Microsoft customers still using the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 will begin automatically receiving Service Pack 1 (SP1) via Windows Update on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 18, 2013
The combination of Windows Server 2012, System Center 2012 SP1 and Windows Intune have given Microsoft partners new opportunities to expand their businesses into the cloud. Here are a few examples.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 18, 2013
Organizations that are "Microsoft shops" and trying to decide between Yammer or SharePoint for social networking should choose Yammer, research firm Gartner advised in a webinar Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 14, 2013
You've heard the warnings before, but they're ringing true: If you're not able to provide value-added services, you're probably not going to profit from your relationship with Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 13, 2013
After a one-day advance notice on Monday, Microsoft this week enabled the Adobe Flash Player "to run by default" in Internet Explorer 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2013
Despite market share gains throughout the next five years, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets will remain a distant third behind Android- and iOS-based devices, according to research firm IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2013
Microsoft has lowered the cost of licensing Windows 8 for its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners in response to less-than-robust uptake of devices running the new operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2013
Microsoft is now offering its System Center Advisor product free of charge and without the Software Assurance coverage requirement, the company announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 07, 2013
Global PC shipments will contract in 2013 for the second straight year, according to market research firm IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 06, 2013
In the last three years, Microsoft has been involved in six botnet takedowns. This one, though, seems more personal.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 06, 2013
Microsoft has acquired Seattle-based cloud performance management company MetricsHub for an undisclosed amount, the two companies announced on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 05, 2013
Microsoft on Monday released its Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant tool, designed to guide organizations through the process of migrating to Microsoft's next-generation e-mail server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2013
Microsoft has made some management improvements to Windows Azure, on the heels of adding federation capabilities between Windows Azure and Windows Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2013
Microsoft has joined cloud computing advocacy group Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) as a "contributor," the organization announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2013
Microsoft rounded out its Office 365-branded products on Wednesday with the launch of three new editions of the productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2013