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
Microsoft on Monday rolled out a new annual subscription model for its Office 365 productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 19, 2012
A crowded field of IaaS providers that includes heavyweights Google, Amazon and HP will give Microsoft's new and improved public cloud a run for its money.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 19, 2012
Microsoft's recent decision to discontinue five of its Forefront enterprise security products may be a sign that the company is either exiting that market or venturing further into the cloud-based security space.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
Microsoft is taking an in-your-face approach to convert VMware shops to Hyper-V. When it comes to implementing a migration, though, a partner and customer say it's critical to a successful project to take time with the VMware experts on the customer's IT staff. Making sure they understand how their expertise is still valid and important makes the project go much better.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 17, 2012
Confirming rumors, Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday that a free "preview" version of Office Home and Student 2013 RT will come preinstalled on Windows RT ARM-based devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
The test version of Microsoft's User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) tool was made available as a release candidate (RC) last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
Five of Microsoft's Forefront enterprise security products will no longer be sold after Dec. 1, 2012, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 13, 2012
Doomsayers are blaming cloud computing for the theoretical demise of the channel, but from Howard's point of view, it's all FUD.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 12, 2012