Windows 8 hit the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage on Wednesday, meaning bits of the operating system are now finalized and ready for Microsoft equipment manufacturers to start imaging the OS onto new hardware, including PCs and tablets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2012
SMBs are clinging to outdated Microsoft products but also adopting new and unfamiliar technologies, according to partner attendees at the IT Pro Conference 2012.
- By Rich Freeman
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday fired another volley against Google in the fight over intellectual property (IP) associated with the Android mobile operating system and other software technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft warned organizations this week that its Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) product won't help them escape Windows XP's expiring lifecycle support.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft is looking to add U.S. partners to special programs serving SMB customers both on-premise and in the cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 27, 2012
A German court has banned the sale of Android-based Motorola Mobility smartphones that use a file-name management technology owned by Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 27, 2012
Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that its forthcoming Surface tablet could strain relationships with its hardware partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 27, 2012
Service Pack 2 (SP2) of SQL Server 2008 R2 is now available for download, Microsoft announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 26, 2012
Microsoft shed more light on the management improvements in the Exchange 2013 preview beta, which was released last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 26, 2012
Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 beta last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2012
Virtualization giant VMware has agreed to purchase Nicira Inc., a provider of software defined networking (SDN) virtualization technology, for $1.26 billion -- the largest and perhaps most significant acquisition by VMware to date.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 24, 2012
Microsoft on Monday outlined some finer points for organizations wanting to test the business intelligence (BI) capabilities available in the SharePoint 2013 and Excel 2013 previews released last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2012
Microsoft will raise the gold competency membership fee in the Microsoft Partner Network by an undisclosed amount later this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2012
The Metro user interface for the service-enabled version of Office was missing during last week's Microsoft San Francisco event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2012
On the heels of Monday's "customer preview" release of the next version of Office 365, Microsoft this week announced the availability of preview trials of other 2013-branded products, including SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, Office Web Apps Server, Project, Visio and Office Professional Plus.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2012
Microsoft's fiscal fourth quarter report reflected mostly positive news across divisions, although the Windows and Online Services divisions slipped again.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2012
Yammer is now part of Microsoft's Office Division, Microsoft said on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2012
The official release date for Windows 8 will be Oct. 26, 2012, according to a Windows Team blog post on Wednesday.
- By Becky Nagel
- July 19, 2012
Microsoft is facing possible sanctions by the European Commission (EC) for failing to fully abide by its promise to give European users a choice of Web browser with their Windows distributions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 18, 2012
An order issued by a U.S. district court judge on Monday halts Novell's lawsuit against Microsoft over the alleged hobbling of WordPerfect in 1995.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 17, 2012