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In part three of our series on Windows 8, Helen Bradley takes an in-depth look at the new desktop.

In her series on Windows 8 for small business, Helen Bradley explores the new Metro interface. Plus, she provides a dozen Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts.

Here comes Windows 8. As the sun sets on XP, will SMBs look to the future with Windows 8 or choose the tried-and-true Windows 7? Helen Bradley offers insight into Microsoft's newest operating system.

The public is about to get its first hands-on preview of Window 8, which Microsoft says will run on both tablets and desktops.

Windows 8 speculation abounds around and whether the pending operating system will focus on tablets to the detriment of desktop users.

Helen Bradley explores Microsoft Office 365 and discusses how it might fit into your small business IT strategy.

The software juggernaut says its cloud-based productivity service is on pace for record growth and small business is driving it.

We look at a Delegate Access, a feature found in Microsoft Outlook, and how it could help small businesses improve productivity.

Small businesses gain enterprise-level capability, and may be the key to success for Microsoft's new cloud-based Office 365 suite.

Microsoft refreshes SkyDrive, its free online storage service, with a performance boost and improved navigation making it both faster and easier to use.

Windows 7 has barely lost that new OS smell, and yet recent hints from a Microsoft exec point to a new operating system in time for the 2012 holiday season.

Well, it's a demonstration, not an actual product for sale – yet. Here's what the rumor mill has to say about Microsoft's take on a tablet PC.

Major updates will be a thing of the past as more frequent updates refresh Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Microsoft responds to questions about how it uses customer location data collected from Windows phones.

Small business software expert, Helen Bradley, shares 15 keyboard shortcuts to help you move quickly in Microsoft Word.

Sales of Microsoft's Windows 7 surge to new heights. Is your small business on board or on the fence?

The newest cloud-based subscription service is now available for any small business to try -- for free -- while it's in public beta.

Accessing your PC from a remote location used to require complex IT calisthenics. Windows Live Mesh makes it easy -- and free. Plus, three other remote access options.

Are you looking for a small business CRM solution? Microsoft's Dynamics CRM 2011 recently made its online debut. We find out if it's a fit for small biz.

The latest version of Microsoft Small Business Server has reached the final stage of testing before it's released to the public.

If you run your shop on Windows XP or Vista and you're not interested in Linux, then a Windows 7 is inevitable. What are you waiting for? Here are 7 reasons not to put it off.

Microsoft now offers its customer relationship management (CRM) software as a cloud computing service, a first for the company, and an indication that cloud computing has come of age.

Windows Phone 7 is still relatively new, and a darned good mobile operating system. But we have a list of seven ways it could be even better.

Experts say prospects are bright in 2011 as small business IT begins to embrace cloud computing. Benefits include enterprise-class technology at a fraction of the cost of on-premises solutions.

The tech giants are working jointly on a next generation platform they say will give marketers greater flexibility to leverage interactive, digital content in digital signage.

The latest version, which includes Outlook email designed especially for Macs, is designed to work with Office 365, Microsoft's new cloud-based productivity suite.

If you work with people scattered around the country, Microsoft's SharedVeiw lets you share presentations, training and demos as though you were all in the same location.

The latest upgrade to Microsoft's browser offers enhancements that are important for SMBs, but it also has its downsides.

More small business owners are buying those extra PCs they've needed, and that's driving a loosening of the purse strings. Plus, Microsoft Windows 7 may be contributing to that trend.

Windows Live, Microsoft's online small business software, adds social media capabilities by teaming up with LinkedIn.

The free online version of Office gains several new features of interest to SMBs, including the capability to easily embed PowerPoint and Excel spreadsheets in a blog or Web page.

Using Microsoft Security Essentials at home and want to run it on PCs at your small business? Soon it will be legal to do it.

The upgraded server bundle updates all the major components, such as Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2010 R2.

After nine years, Windows XP is finally fading into computer history. Dell plans to drop the OS from its computer configuration options starting this month.

Coming soon from Microsoft: the 'Aurora' Windows Small Business Server and an updated 'Vail' Windows Home Server beta.

Central Desktop already stores users' documents in its own hosted cloud. Now, it's providing a toolbar that gives users access to those cloud documents from inside their favorite Office applications.

Microsoft's Small Business Server marketing group naturally says no. Smallbiztechnology.com gives the group a soapbox from which to make its case.

PC World's Ken Hess makes the business case for switching from Windows to Unbuntu, a 'distribution' (commercial, supported version) of Linux, and open source productivity apps.

Forrester Research, the IT and communications analyst firm, offers expert analysis of recent changes to Microsoft's software licensing prices and rules that could negatively impact some customers.

Microsoft has been talking up cloud computing for big businesses, but what's up for smaller companies? Microsoft has a cloud opportunity for them, too.

PC World's Mike Elgan sings the praises of free apps offered by mainstream software makers as 'experiments' but provide powerful and useful functionality.

If you're desperate to stick with Windows XP rather than upgrading to Windows 7, Microsoft is going to let you do it a little longer - even when buying a new computer that ships with Windows 7.

In a move to make website development more accessible to small businesses and non-technical users, the software titan now offers an all-in-one free bundle of simplified developer tools.

PC World suggests seven steps to take before downloading and installing the latest version of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Helen Bradley explains how you can leverage your small business software using Microsoft Office Live Workspaces and SkyDrive.

Last month, Microsoft began shipping Office 2010 to corporate customers. Today, the software giant makes it available to small- and mid-sized businesses through retail outlets.

Small business owners may benefit from using cloud-based Office 2010 Web Apps to edit and share documents -- but will most still use the PC version?

Microsoft has announced that it's monthly round of patches for the Windows operating systems and applications will be a big one, designed to fix a record number of newly discovered security vulnerabilities.

Helen Bradley introduces Microsoft’s note-taking and research tool (not to mention unsung hero), OneNote 2003.

Despite Microsoft's attempt to get in on the ground floor of small business unified communications, the company now admits it was a losing battle.