Slated improvements to Windows Azure are designed for organizations engaged in high-performance computing (HPC) analyses, Microsoft announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 13, 2012
Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live group, and widely considered a possible successor to CEO Steve Ballmer, has unexpectedly left the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 13, 2012
Enhancing its existing enterprise offerings, Verizon on Thursday released a new unified communications management service for large enterprises in conjunction with Microsoft Lync Server 2010.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2012
The beta test version of Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2013 became available on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 08, 2012
The first new service pack for SQL Server 2012 is now available, Microsoft announced on Wednesday at the annual PASS summit event being held this week in Seattle.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 08, 2012
Microsoft's Skype team opened its online networking platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to the public on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 08, 2012
Microsoft is shuttering its Messenger instant-messaging service in favor of Skype's voice-over-IP service, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2012
The Q4 service update to Dynamics CRM Online will be rolled out in mid-December, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 02, 2012
Microsoft made Windows Server 2012 Essentials, its new server for small businesses and home office users, generally available as a software download on Thursday, but the hardware is still to come.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 02, 2012
Microsoft appears to have officially changed the "Metro" term for the user interface (UI) and app style for Windows 8 to a new "Windows Store app."
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 02, 2012
Volume licensing customers can now access Microsoft Office 2013, plus various application servers with the "2013" branding, according to a report by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 01, 2012
"The new Office" will be arriving preinstalled on all Windows Phone 8 devices, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 31, 2012
Microsoft executives pulled out all the stops at Monday's Build 2012 conference kickoff in an effort to lure developers to Windows 8, Surface RT and Windows Phone 8.
- By Kathleen Richards
- October 31, 2012
Microsoft is reducing the number of competencies in the Microsoft Partner Network this month from 29 to 25.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 31, 2012
Microsoft put in place the last piece of its evolving Windows 8 picture Monday with the official launch of Windows Phone 8 at an event in San Francisco.
- By John K. Waters
- October 30, 2012
SharePoint incurs greater costs and requires more personnel than organizations expect, according to a recent survey sponsored by Microsoft national systems integrator (NSI) partner Azaleos Corp and conducted by Osterman Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 30, 2012
Despite tepid enthusiasm among businesses for Microsoft's new tablet-oriented Windows 8 and RT operating system launched last week, the software giant is confident they will move to the new platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 29, 2012
Microsoft's new Windows 8 client operating system and the Windows RT-based Surface tablet both hit the general availability milestone on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2012
Microsoft on Thursday began a crucial new era in its history as it launched its first-ever computer, the Surface -- a slick new system that functions as both a tablet device and notebook PC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 25, 2012
The Surface RT isn't the only game in town when it comes to Windows 8/RT devices. Key OEM partners are launching a new class of devices based on the most significant revamp of Windows in more than two decades.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 25, 2012