Microsoft warned this week in a Twitter post that its August security updates won't install for users of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 if those operating system lack certain March updates.
A Microsoft Teams Rooms update now lets organizations use images of physical whiteboards as a dynamic space for videoconferencing communications, although it's at the preview stage and may require having a new camera.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it now offers the Azure Ultra Disk solid-state drive (SSD) storage service commercially, or at the "general availability" stage, in a few Azure regions.
Microsoft's August security updates address about 93 common vulnerabilities and exposures, several of which are associated with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Microsoft indicated recently that "BlueKeep" exploit code for Windows systems is now "widely available" for use by attackers.
London-based IT Lab Group announced late last month that it's now an authorized partner for the Microsoft Managed Desktop service.
Concerns about ethics and security aside, spending around machine learning is poised to grow sharply over the next five years.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/06/2019
Microsoft has announced a preview of a new service that gives organizations access to unshared or "dedicated" Azure hardware infrastructure for hosting their workloads on Azure virtual machines.
Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the "Business Critical" tier.
Microsoft is planning to end its Skype for Business Online service on July 31, 2021, encouraging customers to use the Microsoft Teams service instead.
Microsoft on Monday announced the acquisition of BlueTalon, a provider of data governance and compliance solutions.
Microsoft this week announced the availability of a service availability notifications preview for some Power BI subscribers, as well as coming general Power BI user experience changes.
Microsoft on Wednesday "accidentally released" Windows 10 build 18947 to a "limited number of Windows Insiders."
In a linguistic simplification of sorts, Microsoft has jettisoned the object of the preposition, as well as the preposition itself and even the article of the preposition, from its formerly known "Office on the Web" product branding.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service now works with applications that use the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 for user authentications.
Microsoft plans to ease the Office 365 app installation experience for end users, starting as early as next month, for organizations using some monthly subscription plans, according to a Monday announcement.
A $1 billion investment from Microsoft promises to turbocharge the efforts of research outfit OpenAI around artificial general intelligence (AGI).
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/22/2019
Remote Desktop Protocol is an easy-to-find and popular target for remote attackers, according to a recent study conducted by Sophos.
Microsoft has enabled its Azure Monitor for Containers management product to get data from the open source Prometheus monitoring solution.
Microsoft on Thursday announced a "private preview" of a new groups expiration behavior that relies on user activity as a safeguard against inadvertent group deletion.