Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the dominant provider in the overall public cloud market, but new research suggests that it faces serious competition from Microsoft Azure in the enterprise space.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
 - April 05, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's new Web Application Firewall (WAF) option for its Azure Application Gateway is now out of preview.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - April 03, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Linux users of OneDrive and OneDrive for Business now have some relief from an earlier issue that bogged down their access to Microsoft's cloud storage service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 24, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partnership with Ping Identity Solutions to create a more streamlined path for organizations seeking single sign-on access to header-based Web applications is bearing fruit.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 23, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced a preview of a new Azure Active Directory management option called "Limited Access to SharePoint and OneDrive." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 10, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft put the spotlight on its datacenter design effort called Project Olympus, including its partnerships with chip makers, during this week's Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 09, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The third and final technical preview (TP) of Azure Stack, Microsoft's solution for organizations that want to run the Azure public cloud platform in private datacenters, is now available.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - March 01, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A pair of Azure Active Directory monitoring capabilities are now out of the preview stage. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 28, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As part of a multi-year cloud partnership with Microsoft, Veritas Software on Wednesday announced it is migrating its Enterprise Vault.cloud (EV.cloud ) data archiving service from its own managed datacenters to Microsoft Azure.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 22, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced new support for Kubernetes, a Google-fostered open source technology, in its Azure Container Service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 22, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As they each expand their cloud footprints in Europe, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are touting their support for the European Union's newly revamped data privacy regulations.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - February 17, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced the addition of datacenter and networking giant Cisco to its list of approved hardware partners for the upcoming Azure Stack solution. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 10, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is readying a new console for its Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) service that aims to simplify tasks related to identity management and mobile device management (MDM).
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 10, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new program called "Microsoft Azure IP Advantage" that aims to protect organizations using Azure services against against intellectual property (IP) claims.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 08, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the runaway leader of the public cloud market, recent gains by other vendors aside, according to a pair of recent studies. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - February 07, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This week marked the rollout of several new Azure Active Directory (AD) capabilities designed to increase security and collaboration.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 02, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Commercial Office 365 subscribers can now begin to access new OneDrive for Business improvements, including file synchronization and management enhancements, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 25, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    LANDesk and Heat Software have merged into a company called Ivanti that aims to provide a broad suite of cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solutions focused on endpoint configuration, security and reporting.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 24, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations using Microsoft's Power BI service are now able to take advantage of enhanced Azure Active Directory reporting features.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 23, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has rolled out another benefit for organizations participating in its pay-as-you-go Windows 10 program: free upgrades to Windows 10 for older PCs.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - January 19, 2017