Yammer is now part of Microsoft's Office Division, Microsoft said on Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 19, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An order issued by a U.S. district court judge on Monday halts Novell's lawsuit against Microsoft over the alleged hobbling of WordPerfect in 1995.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 17, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday took the wraps off the next version of its Office 365 cloud suite that's based on Office 2013 (previously code-named "Office 15").
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 16, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft for the first time will allow its broad base of partners to handle customer billing for the Office 365 suite, addressing what has been the single biggest controversy in the Microsoft channel for the last few years.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - July 09, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 365 hit its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, an occasion Microsoft marked by launching a free Education edition as well as announcing a schedule for Live@edu migrations starting this summer.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel, Gladys  Rama
 - June 28, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft focused on the basics of Windows 8 during its Day 2 Tech-Ed keynote on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 12, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If the initial session list is any indication, Microsoft is stacking its forthcoming Worldwide Partner Conference with lots of Windows Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM content. But its staple products will get their turns in the spotlight, too. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - June 07, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations that have not yet migrated from the venerable Windows XP operating system are "really, really late," according to Gartner Inc.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 24, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft executive explained the company's cloud-centric corporate strategy on Tuesday at a financial analyst event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 10, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Gold Certified partner Quest Software recently unveiled its line of solutions for businesses migrating to Office 365 and Exchange Online. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 30, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A few clues about Microsoft's product roadmap for this year and the next were unearthed recently. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 16, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mainstream support for Windows Vista ends Tuesday, according to Microsoft's Vista lifecycle chart.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 10, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study commissioned by Azaleos Corp., a Microsoft National Systems Integrator (NSI) partner, has found that Microsoft's public cloud Office 365 offerings are not always cheaper than other Microsoft-stack approaches.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 29, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is slashing the prices of many of its Office 365 plans by about 20 percent effective immediately, the company said this week.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - March 16, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A leaked screenshot allegedly of "Office 15" suggests Microsoft's next-generation productivity suite will have support for touch.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 24, 2012