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			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 05, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Redmond, Wash.-based headquarters is set to fully reopen on Sept. 7, according to a recent report by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 05, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent talk by independent consultancy Directions on Microsoft covered some of the most common licensing traps facing organizations with Microsoft 365 subscriptions. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 02, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's effort to supply the U.S. Army with headsets based on its HoloLens mixed-reality hardware is now in the "production and rapid fielding" stage. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 02, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft Viva Connections desktop app for PCs is now generally available, Microsoft announced this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 01, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft 365 subscribers that opt to get "targeted release" updates can expect to get multiple new SharePoint Online capabilities soon.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 31, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week talked up "ecosystem technologies" that support Project Reunion 0.5, the latest release of its Windows application development toolset.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
- March 31, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft added several enhancements to Endpoint Manager this month related to Windows 10 in cloud configuration and the forthcoming Microsoft Tunnel product.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 26, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows Release Health service has started rolling out to Microsoft 365 subscribers, Microsoft announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 25, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some additional features in Microsoft's "new Outlook for Mac preview" are now generally available, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 24, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two studies released this week are shedding light on remote work security practices. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 23, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described plans to reopen its offices and shared the results of its study on the effects of remote work on employees.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Version 21H1 of Windows 10 isn't officially out yet, but Microsoft is making a prerelease version of it available to organizations for testing.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 18, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Marsden Group, a Microsoft partner that helps with industrial automation and safety processes, has been acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 17, 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
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations that need more time to test Microsoft Edge browser updates will be able to switch to a longer feature release cycle this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 15, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The handful of Exchange Server zero-day flaws Microsoft announced earlier this month has snowballed into a much broader problem.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 12, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new External Identities capability in the Azure Active Directory service became generally available (GA) this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 12, 2021
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The best managed workplace services providers are automating the heck out of their service desks, Gartner analysts argue in a recent Magic Quadrant report.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 11, 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