Microsoft's 20-year-old Open License program for SMBs will be phased out in 2022, leaving a crucial role open for Cloud Solution Providers to fill.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 01, 2020
A new Advanced Communications option for organizations using Microsoft Teams is now available and new Teams devices will be coming.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2020
Microsoft this week acquired Orions Systems with plans to bring the firm's AI-powered video analysis solutions to the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2020
A Gartner report identifies the top partners offering assistance to customers of the industry's biggest cloud computing platforms -- namely Azure, AWS and Google.
- By David Ramel
- June 15, 2020
Microsoft's Backup Explorer tool for Azure, which is designed to monitor backups across an organization's "estate," is now available as a preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2020
Microsoft CSP MessageOps recently tried to answer some of the most pressing questions facing organizations concerning the Windows 7 Extended Security Updates program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 03, 2020
As part of a new partnership, CRM service provider Salesforce will leverage certain Microsoft Azure services, as well as Microsoft Teams, for services to customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2019
Google is test-driving a new service that effectively makes it a managed service provider of Microsoft's Active Directory product.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 30, 2019
Microsoft's Managed Desktop service has a new partner backer in the form of London-based IT Lab Group.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2019
Microsoft this week announced its "Wave 2" product release plans for its Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning solutions, as well as its Power Platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2019
Microsoft this week unveiled the next-generation HoloLens headset and its accompanying Azure Kinect camera, as well as various partner efforts around mixed reality.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 25, 2019
A new service called Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) lets organizations offload the task of managing their Windows 10 desktops, from the initial provisioning process to routine patching, to Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 19, 2018
An upcoming Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses is on tap from Microsoft this year. It might the last Essentials edition Microsoft ever ships.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 05, 2018
Starting this year, Microsoft will update its Dynamics 365 Online products on a twice-yearly basis, with major releases arriving every April and October.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2018
Microsoft plans to host a brand-new conference this summer that's focused on its business intelligence (BI) technologies, as well as its various "365"-branded products.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 28, 2018