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Microsoft Teams Getting New Calling Capabilities

Microsoft this week advanced the calling capabilities of its Office 365 Teams collaboration service by adding more Skype for Business capabilities to it.

Microsoft Nudges Devs Toward Quantum Computing with New SDK

Quantum computing may be among the bleedingest of bleeding-edge technologies, but Microsoft is wasting no time introducing the concept to its developers with this week's release of a new Quantum Development Kit.

Microsoft Rings Out the Year with 2017's Last Update Tuesday

December 12 marked Microsoft's last "update Tuesday" for this year.

Microsoft Unified Support Bringing Increased Costs for Organizations

Microsoft's Unified Support plan will replace other Microsoft technical support plans, including Premier Support, in about six months, and likely will result in substantial price increases for organizations.

Azure Virtual Machine B-Series and M-Series Now Commercially Available

Microsoft added more options to its alphabet soup of Azure virtual machine (VM) offerings this month.

VMware Partners with Carbon Black on Datacenter Security

VMware and Carbon Black, a provider of endpoint security solutions, are working on a new security offering that aims to protect datacenters by analyzing historical application data.

Microsoft Greenlights Exchange and Skype for Business for 'Hybrid Modern Authentication'

Microsoft announced this week that "hybrid modern authentication" for Exchange and Skype for Business has reached "general availability" status, meaning the capability is ready for commercial use.

AWS Single Sign-On Launches with Active Directory Integration

A new solution from Amazon Web Services gives organizations single sign-on capabilities using Microsoft Active Directory credentials.

Report: Enterprise Security Spending To Increase in 2018

In the wake of major high-profile incidence in 2017, worldwide enterprise spending on security is poised to rise 8 percent next year, according to Gartner, Inc.

Microsoft and Partners Highlight Emerging Kubernetes on Azure Tools

Some progress on the Kubernetes on Azure front emerged from this week's KubeCon event taking place in Austin, Texas.

Microsoft Showcases Qualcomm ARM-Based Windows 10 PCs Coming Next Year

Microsoft this week announced that a couple of "always-connected" Windows 10 PCs are coming using Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM-based processors.

Microsoft Releases Whiteboard App Preview for Team Collaborations

A new Microsoft Whiteboard app was released this week as a preview, which lets teams collaborate using a "digital canvas."

Migration Support for Hyper-V VMs Added to AWS

AWS has added tools to migrate Hyper-V virtual machines to its cloud.

Microsoft Rolls Out OneDrive Sync Client Help for End Users

Microsoft this week published new OneDrive Sync Client tutorials for end users at a support page.

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Now Supports SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams

Microsoft announced today that its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection service is now commercially available for use with SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams.

Microsoft Shows How SharePoint Framework Extensions Compare with 'Classic' Custom Code

Microsoft this week detailed some of the coding nuances involved with SharePoint site customizations via the SharePoint Framework Extensions approach.

Microsoft Highlights November Office 365 Improvements

Microsoft this week described some Office 365 improvements that are coming to subscribers.

Microsoft Teams Gets Activity Dashboards and PowerShell Support

Microsoft's latest Teams development efforts have delivered some management perks for IT pros, plus end user improvements.

Microsoft Edge Apps for Android and iOS Devices Get Released

Microsoft Edge apps for Android and iOS devices are now out of preview, Microsoft announced today.

Microsoft Previews Azure Location Based Services

Microsoft this week previewed Azure Location Based Services for adding geographical information to apps.

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