Microsoft this week rolled out multiple Office 365 enhancements, including a new Files Restore feature for OneDrive for Business, the company's business-focused cloud storage service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 24, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new video series from Microsoft tries to shed light on how System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) can be used for Windows client management.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 22, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel's efforts to patch its CPUs in the wake of the Meltdown and Spectre security attacks could bog down servers, the company warned recently.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 18, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week rolled out the latest test-build preview release of Windows Server, known as "build 17074," adding new enhancements to Storage Spaces Direct (SSD).
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 18, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Michael Niehaus, director of product marketing for Microsoft's Windows Commercial group, this week explained Microsoft's communication approach with regard to Windows 10 updates. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 17, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently took the wraps off several enhancements to its SharePoint product, among them the release of the SharePoint Migration Tool.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 17, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced an extension of its intellectual property (IP) indemnification program in a bid to cover users of its Azure Stack appliances, in addition to Azure cloud customers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 16, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The "semiannual channel" version of Windows 10 update 1709, otherwise known as the "Fall Creators Update," is now in the "full availability" stage.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 12, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A gallery of standout devices from this year's showcase.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - January 12, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week warned users that its fixes for the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre CPU security flaws could slow down their systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 09, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All Intel chips released in the past five years will receive security patches for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities by the end of January.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - January 09, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines (VMs) is now production-ready. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 08, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Newly released data from Synergy Research Group indicates that cloud computing still trails the traditional enterprise hardware market, despite growing faster any other IT category in 2017.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - January 05, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This week's disclosure of a far-reaching CPU security vulnerability has prompted a raft of responses from OS vendors, researchers, chip makers and security software providers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 04, 2018
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware appears to have reached a détente with Microsoft regarding the latter's emerging VMware virtualization on Azure solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 04, 2018