 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations with Entra ID-joined Windows 11 devices can now switch them over to passwordless authentications using a new policy option.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 25, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's fiscal-year 2024 first-quarter earnings beat analyst expectations.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
- October 24, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft no longer tests how its Office 2016 and Office 2019 products work with Microsoft 365 services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 24, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Entra ID and Intune support for Windows Local Administrator Password reached the "general availability" stage.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 23, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft commercially released Copilot in Power Apps this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 19, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an unlikely development, Amazon and Microsoft have reportedly entered into a billion-dollar agreement around Microsoft 365.                    
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 17, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Intune's Endpoint Privilege Management capability now works with the Windows 365 service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 17, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    LinkedIn, a careers site owned by Microsoft, is cutting "approximately 668 roles." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 16, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft highlighted multiple Viva product enhancements this week in an announcement.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 13, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The 2023 IT jobs market has remained rocky, per recent analysis by IT consulting firm Janco Associates, with AI possibly affecting the numbers.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 12, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 products have exited "Extended" support, kicking off Extended Security Update sales.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 11, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    AvePoint introduced Opus, its new artificial intelligence-based "information lifecycle management" solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 10, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SQL Server 2014 is still a supported product into mid-2024, but Microsoft has opened partner sales of Extended Security Updates for it this month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 05, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled "the third generation of OneDrive," bringing Copilot artificial intelligence and more.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 04, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to block Business Connectivity Services used by Microsoft 365 customers next year, steering them to Power Apps instead.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 03, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A public preview of Microsoft Mesh for Microsoft Teams will arrive next month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 27, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will "retire" its Azure Database for MariaDB service on Sept. 19, 2025.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 26, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The new Outlook for Windows 11 app is now at the "general availability" release stage for personal users, but it's also "enterprise ready." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 22, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Four new Surface devices for businesses were announced during Microsoft's fall hardware event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 22, 2023
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco announced it is acquiring security and IT solutions provider Splunk for about "$28 billion in equity value."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 21, 2023