Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 12, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 12, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to release four software fixes on Tuesday in its July security update.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released an updated version of its free Windows and Microsoft Office 2010 deployment tool.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The National Security Agency's (NSA) new program to shield the networks of privately owned utilities and other critical infrastructure companies has caused some people to fear it's a step toward a surveillance state or a government power grab.
                    
			            - By Amber  Corrin
- July 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft partner has created a system for storing the information of homeless people in Birmingham, U.K.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week acknowledged that the VC-1 video codec has limited performance on multicore systems running Windows 7.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 06, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers last week described some issues that possibly affect the security of Windows systems and their components.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 06, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Proponents of cloud computing Thursday gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption. 
                    
			            - By Rutrell  Yasin
- July 02, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New soft PBX platform due out by end of year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Relax, there's a future with Microsoft in the cloud, channel chief Allison Watson plans to tell partners at this month's WPC. That's not to say it won't take hard work to get there. Watson and pioneering partners share their flight path to profits.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First service pack coming this month for Windows Server 2008 R2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Now that SharePoint 2010 is shipping, partners are primed to handle upgrades on customers' terms.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft leads partners to side with Citrix in virtualization's newest battle.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- July 01, 2010