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Microsoft expanded the use of add-ins for Outlook 2016 for Mac, according to an announcement today.
03/20/2017
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The Microsoft Bookings service will be getting new capabilities in a week or so, and it will be available under a couple of more Office 365 subscription plans, Microsoft announced today.
03/20/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
From the stigma of subscription services to the growth of free online alternatives, the decline in new customers coming to Office 365 in 2016 has many possible explanations.
03/20/2017
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IT pros managing Exchange Server and Exchange Online accounts via remote PowerShell now have the ability to protect those sessions with multifactor authentication.
03/17/2017
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Microsoft plans to add a new behavior this month that will affect how groups will function in Outlook for organizations using Office 365.
03/17/2017
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VMware's has rolled out the first major update to the AirWatch component of its new Workspace One digital workspace platform.
03/17/2017
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Microsoft has extended the life of Windows Server 2012, publishing new end-of-support dates.
03/16/2017
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Survey by BYU Marriott School of Management and CollabTalk seeks to identify extent by which organizations are deploying hybrid SharePoint solutions and why.
03/16/2017
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Microsoft this week announced that organizations running SharePoint Server 2013 in their datacenters now can direct user site creation requests to Office 365 services.
03/15/2017
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Undeterred by the growth of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory, Okta files IPO.
03/15/2017
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Microsoft resumed its monthly security update releases on Tuesday following a rare deferral last month.
03/14/2017
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The Microsoft Teams chat service is now commercially available worldwide for certain Office 365 business subscribers, Microsoft announced today.
03/14/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As we increase our defenses against ransomware, attackers are shifting their scamming methods.
03/14/2017
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In-Depth
The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the core Windows version.
03/14/2017
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Microsoft this week announced plans to release a preview of Microsoft Flow integrated with the "modern" SharePoint command bar.
03/13/2017
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In-Depth
While Windows 10 forces IT pros to adapt to a faster pace of change, its MDM enablement introduces new endpoint configuration and management approaches. Microsoft insists all you need is its Enterprise Mobility + Security service, but others beg to differ.
03/13/2017
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Microsoft went public 30 years ago, and its stock is up 89,000%, though most of that growth came under Bill Gates' stewardship.
03/13/2017
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Microsoft is planning the commercial release of Microsoft Teams on Tuesday, and a couple of Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals recently assessed its current state.
03/10/2017
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Microsoft's Outlook.com customer support team was baffled for a month when I was locked out. It turns out the migration of the service to Exchange Server has some caveats but there's also a simple fix
03/10/2017
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In-Depth
We tested laptops from Dell, HP and Lenovo aimed at business travelers who require performance and reliability.
03/10/2017
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Microsoft today announced a preview of a new Azure Active Directory management option that's designed to thwart "data leakage" scenarios.
03/09/2017
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Foley on Microsoft
The $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn is by far Microsoft’s largest acquisition ever. Yet it remains to be seen what they’ll deliver as a single company.
03/09/2017
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced some chip-maker progress in using Project Olympus designs for datacenters.
03/08/2017
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Windows Server on ARM processors is starting to seem like it's more than just a pipe dream, at least when it comes to Microsoft's datacenters and partner efforts.
03/08/2017
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As Microsoft readies next month’s expected release of the Windows 10 Creators Update, the company is hoping its effort to make it more visual, immersive and interactive than anything available brings newfound demand for the OS.
03/08/2017
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Microsoft announced a few SharePoint Online user experience improvements that are starting to arrive for Office 365 users.
03/07/2017
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Microsoft is starting to deliver smaller Windows 10 update packages, but only some Windows Insider Program testers are currently seeing the benefits.
03/07/2017
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In-Depth
Windows Information Protection is among many new security features introduced in last year’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update release, bringing data loss prevention to the OS.
03/07/2017
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The cybersecurity industry mourns the death of Howard Schmidt, a onetime Microsoft CSO who helped create the company's Trustworthy Computing initiative and was the nation's first cybersecurity czar.
03/06/2017
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Windows Insider
With major updates for Windows 10 coming at an accelerated rate, IT will have to adjust how they stay on top of keeping systems current.
03/06/2017
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Microsoft this week announced that its Visio Online service is available to most commercial Office 365 subscribers.
03/03/2017
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Microsoft is now starting to connect its Yammer enterprise social networking solution with its Groups functionality in Office 365, which promises to add more collaborative tools for end users.
03/03/2017
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Microsoft this month started selling "Premium Assurance" coverage plans for both Windows Server and SQL Server.
03/02/2017
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The launch of Docker Enterprise Edition is the company's new commercial-grade DevOps platform for developers and IT teams to build, deploy and manage business-critical apps at scale
03/02/2017
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In-Depth
Now that Microsoft Azure has become a robust PaaS platform by offering a lot of additional services, using the provider-hosted add-in approach, not app transformation, is the way to go.
03/02/2017
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A new Office 365 service health dashboard has reached the commercial-release stage and is getting rolled out to subscribers this month.
03/01/2017
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Microsoft executives highlighted some user controls that will be coming in the Windows 10 "creators update," expected to arrive this spring.
03/01/2017
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The third and final Azure Stack Technical Preview is now available and Microsoft fleshes out release plans, which will include consumption-based pricing.
03/01/2017
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Microsoft has commercially released Network Performance Monitor, a network monitoring solution for applications that's part of its Operations Management Suite product.
02/28/2017
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Exchange Server 2007 will hit its end-of-life phase in April of this year, Microsoft recently noted this week.
02/28/2017
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Microsoft today announced the commercial release of a couple of Azure Active Directory monitoring capabilities that were previously at the preview stage.
02/27/2017
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Now that Microsoft has completed the migration of its Outlook.com personal e-mail service to Office 365, the company has taken the preview designation from its new premium service.
02/27/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
How does Microsoft's latest Windows 10 accessory perform when not paired with the Surface Studio?
02/27/2017
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Google this week announced that Shell Hashing Algorithm-1 (SHA-1) has been broken.
02/24/2017
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Amazon's launch of Chime is a rudimentary universal communications service offering and a late entry into the market.
02/24/2017
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Microsoft's SharePoint Framework reached "general availability" status on Thursday.
02/23/2017
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Microsoft this week announced a new Azure Active Directory group-based license management scheme that's at the preview stage, plus Azure AD integration with Slack.
02/23/2017
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Microsoft had some SharePoint news to tell this week, along with a few product roadmap hints.
02/22/2017
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Microsoft will host Veritas' EV.cloud data archive service in Azure as part of a global multiyear pact between the two companies.
02/22/2017
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In a surprise move, Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to the Adobe Flash Player that's integrated with Windows systems.
02/21/2017