The Windows 8.1 Preview reveals a much-improved OS that fixes many of the flaws in the original Windows 8 release. Here's what to look for in the new OS.
- By Michael Desmond
- October 17, 2013
The second community technology preview (CTP2) of Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 product is now available for testing, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 16, 2013
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