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
The release-to-manufacturing (RTM) versions of Office 2013, Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013 are now available to Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 24, 2012
VMware Inc. named Jonathan Chadwick its new chief financial officer during its quarterly earnings call on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 23, 2012
Release 2 of Microsoft's Dynamics AX 2012 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product will become generally available on Dec. 1.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 23, 2012
Windows 8 will not arrive on time to help Microsoft's foundering OS market share, according to a new report from Forrester Research titled "Windows: The Next Five Years."
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 23, 2012
A new "secure boot" firmware protocol supported in Windows 8 has its doubters, but Microsoft ISV Wave Systems is prepared to assure organizations that the system really works.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 22, 2012
A new subscription-only version of Office 365 for higher-education students will become available in the first quarter of 2013, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 21, 2012
Microsoft on Thursday reported an 8% revenue shortfall from the year-ago period in its Q1 earnings report for fiscal-year 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 18, 2012
Microsoft gave its Dynamics CRM business a boost this week, acquiring Evanston, Ill.-based MarketingPilot Software for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 18, 2012
Microsoft's Surface team took to Reddit on Tuesday to answer some questions about the new tablet device, which is now available for preordering.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 17, 2012