Microsoft will preview SharePoint Online improvements next month, including an expanded limit on Hub Site creation plus scripting additions for automating site provisioning.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2018
Microsoft has specified end dates for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 apps in the Microsoft Store, prodding developers to port them to Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 2018
Microsoft is promising that the next major releases of Windows 10 and Windows Server will kick off a new update scheme that will feature smaller monthly patch deliveries.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2018
The next major Windows 10 release will get a Windows Pseudo Console for better support of command-line and graphical user interface-based applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2018
Starting Sept. 1, 2019, Microsoft will drop support for hybrid mobile device management (MDM) using Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) -- a model it calls "hybrid MDM."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2018
Yet another speculative execution side-channel attack method, this one dubbed "Foreshadow," was identified by researchers from Microsoft, Intel and Red Hat this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2018
Microsoft recently shared its plans for an upcoming release of BizTalk Server, its enterprise integration solution for "on-premises" installations that's used to connect business applications and services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2018
A recent Microsoft announcement gives some insight into how the company schedules the release of new Office 365 ProPlus features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2018
"Software-defined datacenters" (SDDCs) will be among the top 10 networking features supported in the forthcoming Windows Server 2019 product, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2018
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the dominant cloud provider in the global market for years, with Microsoft Azure a very distant runner-up. However, a recent report suggests Microsoft, while still No. 2, is no longer quite so distant.
- By David Ramel
- August 09, 2018
A prominent Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) had this advice for Microsoft regarding its rather convoluted Windows 10 and Office patching process: Slow down, and only deliver new feature updates once per year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 09, 2018
In preview since May, the ability to enable single sign-on access to Office 365 applications using Ping Identity's PingFederate solution is now generally available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 06, 2018
Microsoft's John Wilcox, a contributor to the Microsoft Tech Community, shared some details of the company's monthly Windows operating system update release process this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2018
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) update 1806, the latest "semiannual channel" release of Microsoft's device and server management system, will arrive in the next few weeks, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 02, 2018
Windows Insider Program participants got access to the latest test build of Windows Server 2019 (build 17723) this week, including its newly added bandwidth control and Kubernetes features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2018
The Microsoft Edge browser now supports the Web Authentication spec at the preview stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2018
A new Office 365 update will change how SharePoint Online end users create Team Sites and Communication Sites.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2018
Microsoft continued its streak of product test releases this week, announcing the public previews of SharePoint Server 2019 and Project Server 2019.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 26, 2018
Version 1807 of System Center, the management suite's latest semiannual channel update, became available from Microsoft on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 25, 2018
The 2019-branded editions of Microsoft's Exchange Server and Skype for Business products are now available as commercial previews, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2018