Windows RT, the version of Windows 8 for ARM-based devices, can be used for both personal and business purposes, even while organizational control is maintained over application access, Microsoft explained on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 19, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off the second day of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) on Wednesday by laying out its vision for connected devices and the "consumerization of IT."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 18, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft revealed the upcoming editions of Windows 8, both for x86/x64 machines and ARM devices, on Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 17, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The forthcoming product code-named "Windows Server 8" now has the official name of "Windows Server 2012," Microsoft announced on Tuesday at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 17, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gavin Kim, a former Samsung vice president who joined Microsoft in November as general manager of Windows Phone Product Marketing, left the company last week. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- April 17, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A few clues about Microsoft's product roadmap for this year and the next were unearthed recently. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 16, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A U.S. District Court on Wednesday gave Microsoft a temporary reprieve in its intellectual property dispute with Motorola.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 12, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fight between Microsoft and OnLive over how the cloud gaming company was licensing Windows 7 to provide virtual desktop infrastructure services seems to be over.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 11, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mainstream support for Windows Vista ends Tuesday, according to Microsoft's Vista lifecycle chart.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 10, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft intends to buy more than 800 patents from AOL Inc. for $1.056 billion in cash, the two companies announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 09, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Azure, Microsoft's Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud-based operating system, now has datacenters servicing both U.S. East and West regions, Microsoft announced last week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 08, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell raised a few questions among virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) analysts this week with its announcement that it plans to acquire Wyse Technology.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday released the beta versions of two virtualization tools that will become part of its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 05, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft placed at No. 17 among companies that have contributed the most toward developing the Linux OS's kernel.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 04, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SQL Server 2012 is now generally available, which means it's a purchasable final product, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 02, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft System Center 2012 was released to volume licensing customers on April 1, according to a report Monday by Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 02, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More expected dates for Windows 8's release cycle were leaked on Friday by financial news Web site Dividend.com.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 30, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Shipments of Wintel PCs will experience a marked slowdown through 2016, according to the latest research projections by IDC.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study commissioned by Azaleos Corp., a Microsoft National Systems Integrator (NSI) partner, has found that Microsoft's public cloud Office 365 offerings are not always cheaper than other Microsoft-stack approaches.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2012
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Home Server (WHS) users can connect with the Windows 8 "consumer preview" beta, Microsoft said this week -- with a few conditions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 27, 2012