The outgoing Microsoft CEO gave his "all in" cloud mandate over three years ago, but entrenched players like Amazon Web Services and Google have left Microsoft fighting to secure a foothold for its own cloud services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 16, 2013
Research firm Gartner advised organizations to prepare for fundamental changes to SharePoint stemming from Microsoft's product development efforts on the cloud side.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 11, 2013
Phil Sorgen this week gave an overview of his goals as the new leader of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group (WPG).
- By Gladys Rama
- October 09, 2013
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's top enterprise executive, on Monday made a rare public appearance to outline the company's next enterprise software and cloud deliverables.
- By John K. Waters
- October 09, 2013
Microsoft is expected to release several no-cost enhancements to Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD) by year's end.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 07, 2013
Dell this week took the wraps off its refreshed line of tablets and notebook PCs, including several that run Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8.1.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 04, 2013
Windows 8.1, the anticipated update to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system, became available for preorders on Wednesday via the Microsoft Store.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 03, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday launched its Windows Azure-based multi-factor authentication product, previously code-named "Active Authentication" in its preview phase.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2013
Microsoft may be the last device maker to still be manufacturing devices running its Windows RT operating system, according to media reports this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 25, 2013
The keynote talk from Microsoft's Brad Anderson on Tuesday detailed the fruits of a partnership inked just this summer between the two software giants.
- By John K. Waters
- September 25, 2013
How one small Microsoft partner in the U.K. leveraged the Windows Azure cloud service to win a huge contract against consortiums of IT giants -- enabling a more robust solution at a lower cost than traditional IT approaches could promise.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 25, 2013
An industry study of 750 organizations indicates that over a quarter still have not completely moved off the aging Windows XP operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 24, 2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 still cannot properly run any versions of Exchange, Microsoft said last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2013
Microsoft on Tuesday provided details for how those not currently running Windows 8 can purchase the forthcoming Windows 8.1 operating system update.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 17, 2013
Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN subscribers can now access the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 17, 2013