Need to Know: Windows 8.1 Update, Future of Office 365

JMH · Mar 19, 2014

While Microsoft is plotting its company-wide move to a devices and services strategy, two of its core products—Windows and Office—are getting major updates this year. Not surprisingly, each product update ties in very neatly with a part of that devices and services vision. Here's what you need to know.

An Update On Windows 8.1 Update 1

I've written about Windows 8.1 Update 1 before, but now Microsoft has finalized this release and it is becoming ever clearer why this update is so important to the entire Windows 8.1 ecosystem. Though clad as a minor update that will be distributed via well-understood means, not through the Windows Store, Update 1 is nothing short of a Hail Mary Pass for the OS that seemingly few want.

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Need to Know: Windows 8.1 Update, Future of Office 365

JMH

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