhorn than Windows XP Service Pack 3. Redmond expects this "big deal" will create opportunity, especially for new programs leveraging its peer-to-peer platform.
As Microsoft approaches a major milestone in the development of Longhorn, company executives are talking more about the features of the Windows XP successor, which they say will be easier to use, more secure, and less costly to manage than earlier versions of Windows.
Software engineers who attend Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference later this month could get their first taste of a new Windows user permissions model that could change the way thousands of programs are developed and run. But as the company prepares for the final Longhorn development push, questions remain about its plans for a new user privileges model called Least-Privilege User Account, or LUA.
In acquiring Groove Networks, Microsoft's collaboration strategy will gain a clear boost, but the move raises questions about how swiftly and effectively the two companies can integrate Groove's technology into Longhorn and the next version of Office.
This is a great show on what's coming in Longhorn technology: Indigo, Avalon, XAML, and compatibility. We get to the heart of what the term "Managed OS" really means.
Hoping to boost its collaboration software strategy, Microsoft on Thursday announced its intention to acquire Groove Networks, naming Groove founder Ray Ozzie as the company's CTO.
This is a great show on what's coming in Longhorn technology: Indigo, Avalon, XAML, and compatibility. We get to the heart of what the term "Managed OS" really means.
The rumors of WinFS' death have been greatly exaggerated, according to Tom Rizzo, Microsoft's director of product management for SQL Server, who said the next-generation file and storage system is currently being backported for Windows XP, according to a report.
Microsoft and representatives with the DOJ met on Thursday, as planned, to make sure that the next version of Windows doesn't violate antitrust conditions.
Microsoft and Department of Justice overseers will meet in mid-February to monitor potential antitrust issues around Microsoft's next major Windows release.
Microsoft will meet with representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) next month for the first of several briefings intended to ensure that its upcoming Longhorn operating system complies with the terms of the final judgment in the government's antitrust case against the software maker.
Microsoft plans to drop the "Home" and "Pro" tags with the next release of Windows, code-named Longhorn, and is looking at shipping a single product that includes the features found in today's Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC editions.
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft will let customers configure the next major release of Windows Server for specific server tasks, rather than selling a host of different Windows Server Longhorn editions tailored to those tasks, a company executive said Friday.
Microsoft has set a date for a second Longhorn-themed Professional Developers Conference (PDC). The event will be held in September 2005, almost two years after the company first detailed the Windows XP successor at the 2003 PDC.
Microsoft Corp. may choose never to release its vaunted and long-overdue project WinFS, following its removal from the next version of Windows, according to analysts Gartner Inc.
In a demonstration to developers, Microsoft pointed to an overhaul of device driver APIs and user interfaces for the forthcoming Windows Longhorn. The new capabilities include a desktop that will give equal weight to remote and local devices.
Even though Microsofts much-anticipated Longhorn has been stripped of its unified file system and some of its other key Longhorn technologies will be available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the next Windows release will still be worth the upgrade, according to Microsoft.
By cutting WinFS from Longhorn and indefinitely delaying the storage system, Microsoft Corp. has also again delayed the Microsoft Business Framework (MBF), a new Windows programming layer that is closely tied to WinFS.
Microsoft's decision to drop the Windows File System and other features from its next Windows release didn't suprise many IT departments, with some saying the change will allow for better migration planning.
The meaning of Microsoft's Longhorn cuts, announced Friday, is just starting to sink in on Monday. Longhorn evangelist Robert Scoble has some good links and interesting observations on what led up to Microsoft's ultimate decision to ax WinFS and port Avalon to older versions of Windows.
Microsoft Corp.'s retreat from its Longhorn ambitions and its decision to add several Longhorn technologies to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 may rob the next Windows release of its glamor, but users and developers gain more than they lose, some observers said Friday.