Disaster recovery specialist Datto has launched a new product to help Microsoft Azure MSPs protect customers' data against security breaches, ransomware and outages.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - September 15, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As the world shut down last year, business at SkyKick -- a 100 percent partner-focused company providing cloud automation and management tools -- boomed. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - September 14, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Government Top Secret, Microsoft's cloud offering for U.S. government agencies and their solution providers, is now generally available.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - August 17, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sippio, provider of a 100 percent Azure-native cloud platform for Microsoft Teams, announced a partnership with value-added distributor and cloud master agent Jenne Inc.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - August 10, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is bolstering data integration support for its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare service with revamped APIs at the preview stage.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - August 06, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 365 is now available for use by organizations in production environments, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 03, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's upcoming desktop-as-a-service offering is "nothing but opportunity" for partners, according to Vadim Vladimirskiy, Nerdio's founder and CEO.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 02, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday reported $46.2 billion in total revenue during its fiscal-year 2021 Q4 period, up 21% from the same quarter last year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 27, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sunnyvale, Calif.-based CloudKnox Security is getting acquired by Microsoft, according to a Wednesday announcement.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 21, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The two-day Microsoft Inspire partner conference, online for the second year in a row, kicked off Wednesday with, unsurprisingly, myriad partner announcements. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - July 14, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hitting general availability on Aug. 2 "to organizations of all sizes" is Windows 365, a new Microsoft virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service for business users.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 14, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move aimed at strengthening its cyberthreat protection capabilities, Microsoft this week announced it it is acquiring San Francisco-based RiskIQ.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 13, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Lighthouse has a new feature in preview that potentially adds to the trust relationship between MSPs and their customers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 12, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will retire Cloudyn, its cloud cost management product, at the end of this month in favor of the Azure Cost Management and Billing solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 23, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week disclosed new Azure services, bolstered by partners, to support enterprises tapping private 5G networks and edge computing services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 23, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop service is now called Azure Virtual Desktop, to indicate that it is becoming "a flexible cloud VDI platform for nearly any use case."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 08, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week said it is acquiring IoT security provider ReFirm Labs, which was founded by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) hackers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 02, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently announced preview releases of several Azure Sentinel improvements, including connectors for partner solutions within Azure Sentinel.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 17, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hybrid networks, which combine use of cloud services with on-premises software, require a "zero trust" security approach, Microsoft said this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 13, 2021
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and security solutions firm Darktrace plan to integrate the latter's AI products with Microsoft Azure, Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - May 10, 2021