Microsoft is planning to bump up its service-level agreement (SLA) uptime assurance for users of the Azure Active Directory service to "four nines" per month, or 99.99 percent, starting on April 1.
Microsoft is planning to turn on a one-time passcode feature in March that will grant temporary network access to business collaborators for organizations that use the Azure Active Directory B2B service.
Microsoft described security measures for IT pros to consider in the wake of the SolarWinds Orion-based software attack.
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Microsoft this week announced a preview of a user name and password autofill capability in the Microsoft Authenticator app.
Microsoft 365 applications can now run on Mac machines using Apple's M1 system-on-chip technology, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive this week for federal agencies using SolarWinds Orion management software, which has been compromised in a sophisticated attack.
Microsoft recently announced that it has released Azure Stack HCI, in conjunction with hardware partners, at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
Microsoft this week announced a preview of PowerShell Crescendo, a new module for PowerShell that aims to wrap so-called "native" utility applications via the familiar verb-noun syntax used in PowerShell cmdlets.
Microsoft recently described SharePoint Online intranet-adoption growth stats, as well as new and notable features, and it outlined potentially breaking changes for users of "classic" search.
Microsoft this week announced that its Azure Digital Twins service has reached the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
Microsoft on Tuesday released its December security bundle of software fixes, consisting of just 58 patches, according to the counts of security researchers.
Microsoft is suspending the delivery of the Windows 10 Team 2020 Update for Surface Hub 2S conference devices via the Windows Update service due to problems.
Microsoft recently provided an update on new and coming devices for making Microsoft Teams conference calls, and also described some coming Teams Calling features.
Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Purview, a new data governance solution, as well as the "general availability" commercial release of Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Synapse Studio.
Salesforce on Tuesday announced the purchase of collaboration software-maker Slack for an estimated $27.7 billion.
The Microsoft 365 Admin Center, used for setting up and managing various Microsoft services, is getting a more lightweight interface designed for "very small businesses," according to a Tuesday Microsoft announcement.
Microsoft announced a new SharePoint Success Site template for SharePoint Online intranet users on Tuesday, adding another tool to better steer site creators.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is removing the ability to show user names from its newly released Productivity Score product.