Microsoft recently put the spotlight on Shielded Virtual Machines (VMs), its datacenter security technology aimed at protecting workloads in public and private datacenters from "malicious administrators."
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2016
Microsoft's emerging Server Management Tools offering, currently available at the preview stage, now includes Windows Update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2016
Microsoft this week announced that its upcoming Nano Server deployment option can't be managed using Group Policy controls.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 11, 2016
Microsoft will terminate Windows 10's free upgrade offer on July 29, one year after its initial launch, the company confirmed this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 06, 2016
Despite rivals Microsoft and Google enjoying growth rates well over 100 percent, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) maintains a solid lead in the cloud infrastructure market with 31 percent worldwide market share.
- By David Ramel
- May 06, 2016
The Windows 10 Pro edition imposes limits to the ability of IT pros to control Windows Store access, according to a report this week by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2016
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Improvements like a new SharePoint Framework and more robust mobile apps have Microsoft partners bullish about the platform's direction.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 04, 2016
Microsoft released the final versions of its SharePoint Server 2016 and Office Online Server products on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 04, 2016
In a move to beef up its emerging Internet of Things (IoT) platform, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the acquisition of 5-year-old Italian startup Solair.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 03, 2016
Microsoft's next-generation relational database operating system will become publicly available on June 1, the company announced Monday.
- By Chris Paoli
- May 02, 2016
Microsoft released the latest beta versions of both Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 27, 2016
During Microsoft's third-quarter earnings call last week, CEO Satya Nadella touted Office 365 as a new cornerstone of Microsoft's embrace-and-extend philosophy that once made Windows the standard for business computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 25, 2016
Microsoft's transition to the cloud hit some speed bumps the third quarter of its fiscal 2016.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 21, 2016
Microsoft's Azure Container Service became commercially available on Tuesday, alongside the launch of a new open source project from partner Mesosphere.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2016
Microsoft recently issued the final release candidate (RC) of its upcoming SQL Server 2016 product.
- By Chris Paoli
- April 19, 2016