An industry-sponsored study, announced on Wednesday, gauged interest in Lync Server 2010, Microsoft's newest unified communications solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent survey shows that one of the greatest challenges facing the adoption of cloud computing is that the industry isn't selling it very well.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- October 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 13, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Baltimore-based AVIcode Inc., a provider of .NET application performance monitoring software.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will offer its consumer antimalware solution for Windows systems to small businesses on Thursday, Oct. 7 at no cost.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 06, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer went to Europe this week to help sell the Internet cloud, a key Microsoft business area.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 05, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today named new companies that have subscribed to its hosted Exchange/SharePoint services, as well as colleges and universities that shifted to its Live@edu services.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- October 04, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    See the answers and how well you scored.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker, Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners who are "in the cloud" can get specific help with sales, services and marketing. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's determination to dominate the market for online services has never been as evident as it was at the 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). Why is it moving so aggressively into that space?
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the 25th anniversary of Windows 1.0 -- the Microsoft product at the root of the modern Microsoft channel -- take our quiz about the market forces, Microsoft personalities and technical specs of the earliest version of the OS. How much do you remember about the debut of Windows? Take our quiz!
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SLAs reportedly affected by three BPOS interruptions in August and September.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC, Intel revising forecasts downward for second half of 2010.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Three-tier model brings field resources, MDF, per-deal subsidies to U.S. partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 01, 2010