Microsoft on Thursday announced a number of improvements to its OneDrive cloud storage service, including a higher file upload limit, an easier way to share links to OneDrive folders and support for folder drag-and-drop operations using the Google Chrome browser.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 12, 2014
Microsoft is making major strides against Amazon and Google under the flag of "cloud first."
- By Scott Bekker
- September 10, 2014
After nearly four months in preview, the new service tiers for Microsoft's relational Database as a Service offering became live on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 10, 2014
The addition, at last, of cloud competencies gives partners a clear place in the Microsoft Partner Network to establish expertise and build a practice. Yet, some other Microsoft moves regarding cloud are causing partners serious concern.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 04, 2014
Microsoft is committed to keeping pace with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the cloud price wars, reiterated Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise Group at Microsoft.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 03, 2014
Microsoft is planning to roll out its new service tiers for Azure SQL Database sometime next month with a new pricing plan, the company said on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 28, 2014
The cloud-based service would let partners deploy complex machine-learning models for their customers in a matter of hours, instead of months.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 27, 2014
Microsoft last week rolled out preview releases of Azure DocumentDB and Azure Search, as well as announced the general availability of Azure HDInsight.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 25, 2014
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the current cloud leader, but growing competition from Microsoft Azure and the cloud price war are putting a dent on its lead.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 14, 2014
A U.S. district court judge has upheld a search warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over e-mails stored in its datacenter in Dublin, Ireland.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 04, 2014
A Microsoft-backed study is spotlighting the benefits to organizations of using public cloud services for backup and disaster recovery (DR) scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2014
Though Amazon Web Services (AWS) still leads the cloud infrastructure services space, it faces increasing competition from Microsoft and IBM, according to research by Synergy Research Group and Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2014
Microsoft this week launched a second preview of its Azure Active Directory (AD) Sync Services that incorporates several user-suggested improvements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2014
The transition to cloud is tough for the Microsoft channel. Some cloud 1.0 pioneers who survived to be cloud 2.0 veterans share their tales from the trenches about strategies that sounded smart at the time, but could have cost them their businesses if they hadn't been nimble.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2014
Microsoft's ExpressRoute service has expanded into seven cities and added two new partners, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2014
Microsoft unveiled a number of changes intended to drive partner investment in its cloud services during Monday's opening keynote of the Worldwide Partner Conference, taking place this week in Washington, D.C.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
Microsoft unveiled an opportunity for its partners to leverage the Azure cloud platform to sell their services at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
Microsoft has acquired San Jose, Calif.-based InMage for an undisclosed amount, it announced Friday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 11, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday sketched out some plans for its Azure cloud platform that it will likely spotlight at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) next week in Washington, D.C.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2014
Microsoft is aiming to offer an alternative to traditional enterprise storage with a hybrid solution that consists of a new implementation of its StorSimple appliances.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 09, 2014