When Microsoft overhauls the Online Suite as Office 365 next year, it will include Office desktop products in the subscription. An analyst calls the change a "mixed bag" for the channel.
- By John K. Waters
- December 01, 2010
Google last week announced Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, a service that will let individuals synchronize and share their documents with Google Docs.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 29, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a notice that it will hear Microsoft's appeal concerning the i4i patent case.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 29, 2010
Looking to underscore the emphasis Microsoft is placing on its new Lync 2010 unified communications platform, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates made a surprise cameo at today's launch event.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2010
Microsoft on Monday announced that it had rolled out two "new" security baselines for use with its Security Compliance Management tool, plus new setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 16, 2010
Bullish on the cloud, and bullish on Microsoft's prospects to be a major cloud player with a vibrant ecosystem of cloud partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 01, 2010
According to a Microsoft financial report released today, the first fiscal quarter of 2011, ending on Sept. 30, brought in 16.20 billion in revenue.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 28, 2010
An industry-sponsored survey of IT professionals found that just four percent have deployed Microsoft Office 2010, although interest remains high in the productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2010
Microsoft today released Office for Mac 2011, the seemingly neglected Apple Mac OS X-based version of the company's productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2010
New York City has struck a deal with Microsoft for a single, citywide license for the company's software under which the city, operating in a cloud computing environment, will pay only for the applications that employees use.
- By Kevin McCaney
- October 21, 2010
Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based version of a suite of productivity tools that combines SharePoint, Exchange, Lync (formerly Communications Server), and both the Office Web applications and the Office Pro Plus desktop client.
- By John K. Waters
- October 19, 2010
Microsoft announced it will be ending the beta version of its Microsoft Office 2010 Suite on Oct. 31.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 19, 2010
With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 01, 2010
With a focus on the super-small business market, Aurora offers a cross-premises Active Directory solution that's easy to manage.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- October 01, 2010
Microsoft gained some unlikely allies in an i4i software patent case that the company has been losing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 30, 2010