Microsoft recently gave a progress report on its upcoming Microsoft Teams chat service, which has been in the preview stage since November.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2017
Microsoft's "Focused Inbox" feature for Outlook, the replacement for the older Clutter feature that apparently didn't work too well for some organizations, has been delayed for some users, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2017
Microsoft this week announced a few Office 365 additions and changes, including one that will affect electronic search-and-discovery operations for organizations that use SharePoint Online and Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2017
Azure, Office 365 and "intelligent cloud" drove Microsoft earnings and revenue growth during the quarter-ended Dec. 31, 2016, and the company's Windows business showed signs of improvement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 26, 2017
Microsoft is delivering two new features to its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection solution: "URL Detonation" and "Dynamic Delivery."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 26, 2017
Office 365 subscribers saw several new improvements from Microsoft this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2017
Commercial Office 365 subscribers can now begin to access new OneDrive for Business improvements, including file synchronization and management enhancements, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2017
The forthcoming Windows 10 "Creators Update" will include a new Security Center feature, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2017
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has named Kevin Scott, senior vice president of engineering at LinkedIn, to the newly created position of Microsoft chief technology officer (CTO).
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 24, 2017
LANDesk and Heat Software have merged into a company called Ivanti that aims to provide a broad suite of cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solutions focused on endpoint configuration, security and reporting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 24, 2017
Microsoft's FastTrack program, which is aimed at increasing business adoption of the company's various cloud products, is now available to facilitate Windows 10 and Dynamics 365 migrations.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 23, 2017
Organizations using Microsoft's Power BI service are now able to take advantage of enhanced Azure Active Directory reporting features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 23, 2017
A preview of a new conditional access capability for Microsoft SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business users is now rolling out to "first release" testers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 20, 2017
Microsoft has rolled out another benefit for organizations participating in its pay-as-you-go Windows 10 program: free upgrades to Windows 10 for older PCs.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 19, 2017
At this week's National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, Microsoft pitched its Azure blockchain-as-a-service technology as a way to help retailers streamline their supply chain operations.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 19, 2017
Administrators managing PC updates and network bandwidth issues could run into some snags when using Microsoft's Windows 10 update services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 18, 2017
As part of its effort to democratize 3-D technologies, Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Simplygon, a provider of 3-D solutions based in Sweden.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 17, 2017
Microsoft is changing the way it delivers Windows security updates to organizations starting next month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 17, 2017
Microsoft on Friday announced its agreement to acquire Maluuba, a Montreal-based startup that Microsoft says has one of the world's most advanced natural language research labs.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 13, 2017
Windows Hello, Microsoft's password-less identification verification system, is being supported by a growing list of Microsoft partners that are building compatible hardware.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2017