For the third year in a row, Microsoft's Inspire conference, the marquee partner event of the year, was a relatively low-key virtual affair.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - July 20, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off Inspire on Tuesday with a laundry list of improvements aimed at enhancing how users collaborate across the company's software and services offerings.    
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's newest Viva product, Viva Sales, is aimed at salespersons using Microsoft 365 applications and will be available later this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 17, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's latest Defender release is targeted at Microsoft 365 Personal or Microsoft 365 Family subscribers. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 16, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix's "high-definition user experience" (HDX) technologies will be available as an option for Windows 365 desktop-as-a-service users, according to a joint announcement by Microsoft and Citrix.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Backup and recovery giant and major Microsoft partner Veeam unveiled a raft of new features to its solution portfolio at its VeeamON conference this week.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - May 18, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A "private preview" of Microsoft Viva Goals, an objectives and key results (OKR) solution, is now available, according to a company announcement on Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 16, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday celebrated World Password Day with a list of new capabilities aimed to ditch passwords completely. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 06, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's "standalone" edition of its Defender for Business, a security solution for small-to-medium organizations, has hit "general availability."  
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 02, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Thanks to strong growth in its Office and Microsoft Cloud divisions, Microsoft saw a quarterly increase of 18% to cap off Q3 with $49.4 billion in revenue.      
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - April 27, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced that "Microsoft Purview" is the new product branding bringing together Azure Purview data governance service with various Microsoft 365 compliance solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's new software-as-a-service offering for U.S. federal agencies and their partners, Office 365 Government Secret, will arrive by mid-2022, the company announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 28, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Defender for Business, a new security solution for small-to-medium organizations, is now at the "general availability" commercial-release stage for Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscribers, per a Tuesday Microsoft announcement.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 01, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Nerdio announced on Tuesday that its Nerdio Manager for MSP (Managed Service Provider) 3.0 solution has new integration hooks with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM).
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 22, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced a Microsoft 365 Business productivity suite limited-time promotional offer, largely for small businesses, which is targeting "Google G Suite legacy free edition" users.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 11, 2022