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
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is stepping down from the company's board of directors effective Aug. 19.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 19, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a number of updates to its OneNote notetaking app for both Android and Windows devices.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 19, 2014
A "technology preview" version of Microsoft's next Windows operating system may be released sometime this fall, according to a recent report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 18, 2014
The market for smartphones is bigger than ever, but Android and iOS continue to vastly outperform all other platforms, including Windows Phone.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 14, 2014
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the current cloud leader, but growing competition from Microsoft Azure and the cloud price war are putting a dent on its lead.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 14, 2014
Windows XP isn't even cold yet, but researchers at Gartner Inc. are already urging organizations to begin making plans to move off of Windows 7.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the 10 startup firms that will participate in its first home automation-focused accelerator.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 13, 2014
According to a recent report by Gartner, while Chromebooks sales are set to triple by 2017, business adoption of the Google-backed laptops is still very limited.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2014