Microsoft launched the preview version of its Windows Azure SQL Database Premium service on Tuesday, in addition to releasing the July Windows Azure update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2013
It looks like the preview versions of Microsoft's Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 operating systems are following a faster update schedule than their predecessors.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2013
Microsoft has slipped behind IBM and Oracle to take the No. 3 position in Booz & Co.'s second-annual list of the world's top technology companies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2013
RCP identifies the "biggest" Microsoft partners in terms of their number of competencies in this second-annual list.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 22, 2013
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft is staking its mobile success on its just-launched smartphone platform, Windows Phone 8. The first devices are set to roll out in the coming weeks and months from major U.S. carriers including Verizon and AT&T. Here's what we know so far about the new lineup.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 19, 2013
Microsoft's Outlook Web App e-mail solutions became available for Apple iPad and iPhone devices this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2013
Microsoft reported $19.90 billion in revenue for its fourth-quarter 2013 earnings report on Thursday, falling short of the $20.72 billion expected by analysts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2013
Service Pack 2 (SP2) of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product will arrive in the fourth quarter of this year, Microsoft said Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 18, 2013
Are PAMs going away? Is a major partner executive leaving? As usual, there were plenty of rumors floating around this year's Worldwide Partner Conference floor -- some more well-founded than others. Howard separates fact from fiction.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- July 18, 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has canceled a contract it awarded to Hewlett-Packard (HP) last year that would have moved VA employees to Microsoft's Office 365 for Government product.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 18, 2013
What's one of the most common missteps a partner can make when approaching a Microsoft employee? According to our former Microsoft insider, it's not knowing what he or she is responsible for.
- By M.S. Partner
- July 17, 2013
Microsoft is phasing out its Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) product in part because it's no longer needed to secure newer versions of Exchange and Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 17, 2013
Service providers will now be able to use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud as part of their service offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2013
Despite a ban issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) last year against Motorola Mobility smartphones, Microsoft says too many of those devices are still being allowed into the country.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2013
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the creation of four new engineering groups on Thursday morning as part of a widely expected organizational and management shakeup in the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 11, 2013