Managed services providers that support SMBs have their hands full this year: The constellation of threats targeting their customer base is more varied and harder to detect than ever.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 04, 2024
Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 products have exited "Extended" support, kicking off Extended Security Update sales.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 11, 2023
Extended Security Updates for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, as managed using Azure Arc, have reached the commercial-release stage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 19, 2023
Microsoft has released Edge previews for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, which previously didn't support Microsoft browsers beyond Internet Explorer 11.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 21, 2019
Microsoft on Friday announced the "general availability" of Windows Defender ATP support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 22, 2019
Support for Internet Explorer 10 will expire in 2020 for users of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard, Microsoft warned this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2019
Microsoft has specified end dates for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 apps in the Microsoft Store, prodding developers to port them to Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 2018
Originally introduced two years ago for Windows 10 clients, Microsoft's Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service will soon be available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines, as well.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2018
Microsoft is extending its "Insider" approach for testing Windows 10 builds to Windows Server, which will get its own Windows Insider program this summer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2017
Windows Server 2012 users have a few extra months to take advantage of Microsoft's "extended support" coverage, according to a recent change in Microsoft's Lifecycle Policy page.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 20, 2017
Organizations anticipating difficulties in carrying out future Windows Server or SQL Server upgrades can now purchase insurance-type plans from Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2017
In a sign that the "software-defined" movement has gone mainstream, Microsoft is touting its latest server OS as the perfect platform for running a software-defined datacenter (SDDC).
- By David Ramel
- November 09, 2016
Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 Essentials product is now generally available (GA), the company said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2016
Google has expanded its datacenter service offerings to include Windows Server 2016 instances, the search giant announced Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2016
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 are now generally available (GA), Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 13, 2016