Microsoft: This Week!
Konstantin Gusev
Microsoft: This Week!
January 20, 2000
A compendium of the past week's news highlights at Microsoft.
Find important headlines, contests, free downloads, fun stuff to read, and
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TOP STORY
¾ New Microsoft TechNet Site: Personalized Content, Windows 2000 Resources,
and More
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/
More than 8,000 customers voted on our concepts for the new TechNet Home
page and many others gave us lots of advice. Visit our new site guide for
details. While you're in the neighborhood, take a look at the list of new
TechNet Events, nine of which focus on Windows 2000. Plan to attend one
soon; they're free and may take place at a location near you.
¾ Microsoft Announces Record Quarterly Revenue and Income
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/earnq200/earnq200.htm
Microsoft announced record revenue of $6.11 billion for the quarter ended
Dec. 31, 1999, an 18 percent increase over the $5.20 billion for the same
quarter last year.
BUSINESS NEWS
¾ Windows 2000 Professional Wins Popular Mechanics' Award
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/01-17windows2000award.htm
In its December 1999 issue, Popular Mechanics editors recognized Windows
2000's innovative design and quality engineering.
¾ Microsoft Renews Commitment to Safe and Secure Computing
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/01-18rsa.asp
At the RSA Data Security Conference and Expo, Microsoft announced several
initiatives to enhance product security, educate customers about security
and privacy issues, and address the protection of customer data as an
industrywide issue.
DEVELOPER NEWS
¾ Streamlining Your Web Site Using XML
http://msdn.microsoft.com/voices/xml.asp
Learn how you can use XML to break down the tangled mess of HTML that
accumulates on your Web site and transform it into manageable chunks that
different members of your team can work on in parallel to help achieve a
more compelling site.
¾ Visit MSDN Online's New Site for Students
http://msdn.microsoft.com/students/
MSDN Online for Students is where you can find tons of stuff to help you
become a better developer, so that when you get out of school, you can get a
better job.
HOME COMPUTING
¾ Ask the Expert: How Do I Set Up a Home Network?
http://mspress.microsoft.com/homeuser/expert/
Microsoft Press author Alan Neibauer is taking your questions on networking
your home computers to keep the whole family connected.
THIS WEEK'S READ
Bill Gates Promotes Steve Ballmer to President and CEO
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/jan00/final25anv.htm
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer preview their strategy to transform Microsoft
around Internet User Experience and Next Generation Windows Services.
TIPS AND TRICKS
TechNet Mole Talks About Networking: RRAS, Login Scripts, and More
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/inside/1-17-00.asp
The Mole answers your questions about RRAS, DUN, and the disappearing login
script, RRAS and PPTP and more.
FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK
Join the Allegiance Open Beta: Download and Play It Today
http://www.microsoft.com/games/allegiance/beta.htm
For a limited time, the gaming public at-large can download Allegiance - an
online space-action game - and participate in the game's open beta program.
Coming to stores in March, Allegiance will be playable on the MSN Gaming
Zone as well as independent game servers worldwide.
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Konstantin Gusev
January 27, 2000
A compendium of the past week's news highlights at Microsoft.
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TOP STORY
¾ Use Microsoft Office eServices Now
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/services/eserviceshome.htm
eServices can save you time and money by merging Microsoft Office with
Web-based services. You can print postage from Word, save an Office document
to a private Web storage area, receive faxes and voicemail via the Outlook
Inbox, translate a PowerPoint slide from French to English, and more. Best
of all, many of these Office eServices are free.
¾ Office 2000 Garners Top Honors and Critical Acclaim
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/01-18office2k.asp
Office 2000 has won top awards from industry publications, plus leading
analysts Giga Information Group and GartnerGroup have found that Office 2000
significantly improved overall productivity and decreased total cost of
ownership for organizations that participated in their independent research.
BUSINESS NEWS
¾ Windows 2000 to Ship with 128-bit Encryption Internationally
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dailynews2/012000.htm
Microsoft Windows 2000 is the first operating system platform with built-in
128-bit encryption to be shipped internationally under new U.S. government
regulations. Now, international customers will no longer have to buy add-ons
to get strong encryption - or suffer from the delays and restrictions
getting those add-ons can entail.
¾ U.S. Army Chooses SQL Server for Security, Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dailynews2/012100.htm
The U.S. Army Cadet Command has adopted a centralized Microsoft SQL Server
7.0 database to replace a collection of disparate databases on more than
eight operating systems. SQL Server was selected for its security
capabilities, performance, and other features.
DEVELOPER NEWS
¾ Servin' It Up: ASP Component Guidelines
http://msdn.microsoft.com/voices/server.asp
Let's face it: When it comes to working with components under ASP, what you
don't know can hurt you. If you've fallen, get up, dust yourself off, and
read general guidelines learned from experience that will help you build
better component-based ASP solutions.
¾ XML Integration Features in ADO 2.5
http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/articles/xmlintegrationinado.asp
ADO 2.5 support for XML removes some restrictions and enables persistence of
both the XML and ADTG formats to any object that supports IStream. Learn
about ADO 2.5 Recordset Persistence, XML Persistence Format, integration
with ASP, and more.
HOME COMPUTING
¾ Microsoft Donates $344 Million in Software to Train Teachers
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/01-20msintel.asp
Microsoft's commitment to Intel Teach to the Future is single largest
software donation in company history.
THIS WEEK'S READ
Microsoft Essay: Security in the Internet Age
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/issues/01-24security.asp
The latest in a series of Microsoft essays underscores the company's
commitment to making computing safe and secure.
TIPS AND TRICKS
Publish Office Documents to the Web
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/services/articles/yourpageonweb.htm
Office 2000 makes it easy for you to save a document as a Web page - and for
others to view it - using familiar commands. Find out how, and learn where
you can set up an Internet site that supports publishing from Office to the
Web.
FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK
NFL Fever 2000 Trial Version and Roster Update
http://www.microsoft.com/sports/fever2000/downloads.htm
The Trial Version lets you play a quarter of bone-crunching action between
the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos at the Georgia Dome. The Roster
Update contains current player rosters and starting line-ups as of the end
of the regular season.
DID YOU KNOW?
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