Microsoft on Monday announced agreements with 11 OEMs, including Dell and Samsung, in which key Office apps will be preinstalled in those vendors' Android devices.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 24, 2015
Microsoft uses System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to manage 300,000 PCs across its own facilities worldwide, a Microsoft executive revealed this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 23, 2015
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 preview build for its "fast-ring" testers on Wednesday, although it notably does not include the new Spartan browser.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 19, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday shared more details about its plans for Skype for Business, which are expected to see daylight in April in some form.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 19, 2015
Microsoft and sometime partner Salesforce.com on Thursday unveiled a new cloud-based app that integrates Microsoft's Outlook product with Salesforce.com's CRM data.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 19, 2015
Microsoft's next desktop operating system will be available this summer, the company announced on Tuesday, a surprising change from the fall timeline forecasted by Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner back in December.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 18, 2015
Microsoft on Tuesday said it is expanding its ExpressRoute service to enable secure connections to Office 365 services later this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 18, 2015
Passwords need no longer be the last line of defense against unauthorized device access.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2015
Microsoft on Monday talked up its "Internet of Things" (IoT) vision, and the roles that its Azure and Windows products will play in it.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2015
Microsoft on Monday released the preview of Office 2016 for IT Pros and Developers, as well as the technical preview of the new Skype for Business (previously named Lync Server).
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 16, 2015
Microsoft on Monday announced the global availability of the Power BI preview, which was previously available only to U.S. businesses.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 16, 2015
Microsoft on Monday described the next major update to its Dynamics CRM product, which is expected to become generally available sometime in the second quarter.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 16, 2015
Research and consulting firm IDC delivered mixed news for the tablet market on Thursday, scaling back its growth estimates but still forecasting a "modest" increase in shipments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2015
Chipmaker Intel on Thursday warned investors that its first-quarter revenues could be off by about $1 billion due to lower-than-anticipated demand for business desktop PCs.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 13, 2015
It's now possible to use System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to enforce conditional access policies for mobile devices accessing Exchange Online, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2015
Microsoft and Cisco on Wednesday announced a joint effort aimed at letting Cisco's cloud service provider partners easily access Microsoft Azure cloud computing resources.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2015
Users of Microsoft's Office 2016 application suite for Mac can now add encryption and information rights management protections through the Azure Rights Management Service (RMS), Microsoft announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2015
Microsoft may be considering a change to its Windows 10 preview release schedule that could result in multiple new builds each month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2015
A deal may be in the works between Microsoft and Samsung aimed at bundling Office 365 apps for Android devices with the Samsung Knox Workspace.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2015
Microsoft last week began rolling out some management improvements to its Clutter service for Office 365 subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 09, 2015