The "Premium" version of Microsoft's Power BI data analytics offering is now generally available.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 12, 2017
A month after the "WannCry"/"WannaCrypt" outbreak, Microsoft is touting the ways that the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) protects users against ransomware.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 12, 2017
Recent intellectual property claims made by Intel Corp. are posing a potential roadblock to Microsoft and Qualcomm's plans to bring Windows 10 to ARM-based devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2017
Microsoft's Skype for Business unified communications product is now integrated with the VMware Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, VMware said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2017
Microsoft on Thursday announced the general availability of its Intune mobile device and mobile application management solution as managed through the Azure Portal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2017
Microsoft has extended Azure Active Directory's conditional access policies to Microsoft Teams and the Azure Portal, the company announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2017
Microsoft this week released a preview of SharePoint Framework Extensions, enabling developers to make additional customizations to SharePoint Modern Pages and Document Libraries.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 07, 2017
Security firm Kaspersky Lab has formally filed antitrust complaints against Microsoft with the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission, the company said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 07, 2017
Starting on June 12, Microsoft will roll out metadata navigation capabilities to "modern" SharePoint List and Library pages, the company said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2017
Microsoft recently unveiled several improvements to Azure Active Directory (AD), including enhancements to the Azure AD Application Proxy service that make it easier for organizations to connect remote end users to company-hosted Web applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 05, 2017
Microsoft this week took the wraps off a modernized version of its consumer Skype communications platform, which the company says it has rebuilt "from the ground up" to support, among other things, intelligent bots.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 02, 2017
Azure BizTalk Services, which is used by organizations to bridge hybrid connections between the Internet and on-premises business applications, will be "retired on May 31, 2018," Microsoft said in a post this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2017
Microsoft's Surface Hub collaboration devices began receiving the new Windows 10 "Creators Update" this week, according to the company.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2017
The Office 365 Centralized Deployment service, which lets IT organizations centrally deploy Office add-ins to end users, became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2017
Microsoft on Wednesday released a technical preview of a new disaster recovery feature for its Azure Site Recovery (ASR) service, enabling customers to restore virtual machines (VMs) running on the Azure IaaS platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 31, 2017
To protect against security attacks like the recent "WannaCry" outbreak, analyst firm IDC suggests that organizations take a somewhat contrarian approach.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 30, 2017
As the European Union prepares to enforce its recently updated data privacy laws, Microsoft and other providers are retrofitting their services to ensure their customers are compliant with the new regulations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 26, 2017
Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management service is getting two new features, now in preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 26, 2017
Microsoft is in the midst of acquiring 3-year-old software security firm Hexadite for $100 million, according to reports.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 25, 2017
Citrix is developing several new products that will work in conjunction with Microsoft services, including a release of the Citrix Receiver client designed for the forthcoming Windows 10 S operating system.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 24, 2017