 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) partners and commercial customers might not find the details of Microsoft's New Commerce Experience (NCE) subscription model to their liking.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 28, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its Viva Engage will start appearing for Microsoft Teams subscribers from "the end of August to the end of September."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 28, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The confluence of multiple worldwide crises in the tail end of Microsoft's fiscal 2022 has resulted in a relatively tepid fourth quarter earnings report.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- July 27, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                     Microsoft will be pulling the plug next year on Microsoft 365 apps and services connected to Office 2016 and Office 2019.  
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 25, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's  Windows Information Protection (WIP) service, which is designed to keep users of Microsoft 365 apps from inadvertently disclosing organizational information, is expected to end, according to a Thursday announcement. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 22, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft broke down current enterprise security needs and pointed to collaboration being the key to meeting them during the opening day of its Inspire virtual partner event on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- July 19, 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 kicked off Inspire on Tuesday with a laundry list of improvements aimed at enhancing how users collaborate across the company's software and services offerings.    
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 19, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to a report this week, Microsoft may be changing the timeline for its Windows OS version release, switching to a new release every three years.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 15, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced a small reorg of its partner executive ranks, culminating a process that began when former channel chief Rodney Clark announced his departure two months ago.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- July 14, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview of its server protection capabilities for Microsoft Defender for Business.   
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 13, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it will no longer be supporting SQL Server 2012     
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 12, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The U.K.'s leading consumer regulatory organization, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), announced on Wednesday that it's looking into the pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- July 06, 2022
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The creator of PowerShell Jeffrey Snover is leaving Microsoft at the end of the week.       
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 30, 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