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Microsoft Previews Project Brainwave Hardware for 'Real-Time' AI

Microsoft announced the preview of Project Brainwave, "programmable hardware" that sits on Intel's FPGA chips and is designed to help "greatly speed up" AI calculations.

Microsoft To Turn On Free One-Year Teams Trials on June 1

Microsoft gave notice last week that it will enable end users to initiate a free one-year trial of Microsoft Teams, and these free trials can be triggered by both Office 365 subscribers and non-Office 365 subscribers, starting on June 1.

Microsoft's Custom Functions for Excel Preview Adds AI and 'Service-Connected Code' Capability

Microsoft provided an update during this week's Build Conference event for developers regarding custom functions for Excel and related capabilities.

Azure Confidential Computing Project Getting Added Partner Support

Microsoft this week offered a progress report on its Azure confidential computing project, mostly highlighting its partner efforts.

Windows 10 Version 1803 Available on Volume Licensing Portal

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Windows 10 version 1803, also known as the "April 2018 Update," is available from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.

Red Hat Bringing OpenShift Container Orchestration to Microsoft Azure

Red Hat and Microsoft offered a progress report on their collaboration efforts this week and promised to deliver a preview of Red Hat OpenShift on Azure "in the coming months."

Microsoft Readying Kubernetes on Azure with New Developer Perks

Microsoft announced during this week's Build Conference that its Azure Kubernetes Service, formerly known as "managed Kubernetes on Azure," will reach general availability status "in the next few weeks."

Developers Getting More Support for Microsoft Teams

A number of developer enhancements are coming soon in preview to Microsoft Teams, according to a Monday announcement coinciding with the Microsoft Build developer event.

At Build 2018, Microsoft Goes All-In on AI

Artificial intelligence and machine learning took center stage at the Microsoft Build 2018 conference in Seattle on Monday.

Windows 10 IoT Gets Dev and OEM Perks with April 2018 Update

The Windows 10 IoT April 2018 Update was released earlier this week, with Microsoft promising that it'll make edge devices "more powerful."

Microsoft Previews SDK for Windows Admin Center, Releases RSAT and Command Documentation

The Windows Admin Center's software development kit is now available as a preview, Microsoft announced on Thursday.

SharePoint Online and OneDrive Getting Multiple Improvements This Month

The improvements include a number of items specific for IT pros with regard to managing security, storage limits and site migrations.

Microsoft Outlines April Office 365 Improvements

Microsoft is blurring the lines of its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 messaging with its April product update announcements, which were quite plentiful.

How To Get Windows 10 April Update Version 1803

The Windows 10 April 2018 Update was officially released on Monday, but getting it can be somewhat nuanced.

Office 2019 Commercial Preview Now Available

The Office 2019 "commercial preview" for Windows 10 is available as of today, according to a Microsoft announcement.

Windows 10 Spring Update Arriving on April 30

Microsoft's next semiannual channel release of the Windows 10 client is bringing new operating system features and will be available starting on Monday, April 30.

Microsoft Updating OneDrive Sharing for Android, iOS and Office for Mac Users

Microsoft is bringing its OneDrive file-sharing and collaboration capabilities seen with Windows desktop and Web applications to Office for Mac, as well as to Android and iOS mobile applications.

Azure Container Instances Now Commercially Launched

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" of Azure Container Instances, a serverless runtime that's designed to make it easier for developers to spin up containers on Microsoft's public datacenter infrastructure.

Windows Server 2019 Preview Build 17650 Released

Windows Insider Program testers got a new preview build of Windows Server 2019 this week.

SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 Now Available

Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 on Tuesday.

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