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IDC Projects Weak Windows Tablet Share Through 2016

Market analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC) projects growth for the worldwide tablet market at large, but predicts Windows-based devices will not experience growth.

Microsoft Readies 5 'Critical' Updates for December

Microsoft will be finishing off 2012 with a monthly security update that addresses 11 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server, Office and Windows.

Microsoft Announces 3 Upcoming Dynamics Releases

Microsoft announced that the general availability dates of three of the company's Dynamics solutions will be arriving in the next two weeks.

Microsoft Clarifies Office 2013 Product Use Rights

Microsoft published a volume licensing "brief" this month that shines a little more light on the product use rights of Office 2013.

Motorola Effort To Bar Microsoft Products Halted by Judge

Motorola's legal efforts to block the sales of certain Microsoft products in Germany and the United States got checked by a U.S. federal court ruling last week.

Office 2013 Products Available for Volume License Purchase

Organizations can now buy various on-premises 2013 Microsoft server products via volume licensing agreements, including Office 2013.

Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Hits RTM

Microsoft reached its Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 release-to-manufacturing product milestone last week.

Unified Access Gateway SP3 Arriving Early 2013

Microsoft plans to roll out Service Pack 3 for its Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 product in the first quarter of next year.

Windows 8 Launch Hit by Slow Consumer Device Sales

A consumer marketing firm found that Windows device sales haven't got much of a Windows 8 push so far.

UPDATE: Microsoft Surface Pro Pricing Unveiled

Microsoft today unveiled the prices that it will charge for its Surface tablet-PCs running Windows 8 Pro.

Windows Phone 7 Update Coming Early Next Year

Windows Phone 7.5-era phone customers will be updated to Windows Phone 7.8 early next year, according to Windows Phone Corporate Vice President Terry Myerson.

Rumor: Windows Blue Arriving Mid-2013?

What's blue and can't be seen? According to press reports, it's the next Windows client OS.

Windows Azure AD Now Federates with Windows Server

Microsoft announced today that Windows Azure's federation capabilities now support single sign-on capabilities in conjunction with the use of Active Directory on Windows Server.

Reller Touts Windows 8 Upgrade Success at Financial Analyst Event

The new head of the Windows business at Microsoft explained Windows 8 to financial analysts today, dropping a few stats along the way.

Microsoft Planning TMG and UAG Updates for Exchange 2013

Microsoft is working on issuing future update releases for its Forefront Threat Management Gateway and Unified Access Gateway products.

Microsoft Dynamics Cloud for Government Now Live

Microsoft hosting partner Layered Tech launched a cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics offering for U.S. government agencies earlier this month.

Microsoft To Raise User CAL Prices Next Month

Microsoft is planning to raise the price of its User Client Access Licenses (CALs) by 15 percent, starting on Dec. 1, 2012, according to Microsoft's partners.

Survey Analysis: Businesses Not as Keen on Moving to Windows 8

Forrester Research is seeing some signs that businesses might be slower to adopt Windows 8 compared with its predecessor.

Microsoft Completes StorSimple Buy

Microsoft today completed its acquisition of StorSimple, which was first announced last month.

Microsoft Unveils Roadmap and Vision for Windows Embedded 8

Microsoft this week provided a six-month advance peek at its upcoming Windows Embedded 8 product release schedule, adding some market vision, too.

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