It's the week for Microsoft to make official the names of the products that have born the codename "Windows 8." On April 16, Microsoft officials unsurprisingly revealed that the final name of Windows ...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview–the desktop version of Windows 8–has been getting all of the attention lately, but another new kid is in town as well: Windows Server 8. Packing in tons of new features ...

I know it is not as glamorous or flashy as Windows 8 with its Metro UI, and touchscreen magic, but Microsoft has some other tricks up its sleeve for this BUILD conference. The day 2 keynote focused on ...

Now in beta, Windows Server 8 adds capabilities that will shift the balance in virtualized data centers and private clouds Windows admins and software developers, start your downloading: Microsoft has ...

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Server 8 has started gaining some prominence since the software giant previewed it at the BUILD conference. Its cloud-based paradigm and focus on large-scale deployments ...

On September 8th, shortly before the public unveiling of Windows 8 client, I headed over to Redmond for a two-day meeting where Microsoft talked about what’s in store for Windows Server 8. According ...

Microsoft late last month quietly rolled out an online backup service for use with its Windows Server 8 beta. Not everyone can try out the new Microsoft Online Backup Service. It's currently offered ...

There’s a lot of hype around Windows 8 these days. Just this week, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky released the first post of the Building Windows 8 blog, which promises an inside look from the Windows ...

The "release preview" of Windows 8 and the "release candidate" (RC) of Windows Server 2012 were made available for download today by Microsoft. These releases represent the final public testing stage ...

Yesterday, I heard from a source at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas that Microsoft now refers to Windows Server "8" as Windows Server 2012. And, if you connect to microsoft.com, you'll ...

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As expected, Microsoft has made it known that Windows Server 8 will be called ‘Windows Server 2012.’ The software will be released later this year. Microsoft calls it a ‘cloud-optimized OS.’ The beta ...