Microsoft and Red Hat together issued several announcements this week that signal an extension of their efforts around running Red Hat's open source technologies on Microsoft's Azure infrastructure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2017
In an effort to drive business adoption of its cloud-based Chrome platform, Google this week unveiled a new edition of its Chrome OS operating system for enterprises.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2017
Some editions of Windows 10 will lose file and disk creation capabilities using the Resilient File System (ReFS) later this year, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 22, 2017
Microsoft is taking steps to wind down support for its Team Foundation Server (TFS) product when it's used with SharePoint Server, the company announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 22, 2017
A recent article by a Microsoft engineer attempts to nail down the Windows 10 update process that Microsoft has been explaining in dribs and drabs over the last two years.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2017
Microsoft this week spotlighted some new Azure security and management tools that are currently in preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2017
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a technical preview of a new service called Azure Event Grid, touting it as the next piece of its serverless computing platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 16, 2017
Microsoft this week announced the addition of role-based access control (RBAC) capabilities to its Intune mobile management service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2017
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Cycle Computing, a provider of solutions for managing large workloads in the public cloud, as well as in hybrid and on-premises datacenter infrastructures.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 15, 2017
Intune, Microsoft's mobile management service, now has the ability to launch Office 365 ProPlus productivity applications for end users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2017
Microsoft recently shared more of its plans for its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), which will take a somewhat different form in the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2017
Nonprofit publication Consumer Reports knocked Microsoft's Surface line down a peg last week, retracting its "recommended" designation for the PC and tablet family.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 14, 2017
A new edition of the Windows 10 client OS, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, is coming this fall for organizations with "mission critical and compute intensive workloads," Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 11, 2017
Security software vendor Kaspersky Lab on Thursday said it is dropping its antitrust complaints against Microsoft regarding Windows 10's treatment of "third-party" anti-malware products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2017
Microsoft this week announced the addition of an auto-remediation capability to its Cloud App Security service, enabling administrators to compel user log-ins and invalidate user sessions in response to certain kinds of security threats.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2017
A new expiration capability in Microsoft's Office 365 Groups collaboration service is now available in preview, Microsoft said Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 09, 2017
Microsoft on Tuesday launched the public preview of a new service for reporting on mobile device and mobile application use.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 09, 2017
Most partners are not investing enough resources to take full advantage of the cloud opportunity, despite owing an ever-growing proportion of their revenues to cloud-based sales.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 08, 2017
Microsoft recently announced new improvements coming to SharePoint, including mobile application support for the new Communication Site feature.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 07, 2017
Microsoft is giving Office 365 Teams administrators more control over third-party applications, among other improvements the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 04, 2017