 
                    
                                        
		            
                    System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) and Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP) will both lose support on July 9, 2019, Microsoft warned organizations this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 11, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations running Windows and other Microsoft applications can now take advantage of improved integrations with the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 10, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Early versions of the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 10 are now available to test for subscribers to the Microsoft Edge Insider testing program.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 08, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is building new and improved user controls into the next major Windows 10 feature update, which is set to arrive in late May. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 04, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Several Microsoft management, security and compliance solutions hit their latest release milestones this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week signaled to organizations that they should now be running Windows 10 version 1809.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 28, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced the general availability of a new "live events" video broadcasting feature for Office 365 users.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 27, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azure Data Box Edge and Azure Data Box Gateway are now generally available, Microsoft announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 27, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new addition to Microsoft's Azure Stack product line brings hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) capabilities to its "Azure in a box" solution, the company announced this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 26, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Recently announced Microsoft security changes include a rebrand of its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to reflect its support for non-Windows platforms. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 25, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft's new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service hosted from Azure datacenters, was released as a public preview this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft just announced a slew of enhancements coming to its Teams collaboration service, which turned 2 years old this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 20, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Azure Backup for SQL Server solution, which is used to backup SQL Server when the relational database management system is housed on Azure datacenter virtual machines, became generally available this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 19, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to switch on its "Insights for MyAnalytics" service sometime this month for most Office 365 users.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 18, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    System Center 2019, the latest version of Microsoft's management software suite, is now generally available.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 15, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enhancements coming to SharePoint Online users this month will add greater control over how News articles appear in SharePoint sites.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 15, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    With Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) falling out of support in less than a year, users of that operating system will begin seeing regular notices from Microsoft warning of the impending deadline starting in April.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 14, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent Microsoft demo presentation describes how to create a new Teams Site "modern" page using an existing "classic" SharePoint page.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 13, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week explained its reasons for dropping its System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product in favor of Azure Monitor.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 12, 2019
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new Office 365 Groups policy that gives organizations better control over how groups get named by end users went into effect on Friday, Microsoft announced.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 11, 2019