Microsoft on Monday issued a release candidate (RC0) of its upcoming SQL Server 2016 database system, as well as announced its plans to enable SQL Server to run on Linux.
- By David Ramel
- March 07, 2016
The new Azure Active Directory Identity Protection service, which aims to ward off compromised user accounts and configuration vulnerabilities, was released as a preview on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2016
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off a new anti-malware solution for Windows 10 called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 01, 2016
Microsoft's upcoming SharePoint Server 2016 product could hit the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone on March 14, according to a report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 29, 2016
Microsoft's chief legal officer told Congress on Thursday that Microsoft "wholeheartedly" backs Apple's refusal to cooperate with government demands to decrypt an iPhone used by the perpetrators of last December's mass shooting attack in San Bernardino, Calif.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 26, 2016
Microsoft added a number of security enhancements to its cloud offerings this week, including Azure Security Center improvements, a coming preview of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection, and a preview of a new Operations Management Suite (OMS) dashboard.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2016
Since Microsoft announced last month that it was truncating its software lifecycle support policies for Intel Skylake-based client PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, there have been questions about what the changes mean for other systems running those processors -- including Windows Embedded 7/8.1 devices or Windows Server 2012 servers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 23, 2016
Organizations with "hybrid" Exchange 2013 deployments risk service interruptions if their servers are not updated in time for the April release of a security certificate renewal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 22, 2016
Microsoft newfound embrace of open source took another step this week with the addition of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images in the Azure Marketplace.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 18, 2016
Microsoft's Exchange Server Deployment Assistant tool is now equipped to configure hybrid deployments using Exchange Server 2016.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 16, 2016
On the heels of the long-awaited debut of the Azure Stack technical preview, Microsoft has released additional features for the solution.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 16, 2016
Microsoft this week rolled out a preview of a new set of management tools for "headless" Windows Servers, including Windows Server 2016's Nano Server.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2016
Starting Tuesday, Microsoft is giving administrators more visibility into how and when it updates Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 09, 2016
Most organizations used the on-premises SharePoint Server in 2015 instead of SharePoint Online, which is part of Microsoft's Office 365 cloud suite, according to an industry study.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 09, 2016
Microsoft recently released its Azure IoT Hub, the latest component of the company's cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2016