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Microsoft's new CEO has taken the first steps in creating his new regime. According to reports, Mark Penn will become chief strategy officer with Tami Reller and Tony Bates leaving the company and Chris Capossela taking over marketing.
03/03/2014
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News
Microsoft outlined some themes to expect at its SharePoint Conference, which is kicking off this week.
03/03/2014
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Backup and recovery vendor Acronis rebrands itself as it rolls out a new product suite targeted at combined physical, virtual and cloud environments.
03/03/2014
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System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager now enables virtual deployments, backs up Linux VMs, offers cloud backup to Windows Azure and supports SQL Server clusters. How does it fit in your infrastructure with other third-party data protection tools?
02/28/2014
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News
Microsoft currently has more than 10,000 Windows Intune customers, according to VP Brad Anderson.
02/27/2014
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News
Microsoft provided a few technical details today about its upcoming OneDrive for Business releases.
02/27/2014
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Here's what you need to know about distributed transaction and when you should use one.
02/27/2014
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Security Advisor
Microsoft announced the availability of EMET 5.0 Technical Preview at this week's RSA Conference.
02/27/2014
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News
Microsoft has implemented the S/MIME e-mail security standard across its hosted and server-based Exchange products, the company announced this month.
02/26/2014
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News
According to ICD's latest smartphone market projections, the Windows Phone platform will have the fastest-growing market share over the next four years.
02/26/2014
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News
Organizations mostly expect to save on travel, teleconferencing and meeting expenses by adopting Microsoft's Lync unified communications solution, according to a recent survey conducted on behalf of Dell.
02/26/2014
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In-Depth
In wake of last year's revelations of government surveillance, IT can protect files from prying eyes. When it comes to encryption, you're better protected when you hold the keys.
02/26/2014
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As a result, IBM has added Windows Phone support to its mobile device management platform.
02/26/2014
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News
Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 last week with little or no publicity.
02/25/2014
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News
Microsoft's Devices and Studios Group Head Julie Larson-Green will move to a different division at the company once former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rejoins Microsoft.
02/25/2014
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Spike walks you through how to first find and use the the Document Workspace feature in SharePoint 2013.
02/25/2014
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The new release of the company's systems management service gains improved policy control and eased administration.
02/24/2014
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News
Microsoft plans to release updates to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 sometime this spring.
02/24/2014
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News
Microsoft announced that a number of new partners, including Foxconn, are joining the Windows Phone hardware scene.
02/24/2014
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Windows Insider
The widespread popularity and pervasiveness of Windows XP for means IT shops looking to upgrade before the end of support has a daunting task in front of them.
02/24/2014
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On the heels of announcing new hardware partners at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft reportedly might reduce the fees manufacturers pay to license Windows on low-priced tablets by 70 percent.
02/24/2014
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News
Microsoft announced a bunch of Windows Azure management improvements on Thursday.
02/21/2014
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Microsoft's new CEO acknowledges he requested company founder to step in but is also ready to push back.
02/21/2014
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Following acquisition of Idera’s SharePoint tools business, Metalogix claims it can better protect Microsoft’s collaboration platform than traditional back and recovery vendors.
02/21/2014
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News
Microsoft has changed the name of its Office Web Apps.
02/20/2014
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News
An Office 365 service that lets IT pros set the conditions for message encryption is now commercially available.
02/20/2014
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While Brien Posey was initially rooting for an outsider for the Microsoft CEO position, here's why he thinks Nadella is a perfect fit at Redmond.
02/20/2014
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News
Not all Windows XP operating systems will become security risks after April 8.
02/19/2014
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News
Microsoft gave assurances this week that it isn't abandoning Service Manager as part of its System Center management suite.
02/19/2014
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The replacement for Microsoft's cloud storage service is now available but it requires some manual intervention and Windows 8 users will have to wait.
02/19/2014
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News
Microsoft has simplified the Yammer log-in process for users of its Office 365 solutions.
02/18/2014
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News
Microsoft declared the start of a new era of communications during today's keynote at the second annual Microsoft Lync Conference.
02/18/2014
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News
Windows Azure-hosted Dynamics CRM services and a new release of Dynamics CRM Online is scheduled to be launched by Microsoft this year.
02/18/2014
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News
Microsoft marked the release of its Power BI for Office 365 last week with a live demo at the annual Strata Conference in San Jose, Calif.
02/18/2014
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News
Microsoft let it be known this week that Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2012 will be coming "later this year."
02/14/2014
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Cloud storage providers' data retention policies and limited Internet access overseas could provide a headache for those with data not stored on site.
02/14/2014
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Security Advisor
Those that have upgraded to the latest version of Microsoft's Web browser (Internet Explorer 11) are not at risk for attack.
02/14/2014
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One of the largest air carrier's IT director explains the decision to equip staff with Surface RT 8.1 tablets and Windows Phones, and admits the concern over Windows' future.
02/14/2014
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News
Microsoft announced improvements to its Exchange Online Protection service this week.
02/13/2014
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News
Partnership could make Chromebooks an upgrade consideration for organizations.
02/13/2014
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Reseller denies its decision was based on Microsoft's payout reductions.
02/13/2014
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The latest mobile market share report from IDC and Gartner shows modest gains for Windows Phone but Android is becoming the dominant platform.
02/13/2014
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Microsoft added multifactor authentication support to its Office 365 solutions this week.
02/12/2014
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After demoing Java-based Hydrogen release at last week's inaugural summit, Microsoft explains why it's investing so heavily in this open source project backed by the Linux Foundation.
02/12/2014
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Random Access
With many options for those looking to protect enterprise data, here are some of the top methods and why they may or may not be right for you.
02/12/2014
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News
HP plans to do away with providing some free firmware updates and service packs to its ProLiant Server customers, starting on Feb. 19.
02/11/2014
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News
Dell today announced hardware product support for Microsoft's "storage spaces" feature of Windows Server 2012 R2.
02/11/2014
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News
As Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia continues to move forward, the smartphone maker is reportedly planning to release an Android-based smartphone later this month.
02/11/2014
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Security Advisor
Microsoft's monthly patch includes four 'critical' and three 'important' fixes that address a total of 32 vulnerabilities.
02/11/2014
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News
IT pros can't rely on past upgrade strategies when considering Windows 8.1, according to Gartner Inc.
02/10/2014