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Microsoft Giving SCCM the 'as-a-Service' Treatment

In updating its System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) product more frequently to accommodate the Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft acknowledged that it has now "turned ConfigMgr into a service."

Microsoft's Edge Browser Running on 150 Million Devices

Eight months after its release, Microsoft's Edge browser is currently activated on 150 million devices, Microsoft said Monday at its Edge Web Summit event in San Francisco.

Microsoft Stumps for HoloLens at Envision Keynote

At the opening keynote of Microsoft's inaugural Envision conference in New Orleans, the spotlight was on HoloLens and how Microsoft sees the virtual reality technology transforming a wide swath of industries.

Microsoft Targets Amazon's 'Event-Driven' Computing Service

Microsoft fired another volley against cloud rival Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) at its Build conference last week, announcing the preview release of its new Azure Functions service.

Microsoft Releases Azure Service Fabric, Improves Azure IoT Hub

Microsoft announced several developments related to its Azure cloud computing resources during Build this week.

Microsoft Puts Spotlight on Open Source at Build

Microsoft made several moves to strengthen its open source bona fides during this week's Build conference, announcing support for the Bash shell on Windows and open-sourcing the core Xamarin platform.

Microsoft Doubles Down on AI with 'Conversational Computing'

At Microsoft's Build conference on Wednesday, CEO Satya Nadella laid out his company's vision for the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

Microsoft Confirms Summer Release for Windows 10 'Redstone'

The first of two major Windows 10 updates, code-named "Redstone," will become generally available this summer, Microsoft announced Wednesday at its Build conference in San Francisco.

Dropbox Rides BYOD Wave into the Channel

Since arriving at Dropbox from Microsoft just eight months ago, Thomas Hansen has put in motion a channel program that's on pace to bring on thousands of new resellers and solution integration partners.

Office 365's Social Networking Tool Gets 'Connectors' Feature

Microsoft's Office 365 Groups service will soon have a new "Connectors" feature that will link end users with third-party services and newsfeeds.

Microsoft Starts Rollout of Large-Screen Surface Hub

The Surface Hub, Microsoft's big-screen videoconferencing and white-boarding product, began shipping last week.

Microsoft Sheds Some Light on Windows 10 Device Management

When it comes to managing Windows 10 devices, users are often confused about which of Microsoft's management products -- namely, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and Microsoft Intune -- to use.

Google Joins Microsoft, AWS in Machine Learning Fray

Google this week unveiled its Google Cloud Machine Learning offering, pitting it against machine learning (ML) services from cloud rivals Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Microsoft Gives Power BI Enterprise-Focused Boost

Microsoft is beefing up its cloud-based analytics service to make it more enterprise-ready, the company announced Tuesday at its first-annual Data Insights Summit in Bellevue, Wash.

Microsoft Releases Azure AD Connect Health for Sync

Microsoft's latest tool for checking Azure Active Directory (AD) synchronization issues is now generally available, the company announced Tuesday.

Next SQL Server 2016 Release Candidate Rolls Out

Microsoft has issued another release candidate (RC) of SQL Server 2016, signaling that the upcoming database system is nearly feature-complete.

Microsoft Gives 1-Year Reprieve for Windows PCs Running Skylake

Microsoft is adding one more year to the support lifetimes of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices running Intel Skylake, the company said Friday.

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Preview Build with Edge Extensions

A new preview build of Windows 10 introduces the long-anticipated extensions capability for Microsoft's Edge Web browser.

Microsoft Describes Azure AD Integration with Windows 10 Mobile

Under certain circumstances, it will be possible for Windows 10 Mobile devices to access both personal and business resources using the same device but with different user credentials.

Windows 10 Mobile Finally Released for (Some) Existing Users

After several delays, Microsoft on Thursday finally rolled out Windows 10 Mobile as a free upgrade to existing Windows Phone 8.1 users.