September 9, 1996 Microsoft Makes Minority Investment In SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies in a Multititle Deal Top Games Company to Create Windows 95-Based Titles for Microsoft
September 4, 1996 Mungo Park: Microsoft’s Online Adventure Magazine To Unleash Sneak Preview Edition September 5 Web-zine to feature live broadcast of first descent of Africa’s Tekeze River and first live chat with Prime Minister of Ethiopia
September 3, 1996 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Broadly Available in Channel New Index Server for Windows NT Server 4.0 Available at No Charge on Web
September 3, 1996 New Microsoft Solutions Framework Available To Help Organizations Develop, Deploy Distributed Computing Solutions MSF 2.0 Helps Companies Plan, Build and Manage Enterprise Technology Deployments To Achieve Business Value
September 3, 1996 Microsoft Announces Availability of OLE DB Software Development Kit Provides Industrywide, Component-Based Data-Management API for Any Data Source
August 29, 1996 Microsoft SNA Server Beats Novell NetWare for SAA In AS/400 Access Performance Audited Tests Prove SNA Server Is Up to 2.5 Times Faster Than NetWare for SAA
August 29, 1996 Microsoft and Parker Software to Develop UNIX Clients for SNA Server Implementation of Industry-Standard SNA APIs on Popular UNIX Platforms
August 28, 1996 Microsoft Releases Visual FoxPro 5.0 to Manufacturing Release Includes ActiveX Support, Performance Enhancements, Improved Connectivity, and Flexible Development Environment
August 27, 1996 Microsoft and Amdahl Achieve 10 MB per Second Windows NT to Host Connection, Doubling Previous Record Industry’s Fastest Connection Between Microsoft Windows NT Server and Host System Uses Microsoft SNA Server, Drives Series of Enterprise-Ready Windows NT-Based Solutions
August 27, 1996 Computer Associates and Microsoft Work Together On Web-Based Enterprise Management Companies to Implement Complementary Technologies for Integrated Management Solutions