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Microsoft IE9 blew away Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari in new tests by NSS Labs to measure the ability of web browsers to block malware and catch click fraud.

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As of August, there were over 100 published Test Lab Guides (TLGs), which show you how to configure and demonstrate a Microsoft technology, feature, product, or solution in a standardized test lab environment. There are 16 TLGs for Windows Server 2012 alone.

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To better align security and protection solutions with the workloads and applications they protect, Microsoft is announcing changes to the roadmaps of some of the security solutions made available under the Forefront brand.

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Satya Nadella, president, Server & Tools Business, describes the transition across the IT ecosystem and how Windows Server 2012 is the cornerstone of the Cloud OS that brings together the services that enable modern apps across the datacenter, private cloud and public cloud.

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