A new version of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service is now available as a preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2014
Setting up and managing Office 365 for customers doesn't have to be a manual, poorly documented job for partners. As the market for the SaaS product booms, so does the ecosystem of powerful tools from third parties.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 09, 2014
Microsoft's Azure cloud services are now generally available for commercial use in southern Brazil, the company announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2014
In its latest Magic Quadrant report for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers, research firm Gartner deemed Amazon and Microsoft to be the clear market leaders -- a first for Microsoft in that category.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 03, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is acquiring Paris-based startup Capptain for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 28, 2014
Microsoft's commercial business strategy depends on creating cloud-based solutions that will stick with consumers, according to Judson Althoff, president of Microsoft North America.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2014
Making the move to Microsoft's Office 365 Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings is far from straightforward, according to a recent webinar by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 21, 2014
Microsoft and SAP on Monday announced their plans to certify some SAP business solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform this summer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 19, 2014
From Azure RemoteApp to ExpressRoute, the new features Microsoft introduced at TechEd give partners new ways to leverage Azure to develop and sell new services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 14, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced some improvements to the user interface (UI) of its OneDrive for Business cloud-based storage solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2014
Microsoft's "cloud-first, mobile-first" vision took the spotlight during Monday's opening keynote of the annual TechEd conference, taking place throughout this week in Houston.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 12, 2014
A Microsoft-sponsored study indicates that businesses are showing growing interest in cloud-based services for database backup and disaster recovery scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2014
Microsoft has acquired GreenButton, a New Zealand-based provider of cloud integration solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2014
As part of Microsoft's "Internet of things" (IoT) vision, the company this month announced a limited public preview of its Azure Intelligent Systems Service (ISS).
- By Chris Paoli
- May 01, 2014
The Desktop as a Service (DaaS) field is rife with opportunity for partners and tech giants like Amazon Web Services and VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 01, 2014
As megavendors build datacenters to support their cloud visions, they're wooing solution providers that can connect customers' on-premises systems to the new cloud platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 30, 2014
OneDrive for Business clients will see an increase in their default storage capacity from 25 GB to 1 terabyte (TB) "over the next few months," Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2014
The next update to Windows Intune, Microsoft's cloud-enabled device management product, began rolling out this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2014
Microsoft is adding new preview service tiers to Microsoft Azure SQL Database, the company said on Thursday.
- By David Ramel
- April 28, 2014
The next release of Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager product will be renamed "Microsoft Identity Manager," and will be released by mid-2015, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2014