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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is buttressing Windows 10's privacy capabilities with the addition of two new features due to arrive in this spring's "Creators Update."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 11, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest test release of Windows 10, dubbed build 15002, is packed with several noteworthy capabilities.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 10, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SharePoint Online subscribers should see a new capability that integrates SharePoint Team Sites with Office 365 Groups by the end of January, Microsoft said this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 10, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Delivering on its promise last year to deepen integration with Microsoft technologies, Citrix on Monday took the wraps off XenDesktop Essentials, its new Windows 10 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering for the Microsoft Azure public cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 09, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The 2007 versions of Exchange Server and SharePoint Server are set to hit their end-of-life milestones this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 04, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Security and Microsoft are enabling multifactor authentication via biometrics with the integration of the former's True Key password manager and the latter's Windows Hello.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 20, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new "OneDrive Admin Center" Web portal, designed for IT pros who manage OneDrive for Business cloud-based storage and sharing implementations, is now available in preview.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 19, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Future versions of Windows 10 will give users the means to block the Flash browser plug-in, Microsoft said this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 16, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A security breach at Yahoo has exposed the "more than one billion user accounts," the company disclosed this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 15, 2016