WEB EXCLUSIVE: Which components of Microsoft's 350-strong product portfolio are the most important to its partners' businesses? To find the answer, we asked the partners themselves -- over 500 of them -- to pick the 10 they and their customers can't go without. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 26, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to deliver the first service packs for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 in mid-summer, while Mac users can expect SP1 of Office for Mac 2011 to arrive next week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 11, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bullish on the cloud, and bullish on Microsoft's prospects to be a major cloud player with a vibrant ecosystem of cloud partners. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- November 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released a beta of its upcoming customer relationship management (CRM) solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 09, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft continued to dribble out information about the forthcoming Office for Mac 2011 product, announcing four new features on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 15, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Now that SharePoint 2010 is shipping, partners are primed to handle upgrades on customers' terms.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big targets are always easy to hit. Perhaps no company in the modern age of commerce knows this better than Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One month after the release of SharePoint 2010, the third-party market for SharePoint tools is heating up. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft showed off Communications Server "14" on Monday at Tech-Ed in New Orleans.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described its views on why its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series operating system will meet the needs of businesses.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Idera adds SharePoint security admin tools to its portfolio with iDevFactory deal
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT pros mostly manage their Active Directory groups manually, according to an industry-sponsored study published late last month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 04, 2010