A recent presentation by SmartDeploy, a Seattle-based firm that makes Windows and application deployment solutions, included an explanation from a Microsoft product manager of how imaging works under its Volume Licensing program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 16, 2017
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new enterprise unified communications (UC) service this week named Chime, pitting it against the likes of Microsoft's Skype for Business and Cisco's WebEx.
- By David Ramel
- February 15, 2017
Microsoft plans to roll out new Yammer desktop applications for Windows and Mac PCs "in the next few months," the company said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2017
SailPoint, a provider of identity governance solutions, has entered into a partnership with Microsoft centered around the Azure Active Directory identity and access management service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2017
Microsoft has unveiled a new Secure Score feature for Office 365, enabling organizations to score their Office 365 security postures based on what settings are applied to their accounts, data and devices.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 13, 2017
To coincide with this week's RSA security conference, Microsoft has put Windows 10's security improvements in the spotlight.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2017
Microsoft this week announced the addition of datacenter and networking giant Cisco to its list of approved hardware partners for the upcoming Azure Stack solution.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 10, 2017
Microsoft is readying a new console for its Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) service that aims to simplify tasks related to identity management and mobile device management (MDM).
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 10, 2017
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new program called "Microsoft Azure IP Advantage" that aims to protect organizations using Azure services against against intellectual property (IP) claims.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2017
Microsoft is bringing several new capabilities to its workflow automation tool, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2017
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the runaway leader of the public cloud market, recent gains by other vendors aside, according to a pair of recent studies.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 07, 2017
Windows systems are vulnerable to zero-day attacks that exploit the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, according to an advisory issued last week by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2017
Users of Microsoft's Mobile Outlook e-mail client can now use new add-in applications, including Microsoft's own Dynamics 365 and Translator apps.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2017
Google is readying a slew of enterprise-focused features for its G Suite productivity platform in a bid to cut into the subscription base of rival Microsoft Office 365.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 02, 2017
This week marked the rollout of several new Azure Active Directory (AD) capabilities designed to increase security and collaboration.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2017
Microsoft this week detailed some improvements coming to its Edge browser with this spring's Windows 10 "Creators Update."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 01, 2017
Microsoft recently gave a progress report on its upcoming Microsoft Teams chat service, which has been in the preview stage since November.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2017
Microsoft's "Focused Inbox" feature for Outlook, the replacement for the older Clutter feature that apparently didn't work too well for some organizations, has been delayed for some users, Microsoft said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2017
Microsoft this week announced a few Office 365 additions and changes, including one that will affect electronic search-and-discovery operations for organizations that use SharePoint Online and Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2017
Azure, Office 365 and "intelligent cloud" drove Microsoft earnings and revenue growth during the quarter-ended Dec. 31, 2016, and the company's Windows business showed signs of improvement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 26, 2017