Microsoft raised eyebrows last week when it revealed that its new Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) datacenter operating system has a Linux core.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 21, 2015
For the first time, Dynamics partners can take advantage of the biggest change to Microsoft's cloud business model.
- By Barb Levisay
- September 17, 2015
Microsoft turned off many partners last year when it flubbed the announcement of its Office 365 onboarding plans. This year, the messaging has been decidedly more partner-friendly.
- By M.S. Partner
- September 14, 2015
Confirming earlier rumors, Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has purchased Israel-based security firm Adallom.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 08, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new offering aimed at organizations with Azure virtual machines (VMs) that want to scale up their operations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 03, 2015
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based Adallom, a provider of cloud security solutions, for $320 million.
- By Chris Paoli
- July 24, 2015
Rackspace this week announced that it will begin offering managed support services for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 17, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday urged its partners to take aim at its top cloud competitors.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 15, 2015
A number of Microsoft's Azure services reached the general availability (GA) stage this month, meaning they are now considered commercially viable and backed by service level agreements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2015
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Microsoft is giving partners what they've been requesting for years. In an exclusive interview with RCP, Channel Chief Phil Sorgen details broad channel distribution plans for the Microsoft Surface and the Cloud Solution Provider program.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2015
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) on Thursday launched a new partner program aimed at courting independent software vendors (ISVs) looking to grow their Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2015
Microsoft recently detailed its vision for SharePoint Server 2016, which appears to be very cloud-centric.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 29, 2015
The "general availability" of Azure AD Connect likely will help speed up the deployment of the kind of mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) scenarios that Microsoft has been describing throughout this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2015
Microsoft will begin offering $120,000 of free Azure cloud services to eligible startups starting on July 1, the company announced recently.
- By David Ramel
- June 23, 2015
Azure Active Directory Connect, Microsoft's wizard-like tool that aims to make it easier for organizations to connect their backend Active Directory (AD) environments with Microsoft's cloud-enabled Azure AD service, will be released commercially this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2015
Office Online, Microsoft's browser-based suite of applications, now features integration with the Box cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2015
Introduced at Ignite, Azure Stack substantially advances the old Cloud OS Azure Pack by allowing organizations to build cloud infrastructures that truly mirror the experience of the Azure public cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 11, 2015
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Cloud products like Azure and Office 365 are on the rise, but several on-premises stalwarts are holding their ground.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 10, 2015
In an effort to increase its cloud footprint, Microsoft recently announced plans to open two new datacenters in Canada.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 08, 2015
Microsoft is moving faster than ever to embrace containers on Microsoft Azure and to build the technology into the next version of Windows through a major partnership with Docker. Here's a visual guide to what all the fuss is about.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 03, 2015