Microsoft used Nvidia's GTC conference this week to roll out a series of enterprise AI announcements spanning agent infrastructure, real-time voice interactions and next-generation GPU deployments.
Microsoft announced Thursday that its Executive Vice President of Experiences + Devices, Rajesh Jha, will retire from the company after more than 35 years.
The looming threat of AI of jobs across various sectors has not lost steam. However, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should embrace the technology rather than let it make them redundant.
Microsoft rolled out a trio of AI updates this week, spanning Microsoft 365 Copilot, Security Copilot and Microsoft Foundry.
Microsoft is asking a federal judge to temporarily block the Pentagon's decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, a move that puts one of the federal government's biggest technology contractors in opposition to a Trump administration national security action.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/11/2026
Hackers are shifting their focus from "breaking in" to "logging in," according to the inaugural Cloudflare Threat Report, released in early March.
Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday includes fixes for 83 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Office, SQL Server, Azure and .NET.
Security researchers are tracking two separate GitHub-related threat campaigns that use the platform's infrastructure in different ways -- one to deliver vishing lures through legitimate GitHub notifications, and another to push Windows users toward malware-infected downloads hosted through deceptive GitHub Pages and repositories.
Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has identified a series of phishing campaigns in which an unknown attacker used digitally signed malware masked as common workplace applications to deploy remote monitoring and management tools as persistent backdoors on targeted systems.
Microsoft marked SharePoint's 25th anniversary Monday by launching a public preview of agentic building capabilities, a redesigned user experience and expanded content governance tools -- changes the company says are designed to help organizations scale AI deployments with security built in from the start.
Microsoft has released a new research report warning that no single technology can reliably distinguish AI-generated content from authentic media, and that deepening reliance on any one method risks misleading the public.
Artificial intelligence is being embraced at a record pace, but its reach remains uneven, according to a new analysis from Microsoft's AI Economy Institute, which found that infrastructure limits and language barriers continue to shape who benefits.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/19/2026
Microsoft this week moved forward on two parallel tracks of its Windows strategy, releasing a new Windows 11 Beta Channel preview while unveiling an enterprise-focused 5G laptop management partnership with Ericsson aimed at simplifying connectivity oversight for IT departments.
Windows 11, version 26H1 will arrive exclusively on ARM-based hardware in early 2026 and is not being offered as an in-place update for existing installations, Microsoft said Tuesday.
Microsoft MVP and consultant Ben Stegink is urging IT teams to reassess how they protect Microsoft 365 data, arguing that many enterprise backup strategies have not kept pace with the service's expanding footprint, configuration complexity and evolving threat landscape.
Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday release addresses 58 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office and several other products, with six zero-day flaws highlighting the monthly release.
Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has observed threat actors actively exploiting internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances in multi-stage intrusions that led to lateral movement toward high-value assets within targeted organizations.
Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to embed OpenAI’s models directly into Snowflake’s data platform, as vendors push to turn large language models into practical tools employees can use on enterprise data.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/05/2026
Microsoft announced a leadership shake-up Wednesday that will see Hayete Gallot return to the company as executive vice president of security, replacing Charlie Bell, who is shifting into a new role focused on Microsoft’s Quality Excellence Initiative.
Microsoft issued an out-of-band security update on Jan. 26 to address CVE-2026-21509, a Microsoft Office vulnerability the company said was being actively exploited at the time of disclosure.