Microsoft today announced that it has resumed distributing its Windows 8.1 Update through Windows Server Update Services, and it relaxed a 60-day deadline for organizations to install it.
So far, it's been quiet out there. But don't take the lack of news as an indication that the attackers have moved on.
Microsoft today released its updates to Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry at its Volume License Service Center.
While global PC shipments continue to decline, the decrease was not as extreme as earlier analyst predictions for the first quarter of 2014.
Today's April 8 date marks the end, not just for Windows XP, but for many other Microsoft software products as well.
Microsoft has temporarily suspended the release of the new Windows 8.1 Update as delivered through some versions of Windows Server Update Services.
Microsoft released updates today to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, which would be unsurprising except for some strong language coming from Microsoft, warning of installation deadlines.
Microsoft's April Security Update features only two "critical" bulletins.
Microsoft released its update to Windows 8.1 today, which will begin arriving to devices at some point through the Windows Update service.
As Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows XP and ends support for the 2003 versions of Office and Exchange, IT faces difficult choices and a variety of options.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/08/2014
While Microsoft has had a very strong cloud focus in the past few years, look for a deeper on-premise enterprise theme at this year's event.
Microsoft's Erwin Visser, general manager of Windows and Windows Phone Commercial Marketing, took time out to explain some of the nuances of Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 for larger organizations.
Microsoft talked today about the coming Windows 8.1 Update, which is planned for delivery through a system's Windows Update service on April 8.
Microsoft offered some security tips today for individuals and organizations that plan to continue to use Windows XP after April 8.
Mozilla's decision to halt its Firefox browser development for Windows 8.1 may be due, in part, to a confusing OS feature.