A report from Gartner released last week gives "preliminary" advice for organizations thinking about moving to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 24, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Server 2012 R2, which may arrive as a public preview release next week, will bring some networking, compute and storage improvements that build on what Microsoft initiated with Windows Server 2012.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 19, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) products, Dynamics GP 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013, can now be purchased as Windows Azure-hosted services through partners.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- June 18, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard recently released its new HP Cloud OS, an operating system designed to provide a common environment for public, private and hybrid cloud environments.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 17, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First showcased at TechEd, Microsoft's cloud-based multifactor authentication service, code-named "Active Authentication," became available as a preview release last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 16, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently spotlighted Windows 8's improved Task Manager, most notably the new color-coded "heat map."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 12, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft detailed the new Hyper-V improvements to come with Windows Server 2012 R2 during a presentation at last week's TechEd event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 11, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A preview version of Microsoft's Windows Azure BizTalk Services solution became available last week through the Windows Azure portal.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 11, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The R2 wave of Microsoft products, particularly System Center 2012, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Intune will address "consumerization of IT" issues, Microsoft explained last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 10, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft OEMs from Acer to Vizio are flooding the market with new PC designs to round out the Windows 8 lineup at the six-month anniversary of the OS.
                    
			            - By Redmond Channel Partner magazine  staff
- June 10, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The free Windows RT 8.1 upgrade coming this year will include the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program, Microsoft said on Wednesday at Computex.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 07, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave the first demo of Windows 8.1 on Wednesday, during the Computex keynote address at Taipei, Taiwan.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 06, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Nearly a year after disclosing plans to take on Amazon Web Services in the cloud, Microsoft Windows Azure Infrastructure Services is now available. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 04, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft detailed a few more features coming in Windows 8.1 -- including a number of new networking, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and security features -- during Monday's TechEd conference keynote.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 04, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will release Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for Exchange Server 2013 sometime this summer, the company said on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- June 04, 2013