Windows Server 2012 R2 looks very like its predecessor. It's only when you start to delve into the details that you find just how many changes there are. (Screenshot: Simon Bisson/ZDNet) ...

2012 saw Microsoft announce extensions of Office 365 to consumers and students, pick up Yammer to inject new blood, and release (mostly) Office 2013. That’s three big moves in one year.

In fact, if there's one thing Microsoft's 2012 encourages, it's looking toward the future. Windows 8 and Surface may be off a relatively shaky start, but they lay the groundwork for some truly ...

In some ways, 2012 has been quite a historic year for Microsoft (MSFT 2.91%). In other ways, this year may also prove to be an important inflection point for the software giant as it embarks upon ...

Windows Server 2012 ships with .NET Framework 4.5, while Windows Server 2012 R2 comes with .NET Framework 4.5.1. The needed components for the servers are all in the box.

That statement might get some argument from Microsoft watchers, who would put the debut of Windows 95 and the retiring of co-founder Bill Gates ahead of 2012 for sea change at the company.

(Dec. 6, 2012) Microsoft is counting on strong sales of Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT tablets–and, to a lesser extent, Windows phones–to help drive its new Windows 8 desktop operating system in ...

Windows Server 2012 is, of course, part of a much wider Microsoft IT infrastructure ecosystem, and we stressed the importance of the management tools in System Center 2012 for implementing and ...

Microsoft clearly plans to add more social signals to Bing in 2012. And while that won't topple Google, it does offer the opportunity to grab a large slice of the search business by providing more ...

As expected, Microsoft is ripping its Windows Essentials suite of programs off of life support. The company will cease supporting Windows Essentials 2012 as of January 10.

Microsoft “engineered the Windows Server 2012 for the private cloud. Our part of the equation is to deliver hardware and systems that are enabled for virtualization,” said Brian Payne ...

At Microsoft's Build 2012, thousands of developers attend hundreds of sessions focused on building Windows 8 apps. Here's a peek at what you might have missed.