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Microsoft's server boss: No Azure in a box

One of the limiting factors for Windows Azure — Microsoft's operating system for the cloud — is that it only runs in Microsoft's data centers. Read more »

Microsoft updates Windows Azure tools

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has released an update to the developer kit for its Windows Azure cloud-based operating system. Read more »

Microsoft readies revamped database, security software

Microsoft says it's set to release near-final versions of its key database server and other business-oriented software. Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

Q&A: Inside Window Server 2008

With Microsoft set to officially launch Windows Server 2008 this week, ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News.com sat down with Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business to talk about what to expect. Read more »

Microsoft goes limp as OOXML vote nears

Microsoft's top executives have promised not to sue open source developers who create non-commercial software based on Microsoft's protocols, but skeptics say it's a ploy to soften its image before the upcoming OOXML vote. Read more »

Microsoft starts a group for software harmony

Microsoft is creating a council with other technology vendors in an effort to sort out product interoperability problems. Read more »

Virtualisation means 'end of Windows as we know it'

Analyst group Gartner believes that virtualisation will allow Microsoft to create a more flexible operating system platform in the future based around modularity. Read more »

Microsoft kills stand-alone WinFS project

Microsoft has decided to initially use technology from its WinFS project in the SQL Server database, rather than directly in its Windows operating system. Read more »

Too many chefs in Microsoft kitchen?

With Bill Gates shifting from his role as chief software architect, Microsoft plans to make itself less of a one man show. But is its new structure a recipe for disaster? Read more »

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