 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Modern PCs need a "modern operating system," Microsoft said at the recent Computex hardware event in Taipei. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 31, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations must change some settings in their deployment tools before rolling out version 1903 of both Windows 10 and Windows Server.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's recent SharePoint Conference was a typically dense affair, with announcements spanning Microsoft 365 and Office 365.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of the latest "semiannual channel release" versions of both Windows 10 and Windows Server.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- May 21, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a lengthy development process, Microsoft and Red Hat this week announced the general availability of their Azure Red Hat OpenShift service. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 09, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the 2019 Build conference on Monday by describing his company's four distinct platform opportunities for development.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 07, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced a preview of a new communications blocking capability for its Teams collaboration service called called "Information Barriers."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 03, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ahead of its 2019 Build developer conference, Microsoft on Thursday detailed major improvements coming to its Azure cloud platform. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- May 02, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's new threat-hunting service for organizations, dubbed Microsoft Threat Experts, is now generally available -- without the "experts" part.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 02, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an effort to become more "transparent" about the information it collects on users, Microsoft this week announced plans to reorganize its Office 365 ProPlus privacy controls.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 01, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A raft of security and compliance improvements are coming to Office 365 -- and specifically to Microsoft 365 subscribers -- according to Microsoft this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 30, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is pushing against conventional wisdom when it comes to organizations enforcing periodic password expirations to secure their Windows systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 29, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced two new services aimed at Office 365 ProPlus users this week: the Office Cloud Policy service and Security Policy Advisor.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 26, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enhancements to SharePoint Online's News pages are coming soon, Microsoft said this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 24, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft cloud customers with government and "pay-as-you-go" subscriptions can now take advantage of the new Azure Cost Management feature, which became generally available this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 23, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Express Logic, which provides real-time operating systems (RTOS) for industrial embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- April 19, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users of Microsoft's Exchange Admin Center will soon have the ability to move Google G Suite calendar, contacts and e-mail data over to the Office 365 service, Microsoft announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 19, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Surface Hub 2S, the next iteration of Microsoft's large-screen conference room devices, will ship in June in the United States, Microsoft announced on Wednesday along with other coming product milestones.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 18, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest release of Windows Admin Center, version 1904, reached the "general availability" (GA) milestone last week, although some of its included features are still marked as previews.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 16, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some users of Microsoft's e-mail services may have had their accounts exposed to "individuals outside Microsoft" over the past three months, the company admitted recently.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 15, 2019