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The 2024 Microsoft Product Roadmap

Everything Microsoft partners and IT pros need to know about major Microsoft product milestones this year.

Microsoft Offers Monthly Billing for Annual Cloud Subscriptions

Microsoft described a new monthly billing option for customers that have signed annual contracts for services like Microsoft 365, Windows 365, Power Platform and others.

Copilot AI Capabilities Come to Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft is upgrading its OneDrive cloud storage service with a raft of AI-enabled features, including the ability to launch so-called Copilot "agents," Microsoft said in a blog post last week.

Microsoft's Datacenter Energy Proposal Would Revive Part of Three Mile Island

If approved, a landmark energy agreement between Microsoft and Constellation Energy would reopen a unit of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant to provide power to Microsoft datacenters.

Windows App Released for Microsoft, Apple Devices

Windows App, a new interface for remotely accessing various Microsoft services, is now generally available.

Microsoft Commits Billions More for AI Infrastructure Fund

With user demand for its Copilot AI solutions on the rise, Microsoft has committed billions of dollars this year to expanding its datacenter footprint, both in the United States and abroad.

Microsoft, Oracle Announce Updates to Joint Database IaaS Service

The Oracle Database@Azure infrastructure-as-a-service offering from Oracle and Microsoft is getting new capabilities, including integrations with key Microsoft data and security services.

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Microsoft, Palantir Partner on AI for U.S. Gov't Agencies

Microsoft and Palantir, a data fusion platform provider, are collaborating on an AI, analytics and cloud offering targeted at U.S. defense and intelligence agencies.

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Microsoft Partners with Lumen To Level Up Its AI Infrastructure

The boom in enterprise AI workloads is testing Microsoft's infrastructure in unprecedented ways.

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Microsoft To Pour Millions into Partner Incentives, Azure and Security in FY2025

Microsoft's inaugural MCAPS Start for Partners event took place this week, marking the beginning of its fiscal 2025.

Microsoft, IBM Partner on Enterprise Cloud Security

Another partnership agreement between IBM and Microsoft promises to extend the reach of the latter's cloud security portfolio.

Microsoft-OpenAI Deal's Cloud Terms Spark Another EU Antitrust Probe

Competition watchdogs in Europe have begun an inquiry into whether the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership has been structured in such a way as to stifle competition.

Oracle Offers Its Cloud To Help Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership

To give generative AI leader OpenAI more room to innovate, Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to combine their respective cloud capacities.

High Levels of Customer Unease Around VMware-Broadcom Deal: Report

CloudBolt Software, a Microsoft technical partner and self-described "cloud ROI company," recently commissioned a survey of 300 current VMware customers gauging their outlook on VMware's acquisition by Broadcom.

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Microsoft Previews a 'Premium' Version of Azure Bastion

A public preview of a new, more feature-rich SKU of Microsoft's Azure Bastion virtual machine (VM) security product is now available.

Microsoft Inks 'Multibillion' Copilot Deal with Hitachi's Digital Industry Arm

Hitachi and Microsoft have agreed to a three-year partnership that entails integrating Microsoft's various AI and cloud products with Hitachi's industry IoT software platform.

Microsoft Offers License Portability To Entice VMware Customers to Azure

Microsoft has just added another migration incentive for VMware customers looking for a stable cloud on which to fall.

Amid Copilot Blitz, Microsoft Describes Partners' Roles

Copilot does not just "democratize AI" for Microsoft's end user customers; it democratizes AI for its partners, too.

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Microsoft Developing 'Converged' Identity Platform Built on Entra

Microsoft this week sketched out its preliminary plans for building an identity access management platform to help organizations bridge gaps in their cloud security.

Microsoft's AI Datancenter Strategy Is Hurting Its Climate Goals

Microsoft's goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030 has hit a roadblock: the AI gold rush.