Besides making Windows 10 a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, Microsoft is also adding some compelling new features to sweeten the pot.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 21, 2015
The Windows 10 operating system will be a free upgrade for users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 21, 2015
In advance of Wednesday's Microsoft press event to showcase Windows 10's consumer features, it's time to take stock of what we do know about the operating system so far.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 20, 2015
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Israel-based Equivio, a provider of electronic document discovery software, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 20, 2015
At this week's National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, Microsoft talked up the ways that major retailers are using its Azure cloud platform to improve in-store experiences.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 15, 2015
The Windows 10 operating system will bring key mobile device management (MDM) improvements to Microsoft's enterprise offerings, according to a top Microsoft executive.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 14, 2015
Windows 10 users will lose the existing "placeholders" file storage feature once Microsoft goes through with its plans to unify the synchronization engine used with the OneDrive cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2015
Version 1.0 of the Azure Data Center Migration Solution, developed by Microsoft and its developer partner Persistent Systems, is now available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2015
Microsoft this week rolled out multiple improvements to its Azure cloud platform, including a preview of a new cloud-enabled security management service called "Azure Key Vault."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2015
Cloud computing is becoming increasingly entrenched in datacenters, judging from recent figures from analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
- By Keith Ward
- January 09, 2015
The preview versions of Microsoft's Office apps for Android tablets are now available to more users, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 08, 2015
A new content tagging feature called "boards" will begin rolling out in preview form this week for select Microsoft Office 365 subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 07, 2015
The "Spring '15" release of Parature, a key component of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM product, is now available.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 07, 2015
An obscure Microsoft support article from December confirms that the company plans to remove the Public Website feature from its SharePoint Online service offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 06, 2015
The next version of Microsoft's desktop operating system will not run Internet Explorer, but will instead have a new Web browser that's currently in development.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 05, 2015
Dean Hachamovitch, a 24-year Microsoft veteran and former corporate vice president of Internet Explorer, is leaving the company.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2014
"Denim," the update for Lumia devices running Windows Phone 8.1, has begun rolling out to some customers, Microsoft said on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2014
Microsoft's Azure Backup service is now capable of backing up data from Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 machines, thanks to an update released this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2014
Microsoft has fixed the major bluescreen problems that have been reported by testers of some Windows 10 preview builds, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2014
Salesforce.com on Wednesday unveiled its new Salesforce Files Connect product, which is designed to bridge its cloud-based CRM services with file repositories from other companies, including Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 17, 2014