The next version of Windows will bring a host of improvements, including key changes to Microsoft's existing app store model, according to a recent Microsoft blog post. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 03, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday launched three new new Office 365 subscription plans aimed at small-to-medium businesses (SMBs).
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 02, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the preview version of "Sway," a new content aggregation app for Office. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 02, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hardware partners at last month's 2014 IFA conference shined the spotlight on a raft of lower-cost Windows PCs.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 01, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday underscored the business capabilities of its next Windows operating system, which it unveiled at a press event in San Francisco.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 01, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bucking expectations, the next version of the Windows operating system will be called "Windows 10," not "Windows 9," Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 30, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's WinHEC event for hardware developers will return next year after a seven-year hiatus, Microsoft announced on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 26, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft reduced the prices of about 61 Azure cloud services on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 26, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is beginning to roll out a new social networking feature called "Groups" to Office 365 subscribers, the company said on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 25, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday launched new virtual machine (VM) sizing options for its Microsoft Azure cloud services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 23, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next version of the Microsoft Office suite is not likely to break any new ground, judging by recently leaked screenshots.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 23, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Effective November, Microsoft will no longer offer its Office on Demand feature to business users of Office 365 services or to those who use the Office ProPlus productivity suite.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 22, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next version of Dynamics NAV, Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) product for small and midsize businesses, will be rolled out in early October.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 22, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has effectively shut down its Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Group as part of a massive round of job cuts.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- September 22, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Larry Ellison, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Oracle Corp. and one of the most colorful and opinionated figures in tech, is stepping aside from day-to-day management at Oracle to focus on technology and strategy.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 18, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The second round of Microsoft's planned 18,000 job cuts -- the largest layoffs in the company's history -- will reportedly take place on Thursday, Sept. 18.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 17, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will give an early look at its next Windows desktop operating system in an event on Sept. 30, according to invitations sent by the company to members of the press on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 16, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will release the next major update to Dynamics CRM, previously code-named "Vega," sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014, the company announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 16, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday quietly pulled a Lync security update that was released just last week as part of its September "Patch Tuesday" rollout. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- September 16, 2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced a number of improvements for Azure last week, including alerts and role-based controls.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 15, 2014