The second round of Microsoft's planned 18,000 job cuts -- the largest layoffs in the company's history -- will reportedly take place on Thursday, Sept. 18.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 17, 2014
Microsoft will give an early look at its next Windows desktop operating system in an event on Sept. 30, according to invitations sent by the company to members of the press on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 16, 2014
Microsoft will release the next major update to Dynamics CRM, previously code-named "Vega," sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 16, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday quietly pulled a Lync security update that was released just last week as part of its September "Patch Tuesday" rollout.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 16, 2014
Microsoft announced a number of improvements for Azure last week, including alerts and role-based controls.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2014
Microsoft on Monday launched its Azure Active Directory Sync Services tool, nearly two months after releasing it as a second preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday announced a number of improvements to its OneDrive cloud storage service, including a higher file upload limit, an easier way to share links to OneDrive folders and support for folder drag-and-drop operations using the Google Chrome browser.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 12, 2014
Microsoft plans to discontinue the use of "Windows Phone" and "Nokia" branding on its mobile devices by the end of this year, according to a media report on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 10, 2014
After nearly four months in preview, the new service tiers for Microsoft's relational Database as a Service offering became live on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 10, 2014
Delve, formerly code-named "Oslo," became available to select Office 365 subscribers on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 09, 2014
Microsoft recently added a "shared computer activation" feature for Office 365 business subscribers, making it possible to share a computer or a virtual machine with Office 365 solutions among multiple users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 08, 2014
Microsoft took the wraps off three new Windows Phone Lumia devices on Thursday at the IFA technology conference in Berlin.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 04, 2014
Microsoft is committed to keeping pace with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the cloud price wars, reiterated Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise Group at Microsoft.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 03, 2014
Microsoft's Product and Services Agreement (MPSA), the company's new licensing plan for organizations with over 250 users or devices, now includes Software Assurance (SA).
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 02, 2014
Microsoft is planning to roll out its new service tiers for Azure SQL Database sometime next month with a new pricing plan, the company said on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 28, 2014
The cloud-based service would let partners deploy complex machine-learning models for their customers in a matter of hours, instead of months.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 27, 2014
The next version of Windows may feature a more regular update release cycle similar to Office 365, according to a new report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 27, 2014
The traditional Windows release cycle of once every three years -- with a service pack or two thrown in -- became mostly old news last year, when Microsoft switched to annual product releases.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 26, 2014
Microsoft last week rolled out preview releases of Azure DocumentDB and Azure Search, as well as announced the general availability of Azure HDInsight.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 25, 2014
Opera Software has entered a deal with Microsoft in which its Opera Mini browser will come preinstalled on new Microsoft feature phones, the company announced on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 21, 2014