Microsoft BackOffice 2.5 Releases To Manufacturing
Microsoft BackOffice Server 2.5, the only comprehensive and
integrated server suite designed for intranets and the
Internet, has released to manufacturing. The BackOffice Server
includes Windows NT Server 4.0, Internet Information Server
2.0, FrontPage 1.1, Index Server 1.1, SQL Server 6.5, Exchange
Server 4.0, SNA Server 3.0, Systems Management Server 1.2,
Proxy Server 1. 0, and a unified installer for server and
client software. For more information about BackOffice 2.5
and the component products, please see:
http://www.microsoft.com/backoffice
SNA Server Released to Manufacturing!
SNA Server 3.0 was officially released to manufacturing
today(11/21/96). After nearly two years in development, this
is a major release of the product that should give a boost
to the worldwide adoption of SNA Server as the de-facto
method of integrating IBM mainframes and AS/400s with
BackOffice and Windows NT Server LANs, WANs and intranets.
For SKUs, pricing and other information on SNA Server 3.0,
check out InfoBase, \\bsdinfo\public\sna,
http:\\www.microsoft.com\sna or send email to SNATALK.
Microsoft Sweeps PC Computing MVP Awards
Microsoft won 11 of PC Computing's Most Valuable Product
Awards at the COMDEX trade show. Windows NT Server and
Workstation 4.0 won the magazine's award for Most Valuable
New Product for 1996, designating the Windows NT operating
system as the most important product innovation of the year.
Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation also won Best
Operating System. Internet Information Server (IIS) added
to the list of awards beating Netscape Fast Track and
O'Reilly's Web Server to win Best Web Server Software. DBSD
also took the Technical Excellence Award for the Point-to-Point
Tunneling Protocol. See http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/ for details.
100,000 Seat Exchange Deployment Announced for British
Telecom(BT)
This week Microsoft announced that Microsoft Exchange Server
has been chosen as the platform for BT's Next Generation
Messaging (NGM) System. DEC will deliver a combination of
software and services for the project. The goal is to implement
100,000 seats of Exchange beginning with a 2,000 seat field
trial beginning in Q1 CY '97. For more information, please see:
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/bt.htm
PC Magazines MVP Awards: The List
* The Microsoft Family of Internet products beat Netscape in
every category for PC Computing's Most Valuable Products
(MVP) Awards. Winners included Internet Information Server
(over Netscape Fast Track), IE 3.0 (over Navigator) and
FrontPage (over Navigator Gold)
* Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 beat
OS/2 Warp for best operating Systems
* IIS beat Netscape Fast Track and O'Reilly Web Server Professional.
* Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 won Product
of the Year for 1996
* Other MVP winners included: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel,
Access, Publisher, FrontPage, and IE 3.0.
PC Magazine Awarded Technical Excellence Award to the Point to
Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Each year, the Editors of PC Magazine recognize the top technical
innovations for the year. This is not a favorite products award,
but rather a focus on advancements in the technology. This year,
the editors chose PPTP as the best networking software. Not
surprisingly, PPTP beat Lotus Domino. Interestingly, PPTP beat
NTS 4.0. While it is incredible that a 3 year old product can be
even nominated for Tech Ex, the common belief is that the editors
could not give the award to NTS since it had won 3 years ago.
See http://www.pcmag.com/special/techex/txcat.htm for the
award details.
Windows NT Skills Offer a Better Paycheck lmm
Windows NT Server and Workstation skills were ranked second among
the top 10 skills needed to acquire the IS position and increase
their earning potential in a recent study by ComputerWorld. The
report confirmed what many suspect, it is an employees market.
The need for quality, highly trained IS professionals will be
pronounced in 1997, as IS professionals garner top dollar for
every high-tech skill they posses. For a complete look at the
1996 Skills Survey, see the November l8th issue of ComputerWorld
or visit http://www.computerworld.com
beginning Monday, November 25th.
Thanks,
Doyoung Rhee
(02) 531-4628 , dyrhee@microsoft.com