Windows Server 2012 Essentials was released to Microsoft's hardware manufacturing partners on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 10, 2012
With Windows 8 comes a new category of hardware -- touch-capable Ultrabooks. While most models are under wraps until the OS launch, a few vendors including HP, Dell and Acer have made their designs public.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 10, 2012
Microsoft is acquiring PhoneFactor, a provider of mobile-based authentication solutions, the two companies announced on Thursday.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 04, 2012
Consulting firm Software Licensing Advisors is once again reporting that organizations may face "stealth" price increases when they renew their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EAs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2012
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's review of the "release preview" version of Windows 8 is largely favorable -- but also critical.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 03, 2012
With an all-new model of computing, the next version of the Microsoft flagship server OS comes with new editions, licensing, product dependencies, features and partner opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker, Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- October 01, 2012
There are four key reasons Microsoft is touting its latest server as the start of a new cloud era. But will they be enough to seriously challenge VMware or Amazon?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 01, 2012
Windows Azure subscribers will now receive discounts based on their monthly financial commitments, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2012
Windows Server 2008 will start its "extended support" phase on Jan. 15, 2015 after getting a 1.5-year extension to its lifecycle support, Microsoft announced recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 28, 2012
The solution to Windows XP's approaching end-of-life isn't forgoing Windows 7 for Windows 8, according to a presentation by research firm Gartner on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 27, 2012
The third service pack (SP3) for Exchange 2010 is scheduled to arrive in "the first half of calendar year 2013" and will enable it to run on Windows Server 2012, Microsoft said in a blog post this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 27, 2012
Microsoft's Quincy, Wash. datacenter is in the spotlight this week after The New York Times published a story on Monday depicting the pollution, power-wasting and political arm-twisting associated with the facility.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2012
Microsoft on Monday kicked off the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in Orlando, Fla. by talking up the forthcoming Exchange 2013 and the next version of Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
Microsoft Hyper-V partner F5 Networks on Monday announced a forthcoming network virtualization product designed to move virtual machines (VMs) from traditional datacenters to those based on Windows Server 2012, while preserving management controls.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
With its MEC conference set to begin next week, Microsoft is talking more about Exchange 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 21, 2012