An upcoming Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses is on tap from Microsoft this year. It might the last Essentials edition Microsoft ever ships.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 05, 2018
Various Office 365 and Azure cloud services went down this week after a Sept. 4 lightning strike temporarily disabled Microsoft's datacenters in the South Central U.S. region.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2018
Software-defined networking (SDN) security is one of the top 10 networking features coming to Windows Server 2019, according to details shared by Microsoft this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 31, 2018
A more streamlined SharePoint Mobile App is arriving next month with new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 30, 2018
Microsoft on Tuesday described the host of artificial intelligence (AI) features that it plans to add to SharePoint Online and OneDrive by year's end.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 29, 2018
For the first time, Microsoft is allowing users with non-Microsoft IDs to use its Azure Active Directory Business to Business (B2B) service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 29, 2018
Microsoft this week launched a preview version of its Authenticator companion app for the Apple Watch, with general availability expected "within the next few weeks."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 28, 2018
Microsoft will preview SharePoint Online improvements next month, including an expanded limit on Hub Site creation plus scripting additions for automating site provisioning.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2018
Microsoft has specified end dates for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 apps in the Microsoft Store, prodding developers to port them to Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 2018
Microsoft is promising that the next major releases of Windows 10 and Windows Server will kick off a new update scheme that will feature smaller monthly patch deliveries.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2018
The next major Windows 10 release will get a Windows Pseudo Console for better support of command-line and graphical user interface-based applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 16, 2018
Yet another speculative execution side-channel attack method, this one dubbed "Foreshadow," was identified by researchers from Microsoft, Intel and Red Hat this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2018
Microsoft recently shared its plans for an upcoming release of BizTalk Server, its enterprise integration solution for "on-premises" installations that's used to connect business applications and services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2018
"Software-defined datacenters" (SDDCs) will be among the top 10 networking features supported in the forthcoming Windows Server 2019 product, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2018
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the dominant cloud provider in the global market for years, with Microsoft Azure a very distant runner-up. However, a recent report suggests Microsoft, while still No. 2, is no longer quite so distant.
- By David Ramel
- August 09, 2018