Windows 10's convoluted update practices drew a lot of attention this year, but so did many other key Microsoft developments. Below are the most popular news articles of the past year.
- By RCP Staff
- December 20, 2018
Microsoft's Azure Container Service (ACS), which commercially launched more than two years ago, will fall out of support on Jan. 31, 2020, according to a Microsoft post earlier this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 14, 2018
Microsoft this week released a new resource to help businesses find and troubleshoot problems on their Microsoft Surface devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 13, 2018
As part of an ongoing effort to be more transparent about its monthly Windows update process, Microsoft this week shared its rationale for sometimes releasing Windows updates that don't follow the standard schedule.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2018
Organizations can now sign up to test drive the Microsoft 365 suite via a new "Insider" program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 10, 2018
To help organizations that build and maintain distributed applications, Microsoft and Docker this week launched a new specification called Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB).
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 05, 2018
Microsoft's new "account manager" multiple sign-in capability will be available across various Microsoft online services sometime next year, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 28, 2018
It's now possible to use devices based on the Fast IDentity Online 2.0 (FIDO2) protocol with a Microsoft account and Windows 10 version 1809 to verify user access, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 27, 2018
Microsoft recently put the spotlight on several of its partners that are at the forefront of the "smart cities" movement through their use of Azure's Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2018
Microsoft this week gave some background on its current Windows 10 servicing approach, defending its process while addressing recent quality concerns.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2018
Microsoft marked this month's "update Tuesday," Nov. 13, by rereleasing version 1809 of both Windows 10 and Windows Server, as well as Windows Server 2019.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2018
An activation problem that affected some Windows 10 Pro edition users this week will get automatically fixed in one day, Microsoft suggested on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2018
Docker unveiled a program on Thursday that adds migration support for organizations running applications on aging Windows Server infrastructure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 08, 2018
A raft of improvements are coming to Microsoft's database products, including migration support to Azure SQL Database, Apache Kafka Support on Azure Event Hubs, Azure SQL Data Warehouse improvements and yet another preview of the coming SQL Server 2019 product.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 08, 2018
Microsoft is adding more perks to its beleaguered Windows 10 October 2018 Update (also known as version 1809), which is still suspended after a botched Oct. 2 release.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 06, 2018