Microsoft has blocked Secure Boot mitigations for the BlackLotus (CVE-2023-24932) vulnerability on some PCs. The block affects Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 systems due to incompatibilities with TPM ...

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will both lose support on Oct. 10, 2023. End of support means that Microsoft no longer delivers updates to those products, including security patches.

Microsoft will also provide Extended Support for the five years following Mainstream Support or for two years after the second successor product (N+2) is released, whichever is longer. Update 3/20: In ...

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.

The SMT preview has some requirements. Windows Management Framework 5.0 is needed for Windows Server 2012 R2, but it's not needed for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview.

Those weren't the only Microsoft news stories in 2012, of course. Executives came and went, some voluntarily, some not so much.

Microsoft won't release a new console in 2012. That's according to the company's French marketing manager, who recently told French website Le Point that Microsoft has no plans to compete with ...

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 ...

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.

Yes, Microsoft has given SSMS a Visual Studio 2010 makeover, which means you get better snippet management as well as integration with Team Foundation Server, but SQL Server 2012 offers no new DBA ...