Device Health, a new service from Microsoft designed to check Windows 10 client devices for driver issues and crashes, is now in public preview.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 02, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will make its Windows Subsystem for Linux generally available this fall to coincide with the release of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 31, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week described its Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) as being "fully available" for commercial deployments worldwide.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 28, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently posted a list of features that will get removed or deprecated in the Windows 10 "Fall Creators Update" that's expected to arrive in September or October.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 25, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PCs running Intel's "Clover Trail" Atom processors are effectively blocked from running the Windows 10 "Creators Update."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 21, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently announced several licensing and product changes affecting Software Assurance benefits, App-V deployments, Exchange Online Unified Messaging and even Microsoft Office and Nano Server. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 19, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week took the wraps off the Windows AutoPilot service, which is designed to help end users easily provision new Windows 10 PCs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 03, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Accenture, the world's largest independent global IT consulting and systems integration firm, is also set to become the world's largest adopter of Windows 10.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 03, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The upcoming Windows 10 "Fall Creators Update" will include the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), which had been slated for the chopping block not long ago.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 29, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent survey by Adaptiva indicates that organizations are generally receptive to migrating their environments to Windows 10.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 27, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an apparent response to recent allegations made by security software vendor Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft on Tuesday detailed its approach to third-party anti-virus software, particularly in Windows 10.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 20, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has pulled the plug on its long-running Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool, the company recently announced. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 19, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Surface family of devices -- including the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro and Surface Studio -- is coming to more markets worldwide, the company said this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 16, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's latest round of security updates took the unusual step of releasing "critical" updates for older Windows systems to protect against "potential nation-state activity."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 13, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A month after the "WannCry"/"WannaCrypt" outbreak, Microsoft is touting the ways that the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) protects users against ransomware.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 12, 2017