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			            - By David  Ramel
- October 21, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    An Azure Active Directory outage that lasted for about 2.5 hours was caused by multifactor authentication challenges not working, according to Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 18, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Spring Cloud, a developer service jointly built and operated by Pivotal Software and Microsoft, debuted as a private preview this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 09, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Sentinel, its cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM) solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 24, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations using Office 365 and Azure solutions can expect several tooling updates from Microsoft starting this month. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 20, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Private Link, a new service designed to keep Azure service connections off the public Internet, is now available from Microsoft as a preview.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 18, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Satellite partners are working with Microsoft to extend Azure ExpressRoute's private Internet connections to organizations in isolated regions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 10, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Movere, a partner that assists companies moving to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 04, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google is test-driving a new service that effectively makes it a managed service provider of Microsoft's Active Directory product.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 30, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Linux Foundation on Wednesday announced the formation of a new group that aims to ensure the security of processed data.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 21, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is test-driving a new service that gives organizations access to unshared or "dedicated" Azure hardware infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 06, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft claims its new service-level agreement for Azure SQL Database offers the most guaranteed uptime compared to its competitors.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 01, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    BlueTalon, a provider of data governance and compliance solutions, has been acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed amount. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 29, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations managing complex applications in Azure can begin test-driving a new capability that helps alleviate network-latency concerns.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 16, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations narrowly favor Microsoft Azure over rivals Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform for its "compatibility with existing services."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 27, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage service has a few new enhancements coming to it, including more storage options and a secure "Personal Vault" feature.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 26, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The database management system (DBMS) market's growth is increasingly being driven by cloud services, not by more traditional on-premises systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 25, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Backup service can now support SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 24, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a new service preview, Microsoft is now letting organizations use a private Internet connection to access Azure virtual machines.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 19, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent update to Office 365's Office Customization Tool will let organizations save their configuration files in Microsoft's cloud datacenters to access later. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 06, 2019