Microsoft kicked off its 2017 Build developer conference on Wednesday in Seattle, Wash., announcing new offerings related to Azure, Cognitive Services, Visual Studio and more.
- By Michael Domingo
- May 10, 2017
A recent Q&A session with Microsoft personnel revealed several noteworthy changes that will affect Microsoft's "Windows as a Service" update process for Windows 10 clients.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 10, 2017
Recent studies indicate that many organizations will begin their Windows 10 migrations this year, despite the challenges of determining application portability and navigating the new "Windows-as-a-Service" update process.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 08, 2017
The Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) comes with several new browser management policies, as Microsoft explained this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2017
Microsoft this week issued a preview of a new new Power BI apps sharing capability, as well as announced plans to offer a new Power BI Premium subscription plan.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2017
Exactly two years after Microsoft first unveiled Azure Stack, Dell EMC on Thursday announced the first generation of its solution based on the forthcoming private cloud platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 04, 2017
Software security firm Kaspersky Lab is proceeding with its 6-month-old antitrust dispute against Microsoft over Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 03, 2017
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off "Windows 10 S," a new version of Windows geared for classroom use that only runs Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 02, 2017
The first Feature Pack of Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2016 product was released last week with little preamble.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2017
Microsoft recently turned the spotlight on some high-profile customers that are using its latest cloud, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions as part of what it calls "digital transformation" initiatives.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 28, 2017
Microsoft's third-quarter financial report on Thursday was a mixed bag, with sliding hardware sales being offset by a strong showing from the company's cloud business.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 27, 2017
Business Premium subscribers of Office 365 began receiving the new Outlook Customer Manager feature on Monday, according to a Microsoft announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2017
In a bid to make Internet of Things (IoT) technologies more accessible to novices, Microsoft is readying a new Software as a Service (SaaS) offering dubbed Microsoft IoT Central.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 24, 2017
Microsoft on Monday announced some new features and components in its Dynamics 365 CRM/ERP application suite, including integration with LinkedIn.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 24, 2017
The Office 365 Public Content Delivery Network (CDN) is now generally available, enabling organizations to speed up the performance of their SharePoint Online sites for end users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2017
Starting in September, Microsoft will implement several new changes that will affect how its Office products get updated.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 21, 2017
A surprising percentage of organizations running hybrid cloud environments are unaware of it, according to a recent Microsoft survey.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 21, 2017
Microsoft this week released a preview of a new Office 365 application called "To-Do," which the company is positioning as the successor of its Wunderlist task management application.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 20, 2017
Support for the Groups feature in Outlook arrive "in the coming weeks" for Mac, iOS and Android device users, Microsoft said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 20, 2017
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Intentional Software, founded in 2002 by Microsoft luminary Charles Simonyi, for an undisclosed sum.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 18, 2017