Microsoft's transition to the cloud hit some speed bumps the third quarter of its fiscal 2016. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 21, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With prospects low for a revival in the PC market, Intel this week announced a significant restructuring that will reduce its workforce by 11 percent, or 12,000 employees. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week added support for Mac and Web clients to its consumer Skype bot client previews.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Container Service became commercially available on Tuesday, alongside the launch of a new open source project from partner Mesosphere.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 19, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently issued the final release candidate (RC) of its upcoming SQL Server 2016 product.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- April 19, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently launched a preview of a new Skype capability that would enable voice and video calls via the Edge browser without the use of browser plug-ins. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise adoption of Microsoft's Office 365 suite is very high, according to a recent poll of IT decision makers by market researcher Gartner Inc. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 15, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to roll out several enhancements to its OneDrive for Business product over the next couple of months. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 14, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exchange Server 2007 will pass its "extended support" period in less than a year, Microsoft warned this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced a major, cloud-oriented streamlining of the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) competencies that it uses to identify and validate the expertise of its partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The team behind Microsoft Edge recently explained how the browser works with Windows 10's "Windows Hello" feature to let users access Web sites without passwords.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tuesday marked the end of SQL Server 2005's "extended support" phase, meaning Microsoft's 10-year-old database server will no longer get patch support from the company.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's "Project Madeira," a new, cloud-based business application that's built on the company's Dynamics NAV platform, is now available as a public preview for U.S. organizations. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- April 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new Windows 10 resource page from Microsoft gives some insight on current capabilities of the operating system, as well as features currently in development.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has upgraded build 1511 of Windows 10, which was originally issued to testers last November, from a "current branch" (CB) release to a "current branch for business" (CBB) release.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 11, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently unveiled Power BI Embedded in a bid to draw developers, primarily independent software vendors (ISVs), to its cloud-based business intelligence tool. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced enhancements to its Office suite that leverage some recently acquired technologies aimed at improving users' personal time management.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Cloud App Security service became generally available on Wednesday, enabling customers to track the use of Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) applications within their organization.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 07, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday released a new Windows 10 test build that includes previews of features coming in this summer's Windows 10 "Anniversary Update" (code-named "Redstone 1").
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2016