Microsoft's inaugural MCAPS Start for Partners event took place this week, marking the beginning of its fiscal 2025.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 12, 2024
IT teams often juggle multiple tools to monitor and maintain the security of their environments. Two new products released by Microsoft this week aim to consolidate their toolboxes and help organizations achieve zero trust faster.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 12, 2024
In a move likely meant to assuage antitrust regulators' concerns, Microsoft on Wednesday stepped down from its role as a non-voting OpenAI board member.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 10, 2024
Another partnership agreement between IBM and Microsoft promises to extend the reach of the latter's cloud security portfolio.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 03, 2024
As promised, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, a standalone contact-center-as-a-service product with Copilot AI capabilities, became generally available on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 01, 2024
Competition watchdogs in Europe have begun an inquiry into whether the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership has been structured in such a way as to stifle competition.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 01, 2024
Microsoft and OpenAI have been sued by the nonprofit publisher of Mother Jones, the latest volley in the ongoing fight between generative AI firms and the news industry.
- By John K. Waters
- June 28, 2024
The results of this year's Microsoft Partner of the Year awards were announced this week with two new categories that signal exactly what Microsoft thinks its partners should be prioritizing.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 27, 2024
Antitrust allegations related to Teams continue to dog Microsoft in the European Union.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 25, 2024
Microsoft is the runaway leader of the analytics/business intelligence (ABI) product space, according to data from research firm Gartner.
- By David Ramel
- June 25, 2024
Starting this fall, sales of all Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity and antivirus software will be banned in the United States.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 24, 2024
A capability that enabled admins to make new SharePoint content viewable within Microsoft Teams will be phased out starting next month.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 21, 2024
Compliance services are good for partners to have in their portfolio, but "continuous compliance" services would be even better.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 20, 2024
Two recent reports from research firm Gartner indicate that businesses are as wary of generative AI as they are keen to use it.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 18, 2024
Microsoft's flagship partner conference, Inspire, may not be taking place as usual this year, but the company is launching a new event in its place.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 17, 2024
To give generative AI leader OpenAI more room to innovate, Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to combine their respective cloud capacities.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 17, 2024
Recall, a new Windows 11 feature designed to "retrace users' steps," won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 14, 2024
Subscribers of Microsoft's Copilot Pro solution will lose access to a key perk starting next month.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 12, 2024
Currently in public preview, Windows Server 2025 is shaping up to be a major beneficiary of Microsoft's wide-ranging collaboration with chip giant Nvidia.
- By David Ramel
- June 11, 2024
CloudBolt Software, a Microsoft technical partner and self-described "cloud ROI company," recently commissioned a survey of 300 current VMware customers gauging their outlook on VMware's acquisition by Broadcom.
- By David Ramel
- June 10, 2024