A newly announced pact between Microsoft and mobile security firm Pradeo will bring additional security protections to businesses using Microsoft's Intune mobile device management (MDM) solution for iOS and Android devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2018
Businesses may have little choice but to purchase Windows 10 Enterprise edition licensing, according to a recent analyst presentation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2018
Microsoft 365 product licensees can now take advantage of Microsoft's Compliance Manager dashboard and the Azure Information Protection Scanner, both of which became generally available (GA) this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 23, 2018
Microsoft is readying a new "paid supplemental servicing" option for volume licensing customers using the Education or Enterprise editions of Windows 10 version 1607, but details are still scarce.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 22, 2018
More original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and mobile service providers are throwing their support behind Snapdragon-based Windows 10 PCs, dubbed "Always Connected PCs."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 21, 2018
Office 365 subscribers will begin seeing previews of new and updated SharePoint Online WebParts in about two weeks' time, according to Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 21, 2018
Microsoft's Azure cloud platform still has a lot of ground to make up before it can catch market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS), but a recent report from RightScale Inc. bodes well for the challenger.
- By David Ramel
- February 20, 2018
Microsoft greenlit various Azure services this month, including Azure ExpressRoute monitoring, additions to the Azure Storage service and Azure Backup service, and the Azure Redis Cache Geo-Replication service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 19, 2018
The Microsoft team responsible for Active Directory development has been ramping up its use of blockchain in a bid to improve digital identity security.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2018
Microsoft recently issued System Center version 1801, the first release under the company's "semiannual channel" update framework.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2018
Originally introduced two years ago for Windows 10 clients, Microsoft's Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service will soon be available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines, as well.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2018
Michael Niehaus, the public face of much of Microsoft's "Windows as a Service" effort, is now a principal program manager on the company's "modern deployment team."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 12, 2018
Microsoft's new Dynamics 365 for Marketing app is now available for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) to test out.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 09, 2018
Microsoft has reportedly walked back its earlier plans to kill the Standard edition of the upcoming Skype for Business Server 2019 product.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 09, 2018
As part a collaboration with Microsoft announced Wednesday, Symantec is extending its Web Security Service to Office 365 and the Azure cloud platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2018
Microsoft this week launched a OneDrive for Business switch deal in a bid to steal away customers from some of its biggest online storage competitors, as well as collaborators.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2018
Microsoft this week announced it is readying its app marketplace for progressive Web apps (PWAs), which are Web pages designed to work like applications, with the ability to work offline.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2018
Cloud upstart Alibaba is edging its way into the leader pack of the global cloud computing market, according to recently released data from Synergy Research Group.
- By David Ramel
- February 06, 2018
Microsoft recently announced a preview of a "Call Analytics" feature for Teams, continuing its plan to bring Skype for Business capabilities to the enterprise chat service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2018
A new cloud-based security solution to protect Exchange Online users is now available from software security company Kaspersky Lab.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2018