Microsoft's Surface Hub collaboration devices began receiving the new Windows 10 "Creators Update" this week, according to the company.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 01, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday released a technical preview of a new disaster recovery feature for its Azure Site Recovery (ASR) service, enabling customers to restore virtual machines (VMs) running on the Azure IaaS platform.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 31, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To protect against security attacks like the recent "WannaCry" outbreak, analyst firm IDC suggests that organizations take a somewhat contrarian approach.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 30, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As the European Union prepares to enforce its recently updated data privacy laws, Microsoft and other providers are retrofitting their services to ensure their customers are compliant with the new regulations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 26, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management service is getting two new features, now in preview. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 26, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is in the midst of acquiring 3-year-old software security firm Hexadite for $100 million, according to reports.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 25, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix is developing several new products that will work in conjunction with Microsoft services, including a release of the Citrix Receiver client designed for the forthcoming Windows 10 S operating system.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 24, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently announced an "updated product servicing policy" for SharePoint Server 2016 that entails a monthly cumulative update model for organizations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 22, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is significantly extending the reach of its cloud-based services by building new datacenters in South Africa, the company announced recently.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 22, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave viewers of this week's Virtual Summit event a glimpse of its future plans for SharePoint, including roadmap details and its vision of enabling "digital transformation" across organizations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 18, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware this week announced a partnership with Microsoft that would enable VMware's Horizon Cloud Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) infrastructure to be delivered on the Azure public cloud. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 18, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite maintaining its healthy lead in the cloud infrastructure services market, Amazon Web Services is facing increasingly strong competition from Microsoft Azure.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
- May 17, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its postmortem of last Friday's wide-ranging ransomware attack that targeted Windows systems, Microsoft put part of the blame on the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). 
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- May 16, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Azure AD Admin Console, an addition to the Azure Portal, is now generally available (GA) after being in preview since September, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 16, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Active Directory Business-to-Consumer (B2C), Microsoft's customer-facing identity and access management service that launched last July, has a few new perks.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 15, 2017