Worldwide use of Microsoft's smartphone platform may have grown since last year, but anticipation for Windows Phone 8 may have put a dent in the platform's third-quarter market share.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- November 15, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Telecommunications giant AT&T is now offering Microsoft's Office 365 cloud productivity suite to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 15, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just as the launch of Windows 8 last month was Microsoft's effort to "reimagine" Windows, the company is taking a similar tack with SharePoint 2013.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 14, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a five-year, $36 million contract to transition the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Office 365 for Government, Microsoft's cloud productivity suite for public-sector agencies.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- November 14, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Andy Lees, previously the president of Microsoft's Windows Phone Division, officially has a new title: head of corporate development and strategy. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- November 14, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A "release preview" version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is now available for download, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 14, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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