Microsoft announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Peer5 with the aim of improving "large-scale live video streaming" in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft released August security updates to address 44 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in various Microsoft software products.
Microsoft is previewing early detection capabilities for spotting ransomware campaigns using its Azure Sentinel security information event management (SIEM) solution.
Microsoft this week unveiled survey results regarding IT new hires and their prospects at companies.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare's Azure API for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) is getting support for additional data types, and is now renamed as "Azure Healthcare APIs," Microsoft announced this week.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/06/2021
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it's planning to replace the OneNote for Windows 10 app with a new OneNote app.
Microsoft this week announced emerging efforts to better explain Azure virtual machine failures for customers via coming root cause analysis (RCA) reports.
Microsoft on Wednesday described a newly added capability for IT pros overseeing Windows 10 machines, permitting them to block or allow device installations via Group Policy settings.
Microsoft is expanding its participation in the Eclipse Foundation to become a Strategic Member, the company announced this week.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/04/2021
Microsoft last Friday announced the "general availability" commercial release of Windows Autopilot for use with HoloLens 2.
Ivanti on Monday announced the acquisition of risk assessment solutions company RiskSense with the aim of enhancing the Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence product.
Microsoft is now rolling out Windows 365, its newest desktop-as-as-service product, for use by organizations in production environments.
IT pros were most worried about possible increases in cybersecurity attacks with the shift toward remote work in 2020, according to a survey conducted by Netwrix.
Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Premium edition of Azure Firewall, its managed, cloud-based network security service.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/29/2021
Microsoft has published a timeline signaling an end to its semiannual channel (SAC) updates for its supported Windows Server products.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Suplari, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for assessing supply-chain spending.
Microsoft will soon make it possible to use Azure Active Directory to authenticate and authorize an application's access to Azure Relay resources.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/27/2021
Microsoft is continuing to advance its cloud-based security services with a couple of previews announced this week, plus a product release.
Kaseya announced this week that it is using a "universal decryptor key" for customers that were affected by a REvil ransomware attack reported on July 2.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to end the online Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education in the "first quarter of 2023," per a Microsoft document on the topic.