Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud services provider by a considerable margin, but Microsoft Azure is leading the small pack that's chasing it, according to recent data from Synergy Research Group.
- By David Ramel
- August 02, 2016
SwiftKey, the keyboard-typing prediction service that Microsoft is in the process of acquiring, is facing scrutiny due to a potential privacy problem.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 02, 2016
Microsoft recently shared more details about the changes coming to Windows 10 with the release of the "anniversary update" on Aug. 2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2016
Support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is now included in Microsoft's emerging Server Management Tools (SMT) suite, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2016
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new identity and access management service for organizations that develop customer-facing applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2016
Microsoft has added a new "Lists" feature to its SharePoint Online product, which it is redesigning to be more user-friendly.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 26, 2016
A new Microsoft upgrade-planning tool called "Upgrade Analytics" has been released to public preview, promising support for organizations considering a move to Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 25, 2016
Besides unveiling the final release versions of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016, Microsoft says it plans to use its upcoming Ignite conference to showcase the new SharePoint Framework that was announced May with the general availability of SharePoint 2016.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 22, 2016
Windows 10 has come under fire in France over concerns that the operating system doesn't comply with the country's data privacy laws.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2016
Microsoft's Azure Security Center, designed to protect virtual machines and other elements that a tenant may use when tapping Azure datacenter infrastructure, reached general availability on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 21, 2016
Microsoft isn't likely to hit its stated goal of putting Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by its fiscal 2018, company executives admitted recently.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 18, 2016
A ruling issued against Microsoft two years ago ordering the company to turn over the contents of e-mails stored in an offshore datacenter has been overturned by a federal appeals court.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 14, 2016
Even though it lost Microsoft's product update support one year ago, Windows Server 2003 is still in use by nearly one-fifth of organizations, according to a recent Spiceworks report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2016
The pay-as-you-go revolution is coming to Microsoft's crown jewels -- the Windows client operating system and its golden child, the Surface device line.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2016
BitTitan, Dropbox, StorageCraft, Independence IT, Infinite Ops and SkyKick are among third-party vendors updating their cloud-related tools in Toronto.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2016