At last week's re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) executives threw down the gauntlet at Microsoft, Oracle and others that are looking to challenge its cloud dominance.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 05, 2016
Microsoft's claim that Windows 10 doesn't require the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) for security is getting push-back from software security research firm CERT.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 01, 2016
The latest round of feature improvements to Office 365 includes enhancements to PowerPoint's and Outlook's collaboration capabilities.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2016
Version 1607 of Windows 10, also known as the "Anniversary Update," is now ready for deployment in production environments, Microsoft announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 29, 2016
Cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a few updates to its partner program on Tuesday that benefit partners that have developed specialized technical practices and focus areas.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 29, 2016
Azure DataMarket, Microsoft's app marketplace where developers could access data services to power apps and analytic projects, will be shut down on March 2017.
- By David Ramel
- November 28, 2016
Microsoft has released System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Update 1610, the newest "current branch" of the client and server management system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2016
Azure Data Lake, Microsoft's service for "Big Data" massively parallel types of analyses, is now production-ready, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2016
Many of Microsoft's partners are eager to learn how its pending $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn will affect their businesses, though some worry it will only help the company undercut their own offerings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2016
Microsoft took its ongoing courtship of open source a step further on Wednesday, announcing that it has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2016
Microsoft announced the first service pack (SP1) of its SQL Server 2016 product on Wednesday at its Connect() developer conference, taking place this week in New York.
- By Chris Paoli
- November 16, 2016
Microsoft on Tuesday took steps toward its goal to "democratize" artificial intelligence, partnering with nonprofit research organization OpenAI and announcing several Azure milestones aimed at helping developers tap into the platform's new compute capabilities.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2016
Small-business users of Microsoft's Office 365 Business Premium offering will soon have access to a new customer relationship feature.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2016
Microsoft's Windows Azure Pack solution is "far from being dead," Microsoft said this week after updating the product's lifecycle support information.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2016
Microsoft recently detailed its update model for Windows Server 2016, which became generally available in mid-October.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2016
Microsoft announced the preview of a new tool today that will check how well System Center Operations Manager 2012 products are performing, compared with Microsoft's best practices recommendations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 10, 2016
Yet another possible solution for Surface Pro 3's battery problems was released by Microsoft this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 10, 2016
Microsoft's Azure Active Directory portal for administrators, currently in preview, now includes new auditing features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 10, 2016
In a sign that the "software-defined" movement has gone mainstream, Microsoft is touting its latest server OS as the perfect platform for running a software-defined datacenter (SDDC).
- By David Ramel
- November 09, 2016
Organizations using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 may feel some headaches over Microsoft's new update service model for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 clients.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2016