The new Windows Live Essentials beta will be available for public testing starting Thursday, according to Microsoft. A collection of free Web-oriented applications and services for Windows Vista and ...

The small business Windows server suite from Microsoft. Designed to integrate with Office 365 and Internet backup such as Windows Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports up to 25 users and ...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials software can be downloaded, but you won't find it on hardware for a few more months. According to a Microsoft announcement, Windows Server 2012 Essentials was released ...

Microsoft provided details this month about its Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to come, which is designed for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses as a "first server" product. Microsoft ...

Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it’s consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final ...

Today, Microsoft announced the "general availability" (GA) of Windows Server 2016 Essentials. It's the server edition that's aimed at small businesses, with support for 25 users and 50 devices maximum ...

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. Customers can still use the ...

The final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is now available to download. The all-in-one bundle of mail client, instant messenger, movie editor, blog editor, and more, runs on Windows Vista and ...

The open beta for Microsoft's Security Essentials came and went like a thief in the night. Which is too bad, because it's hard to find an article that didn't like the program; every review I've found ...

In October, we reported Microsoft will end support for its Windows Essentials 2012 suite of programs on January 10. That is just a day away, meaning Microsoft will pull the suite installer offline, ...

After unveiling what's next for the most popular Windows Live client application, Messenger, and the most popular Windows Live web service, Hotmail, Microsoft is now ready to zero in on (most of) the ...

(1) See Windows Server Essentials. (2) A suite of free Windows desktop applications from Microsoft. Essentials includes email and calendar (Mail), a photo organizer and editor (Photo Gallery), video ...