A small group of high-volume U.S. resellers are authorized to sell the Microsoft Surface devices under a new program announced Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2013
Thursday's TechEd Europe keynote put the spotlight on Windows 8.1, which became available as a public preview this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 28, 2013
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the availability of the Windows 8.1 public preview on Wednesday during the opening keynote of the Build conference, taking place this week in San Francisco.
- By Michael Desmond, Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 26, 2013
A report from Gartner released last week gives "preliminary" advice for organizations thinking about moving to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 24, 2013
Microsoft recently spotlighted Windows 8's improved Task Manager, most notably the new color-coded "heat map."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 12, 2013
Microsoft OEMs from Acer to Vizio are flooding the market with new PC designs to round out the Windows 8 lineup at the six-month anniversary of the OS.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- June 10, 2013
The free Windows RT 8.1 upgrade coming this year will include the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program, Microsoft said on Wednesday at Computex.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 07, 2013
Microsoft gave the first demo of Windows 8.1 on Wednesday, during the Computex keynote address at Taipei, Taiwan.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2013
Microsoft detailed a few more features coming in Windows 8.1 -- including a number of new networking, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and security features -- during Monday's TechEd conference keynote.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 04, 2013
Of the thousands of apps in the online store for Windows 8, here are 40 that can make a difference for a partner's business.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- June 03, 2013
Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner detailed his company's market positions, cloud growth prospects and other business matters at the Sanford C. Bernstein Conference in New York City last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday shared more details about the forthcoming Windows 8.1, characterizing some changes as a response to customer feedback.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2013
With many organizations just now making the move from Windows XP to Windows 7, Microsoft's latest OS will continue to go largely ignored by enterprises, according to a new report by research firm Forrester.
- By Chris Paoli
- May 17, 2013
The forthcoming Windows 8 update code-named Windows "Blue" is now officially called Windows 8.1, confirmed Microsoft's Tami Reller on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 15, 2013
Microsoft this week detailed the difference between "cumulative updates " and the monthly "update rollup" system it uses for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2013