Organizations considering the use of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory services need to examine some complex scenarios that involve user management, authentication and on-premises app support.
While both will get the job done, one is better suited for those doing some heavy duty content management.
Organizations may want to avoid Microsoft's OneDrive for Business for now.
SharePoint deployment decisions depend on the business case, and there are lots of factors to weigh.
Here's how to avoid the most common pitfalls when moving to Office 365.
Windows 10, Skype and OneDrive are three critical components of Microsoft's drive to be at the center of individual and group productivity.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/12/2015
How OneDrive for Business can be your file share for SharePoint and Office 365.
- By Nikkia Carter
- 08/06/2015
As a director for enterprise platform evangelism at Microsoft, Patrick Chanezon played a key role in working with ecosystem partners on Docker integration until the container vendor's founder lured him away.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/04/2015
The second technical preview of Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 might not look much different than the first but it has some important new features.
Redmond's decades-long quest to become a force in universal communications begins its latest chapter with the integration of Lync and Skype.
- By Maggie Swearingen
- 07/28/2015
Laplink's CEO this month described how Windows 10 migrations can be eased using the company's tools.
Microsoft pushes the envelope on self-service business intelligence with the first major upgrade of Power BI, equipped with data access tools that extend the limits of Excel and traditional data sources.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 07/24/2015
Microsoft is building a stronger bridge between Windows Server and Microsoft Azure, but it'll also manage AWS, VMware and OpenStack infrastructure and services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/26/2015
Microsoft is set to end support for the aging server OS in July, but this migration process should ease the move.
- By John O'Neill Sr.
- 06/24/2015
Microsoft has a plan for unifying all your desktop, mobile and even sundry device applications onto a single target with the new Universal Windows Platform.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/08/2015
Cloud and mobility provides wider desktop virtualization options. Citrix and VMware remain the leaders, but Microsoft and others gain ground.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/04/2015
SQL 2016 has a number of major enhancements which will help whether or not you are implementing on-prem, in Azure or in a hybrid model.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 06/03/2015
RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream.
As passwords become more ineffective, Microsoft is betting Windows 10 will up the ante on security Windows Hello and Passport, which aim to bring biometric authentication to the mainstream.
Does Microsoft's Windows Hello biometric login system avoid the security pitfalls that plague traditional passwords?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/19/2015