A list of top priorities for IT in the new year, including Windows 10 migrations, ID and access management, encryption, office politics, and DevOps.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/11/2016
Microsoft's new "Cloud Search Service Application" technology, timed for the release of SharePoint Server 2016, promises to bring a greatly improved SharePoint search experience for organizations.
Microsoft readies new component to its public cloud service that will enable applications requiring massive scalability.
Microsoft is shifting to an operational focus and creating a security graph to help address the alarming new threat landscape and the rise of cloud computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/05/2016
By reeling in EMC for $67 billion, Dell is attempting the largest IT acquisition ever. The deal has huge potential, but is fraught with risk and uncertainty.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/07/2015
Our breakdown of the new Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book will help you decide if either or both should be on your wish lists.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/30/2015
MVP Matthew McDermott talks SharePoint, Office 365 and the evolving hybrid option for organizations.
At this year's Live! 360 conference, Microsoft's Jay Schmelzer, discussed the benefits of building Windows apps with the .NET platform.
A successful move to DevOps requires several key changes, according to Live! 360 conference keynoters Don Jones and Brian Randell.
Exchange Server 2016 looks more like Office 365 edition with a simplified architecture and a more powerful and improved data loss protection, archiving and search.
Microsoft is focusing on compliance, file sharing, search, hybrid cloud and an improved UX with its next release. How many blades will prevail?
- By Maggie Swearingen
- 11/06/2015
Brien Posey shows how to configure Microsoft's tool for auto discovery and the management of IP addresses, which can improve administration of Group Policies.
The next version of the Microsoft flagship database promises to add dynamic extensions to Azure and real time links between structured and unstructured data.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 11/04/2015
Despite questions about the future of SharePoint Server, the technical preview of the next release shows improved compliance and file sharing, a new Document Library and enhanced search capabilities, among other new features.
Imation execs discuss Windows To Go portable desktops as enabled by Windows 10.
The company that made server virtualization popular is now targeting DevOps with cloud-native containers built on vSphere.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/07/2015
Microsoft turned to startup Unify Square when it needed help managing its Lync unified communications solution.
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