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
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