Microsoft recently highlighted some tools that IT pros can use to detect if Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) is being used in a network.
The Azure Portal now includes Azure Active Directory capabilities at the "general availability" stage.
Microsoft this week announced new Azure Active Directory Business-to-Consumer previews, a new library for developers and some associated Microsoft Flow tools.
A large ransomware outbreak affecting some Windows systems is in effect today, with a report from the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center estimating 45,000 attacks in 74 countries.
Microsoft clarified earlier this month that it really wants developers to use Microsoft Graph over Azure Active Directory Graph, going forward.
Microsoft announced the next major update to Windows 10, arriving sometime this fall, on the second day of the company's Build developer conference in Seattle, Wash.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/11/2017
Microsoft plans to launch a Windows Insider Program for Windows Server 2016 users, starting this summer.
Microsoft has increased the maximum URL path length for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business subscribers.
Microsoft highlighted its new Azure MySQL and PostgreSQL databases at this year's annual developer conference.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 05/10/2017
A few noteworthy details emerged from Microsoft's Windows-as-a-service Q&A session last week.
While Windows 10 Creators Update primarily aims to please professionals and content creators, it also ratchets forward the Universal Windows Platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/08/2017
Organizations may be starting to plan their operating system migrations to Windows 10, beginning this year.
Microsoft on Thursday enumerated browser management policies of benefit to IT pros that are available with Windows 10 version 1703, the "creators update."
By modifying Microsoft's provided Powershell patching code, applying updates to multiple Nano Servers can be simplified.
Microsoft is approaching an interesting and potentially difficult inflection point with Windows.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 05/01/2017