A prominent Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) had this advice for Microsoft regarding its rather convoluted Windows 10 and Office patching process: Slow down, and only deliver new feature updates once per year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 09, 2018
In preview since May, the ability to enable single sign-on access to Office 365 applications using Ping Identity's PingFederate solution is now generally available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 06, 2018
Microsoft's John Wilcox, a contributor to the Microsoft Tech Community, shared some details of the company's monthly Windows operating system update release process this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2018
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) update 1806, the latest "semiannual channel" release of Microsoft's device and server management system, will arrive in the next few weeks, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 02, 2018
Windows Insider Program participants got access to the latest test build of Windows Server 2019 (build 17723) this week, including its newly added bandwidth control and Kubernetes features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2018
The Microsoft Edge browser now supports the Web Authentication spec at the preview stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2018
A new Office 365 update will change how SharePoint Online end users create Team Sites and Communication Sites.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2018
Microsoft continued its streak of product test releases this week, announcing the public previews of SharePoint Server 2019 and Project Server 2019.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 26, 2018
Version 1807 of System Center, the management suite's latest semiannual channel update, became available from Microsoft on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 25, 2018
The 2019-branded editions of Microsoft's Exchange Server and Skype for Business products are now available as commercial previews, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2018
First unveiled at last year's Microsoft Ignite conference, the Azure File Sync service is now ready for commercial use, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 20, 2018
Azure Service Fabric Mesh, a "serverless" means of hosting applications, is now available as a public preview, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 18, 2018
In preview since March, Windows Server's Remote Desktop Web client became generally available on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 17, 2018
Organizations using SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 products can add three years of patch support via Microsoft's new Extended Security Updates plans, the company announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2018
Microsoft plans to end distribution of its monthly Windows 10 "delta updates" starting Feb. 12, 2019, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2018
Microsoft this week dubbed Windows 10 version 1803 (also known as the April 2018 Update and previously code-named "Redstone 4") as being in the semiannual channel (SAC) release stage, although what that means exactly is a matter of some conjecture.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2018
In an increasingly globalized public cloud market, the runaway leaders remain Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure -- except in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, where newcomer Alibaba continues to disrupt.
- By David Ramel
- July 11, 2018
An update to Microsoft's management portal for Teams and Skype for Business will deliver new capabilities related to call analytics and IT management.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2018
Starting this year, Microsoft will update its Dynamics 365 Online products on a twice-yearly basis, with major releases arriving every April and October.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2018
Windows Server 2019 will see significant improvements related to Storage Spaces Direct, according to a recent Microsoft announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 03, 2018