Confirming earlier reports, Microsoft on Wednesday said that it has acquired New York City-based startup Sunrise Atelier, which makes calendar apps for mobile Android, iOS and Mac devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 11, 2015
The two companies announced on Monday that have reached a settlement in a U.S. court, though the terms of the settlement are being kept "confidential."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2015
Microsoft is apparently shelving its next-generation forms technologies for SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2015
Tony Scott, a former chief information officer of Microsoft and VMware, is now CIO of the U.S. federal government, according to a statement by the White House last week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 09, 2015
Microsoft's Intune mobile management service is getting support for Office apps running on Android and iOS as part of a February service update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2015
Microsoft will be adding "deep refactoring" architectural changes to the next version of Windows Server, code-named "vNext," that are aimed at cloud scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out the preview versions of touch-enabled Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2015
Microsoft has hired former Adobe executive Michael Gough to be the corporate vice president of design within its Applications and Services Group (ASG), the company announced this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 04, 2015
Microsoft unveiled a "cloud platform roadmap" late last week, a Web site that aims to provide information about the readiness of its various server and cloud software development efforts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2015
Microsoft recently shared more information about Windows 10's enterprise capabilities, including a new "servicing branches" scheme and what it means to deliver the OS as "Windows as a service."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2015
On Monday, Microsoft made Dynamics CRM Online available under Open Licensing, an option that gives partners greater control over the billing and bundling of the cloud services they sell to customers.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 02, 2015
The next releases of Microsoft's Windows Server and System Center products will not appear until 2016, Microsoft said on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2015
Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday launched a new enterprise e-mail service called Amazon WorkMail, pitting it against cloud rivals Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
- By David Ramel
- January 30, 2015
Microsoft this week released an update to its OneDrive app for Apple iOS devices that allows the app to handle storage for both work files and consumer files.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2015
Microsoft this week gave a few hints about how device size will affect what Windows 10 features users will be able to experience.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2015
Microsoft this week said it is planning to offer a free, standalone version of its Power BI analytics service, in addition to a for-pay premium edition.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 29, 2015
Microsoft released its second-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2015 on Monday, and the results were mostly positive.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2015
Microsoft issued a reminder last week that it will stop sending security updates to System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection for Windows Server 2003 on July 14, 2015.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 26, 2015
Microsoft on Friday released the newest test release of the Windows 10 preview via its Windows Update service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2015
"Office 2016," the next version of Microsoft's flagship productivity suite, will arrive in the "second half" of this year, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 23, 2015