US Department of Defense to start using Windows 8, buys $617 million worth of Microsoft licenses January 2, 2013 by admin Tweet The US Department of Defense quietly announced a new three year three-year $ 617 million deal with Microsoft last week that will give the US military access to Windows 8, Office 2013 and more. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:A special version of Microsoft 365 is rolling out…Microsoft and Lockheed Martin launch deal on…Microsoft: U.S. defense sector is being targeted by IranOpenAI is working with the Pentagon on a number of…US puts $10 million bounty on Russian hacker's head