Windows 10 users moving from version 1511 to version 1607, dubbed the "anniversary update," may find applications installed on their systems that they'd previously removed. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Citrix this week laid out the terms of their partnership, including their plan to combine Microsoft's Azure datacenter solutions with Citrix's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offerings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some of Cisco's firewall appliance products have been targeted by purportedly leaked U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) hacking tools, the networking giant said last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 21, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The new SharePoint Framework, which Microsoft unveiled in May with the general availability release of SharePoint Server 2016, is now available to test as a "developer preview."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has taken Microsoft to task over potential privacy issues in Windows 10, saying that the company "blatantly disregards user choice and privacy."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week shared more details about its new Delivery Optimization update service for Windows 10 clients.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 16, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting this fall, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs will switch to a monthly update model that's similar to what Microsoft has implemented with Windows 10.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 16, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently took some pains to explain its decision last month to change the delivery model for its upcoming Azure Stack product. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 15, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is in the process of replacing its 2-year-old Azure RemoteApp service for a new solution that it is currently developing with strategic partner Citrix called XenApp "express."
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week said that it is reinstating its original support policies for Intel "Skylake"-based Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 systems, adding several years to their respective support lifecycles.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has detailed a new development in its efforts to protect data privacy in the cloud, one focused on the exchange of encrypted data between users. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 11, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is changing its client update scheme with the release of the Windows 10 "anniversary update," also known as version 1607.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 09, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Given Citrix's history with Microsoft and its decision to tap a former Microsoft president as its new CEO, it should come as little surprise the company is borrowing from Microsoft's script.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 09, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations are largely deploying SharePoint, but employees and departments remain unconvinced about using the content and document management system for themselves, according to a recent survey by industry group AIIM.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As partners scramble to find their place in the new cloud environment, the ISV category is expanding to include all different types of partners. 
                    
			            - By Barb  Levisay
- August 08, 2016