Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-feb

Preliminary information, subject to change.

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on February 14, 2012.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the February bulletin summary on February 14, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on February 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the February Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012

ZDNet

With all the cloud hype, it’s sometimes easy to forget that “clouds” are just a bunch of servers located in datacenters — whether they be customers’ own, hosters’, or tech vendors’ datacenters.

On January 17, Microsoft will highlight that fact by positioning its new System Center 2012 system-management bundle as key to managing both private and public clouds.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-details-new-licensing-plans-for-its-cloud-management-suite/11673

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Microsoft licensing plans for cloud management suite

Building Windows 8
An inside look from the Windows engineering team

We wanted to continue our dialog about data storage by talking about the next generation file system being introduced in Windows 8. Today, NTFS is the most widely used, advanced, and feature rich file system in broad use. But when you’re reimagining Windows, as we are for Windows 8, we don’t rest on past successes, and so with Windows 8 we are also introducing a newly engineered file system. ReFS, (which stands for Resilient File System), is built on the foundations of NTFS, so it maintains crucial compatibility while at the same time it has been architected and engineered for a new generation of storage technologies and scenarios. In Windows 8, ReFS will be introduced only as part of Windows Server 8, which is the same approach we have used for each and every file system introduction.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/16/building-the-next-generation-file-system-for-windows-refs.aspx

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The next generation file system for Windows: ReFS

Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-jan

Preliminary information, subject to change.

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 10, 2012.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the January bulletin summary on January 10, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification

To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on January 11, 2012, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the January Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2012

Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-dec

This is an advance notification for one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on December 29, 2011, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). The bulletin addresses security vulnerabilities in all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the December bulletin summary on December 29, 2011. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on December 29, 2011, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December 29, 1:00 PM Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft Security Advisory (2659883)
Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Denial of Service
Advanced Notification for out-of-band release to address Security Advisory 2659883

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Out-Of-Band Notification for December 2011

Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-dec

Preliminary information, subject to change.

With the release of the security bulletins for December 2011, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued December 28, 2011. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on December 14, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on the out-of-band security bulletin on December 29, 2011, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2011

Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-dec

Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month on December 13, 2011.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on December 14, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification December 2011

Security TechCenter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-nov

Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month on November 8, 2011.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on November 9, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the November Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification November 2011

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
Analysis from January to June 2011.

Volume 11 of the Microsoft® Security Intelligence Report (SIRv11) provides in-depth perspectives on software vulnerabilities and exploits, malicious code threats, and potentially unwanted software in Microsoft and third-party software. Microsoft developed these perspectives based on detailed trend analyses over the past several years, with a focus on the first half of 2011.
This document summarizes the key findings of the report. The full report also includes deep analysis of trends found in more than 100 countries/regions around the world and offers ways to manage risks to your organization, software, and people.

Zeroing in on Malware Propagation Methods
Worldwide Threat Intelligence
Vulnerability Disclosures
Exploits
Document Exploits
Malware and Potentially Unwanted Software
Operating System Infection Rates
Threat Families and Categories
Enterprise Threats
Email Threats
Malicious Websites

Download the report: Security Intelligence Report (SIR) Volume 11 [PDF]

Download library has earlier SIR volumes.

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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) Volume 11

News Press Release

Oct. 13, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) has closed its acquisition of Skype Global S.à r.l. Negotiations of the definitive agreement under which Microsoft would acquire Skype, an Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion were led by investor group Silver Lake and the transaction was originally announced on May 10, 2011. Boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype previously approved the acquisition.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/oct11/10-13SkypePR.mspx

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/skype-is-officially-now-a-microsoft-division/10986?

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Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype