The snappily titled Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 aims to pander to the vagaries of IT administration, with a series of updates designed to make the lives of techies managing Windows Mobile handsets easier.
The final piece, a messaging and security service pack, was shipped last year but had yet to show up on devices in the market. The technology was made possible by combining devices running Windows Mobile 5 with servers using Exchange 2003 Service...
The two products, called Direct Mobile Messaging for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2, and Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5, allow administrators to lay down security policies and load software to remote devices.
Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update. In a posting to its life cycle website, Microsoft set a preliminary date of the second half of next year for the release of...
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first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption. Also, the company urged businesses not to wait for a service pack to...
Many businesses may find installing the service pack plays havoc with their custom-built software as well as bought corporate applications, for example, as their systems are reconfigured by SP2. Redmond has also had to issue a fix for its CRM...