Microsoft has released a new Mac client of its Skype for Business service, as well as announced updates to iOS and Android clients.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 31, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dynamics Marketing, a core component of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM Online product, will be phased out next month to make room for a new marketing app that's part of the upcoming Dynamics 365 solution.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 28, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week announced several enhancements coming to its Power BI product, including the ability for IT to assign the role of a Power BI service administrator to specific personnel.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 28, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's newest enterprise integration server, BizTalk Server 2016, became generally available on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 27, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next generation of computing will be marked by advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and old-guard tech companies like Microsoft and IBM are vying to establish their place in it.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
- October 27, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next major Windows 10 update, previously known by its codename "Redstone 2," will launch next spring as the "Windows 10 Creators Update." 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 26, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 Essentials product is now generally available (GA), the company said Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 26, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google has expanded its datacenter service offerings to include Windows Server 2016 instances, the search giant announced Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 25, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently unveiled a new Managed Solutions Gallery for SharePoint Server that's designed to assure users that code for SharePoint applications is trusted.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 24, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle has ushered in the next generation of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) portfolio with the launch of its its new Bare Metal Cloud Services.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- October 24, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mark Kashman, a senior product manager on Microsoft's SharePoint team, shared more details of Microsoft's plans for SharePoint and OneDrive for Business this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 21, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft beat analyst estimates in its first quarter earnings report released Thursday, and saw its stock price surge in after-hours trading.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Longtime collaborators Microsoft and SAP deepened their partnership this week with the news that SAP's cloud-based human resources software will run on the Azure public cloud.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations can now link their Facebook pages to Microsoft's new scheduling service called Bookings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware is enabling support for Microsoft's Skype for Business product in its Horizon 7 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, the company said this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The first fruits of Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC will comprise a new platform that combines its existing endpoint security offerings with those from EMC and its RSA and VMware AirWatch businesses. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 19, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week took turns touting their respective clouds' footprints and public sector credentials, often at each other's expense.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More known for its PC, laptop and server products, Lenovo is making inroads in the digital workspace market dominated by Citrix and VMware.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Yammer enterprise social networking service will get reporting and auditing capabilities beginning in November.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an announcement that top company executives described as "industry-shaping," Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware on Thursday unveiled a joint hybrid cloud service dubbed "VMware Cloud on AWS."
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- October 14, 2016