With a new preview release of Windows 8 now available, it's no surprise that the new look of the desktop is getting a lot of attention. But the Windows desktop is only part of the story: it's part of ...

Microsoft will officially launch Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 18th, but it looks like the company is going to be offering some extra incentives for people to use their latest Server OS. The ...

The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup. Microsoft has added Visual Studio 2012 Express for ...

Here's a breakdown of what's new with RD Gateway and how you can use it paired with Windows Server. Not everyone works from the office all the time -- people want to connect to corporate resources ...

Microsoft says this month's Patch Tuesday cumulative updates fix a known issue that causes Windows servers to disrupt Remote Desktop connections in enterprise networks after installing the July ...

The team building the next release of Visual Studio has responded to developer criticism and is adding support for building Windows 8 Desktop apps to VS 2012 Express. Last month, there was quite a bit ...

Server virtualization has become so mainstream that I feel confident nearly every single organization has at least one server running some type of hypervisor platform in their data center today. But ...

Customers that haven't upgraded to Windows Server 2012 are either living in denial or under a rock. Those that don't migrate off Server 2003 face a range of consequences from security issues, no ...

Redmond’s contentious Windows 8 is almost upon us, and the virtualization apps are already prepped for it with the latest incarnations of Parallels Desktop 8 and VMware Fusion 5. While the main focus ...

After installing the Desktop Experience feature, you will have to enable the Themes service and then select an Aero theme. You might also need to update your video card driver, to run Aero. And in ...

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band update to address a Windows Server bug leading to Remote Desktop connection and performance issues. "Microsoft is releasing Out-of-band (OOB) updates ...