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			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 18, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is not wholly opposed to selling its facial recognition solutions to at least one U.S. federal agency, according to a report from the ACLU.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 17, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced plans to change some of the nomenclature in its Windows 10 testing and rollout process.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 16, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAS Institute Inc. has chosen Microsoft Azure to be its preferred cloud service provider, expanding the two companies' existing partnership.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 16, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family will get access to two new Excel features aimed at helping users keep track of their finances.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 15, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Gartner report identifies the top partners offering assistance to customers of the industry's biggest cloud computing platforms -- namely Azure, AWS and Google.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
- June 15, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's hardware partners will get new security requirements for Windows Server products, starting in January, Microsoft announced on Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 11, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's possible to test nested virtualization on machines using AMD processors with the latest Windows 10 preview, Microsoft announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 11, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    This week Microsoft released Host Integration Server 2020, a tool that lets Microsoft solutions communicate with IBM mainframes.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 04, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SharePoint Online tenancies are getting new features that Microsoft released in May, which are mostly arriving for so-called "targeted release" recipients.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 03, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced updates to the SharePoint Migration Tool, plus commercial release of Migration Manager.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced the latest update milestones for Windows 10 and Windows Server this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's plan to alleviate organizations of the pain of managing print servers continues to take shape. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 27, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced several SharePoint Online updates at Build, including the upcoming launch of Microsoft Lists and the release of the SharePoint Home Sites feature. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 25, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has acquired Softomotive, a 15-year-old robotics process automation company, in a bid to enhance its own Microsoft Power Automate product. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 21, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A supercomputer unveiled by Microsoft at Build this week reportedly "ranks in the top five" of the 500 leading publicly disclosed supercomputers, the company said. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 20, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Various Microsoft 365 solutions, including the Fluid Framework, Project Cortex and Microsoft Teams, are getting a number of new perks, Microsoft announced at Build.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 20, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 10 testers can now try Domain Name System (DNS) over HTTPS encryption, known as "DoH," which promises enhanced Internet privacy.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 14, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is acquiring Metaswitch Networks to bolster Azure offerings to communications service providers, per a Thursday announcement. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 14, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced a new monthly update option for organizations using the Microsoft 365 Apps service, formerly known as "Office 365 ProPlus."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 13, 2020