From Windows Phone 8's storage shenanigans, to PRISM, to the shrinking PC market, here are the blogs and commentary articles that riled up RCPmag.com readers the most this year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 16, 2013
A European Union court recently dismissed Cisco's antitrust challenge to Microsoft's acquisition of Luxembourg-based Skype.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 15, 2013
Microsoft's mobile app for Office 365 administrators is now available for devices based on Google Android and Apple iOS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 15, 2013
Windows 8 was a big draw for RCPmag.com readers this year, but other products also made headlines. Here are the most-read news items of 2013.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 12, 2013
Microsoft this week took part in the Dell World event to lay out various virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) capabilities enabled by Windows Server 2012 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2013
From our Windows 8 and Surface 2 reviews to our MPN roadmap, here are the in-depth articles RCPmag.com readers paid the most attention to this year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 11, 2013
The Microsoft product release wave reportedly code-named "Threshold" comprises at least three future product "SKUs" (stock-keeping units) for Windows, according to a recent report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2013
The Windows 8.1 "preview" beta release that became available in June will expire in January 2014, according to a Microsoft blog post.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2013
Microsoft recently released Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Exchange Server 2013, as well as Update Rollup 3 (RU3) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 06, 2013
Microsoft's proposed $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business has received the approval of federal antitrust regulators.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 04, 2013
Microsoft has not yet fully described its latest licensing changes, but organizations that specialize in translating the company's complex licensing offerings warned this week that they may include some unpleasant surprises for organizations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2013
Microsoft may be readying a spring 2014 update for Windows 8.1, as well as a wave of product releases for spring 2015, according to a report Monday by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2013
Alan Mulally and Satya Nadella have emerged as the two leading candidates to succeed outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a report by Bloomberg on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 02, 2013
Microsoft recently beefed up its Windows Azure offerings, making some services generally available and others available as "previews."
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2013
Office 365 Message Encryption will roll out to Office 365 subscribers in the first quarter of 2014, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Chris Paoli
- November 25, 2013
Microsoft gave a few tidbits recently about the forthcoming Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Exchange Server 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 25, 2013
This summer's "One Microsoft" reorg is designed to help users of Microsoft's devices and services bridge their work and home lives, according to a high-ranking Microsoft executive on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 22, 2013
Microsoft's Windows Azure, Office 365 and Outlook.com services suffered outages on Thursday, according to reports.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 22, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a smartphone app that would let Office 365 administrators monitor the health of their service from their mobile devices.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 21, 2013
Microsoft's free My Server 2012 R2 apps, which enable management capabilities and remote access to files on a server for end users, became available this month for Windows clients and Windows Phone devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2013