To mark the one-year milestone of its acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft on Tuesday detailed its plans for the social networking application, as well as its progress so far.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 25, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Current users of SharePoint Online will be able to upgrade to the new release "soon," according to a post on Microsoft's SharePoint team blog.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- May 08, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Betas of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SharePoint 2010 SP2 are now available for testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 09, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's plans for enterprise social networking will increasingly revolve around Yammer, with improvements rolling out this year, according to a Microsoft executive.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 20, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations that are "Microsoft shops" and trying to decide between Yammer or SharePoint for social networking should choose Yammer, research firm Gartner advised in a webinar Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 14, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Eight months after being acquired by Microsoft, enterprise social networking company Yammer is apparently doing fine.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 20, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this month is releasing SharePoint 2013 to volume licensees, a move that sets the stage for partners to accelerate their customers' shift to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 05, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Businesses can now buy Microsoft's on-premises 2013 server products -- including Office 2013 -- via volume licensing agreements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 04, 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the first Live! 360 conference, top experts will dive into an array of hot IT topics. Get a sneak preview here, as key presenters share their expertise with Redmond Channel Partner.
                    
			            - By Doug  Barney
- October 31, 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's next-generation Office solutions and other "2013"-branded products have reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 15, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Other tweaks on tap for November include consolidation of app dev competencies, shuffling of SharePoint competencies and recasting of the Desktop competency.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2012