Microsoft has confirmed that its Microsoft 365 apps and Teams services were down for some users on Wednesday night.   
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 21, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the third year in a row, Microsoft's Inspire conference, the marquee partner event of the year, was a relatively low-key virtual affair.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - July 20, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, a joint venture between Microsoft and Oracle, is now generally available.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - July 20, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There are three key ways partners can facilitate their customers' digital transformations, according to Microsoft -- and, not surprisingly, they all center around the Azure cloud.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - July 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft took the wraps off a new intelligent contact center platform on Tuesday as part of its Microsoft Inspire 2022 virtual partner conference.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - July 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled a new partner group at Inspire on Tuesday aimed at driving benefits and incentives toward partners participating in the Azure Space program.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - July 19, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced it won't block automatic renewals of monthly cloud services accounts for those with an older plan overseen by Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) partners.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 29, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Arc multicloud management solution is getting a handful of enhancements, according to Microsoft on Wednesday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 16, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Confirming reports that surfaced this weekend, semiconductor company Broadcom announced on Thursday that it was acquiring virtualization pioneer VMware for $61 billion.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - May 26, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's role as builder of platforms for organizations was the theme of Tuesday's Build keynote by CEO Satya Nadella.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 25, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced new revamps to its Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partner program to pacify European regulators.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 20, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Backup and recovery giant and major Microsoft partner Veeam unveiled a raft of new features to its solution portfolio at its VeeamON conference this week.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - May 18, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's "standalone" edition of its Defender for Business, a security solution for small-to-medium organizations, has hit "general availability."  
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 02, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Thanks to strong growth in its Office and Microsoft Cloud divisions, Microsoft saw a quarterly increase of 18% to cap off Q3 with $49.4 billion in revenue.      
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - April 27, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week announced that Azure DDoS Protection users can launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) test attacks on their use of Azure services via Red Button's services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 25, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study published this week by Next Pathway found that large organizations' IT leaders are hesitant to move into the cloud without tools and automation support for the initial migration.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - April 22, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Front Door, the company's latest content delivery network (CDN) service for securing and supporting high-availability Web content and "global" applications, is now commercially available.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 29, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is planning a major cloud-focused facelift for its partner program this fall that will significantly impact the more than 400,000 organizations in its ranks. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - March 16, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As part of its broader Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare program, Microsoft this week announced the general availability of Azure Health Data Services, a platform for managing and analyzing various forms of patient data.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - March 16, 2022
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More and more workloads are headed to the cloud, but that hasn't slowed down spending on IT hardware, according to a new report by Spiceworks Ziff Davis.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - March 15, 2022