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Cloud Computing and Strategic Sales Management

Partners and sales teams are entering uncharted territory in cloud computing. Here are six tips for building a successful cloud practice.

7 Key Features of the Office 365 Beta

A first look at the public beta of the much-anticipated successor to the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.

Report: Cloud, Mobility Will 'Kill' Microsoft's Licensing Model

A recent Forrester Research report suggests Microsoft may soon require its business customers to pay Software Assurance (SA) licensing fees.

Microsoft Opens System Center 2012 for Community Evaluation

The community evaluation program (CEP) for Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM 2012) beta began accepting signups on Thursday.

Exchange Hoster Intermedia Bought by Private Equity Firm

Private equity firm Oak Hill Partners on Thursday said it acquired Exchange hoster Intermedia for an undisclosed amount.

Ballmer Says 'Windows 8' Coming in 2012

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about the company's next-generation operating system on Monday in Japan, even going so far as to call it "Windows 8."

Microsoft Untangles Windows MultiPoint Server Licensing

Microsoft recently detailed the licensing scheme for Windows MultiPoint Server, the company's shared resource computing solution for labs, schools and small businesses.

Tech-Ed Roundup: Windows Phone 7, Azure, Top Tweets and More

Microsoft's Tech-Ed 2011 conference, which took place in Atlanta this year, just wrapped up. Here's a handy roundup of all of this week's conference news and analysis from our editors.

Microsoft Wins Bid To Provide Hosted E-Mail to San Francisco

In the latest public-sector cloud win for Microsoft, the city of San Francisco has chosen to migrate 60 departments and agencies to Microsoft Exchange Online over the next 12 months.

Tech-Ed: Exchange 2010 SP2 Coming Second Half of 2011

Service pack 2 (SP2) of Exchange 2010 will be released sometime in the second half of 2011, Microsoft revealed at its Tech-Ed conference in Atlanta.

Tech-Ed: Kemp Bets Big on Exchange 2010 and Hyper-V

There are broad-based products and there are niche products, but Kemp Technologies' latest product, unveiled this week at Tech-Ed, is a product that's aiming for a niche within a niche.

Microsoft's Consumer Satisfaction Score Rises for Third Straight Year

Consumer satisfaction for Microsoft software has reached a company high in 2011, according to the most recent release of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Tech-Ed: Microsoft Talks Up Windows Azure Cloud and Devices

Besides spotlighting Microsoft's mobile plans and the upcoming Visual Studio vNext, Monday's keynote also focused on the cloud and the issue of managing services and applications in hybrid environments and across multiple devices.

Inside MVP Nation: What MVPs Talk About when Microsoft Isn't Looking

"Cloud" was king at the first annual MVP Nation conference, but this year's gathering of Microsoft MVPs covered other topics as well. This is RCP's report of those discussions, straight from the show floor.

Tech-Ed: Microsoft Boosts Virtualization Support for Exchange 2010

Microsoft has announced improvements to Exchange 2010 that are designed to avoid supported scenarios when running the software in a virtualized environment.