Confirming rumors, Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday that a free "preview" version of Office Home and Student 2013 RT will come preinstalled on Windows RT ARM-based devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
The test version of Microsoft's User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) tool was made available as a release candidate (RC) last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
Five of Microsoft's Forefront enterprise security products will no longer be sold after Dec. 1, 2012, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 13, 2012
The beta of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product is now available to partners, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 13, 2012
Microsoft officially launched Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 on Wednesday in a live event for partners and customers.
- By Kathleen Richards
- September 12, 2012
Doomsayers are blaming cloud computing for the theoretical demise of the channel, but from Howard's point of view, it's all FUD.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 12, 2012
Microsoft last week released Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), a software utility that lets IT pros manage Windows Server 2012 from their desktops.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 11, 2012
The beta test version of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which promises to considerably broaden Microsoft's cloud product strategy, became available on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 11, 2012
With the introduction of a mainstream partner billing option for Office 365, Microsoft overcame the biggest partner objection to its cloud productivity suite. Now happier partners are looking for ways to restart their efforts with new business-model options.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 10, 2012
Former Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns will join Hewlett-Packard Co. as general manager and senior vice president of the company's Autonomy division.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 07, 2012
Dell on Tuesday detailed its virtualization support efforts and rolled out its Windows Server 2012 product line.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2012
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced it has partnered with Microsoft on a "joint private cloud initiative" centered on HP hardware and management solutions, Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 Service Pack 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2012
Windows 8 has taken the lion's share of the spotlight, but Windows RT still has big implications for Microsoft partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 06, 2012
One week after Samsung announced the first Windows Phone 8 device, Microsoft and Nokia took the wraps off two more devices running the forthcoming smartphone OS -- the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 05, 2012
By all accounts, the market for technical employees is tight. Even as national unemployment remains high, partners across the country report low tech unemployment and intense competition for talent. Against that backdrop, we release the sixth annual RCP salary survey.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 05, 2012