Microsoft warned on Monday that SQL Server 2005 will lose "extended support" on April 12, 2016, meaning Microsoft will no longer issue updates and security patches for the product after that date.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2015
Nearly two years after leaving Microsoft, former Office group president Kurt DelBene is rejoining the company as the executive vice president of Corporate Strategy and Planning.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 13, 2015
Microsoft's Windows Server AppFabric 1.1 solution, typically used by organizations to scale operations for Web apps, will reach its support deadline next April, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 13, 2015
The second public build of the Windows 10 technical preview for smartphones was released on Friday, bringing much broader device support and marking the phone debut of Microsoft's new "Spartan" browser.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 10, 2015
Despite the continuing decline in PC shipments, the latest data from IDC and Gartner suggest the PC market is not doing as badly as previously forecast.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 10, 2015
As of Thursday, all users of Microsoft's Office Online Apps, including Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word, can now access files stored on Dropbox servers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday turned the spotlight on its new Nano Server product, code-named "Tuva," which will be a component of the next release of Windows Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday launched Hyper-V Containers in a move aimed at letting developers build more scalable apps and advancing container technology to more deployment scenarios and workloads.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 08, 2015
Microsoft is planning an update to Windows 10, code-named "Redstone," to be released in two stages over the second half of 2016, according to media reports on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2015
Enterprise and service provider customers running Microsoft's Cloud Platform System (CPS) will receive software updates on a "predictable quarterly cadence," Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2015
The second technical preview of Microsoft's next-generation Windows Server product, commonly referred to as Windows Server "2016," is slated to arrive sometime in May, according to Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 06, 2015
The future of Windows could be open source, according to a Microsoft executive this week.
- By Chris Paoli
- April 03, 2015
Microsoft's next-generation unified communications (UC) product will be rolled out to qualified users as part of this month's Patch Tuesday update.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 02, 2015
Two leading vendors of SharePoint-to-Office-365 migration tools are combining their portfolios.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 01, 2015
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off the Surface 3, the thinnest and lightest version of its tablet.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2015
The newest Windows 10 technical preview build features the public debut of Project Spartan, Microsoft's next-generation browser, and its new EdgeHTML rendering engine.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 31, 2015
Users of certain Office 365 subscription plans will get expanded mobile device management (MDM) capabilities at no extra cost, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 31, 2015
The process of updating SharePoint Server will become less cumbersome in the next version of the product, according to a Microsoft executive.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2015
Atlanta, Ga.-based ISV BetterCloud is readying a version of its popular Google Apps management solution for Office 365.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 30, 2015
Microsoft has acquired San Francisco-based LiveLoop, a startup that makes collaboration tools aimed at Microsoft Office.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2015