Other changes in the forthcoming Windows 8.1 include a boot-to-desktop option and improved search.
The latest version is Release Candidate (RC) 2, and Microsoft says it's safe for production use.
New release brings simplified cloud back-end capabilities.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 05/28/2013
The Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows works with Microsoft's Windows Azure HDInsight Service.
Rackspace Cloud SDK for Microsoft .NET is a tool suite for .NET developers working with the OpenStack cloud OS.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 05/16/2013
Microsoft will release additional tickets for its Build conference.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 05/14/2013
Xoreax Software releases version 4.6 of its code-build-acceleration product.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 05/13/2013
Microsoft exec also says Visual Studio 2012 has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its release.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/10/2013
Microsoft also says it's sold more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses.
C#, Azure and JavaScript skills also make the Top-10 Most Wanted list.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/03/2013
New version of Orchestrated IT includes improved change and release management features.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 05/02/2013
Windows XP usage continues to remain strong, to Microsoft's chagrin.
The Open Technologies Group has open sourced ASP.NET, MVC 4, and the Entity Framework, among other technologies.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/01/2013
The growing use of cloud back-end services for mobile apps is creating a new security risk in the mobile development space.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 04/30/2013
The improvements involved the "Virtual Network" and "Virtual Machines" components of Windows Azure, affecting the access of virtual networks, either from behind a corporate firewall or remotely.
Other tools target iOS, Android, Silverlight and WPF.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 04/25/2013
Things won't happen as quickly for on-premises versions of Office.
CFO says that the public can expect to see more touch-enabled Windows devices being released at "more attractive price points" in the coming months.
Microsoft's overall revenue was $20.5 billion for the quarter, an 18% increase year-over-year.
Xamarin announces Xamarin Test Cloud, an automated, cross-platform UI testing service.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 04/16/2013