Microsoft will retire Cloudyn, its cloud cost management product, at the end of this month in favor of the Azure Cost Management and Billing solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2021
Microsoft last week disclosed new Azure services, bolstered by partners, to support enterprises tapping private 5G networks and edge computing services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2021
Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop service is now called Azure Virtual Desktop, to indicate that it is becoming "a flexible cloud VDI platform for nearly any use case."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2021
Microsoft this week said it is acquiring IoT security provider ReFirm Labs, which was founded by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) hackers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2021
Microsoft recently announced preview releases of several Azure Sentinel improvements, including connectors for partner solutions within Azure Sentinel.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 17, 2021
Hybrid networks, which combine use of cloud services with on-premises software, require a "zero trust" security approach, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2021
Microsoft and security solutions firm Darktrace plan to integrate the latter's AI products with Microsoft Azure, Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2021
Microsoft recently announced a few planned design changes, including a new Azure icon.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 07, 2021
Microsoft is escalating its effort to ensure that its cloud services can fully meet the European Union's data storage requirements by the end of 2022.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 06, 2021
Microsoft has acquired Kinvolk, a Berlin-based maker of open source Kubernetes solutions and tools, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 29, 2021
A preview of a 64-bit OneDrive client for x64 Windows 10 systems is now available for work, school or home users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 15, 2021
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of a "staged rollout" feature in Azure Active Directory designed for organizations with "hybrid" environments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 12, 2021
Microsoft has launched its first Azure Orbital "ground station as a service" units, the company announced this week, starting with its own datacenter in Quincy, Wash.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2021
Organizations can now keep tabs on their Windows Virtual Desktop environments with Azure Monitor.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2021
Microsoft has released a "preliminary root cause analysis" for Monday's Azure AD issue that took out multiple Microsoft 365 and cloud applications for at least two hours.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 16, 2021
A new External Identities capability in the Azure Active Directory service became generally available (GA) this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2021
Today's cloud landscape leans heavily in the direction of multicloud and hybrid, with Amazon Web Services holding an ever-shrinking lead over Microsoft Azure.
- By David Ramel
- March 11, 2021
The Ignite virtual conference put much of the spotlight on Microsoft Mesh, a new Azure-based platform for building "cross-platform mixed reality apps."
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2021
Microsoft recently announced an upcoming increase in the Azure Active Directory B2C service-level agreement (SLA).
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 25, 2021
Microsoft is adding three more industry-specific cloud programs to its offerings with help from its partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2021