Microsoft is planning a new, "clearer" version of its Get Windows 10 (GWX) application, the company said this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 28, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft partners must answer some hard questions to determine which of Microsoft's CSP offerings fits their model best.
                    
			            - By M.S.  Partner
- June 28, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has paid out $10,000 after losing a lawsuit blaming unauthorized Windows 10 upgrades for disrupting a California business.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 27, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) public clouds are now certified to run highly sensitive workloads from government agencies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 27, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new security service for Microsoft's Azure platform will hit preview next month and become generally available later this year, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 22, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week unveiled the first mobile platform release of its new SharePoint client experience, marketed as "your intranet in your pocket." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 21, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft solution provider Nutanix has joined Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in delivering solutions based on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform System (CPS).
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 17, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The future of computing will involve some combination of public clouds, private clouds or hosting facilities managed by third parties. Whatever the deployment type, there's a role for partners.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 15, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently took the wraps off its new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) F-Series, aimed at organizations running "gaming servers, Web servers and batch processing." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 15, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's new Azure Active Directory (AD) Enterprise State Roaming service for Windows 10 clients became generally available on Wednesday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 10, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting this month, Office 365 commercial subscribers will begin receiving user experience improvements in SharePoint Online via Microsoft's "modern document libraries." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 09, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has launched a new Web site to help independent software developers (ISVs) broadcast their applications' compatibility with Windows 10.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 09, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft partners are evaluating whether the Windows Server 2016 generation Azure Stack improves enough upon the Windows Server 2012-era Windows Azure Pack to meet customers' demands for private or hybrid cloud solutions.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gets an average of 70,000 requests a year from governments worldwide that are seeking information about Microsoft's business and consumer customers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has long favored its licensing partners -- until now. The upcoming retirement of a dozen MPN competencies, including Volume Licensing, marks a turning point in how Microsoft does business through the channel.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- June 06, 2016