Microsoft quietly extended the life of its Skype for Business app for Windows Phone devices by about a year and a half, while its Teams app was given a five-month reprieve.
Microsoft talked extensively this week about Windows 10 version 1803 and how it can help IT pros with so-called "modern management" capabilities.
Intel Corp. and Microsoft on Monday disclosed two additional speculative execution side-channel attack methods, potentially affecting the security of most processors in computers of all types.
Microsoft on Monday described its SharePoint vision, new features and coming attractions, kicking off this week's SharePoint North America event.
Microsoft this week announced SQL Advanced Threat Protection, which is described as "a new security package" for Azure SQL Database users.
Microsoft announced a number of improvements to Azure Active Directory this month.
Microsoft announced this week that it's possible to preview its Direct Routing telephony connectivity option for use with Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft on Tuesday described the Surface Hub 2, its next video-conferencing and whiteboarding big-screen touch device for meeting rooms.
Microsoft delivered some SharePoint Framework news at its Build developer conference last week.
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 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 provided an update during this week's Build Conference event for developers regarding custom functions for Excel and related capabilities.
Microsoft this week offered a progress report on its Azure confidential computing project, mostly highlighting its partner efforts.
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 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 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."
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.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning took center stage at the Microsoft Build 2018 conference in Seattle on Monday.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/07/2018
The Windows 10 IoT April 2018 Update was released earlier this week, with Microsoft promising that it'll make edge devices "more powerful."
The Windows Admin Center's software development kit is now available as a preview, Microsoft announced on Thursday.