Microsoft is delivering two new features to its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection solution: "URL Detonation" and "Dynamic Delivery."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 26, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 365 subscribers saw several new improvements from Microsoft this month. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 25, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Commercial Office 365 subscribers can now begin to access new OneDrive for Business improvements, including file synchronization and management enhancements, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 25, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The forthcoming Windows 10 "Creators Update" will include a new Security Center feature, Microsoft said this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 24, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has named Kevin Scott, senior vice president of engineering at LinkedIn, to the newly created position of Microsoft chief technology officer (CTO).
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 24, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    LANDesk and Heat Software have merged into a company called Ivanti that aims to provide a broad suite of cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solutions focused on endpoint configuration, security and reporting.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 24, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's FastTrack program, which is aimed at increasing business adoption of the company's various cloud products, is now available to facilitate Windows 10 and Dynamics 365 migrations.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 23, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations using Microsoft's Power BI service are now able to take advantage of enhanced Azure Active Directory reporting features.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 23, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A preview of a new conditional access capability for Microsoft SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business users is now rolling out to "first release" testers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 20, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has rolled out another benefit for organizations participating in its pay-as-you-go Windows 10 program: free upgrades to Windows 10 for older PCs.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 19, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At this week's National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, Microsoft pitched its Azure blockchain-as-a-service technology as a way to help retailers streamline their supply chain operations.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 19, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Administrators managing PC updates and network bandwidth issues could run into some snags when using Microsoft's Windows 10 update services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 18, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As part of its effort to democratize 3-D technologies, Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Simplygon, a provider of 3-D solutions based in Sweden.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 17, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is changing the way it delivers Windows security updates to organizations starting next month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 17, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Friday announced its agreement to acquire Maluuba, a Montreal-based startup that Microsoft says has one of the world's most advanced natural language research labs.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 13, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Hello, Microsoft's password-less identification verification system, is being supported by a growing list of Microsoft partners that are building compatible hardware.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 13, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The worldwide rollout of Microsoft's new Office 365 StaffHub scheduling service began on Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 12, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last year's holiday shopping season wasn't enough to stave off the worldwide PC market's years-long slump, according to recent data from research firms IDC and Gartner Inc.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 12, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued "Release Candidate 0" of its SharePoint Framework for developers on Monday, meaning the solution is in its final testing phases before becoming generally available.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 12, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting next month, Microsoft will direct first-time buyers of its Azure services to Microsoft partners enrolled in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 11, 2017