Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 introduces major changes to Active Directory including LDAP v3 authentication via AD FS and sign-on support using biometrics, OpenIDConnect and OAuth.
How to link Active Directory on-premises with Microsoft Azure AD using Redmond's new connector.
- By John O'Neill Sr.
- 10/02/2015
Microsoft wants to bring Active Directory users to Azure AD, but rivals vie to manage enterprise user authentication in the cloud age with alternative offerings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/29/2015
Expert James Staten explains why some organizations using cloud services may benefit from private Internet connections.
The second Technical Preview of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 provided us with the first glimpse of Microsoft's scaled-down Windows Server deployment.
A leopard can't change its spots, but Microsoft's embrace of open source looks to prove otherwise. Critics in the community have their doubts, but business realities are changing the climate in Redmond.
- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
- 08/28/2015
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