Microsoft has named former Hewlett-Packard vice president Tony Prophet as the new vice president of Windows marketing, the company confirmed this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 25, 2014
Microsoft reported diluted earnings per share of $0.68 in its earnings report Thursday for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, beating the $0.63 expectation of financial analysts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
A faster Windows release cycle means organizations may struggle to keep pace with updates for other products, such as Windows Server and Visual Studio, according to analyst Wes Miller.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
The next release of Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager product will be renamed "Microsoft Identity Manager," and will be released by mid-2015, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
Two Microsoft Azure Active Directory synchronization features were released as "previews" this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
A second update to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is reportedly in the pipeline this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 23, 2014
Microsoft has re-released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013, after deactivating the download link earlier this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 22, 2014
Redwood City, Calif.-based Equinix Inc., a provider of space, power and interconnection products and services for companies, is adding Microsoft's Azure ExpressRoute technology to its datacenters worldwide.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 22, 2014
Microsoft has inked an intellectual property licensing deal with Motorola Solutions Inc. that covers the use of the Android and Google Chrome OS operating systems.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 21, 2014
Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business will be finalized this Friday, the two companies announced.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 21, 2014
Microsoft has lowered the cost for its custom support services for Windows XP, according to a report from Computerworld.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 17, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced two new data platform products: the Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems Service (ISS) and the Analytics Platform System (APS).
- By David Ramel
- April 16, 2014
A new automation feature for managing Microsoft Azure workloads became available as a preview on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 15, 2014
Microsoft solution providers will now be able to bill their customers directly for using Windows Intune.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 15, 2014
Industry watchers are predicting that software-defined networking (SDN) will be one of the most disruptive new technologies for the next several years.
- By David Ramel
- April 15, 2014
The new "Personal" edition of Office 365, which Microsoft first announced in March, became available for purchase on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 15, 2014
Volume licensing customers can now access Microsoft's updates to Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry on the company's Volume License Service Center (VLSC).
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2014
Some of Microsoft's cloud-based services have been endorsed by the European Union's Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) as meeting EU privacy law standards.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2014
The developer preview version of Windows Phone 8.1 was released to developers on Monday morning.
- By Keith Ward
- April 14, 2014
Users can now download Microsoft's free Office Online suite of Web applications from Google's Chrome Web Store, the company said on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2014