Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure AD Sync tools are set to lose support on Thursday, the company warned this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2017
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has acquired Deis, a startup that provides training and tools related to Kubernetes, the open source container orchestration system devised by Google.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2017
Microsoft's SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business applications will be able to support two additional characters in file and folder names this year, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2017
In preparation for Tuesday's global rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), Microsoft has released a set of new or updated resources for IT pros.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2017
Microsoft last week added three new management tools to its Office 365 Groups service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2017
Starting this month, organizations can no longer get Microsoft Products and Services Agreements (MPSA) that last longer than one year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2017
Microsoft is readying some improvements to Windows Server 2016 related to remote management.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2017
As part of its ongoing "privacy journey," Microsoft said this week that its upcoming Windows 10 "Creators Update" will be more transparent about the privacy options available to users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2017
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the dominant provider in the overall public cloud market, but new research suggests that it faces serious competition from Microsoft Azure in the enterprise space.
- By David Ramel
- April 05, 2017
Starting in June, Microsoft will begin to phase out SharePoint Online's Access Services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2017
Microsoft on Tuesday released a number of Office 356 security products, including the Advanced Data Governance solution and the Threat Intelligence service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2017
A slew of new capabilities are rolling out to Office 365 subscribers this month, including a preview of Microsoft Graph reporting APIs.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2017
Microsoft's new Web Application Firewall (WAF) option for its Azure Application Gateway is now out of preview.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 03, 2017
The mobile version of the Windows 10 Creators Update will begin rolling out to Windows 10 Mobile devices on April 25, Microsoft said Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2017
Polycom, a maker of video conferencing solutions and a major collaborator with Microsoft in the unified communications (UC) space, this week unveiled a new solution that promises to widen the reach of Microsoft's Skype for Business product.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 30, 2017
The global rollout of the next major Windows 10 update, dubbed the "Creators Update," will begin on April 11, Microsoft said Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2017
Microsoft and Skycure, a mobile security firm based in Palo Alto, Calif., have partnered to integrate Microsoft's Intune mobile management service with Skycure's mobile device protection service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2017
Microsoft began to roll out two new features to its Skype for Business service this week: "Auto Attendant" and "Call Queues."
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2017
The next "current branch" version of Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) product, update 1702, has begun its global rollout.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 28, 2017
One of Microsoft's top executives last week made the case for the company's Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) service, touting its growing user base and feature set.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 28, 2017