Future versions of Windows 10 will give users the means to block the Flash browser plug-in, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 16, 2016
A security breach at Yahoo has exposed the "more than one billion user accounts," the company disclosed this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 15, 2016
Chat-based collaboration service Slack, which competes directly with Microsoft's newly launched "Teams" product, is deepening its ties with Google.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 15, 2016
Microsoft this week issued updates to Exchange Server affecting the 2016, 2013, 2010 and 2007 releases.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 15, 2016
Docker for Azure is now available for public testing, Docker announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 13, 2016
Microsoft is readying a number of enhancements to its Azure portal, including a preview of administrator controls for Intune, Microsoft's mobile management service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 12, 2016
Microsoft's proposed "Enterprise Advantage" contract option, which would have given organizations better discounts when purchasing bulk software, is no more.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2016
Microsoft is extending its patching support for Windows Server or SQL Server products by six years with the introduction of new licensing models.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2016
A new partnership with Qualcomm will deliver Windows 10 support for ARM-based mobile devices that use the chip maker's Snapdragon processors.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 08, 2016
Microsoft announced some changes to its 2017 conference lineup on Wednesday, including a rebrand of its flagship partner event.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 07, 2016
Microsoft's planned $26 billion acquisition of enterprise social networking site LinkedIn has cleared its final regulatory hurdle.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 07, 2016
The upcoming Windows 10 "Creators Update" will deliver several enterprise-grade security improvements, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2016
Ransomware attacks are booming, according to FBI data and a recent survey of MSPs. The problem is unlikely to diminish, but tools and methods for countering the digital extortion schemes are pretty well established.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 07, 2016
Despite competing against Microsoft in cloud-based enterprise file sharing and collaboration, Box is strengthening its integration with Office 365.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 05, 2016
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