Microsoft has acquired GreenButton, a New Zealand-based provider of cloud integration solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2014
As part of Microsoft's "Internet of things" (IoT) vision, the company this month announced a limited public preview of its Azure Intelligent Systems Service (ISS).
- By Chris Paoli
- May 01, 2014
The Desktop as a Service (DaaS) field is rife with opportunity for partners and tech giants like Amazon Web Services and VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 01, 2014
As megavendors build datacenters to support their cloud visions, they're wooing solution providers that can connect customers' on-premises systems to the new cloud platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 30, 2014
OneDrive for Business clients will see an increase in their default storage capacity from 25 GB to 1 terabyte (TB) "over the next few months," Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2014
The next update to Windows Intune, Microsoft's cloud-enabled device management product, began rolling out this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2014
Waltham, Mass.-based Microsoft partner Exoprise is offering a free tool that measures the costs of moving to Office 365 Exchange Online from Exchange Server 2003.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 28, 2014
Microsoft is adding new preview service tiers to Microsoft Azure SQL Database, the company said on Thursday.
- By David Ramel
- April 28, 2014
A faster Windows release cycle means organizations may struggle to keep pace with updates for other products, such as Windows Server and Visual Studio, according to analyst Wes Miller.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
The next release of Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager product will be renamed "Microsoft Identity Manager," and will be released by mid-2015, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
Two Microsoft Azure Active Directory synchronization features were released as "previews" this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014
A second update to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is reportedly in the pipeline this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 23, 2014
Microsoft has re-released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013, after deactivating the download link earlier this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 22, 2014
Redwood City, Calif.-based Equinix Inc., a provider of space, power and interconnection products and services for companies, is adding Microsoft's Azure ExpressRoute technology to its datacenters worldwide.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 22, 2014
Microsoft has lowered the cost for its custom support services for Windows XP, according to a report from Computerworld.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 17, 2014