It's been a big year for Microsoft, with a number of exciting new releases and several very tough competing products entering the space. However, rather than a simple textual summary of the highlights, I decided to pull a video to go along with...

MetaVis SharePoint migration tool supports Microsoft cloud offering

Since late last week, I've been living in the future, sampling Microsoft's Office 365 and examining what it's like to go "all in" on cloud services. I like it a lot. My predilections toward cloud computing are probably well known by now, but now...

Since late last week, I've been living in the future, sampling Microsoft's Office 365 and examining what it's like to go "all in" on cloud services. I like it a lot. My predilections towards cloud computing are probably well known by now. But now...

Windows Phone 7...

Sometimes Microsoft really surprises me, in a good way, by actually listening. The company doesn't always move as fast as I'd like, but I understand the underlying reasons why it must be so. And when they do actually respond to user needs, the...

Trust Microsoft to make a big show to announce . . . well, not much, really. It's called Microsoft Office 365 and it's essentially an updated version of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS). Office 365 will include...

Windows 7 Release Candidate...

I often argue that Microsoft's biggest strength, its ability to create enduring platforms, can also be its biggest weakness: It seems that every time the software giant tackles a problem, it hides in a hole until it can emerge months or even years...