Microsoft New Surface Hybrid: What's Coming?

JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall commented Tuesday on the Microsoft Corporation MSFT Surface 3 tablet.

According to Hall, Microsoft’s new Surface 3 tablet received a software update on Monday “aimed at helping large organizations deploy the small tablets across their personnel.”

The update was intended to enhance the process of mass deployment of the devices and provide more features for use in enterprise.

“As a device running Windows 8.1 Pro, it already offers business-ready features that support easy IT integration, domain join, and enterprise-class security – all in our most portable package. And now, for customers intending to do mass deployments into larger organizations, we’re pleased to announce a driver update intended to put you ahead of the game,” according to Microsoft's blog.

The new features will also bring the Surface 3 closer “in line with its more business-oriented sibling, Surface Pro 3,” Hall said.

The update also included new and improved features for customers in “a larger-scale commercial environment such as enhanced PXE booting and support for asset tagging.”

Hall expected the impact of the update to be neutral for Apple Inc. AAPL and Hewlett-Packard Company HPQ at this time.

Microsoft traded at $47.31 by mid-day Tuesday, down 0.13 percent.