Microsoft released the consumer, student and small-business editions of its next-generation Office 365 products on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 29, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published a volume licensing "brief" this month that clarifies the product use rights (PUR) of Office 2013.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 06, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this month is releasing SharePoint 2013 to volume licensees, a move that sets the stage for partners to accelerate their customers' shift to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 05, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Businesses can now buy Microsoft's on-premises 2013 server products -- including Office 2013 -- via volume licensing agreements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 04, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release of Windows 8 and the launch of Office 2013 early next year promise to play a key role in bringing cloud computing to the mainstream. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 27, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Telecommunications giant AT&T is now offering Microsoft's Office 365 cloud productivity suite to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 15, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just as the launch of Windows 8 last month was Microsoft's effort to "reimagine" Windows, the company is taking a similar tack with SharePoint 2013.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 14, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a five-year, $36 million contract to transition the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Office 365 for Government, Microsoft's cloud productivity suite for public-sector agencies.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - November 14, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Volume licensing customers can now access Microsoft Office 2013, plus various application servers with the "2013" branding, according to a report by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 01, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    "The new Office" will be arriving preinstalled on all Windows Phone 8 devices, Microsoft announced on Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 31, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the first Live! 360 conference, top experts will dive into an array of hot IT topics. Get a sneak preview here, as key presenters share their expertise with Redmond Channel Partner.
                    
			            - By Doug  Barney
 - October 31, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release-to-manufacturing (RTM) versions of Office 2013, Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013 are now available to Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - October 24, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new subscription-only version of Office 365 for higher-education students will become available in the first quarter of 2013, Microsoft announced on Friday.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - October 21, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's next-generation Office solutions and other "2013"-branded products have reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 15, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Though Microsoft is better known as a software company, CEO Steve Ballmer said Redmond now sees itself as a "devices and services company."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 11, 2012