Microsoft experts on Windows and Azure responded to a few questions post-Build about how the company has been simplifying the developer experience, from spinning up containers to tapping microservices.
There was no shortage of news at Microsoft's recent developer confab. Here are some more nuggets you might have missed, from improvements around mobile to the latest Fluent Design updates, and more.
- By Adam Bertram
- 05/14/2018
The cloud solves a lot of traditional Windows network problems, but printing isn't one of them. And while the market offers some solutions, each one comes with its own baggage.
- By Adam Bertram
- 04/04/2018
The goal of IT infrastructure and application monitoring solutions must be more than to provide insight into IT operations. Here's what to look for.
This command will help you to adhere to best practices when it comes to creating clear, concise code.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/28/2017
Using PowerShell, finding infected files can take just a few minutes to complete.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/21/2017
Now that Microsoft's new hybrid cloud appliances bring Azure functionality on-premises and to services providers, here's what you need to know.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/08/2017
Microsoft's new Advanced Threat Analytics 1.8 applies the company's latest advances in AI and machine learning to protect against ransomware and other malicious activity.
UX features introduced with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update include Microsoft's new Fluent Design, mixed reality, Android Launcher, and a video editing tool, plus mobile and multiplatform versions of Edge.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/06/2017
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was the first to invite <i>Redmond</i> magazine to test-drive Microsoft's new flagship hybrid cloud platform.
- By Paul Ferrill
- 12/05/2017
Microsoft has touted how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are solving many problems. Now Redmond and IT security providers are applying AI in cyberthreat detection.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/04/2017
In his first book as CEO, Satya Nadella reveals much about what motivates him as a leader, and how he wants to use Microsoft's existing strengths to vault to new heights.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/27/2017
Microsoft outlined what it leaned with VSTS and provided some DevOp tips and tricks to the audience at this year's Live! 360.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/16/2017
A refreshed technology portfolio and roadmap revealed at Ignite suggests Satya Nadella's hybrid cloud, modern workspace management and intelligent communications vision is blooming.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/15/2017
Many large enterprises are modernizing their businesses with Cloud Foundry, a PaaS environment that's become popular for DevOps, multi-platform runtimes, back-end services and multi-cloud configurations. Here's how it works.
- By Michael Otey
- 11/13/2017
The new service aims to make Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) more appealing than ever.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/07/2017
Microsoft recently announced a new on-premises SharePoint server release set for preview next year, but most of the details are a mystery. Microsoft MVP and SharePoint architect Oliver Wirkus shares what he hopes and expects are planned.
- By Oliver Wirkus
- 11/06/2017
Microsoft's Michael Niehaus and Nathan Mercer field some questions on the status of Windows and highlight some of the new tech coming to the latest version of the OS.
Admins should benefit from the recent integration of Intune with the Azure portal and support for conditional access, but should prepare to encounter some migration issues.
Now that using multiple devices, apps and OSes is ubiquitous in the workplace, new unified endpoint management tools are introducing a common approach to configuration, security and administration.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/10/2017