While Office 365 does a good job at blocking most incoming spam e-mails, improvements can be made by users to increase its efficiency.
The company is not only expanding its datacenters to meet growing individual demand, but to meet the computing burden of new and emerging technologies.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/11/2017
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the Windows Store, Microsoft's modern app approach has just not paid off.
By modifying Microsoft's provided Powershell patching code, applying updates to multiple Nano Servers can be simplified.
Microsoft is approaching an interesting and potentially difficult inflection point with Windows.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 05/01/2017
Microsoft's s secure option for accessing your desktop when working remotely only takes a few minutes (and a 32GB flash drive) to get up and running.
With the rollback of FCC regulations, ISPs can now do what they want with your information.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/27/2017
If you're unable to join the Office Insider program due to the version of Office 365 you are on, there's another option for being one of the first to get the latest Office updates.
While there are many methods for applying patches, going through PowerShell is the most straightforward way to get the job done.
While millennials in the workforce should flock to the new service, raised governance issues might sink it in the end.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/10/2017
If you ask people who aren’t IT pros what they know about Microsoft, they’ll probably start by mentioning Windows.
When Microsoft introduced its bot platform and started talking up "Conversation as a Service" last year at Build, it was the birth of the company’s bot-mania.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 03/31/2017
With so many different tools and apps falling under the Office 365 umbrella, Microsoft's next step should be unifying them under one pane of glass.
If you're in Office 365's Deferred Channel, added features won't arrive on release. Here's how to change that.
The company is spearheading an industry wide initiative tasked with the development of the datacenter of the future.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/23/2017
From the stigma of subscription services to the growth of free online alternatives, the decline in new customers coming to Office 365 in 2016 has many possible explanations.
As we increase our defenses against ransomware, attackers are shifting their scamming methods.
The $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn is by far Microsoft’s largest acquisition ever. Yet it remains to be seen what they’ll deliver as a single company.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 03/09/2017
As Microsoft readies next month’s expected release of the Windows 10 Creators Update, the company is hoping its effort to make it more visual, immersive and interactive than anything available brings newfound demand for the OS.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/08/2017
With major updates for Windows 10 coming at an accelerated rate, IT will have to adjust how they stay on top of keeping systems current.