As the current cloud field stands, leader Amazon Web Services may be ceding some market share to Azure and Google, but the challengers still have a lot of ground to make up.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 19, 2017
A recent survey that aims to determine the makeup of SharePoint deployments -- and the extent to which organizations plan to maintain them -- confirms what many observers have long preached: Hybrid deployments are poised to become the new normal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 18, 2017
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) users who are confused about how to defer Windows 10 updates and upgrades may find some relief from Microsoft soon.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2017
Microsoft this week put the spotlight on some resources for organizations that are looking to take a hybrid approach with their Azure deployments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 13, 2017
Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Business-to-Business (B2B) service, which is typically used by organizations working with partners or other external parties needing resource access, became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 13, 2017
The PC market made an unexpected, if small, comeback in the first quarter, with shipments growing for the first time in five years, according to recent data from market researcher IDC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 12, 2017
As expected, the Windows 10 Creators Update, also known as "version 1703," was released on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 12, 2017
Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure AD Sync tools are set to lose support on Thursday, the company warned this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2017
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has acquired Deis, a startup that provides training and tools related to Kubernetes, the open source container orchestration system devised by Google.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2017
Microsoft's SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business applications will be able to support two additional characters in file and folder names this year, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2017
In preparation for Tuesday's global rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), Microsoft has released a set of new or updated resources for IT pros.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2017
Microsoft is readying some improvements to Windows Server 2016 related to remote management.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2017
As part of its ongoing "privacy journey," Microsoft said this week that its upcoming Windows 10 "Creators Update" will be more transparent about the privacy options available to users.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2017
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the dominant provider in the overall public cloud market, but new research suggests that it faces serious competition from Microsoft Azure in the enterprise space.
- By David Ramel
- April 05, 2017
Starting in June, Microsoft will begin to phase out SharePoint Online's Access Services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2017