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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Thursday will be the last day to get and use a promotional code entitling consumers to a discount on upgrading a new Windows 7 PC to Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 26, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has overhauled its Partner Competency program, as well as added new revenue-generating incentives for solution providers selling cloud services, the company announced at this week's VMware Partner Exchange Conference in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- February 26, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft made Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 available for download on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 26, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Service was restored to Microsoft's Windows Azure storage on Saturday, after an expired SSL certificate left customers unable to access their data beginning Friday afternoon.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 25, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The third service pack (SP3) for Microsoft's Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG 2010) product became available for download this week, bringing support for newer Microsoft client and server solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 21, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Eight months after being acquired by Microsoft, enterprise social networking company Yammer is apparently doing fine.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 20, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows 8 refresh code-named Windows "Blue" has just completed its first milestone build (M1), according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- February 19, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 8 devices, with their built-in security capabilities, could simplify matters for organizations considering bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenarios, according to Wave Systems Corp., an independent software vendor and board member of the Trusted Computing Group. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 15, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In response to questions about Microsoft's market strategy with Windows 8, Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein repeated the same basic response: The Windows 8 ecosystem is still evolving.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 14, 2013