Organizations can now use a newly released Microsoft service called "Traffic Analytics" to monitor network activity within their Azure environments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 22, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is planning to expand the availability of Azure Stack to 92 countries, doubling the number from the product's initial launch back at last year's Microsoft Ignite event. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 11, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    "Project Natick," Microsoft's experimental datacenter that cools itself by being immersed under ocean waters, has reached the next phase of development. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 07, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week gave a progress report on its partnership with SAP, particularly their joint efforts to run SAP's enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, SAP S/4HANA, on Azure infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 05, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Cloud App Security solution this week became the company's latest service to be optimized for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 31, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off the start of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation on Friday with a speech by President Brad Smith and the release of multiple resources for staying in compliance. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 25, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Businesses in all size categories are more likely to use Microsoft OneDrive as their cloud storage service than rivals like Google Drive, Amazon Drive and Apple iCloud.
                    
			            - By Wendy A. Hernandez
 - May 25, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest addition to Microsoft's sprawling Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) product line, SQL ATP, is now available for Azure SQL Database users.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 18, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Several improvements, including one related to Microsoft's partnership with Ping Identity, are coming to Azure Active Directory in May.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 18, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week put the spotlight on its partners' efforts around its Azure confidential computing project.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 10, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A preview of Red Hat OpenShift on Azure will be released "in the coming months," Microsoft said this week in a progress report on its collaboration efforts with Red Hat.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 09, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft put the spotlight on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning at Monday's kickoff of the Build 2018 conference in Seattle.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
 - May 07, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    OneDrive's file-sharing and collaboration capabilities are coming to Office for Mac, as well as to iOS and Android mobile applications, Microsoft announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 27, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new service from Microsoft that lets users easily spin up containers on its public datacenter infrastructure is now production-ready.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 27, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements set to become law on May 25, Microsoft is working to get its cloud services and customers compliant.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 23, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave a thorough progress report on its security portfolio at the RSA security conference this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 20, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is betting big on the Internet of Things (IoT), announcing a $5 billion investment plan spanning the next four years.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 05, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is expanding the reach of its Azure cloud platform for its customers in Australia and New Zealand.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 03, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently starting switching on its first Azure Availability Zones, which provide uptime assurance for cloud workloads. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 02, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week took the wraps off "Project VAST," a tool designed to surface security problems visually.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 30, 2018