Microsoft on Thursday shared more information about the upcoming Windows 10 release, including which editions will get which features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 02, 2015
Some organizations are expected to continue using Windows Server 2003 until well into 2018, a full three years after it loses product support, according to a study by CloudPhysics.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 01, 2015
Microsoft recently detailed its vision for SharePoint Server 2016, which appears to be very cloud-centric.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 29, 2015
Microsoft recently released build 10149 of the Windows 10 Mobile technical preview, replacing the old "Spartan"-branded browser with the new "Edge" name.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 29, 2015
Enterprises aren't exactly champing at the bit to move to Windows 10, but many are considering making the switch earlier than expected, according to one industry survey.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 26, 2015
The "general availability" of Azure AD Connect likely will help speed up the deployment of the kind of mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) scenarios that Microsoft has been describing throughout this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2015
Organizations considering a Microsoft Custom Support Agreement (CSA) as a stopgap while dealing with Window Server 2003 upgrade issues face very expensive fees, according to a recent analyst talk.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2015
Microsoft will begin offering $120,000 of free Azure cloud services to eligible startups starting on July 1, the company announced recently.
- By David Ramel
- June 23, 2015
In a reversal, Microsoft has decided to add another seven years to the support lifecycle of its Windows Server AppFabric 1.1 product.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 22, 2015
Windows Insider participants can keep their membership in the test program even after Windows 10's commercial release on July 29 -- with a catch.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 19, 2015
Azure Active Directory Connect, Microsoft's wizard-like tool that aims to make it easier for organizations to connect their backend Active Directory (AD) environments with Microsoft's cloud-enabled Azure AD service, will be released commercially this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2015
Microsoft is preparing to flip the switch on some new Office 365 and Exchange Online improvements sometime this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 17, 2015
Office Online, Microsoft's browser-based suite of applications, now features integration with the Box cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2015
Microsoft's proposed update model for Windows 10 could mean organizations must install OS updates within a certain period of time, or risk not getting future security updates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2015
Michael Fraser laid out the case in these pages a year ago for how Microsoft could shift its licensing to enable Desktop as a Service in the next year or two. We caught up with Fraser for a largely discouraging update on progress in the last year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- June 15, 2015