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Microsoft Releases Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 SP1

Amid the buzz over Office 365's launch, Microsoft also released the first service packs (SP1) for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 on Tuesday.

Microsoft BPOS Hit by Another Outage

Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange messaging service once again went down on Wednesday across North America, but the company says service has been restored.

Office 2010 Turns 1 by Becoming 'Fastest Selling' Version

According to a post on the Microsoft Office Blog, businesses are currently adopting Office 2010 five times faster than they did Office 2007.

Study: Orgs Still Wary of Unified Communications in Public Cloud

According to a study commissioned by Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., one of Microsoft's top Gold Certified Partners, midsized and large businesses remain reluctant to adopt unified communications (UC) services over a public cloud.

Supreme Court Denies Microsoft's 'Patent Reform' Argument in i4i Case

On Thursday, eight justices in the U.S. Supreme Court denied Microsoft's appeal in the long-running patent infringement case involving Toronto-based i4i LLP.

Office 365 General Availability Set for June 28

Microsoft partner executive announces release date for the successor to BPOS, which adds Office integration.

7 Key Features of the Office 365 Beta

A first look at the public beta of the much-anticipated successor to the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.

Report: Microsoft Office Still Dominant Despite Interest in Alternatives

According to a new Forrester Research report, while IT organizations are increasingly considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, Microsoft's productivity suite still faces no real competition.

Windows Phone 7, Visual Studio Highlight Tech-Ed 2011 Keynote

Monday's keynote speech at Microsoft's TechEd conference for IT pros in Atlanta shed some light on plans for Windows Phone 7 and Visual Studio, among other products.

Tech-Ed: SP1 of Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 Coming June

Microsoft will release the first service pack (SP1) for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 by the end of June, the company announced today at the Tech-Ed 2011 conference.

Microsoft BPOS Suffers Multiple Outages (UPDATED)

Customers of Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) have experienced e-mail outages over the past few days.

Court Frees Novell To Sue Microsoft over WordPerfect

Novell Inc. now has the legal right of way to sue Microsoft for unfair competition in the office productivity software arena.

Microsoft Rides Strong Office, Xbox Kinect Sales To Beat 3Q Estimates

Led by gains from its Office, Xbox and Kinect products, Microsoft has recorded $16.4 billion in earnings in its fiscal third-quarter, the company reported on Thursday.

Top 10 Microsoft Products: Partners Rate What's Most Important

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Which components of Microsoft's 350-strong product portfolio are the most important to its partners' businesses? To find the answer, we asked the partners themselves -- over 500 of them -- to pick the 10 they and their customers can't go without.

Office 365 Beta: 12 Key Features

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The public beta of Office 365, Microsoft's much-anticipated successor to its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), has just arrived, and we've got an early look. Here are 12 key features from the beta that show how Microsoft plans to deliver productivity tools in the cloud.