Microsoft's shift in focus on strengthening its offered services and providing compatible software across multiple platforms is a good indication that the company has plans to stay relevant in a post-Windows OS world.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 10/27/2014
Microsoft plans to step up its security and identity management controls with its next-generation Windows 10 operating system.
Microsoft has released its first new public build of its Windows 10 technical preview.
This month's security update has led to compatibility and installation errors for many users.
Microsoft this week published a guideline for IT pros on how to deploy Windows in computing environments large and small.
Microsoft indicated this week that it plans to deliver another build of the Windows 10 technical preview, which will be "coming soon."
This month's security offering includes three bulletins rated "critical" and five "important" items.
A recent Microsoft blog post offered some interesting details about Windows 10 before it got pulled.
Microsoft's release of the first Windows 10 Technical Preview this week shows signs that the company's effort to unify the fragmented OS for PCs, tablets and phones delivered with Windows 8.x is coming to life, but not yet an exponential leap forward.
Vendor consolidation is leading IT pros to favor fewer players, according to this year's annual Redmond Third-Party Reader's Choice Awards.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/02/2014
As enterprise IT pros face a business imperative to support the management and analysis of Big Data, Microsoft has embraced the call with the latest evolution of SQL Server, support for NoSQL and Hadoop. The changes promise to alter the role of the traditional DBA.
Microsoft pitched the business side of Windows 10 today after announcing the upcoming operating system at a San Francisco press event.
Microsoft's next major Windows release will be called "Windows 10."
Microsoft indicated this week that the patch cycle for Windows 8.x and Windows Server 2012 R.x systems follows a different approach than in the past.
From Cortana integration to the return of the Start Menu, here are some of the rumors circulating online about Microsoft's next OS.