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 | Microsoft BackOffice is the ONLY Integrated Server Suite for the Internet
March. 11, 1996 - Microsoft BackOffice with its new Internet Information Server is the only integrated server suite designed to improve decision making and streamline business processes while giving customers a choice of traditional client-server applications and the open standards of the Internet.
Download it and see how we compare!
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| Microsoft Leads Initiative for Virtual Private Networks Across the Internet
March. 6, 1996 - Microsoft Corp., along with 3Com
Corp., Ascend Communications, ECI Telematics and
U.S. Robotics, today announced, Point-to-Point
Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
a new networking technology that
supports multi-protocol Virtual Private Networks
(VPN), enabling remote users to access corporate
networks securely across the Internet.
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 | PC WEEK Calls Microsoft Web Server "Fastest, Most Secure"
March 6, 1996 - The March 4 issue of PC Week includes a comparative review of four Windows NT-based Web servers and hails Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) as the fastest, most secure of the four. The review concludes that: "It's hard to beat the price/performance hurdle that
Microsoft has set with its IIS..."
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| Internet Information Server Shown to be Performance Leader
March. 4, 1996 - A recent benchmark study
performed by NSTL and WebStone 1.1 has shown Internet Information Server
(IIS) to be up to four times faster
than the Windows NT-based servers manufactured by Netscape, O'Reilly and
Process software. IIS also continues to outperform more expensive UNIX
solutions.
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Microsoft Announces the Microsoft BackOffice Logo Program
Feb. 12, 1996 - The best way for
Web site developers to identify their site as being
powered by BackOffice is to join the logo program. Sign-up for the program and
your site will be eligible for listing in Microsoft's best of the Web showcase.
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Microsoft Ships Internet Information Server Free
Feb. 12, 1996 - It's four times faster than Netscape, offers a point-and-click setup, and runs on thousands of existing programs,
tapping a base of more than 5 million Windows developers. The Microsoft Internet Information Server is part of Windows NT Server.
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Power Up! With Our Showcase of Cool Sites
Feb. 12, 1996 - See the cutting edge in World Wide Web publishing and development—hot
sites Powered by Microsoft BackOffice or optimized for viewing with the Web's coolest
browser, Internet Explorer.
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Industry Embraces Microsoft Internet Information Server
Feb. 12, 1996 - Fortune 500 customers, 30 PC server makers, 50 third-party ISAPI
developers and thousands of Microsoft Solution Providers announce support and
deployment for web server today.
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Microsoft Announces Internet Tools, Licensing for SQL Server
Feb. 12, 1996 - Microsoft announces three new Internet Tools for Microsoft SQL Server,
tightly integrating the MS web server that will enable customers to deliver a new class
of business applications on the Internet.
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http://www.microsoft.com/Powered/ (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)
