Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft's Office 2013-branded products will roll out "early next year," Microsoft said on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 20, 2013
Nokia's shareholders overwhelmingly approved Microsoft's purchase of "substantially all" of its devices and services business during its annual general meeting, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 19, 2013
Previously available as part of Office 365, Microsoft's Rights Management Service (RMS) is now available commercially, including for premises-based installations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 19, 2013
Microsoft will launch a new volume licensing offering for organizations dubbed the "Microsoft Products and Services Agreement" (MPSA) on Dec. 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2013
Microsoft on Monday announced the availability of an app that would let Windows Phone 8 users remotely launch, control and interact with Office 2013 files from their smartphones in a presentation setting.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 18, 2013
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday signaled another high-level change within Microsoft's executive ranks.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 14, 2013
Microsoft this week launched a beta version of its Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 9.0, with new capabilities that enable IT organizations to assess Microsoft's newest licensing scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 13, 2013
Worldwide shipments of Windows Phone devices in the third quarter ballooned by 156 percent year-over-year, according to figures released Tuesday by research firm IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 12, 2013
The Microsoft corporate vice president who oversaw the development of the company's Internet Explorer browser for nine years is taking on a new role in the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 12, 2013
Microsoft this week described some of its recent progress with Yammer, the enterprise social networking technology it acquired in mid-2012 for $1.2 billion.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 08, 2013
A "real-time coauthoring" feature will be available "within the next few days" for all users of Office Web Apps that have SkyDrive or Office 365 accounts, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2013
Microsoft's search for its next chief executive officer is down to a select few candidates, according to a Reuters report published Tuesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 06, 2013
Evaluating competitive offerings, such as those from Google, is one of the most effective ways organizations can negotiate Microsoft Office 365 contracts, according to Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 06, 2013
Dynamics AX 2012 R3, the next release of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) product, is scheduled to arrive in April 2014.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 05, 2013
The $4.7 billion buyout deal that would have led to BlackBerry being acquired by its largest shareholder has hit a dead end.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 05, 2013
The consortium of companies that bought Nortel's intellectual property two years ago filed a lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging willful infringement of seven patents.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 04, 2013
The latest release of Microsoft's on-premises customer relationship management (CRM) product, Dynamics CRM 2013, reached general availability on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 31, 2013
Microsoft dominated the software market during the first half of 2013, earning more than twice the revenue of other vendors, according to research firm IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 31, 2013
Two months after acquiring Axceler's SharePoint tools business, major Microsoft ISV Metalogix last week said it has acquired Idera's SharePoint arm for an undisclosed amount.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 28, 2013
Lync Server 2013 is now supported on Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft indicated this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 28, 2013