Suppliers of mobile device management and Active Directory management tools have various levels of support for the new Microsoft Workplace Join feature.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/02/2015
The new Microsoft Remote Desktop Application as a Service is now available and takes traditional RDP to a new level.
The latest generation of Intel chips fills out top-of-the-line portables from most of the major PC manufacturers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/29/2015
A key new feature in the pending Microsoft Office 365 revamp, Delve will let users discover and share information with colleagues.
- By Maggie Swearingen
- 01/09/2015
Here's what to expect from Microsoft this year
Microsoft last year called the cloud productivity suite its "most strategic development platform." In 2015, IT will find out exactly what that means with an ambitious rollout of APIs, SDKs, features and initiatives for Office 365.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/05/2015
It was a breakout year for Microsoft Azure, and IT pros with skills in the company's cloud technology are the highest earners in the 19th annual Redmond Salary Survey.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/17/2014
The replication feature Microsoft introduced in Windows Server 2012 provides business continuity. Though no substitute for failover clustering, it's an affordable option.
There's no shortage of software, hardware and cloud providers adding Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) if Hyper-V Replica isn't enough for your requirements.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/05/2014
Microsoft has made a big bet this year that DRaaS will be a killer application for its Cloud OS and Azure service. Numerous players are making similar gambits.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/04/2014
Hyper-V virtual machine protection in a private cloud or the Azure cloud is simplified with the new replication and recovery service.
What your organization can do to get cloud usage under some semblance of control and even turn issues into assets.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/04/2014
Cloud usage is rising and so are the number of threats to the security and privacy of your organization's information.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/28/2014
The growth of employee-owned devices and use of cloud services requires advanced protection. Here are six new and emerging products worth considering.
The open source lightweight Docker runtime environment for Linux could someday supersede the traditional virtual machine. Among its many supporters is Microsoft, which just announced a deep partnership with Docker Inc. to bring containers to the next version of Windows Server.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/27/2014
Before making the jump, here are some points to consider.
- By Rick Vanover
- 10/16/2014
Microsoft's release of the first Windows 10 Technical Preview this week shows signs that the company's effort to unify the fragmented OS for PCs, tablets and phones delivered with Windows 8.x is coming to life, but not yet an exponential leap forward.
Vendor consolidation is leading IT pros to favor fewer players, according to this year's annual Redmond Third-Party Reader's Choice Awards.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/02/2014
As enterprise IT pros face a business imperative to support the management and analysis of Big Data, Microsoft has embraced the call with the latest evolution of SQL Server, support for NoSQL and Hadoop. The changes promise to alter the role of the traditional DBA.
Is the new feature an IT game changer or an unnecessary headache?
- By Rick Vanover
- 09/19/2014