Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out an update to the third technical preview (TP3) of its System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2016 product.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 24, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday issued a brief explanation for the lengthy outage that affected its consumer Skype product on Sept. 21.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 23, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 2016, the newest version of Microsoft's flagship productivity suite for Windows, was officially launched on Tuesday, Sept. 22, but its availability may depend on what kind of customer you are.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 23, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As expected, Office 2016, Microsoft's next-generation productivity suite for Windows, became generally available on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 22, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The consumer version of Skype, Microsoft's voice and video calling service, was unavailable for a significant part of Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 21, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft raised eyebrows last week when it revealed that its new Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) datacenter operating system has a Linux core.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 21, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday launched a preview of its newly designed Office 365 Admin Center.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 18, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At Wednesday's Dreamforce conference keynote, the spotlight was on Microsoft's partnership with CRM rival Salesforce.com.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- September 17, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sometime rivals Microsoft and Salesforce.com this week shared their latest plans to integrate their various enterprise productivity offerings.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 17, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations looking to migrate large amounts of data to Microsoft's datacenters can now test drive the new Office 365 Import Service option.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 17, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows RT users are mostly shut out of the new features available in Windows 10, but they can at least take advantage of Windows 10's Start Menu.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 16, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 2016 will arrive with service models that are "consistent" with the approach Microsoft has used with Windows 10, the company explained this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 15, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft executive recently confirmed that the company has purchased Double Labs Inc., a developer of lockscreens for Android devices.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 14, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A preview version of Office Online Server, Microsoft's solution for running Office Web Apps via an organization's premises-based servers, is now available.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 14, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently rolled out a preview of a new Management Pack for System Center 2012 Operations Manager that supports the newly released SharePoint Server 2016 IT preview. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 14, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president of legal and corporate affairs, has been named the company's president, Microsoft announced Friday.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- September 11, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 2016, Microsoft's next-generation productivity suite for Windows, will launch on Sept. 22, the company said on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 10, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Both SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Server 2010 received September cumulative updates (CUs) from Microsoft this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 09, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Confirming earlier rumors, Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has purchased Israel-based security firm Adallom.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- September 08, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next major update to Microsoft's Dynamics CRM platform will include significant improvements to its business intelligence (BI) and analytics capabilities.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 08, 2015