Microsoft Windows - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Microsoft NZ announces 2016 Partner Awards winners

  Recognises partners in 22 categories that celebrate core partner competencies

• Windows 10 to run rings around customers

  Microsoft's top operating system executive has confirmed that the two main Windows 10 update and upgrade "branches" will offer customers multiple "rings," or tempos, that they can select to receive changes quickly or after they've been tested by others.

• As Windows 7 breaks the one billion-device mark, Microsoft's challenge will be to force it back to zero

  Windows 7 has approached the user share numbers set by Windows XP six years ago, hinting that unless Microsoft executes its Windows 10 upgrade plans to perfection, Windows 7 will persist on devices long after its 2020 retirement.

• Microsoft swings security patch stick to keep customers up-to-date on Windows 10

  Microsoft has confirmed that it will use security updates - or more accurately, the refusal to serve them to customers - as the stick to keep businesses in line with Windows 10's accelerated tempo of feature and functionality upgrades.

• Microsoft to business: Don't worry about Windows 10, consumers will test it

  Microsoft on Friday said consumers would become coal mine canaries who turn up bugs and problems in each Windows 10 update months before businesses have to commit to the fixes.

• Everything you need to know about Windows 10

  Windows 10 has been one of the most anticipated Windows releases in Microsoft history -- especially given the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2948467/emerging-technology/good-riddance-windows-8.html">issues with Windows 8</a>, the result of Microsoft's decision to build an operating system that works on both touch and non-touch systems.

• Deep-dive review: Windows 10 - worth the wait

  Finally, an operating system from Microsoft you can love.

• 9 reasons not to upgrade to Windows 10 -- yet

  Windows 10 is here - and many users (especially those who have been wrestling with Windows 8) are probably eager to upgrade. But even if you can get it now -- the upgrade will be sent first to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2944212/microsoft-windows/windows-10-release-date-delayed-itbwcw.html">those who signed up for the Windows Insider beta program</a> and then in "slow waves" to everyone else -- you may want to hold off.

• 2015 to test Microsoft's resolve and execution

  Microsoft faces not only its 40th anniversary in 2015, but a host of challenges that will define it for years to come, analysts said today.

Whitepapers about Microsoft Windows

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  Moving Microsoft Windows Workloads to Public Cloud

  By 2018, the majority of enterprise workloads will be deployed to the cloud as organisations continue to increase the rate IaaS and SaaS adoption. A decreased management burden, increased scalability and reduced hardware costs have all helped to build the business case for cloud migration, with Microsoft applications recognising additional benefits in terms of security and performance. This 451 Research paper looks at the current state of cloud adoption amongst organisations and discusses the benefits migrating Microsoft workloads to the public cloud could have for your business.