Microsoft is ending its practice of issuing semiannual channel updates for Window Server editions, turning instead to long-term servicing channel updates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2021
An acquisition announced by Microsoft on Wednesday promises to bring AI solutions for assessing supply-chain spending to the Dynamics 365 product.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2021
Microsoft on Tuesday reported $46.2 billion in total revenue during its fiscal-year 2021 Q4 period, up 21% from the same quarter last year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 27, 2021
IT solutions firm Kaseya is now using a "universal decryptor key" for customers affected by a REvil ransomware attack.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2021
The online Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education will be ending in the "first quarter of 2023," per a Microsoft document as well as a Wednesday announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2021
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based CloudKnox Security is getting acquired by Microsoft, according to a Wednesday announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 21, 2021
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, a new product sold by subscription, was released as a preview on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 21, 2021
Microsoft Viva, Microsoft's new "employee experience platform" that it unveiled in February, is set to reach several milestones in the coming months.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2021
Microsoft this week announced several improvements coming to the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform, which it described as "the new front end for a new world of work."
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2021
The two-day Microsoft Inspire partner conference, online for the second year in a row, kicked off Wednesday with, unsurprisingly, myriad partner announcements.
- By John K. Waters
- July 14, 2021
Hitting general availability on Aug. 2 "to organizations of all sizes" is Windows 365, a new Microsoft virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service for business users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2021
In a move aimed at strengthening its cyberthreat protection capabilities, Microsoft this week announced it it is acquiring San Francisco-based RiskIQ.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2021
Azure Lighthouse has a new feature in preview that potentially adds to the trust relationship between MSPs and their customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2021
Microsoft this week announced the general availability of the Salesforce for Microsoft Teams app, which can be used by joint licensees to see Salesforce CRM records within Teams.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 09, 2021
Microsoft has introduced a new capability to give organizations a way to ensure their compliance with data privacy regulations, particularly the GDPR.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2021
About 60 MSPs and almost 1,500 of their business customers may have been affected by a ransomware attack targeting Kaseya's VSA management solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 07, 2021
The first Windows 11 preview build was released this week, along with some tips from Microsoft for businesses planning to move to the new desktop OS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 29, 2021
Microsoft will retire Cloudyn, its cloud cost management product, at the end of this month in favor of the Azure Cost Management and Billing solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2021
Microsoft last week disclosed new Azure services, bolstered by partners, to support enterprises tapping private 5G networks and edge computing services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2021
Printer OEMs such as Brother, Canon and Lexmark are bringing products with native support for the Microsoft 365 Universal Print solution to market.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 22, 2021