Shipments of tablets running Windows experienced a 527 percent year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2013, market research firm IDC reported Monday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz, Gladys  Rama
 - August 05, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview became available for download on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 31, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows 8.1 preview release received a third set of non-security updates from Microsoft this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 26, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It looks like the preview versions of Microsoft's Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 operating systems are following a faster update schedule than their predecessors. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 23, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PC makers will get access to the final Windows 8.1 code in late August, Microsoft officials confirmed Monday.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - July 08, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For organizations that want to check if they are capable of running the Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems, Microsoft late last week released the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.5.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 07, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some of Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 products gained volume licensing and Software Assurance options this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 03, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A small group of high-volume U.S. resellers are authorized to sell the Microsoft Surface devices under a new program announced Monday.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - July 01, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Thursday's TechEd Europe keynote put the spotlight on Windows 8.1, which became available as a public preview this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 28, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the availability of the Windows 8.1 public preview on Wednesday during the opening keynote of the Build conference, taking place this week in San Francisco.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond, Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - June 26, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has designed its forthcoming Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to be a "first server" for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses, according to details released by the company this month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 25, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Public preview versions of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 are now available, Microsoft announced Tuesday during the kickoff of TechEd Europe, taking place in Madrid.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 25, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A report from Gartner released last week gives "preliminary" advice for organizations thinking about moving to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 24, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Server 2012 R2, which may arrive as a public preview release next week, will bring some networking, compute and storage improvements that build on what Microsoft initiated with Windows Server 2012.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 19, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently spotlighted Windows 8's improved Task Manager, most notably the new color-coded "heat map."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 12, 2013