Recent News

July 9, 2013

Trustworthy Computing General Manager Adrienne Hall has put together a few resources for businesses and organizations looking to move their IT assets to the cloud in a safe and secure way.

July 9, 2013

Internet Explorer has teamed up with singer-songwriter Laura Gibson in a new ad to remind us all that things aren’t always what they seem. So read recent coverage of the new IE over on the Internet Explorer Blog, shake off your old misconceptions, and try the new IE today!.

July 9, 2013

Growing business enthusiasm for Windows 8 capabilities creates opportunity for Microsoft partners to build and sell their own products and services. Erwin Visser’s blog post today looks at those opportunities, as well as some of the partners already taking advantage of them.

July 9, 2013

The Windows Azure SQL Database premium offer “will help deliver more powerful and predictable performance for cloud applications by dedicating a fixed amount of reserved capacity for a database including its built-in secondary replicas,” according to a post published today on the SQL Server Blog.

July 9, 2013

Today marks the official launch of the High Performance Buildings Pilot Project, a cooperative effort tying Microsoft, the City of Seattle and the Seattle 2030 District together in a new smart buildings initiative aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing power consumption through real-time data analysis.

July 9, 2013

At long last, the wait is nearly over for Sprint customers who want to get their hands on a Windows Phone 8 device. On July 19, Sprint will make the HTC 8XT available for $99.99 “with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate via reward card,” according to a blog post from Sprint today.

July 8, 2013

As Microsoft looks to the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it wants to give online customers the ability to choose the license that is right for them. Microsoft today announced plans to offer three new online licenses and give customers the ability to mix and match amongst the three.

July 8, 2013

Summer of Arcade, the annual event on Xbox Live Arcade, kicks off Aug. 7. Major Nelson announced the schedule, pricing, and details for the summertime gaming extravaganza. New games launch each week during Summer of Arcade including titles like “Charlie Murder” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” and the games can be purchased for between 800 and 1,200 points.

July 8, 2013

At Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, executives discussed the company’s approach to services and devices. Tami Reller, Windows chief marketing officer and chief financial officer, announced that Windows 8.1 release to manufacturing (RTM) will be available for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners in late August, so they can prepare Windows 8.1 devices just in time for the holidays.

July 8, 2013

Today, at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced a new offering: Power BI for Office 365 – a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) solution that enables customers to easily gain insights from their data, working within Excel to analyze and visualize the data in a self-service way.