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Microsoft Windows Services

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  IT Lab acquires Mirus IT

  Managed services player with a focus on Microsoft takes revenues past the £75m mark with a move to pick up Mirus

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Partners help Microsoft deliver solid fourth quarter

  Vendor's CFO highlights the role that partners have played in the vendor's crucial fourth quarter

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Nadella: Trust has to be earned every day

  Microsoft CEO uses Inspire keynote to cover the importance of building trusted relationships

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Microsoft climbs down over IUR changes

  Vendor performs a U-turn in the face of mounting partner opposition over plans to cut back software licenses for internal use

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  IUR row overshadowing Microsoft Inspire

  Vendor's honesty about the costs of providing partners with licenses dominating the Inspire build-up

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  GCI beefs up Microsoft skills with Modality buy

  The firm has made its first acquisition since it gained access to a sizable M&A war chest last May

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Microsoft signals CPU shortages are easing

  Firm's CFO indicates the worst is over as it updates the markets on its fiscal third quarter performance

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  Public sector unhappy with Microsoft price rises

  Public sector IT group hits out at price rises and has some criticism of the role of resellers in communicating it

• October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18

  Consolidation hits Microsoft channel with IT Lab and Content and Code tie-up

  The combination of IT Lab and Content and Code will create one of the largest Microsoft partners in the UK

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Tech Data gearing up for HP TaaS push

  The distributor is encouraging SME resellers to get involved with the vendor's Technology as a Service approach

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Against a backdrop of Microsoft price rises it's time for the SAM message

  Planned price changes that come in from Monday should mean that those pitching software asset management should find a more receptive audience

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Nadella calls for more 'tech intensity'

  It's an idea that the channel will have little argument with, that customers need to adopt and build the latest technology

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  Users planning upgrading investments

  Research from Spiceworks indicates that money will be spent next year by users looking to upgrade old infrastructure

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Comparex exposes council server software vulnerabilities

  Thanks to a Freedom of Information Request the channel now knows just how widespread the use of unsupported server software is among councils

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Microsoft price changes to come from October

  The vendor is taking steps to remove some of the complexity in its pricing and make it easier for customers to get an idea of cost regardless of whether they are buying on-prem or in the cloud