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Microsoft today warned of a somewhat new tactic being used to spread malware via Office files.
06/15/2016
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Seeking to regain prominence as a leading enterprise IT security provider, Symantec is making its largest acquisition in over a decade, giving the beleaguered company a new CEO and moving it into the growing threat analytics, remediation and forensics arena.
06/15/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While some were absolute duds, Microsoft was ahead of the curve on a few of its lesser known products.
06/15/2016
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Microsoft released a new F-Series of Azure Virtual Machines this month.
06/14/2016
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Microsoft announced the release of its Office 365 Admin App version 3.0 for Android and Windows Phone mobile devices today.
06/14/2016
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Microsoft is delivering some new Office 365 Groups management capabilities to its commercial and education subscribers, starting as early as today.
06/13/2016
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Microsoft execs revealed the rationale for the deal, outlining plans to deeply integrate LinkedIn profiles, news feeds and courseware with Office 365 and Dynamics.
06/13/2016
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CEO Satya Nadella makes his boldest move to date by acquiring the second largest social network behind Facebook.
06/13/2016
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Microsoft announced this week that some of its technology used for WebGL graphics rendering in its Microsoft Edge browser is being released as open source code in the GitHub repository.
06/10/2016
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Microsoft published its FreeBSD 10.3 server image in the Azure Marketplace this week, representing yet another open source milestone for the company.
06/10/2016
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A study by three researchers at Microsoft used anonymized Bing search logs to identify those whose queries exhibited evidence that they were recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and then sought patterns to determine symptoms.
06/10/2016
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TeamViewer announced this week that its remote assistance solution will be a part of the Microsoft Intune device management solution.
06/09/2016
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Microsoft commercially released its Azure Active Directory Enterprise State Roaming service for Windows 10 clients this week.
06/09/2016
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In-Depth
The key factors for deciding whether to use Microsoft's content management system online through the cloud, on-premises using your own hardware, or managed via an IaaS provider.
06/09/2016
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Microsoft now has a site that IT pros can check to see if an application is compatible with Windows 10.
06/08/2016
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Microsoft is starting to deliver its "modern document libraries" user experience improvements in SharePoint Online to its Office 365 commercial subscribers, which is happening as early as this month.
06/08/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While the collaboration tool's main focus isn't on securing documents, some of its features will help in file security.
06/08/2016
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Microsoft today answered a few questions about how its legal team looks at data privacy issues for its cloud services customers.
06/07/2016
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The Microsoft Planner service has gone live and is being rolled out gradually to Office 365 business and education subscribers worldwide, starting as early as today.
06/06/2016
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Citrix this month will issue the latest updated of XenApp and Xen Desktop 7.9, with support for single sign-on and federated identity management, improved GPU functionality and integration with hyper-converged computing infrastructure offerings.
06/06/2016
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Microsoft offered further guidance late last month on opting between its two client management solutions.
06/06/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Giving consumers options when it comes to licensing could help both sides.
06/06/2016
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In collaboration with Intel, Dell has developed new scale-out computing technology to be deployed by eBay called Triton that introduces a new approach to liquid-based cooling.
06/03/2016
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In-Depth
How to configure and administer Windows Server 2016, including the Nano configuration, with Microsoft's forthcoming Azure-based Remote Server Management Tools option.
06/03/2016
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Microsoft's Identity Protection preview for its Azure Active Directory service got some new capabilities this week.
06/02/2016
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Microsoft's "convenience rollups" for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 aren't playing well with some VMware virtual machines (VMs), the two companies warned this week.
06/02/2016
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In-Depth
Windows Server 2016 TP4 and TP5 now support Docker containers. Learn what this means for the future of IT system and application architectures and how to set up and manage a host using Windows PowerShell.
06/02/2016
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Microsoft and Xiaomi Inc. announced an intellectual property deal this week that will put Microsoft Office and Skype on Xiaomi's Android-based tablets and mobile phones.
06/01/2016
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Microsoft is starting to roll out its Advanced Security Management service today for its Office 365 E5 subscribers.
06/01/2016
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Microsoft's latest database platform arrived on schedule on Wednesday.
06/01/2016
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Following last month's ID2020 Summit at the U.N., Microsoft is pushing forward to see how blockchain technology might enable global identities and other forms of trusted interactions.
06/01/2016
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Organizations with Enterprise Agreements (EAs) can now move their existing SQL Server licenses to Azure Virtual Machines using prebuilt images, Microsoft announced late last week.
05/31/2016
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In-Depth
Four years after acquiring Yammer, Microsoft is still working on integrating it with Office 365. Amid a competitive market of rivals, will it become the default enterprise social network?
05/31/2016
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Microsoft will add a new malware scanning option for consumers with the Windows 10 "anniversary update" release that's coming this summer.
05/27/2016
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Microsoft announced this week that its Remote Desktop application for Windows 10 clients will be exiting its current preview state in "the next couple of weeks."
05/27/2016
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Windows Insider
These may be dark days for the company's phone efforts -- but there is hope for a strong comeback.
05/27/2016
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Microsoft has been expanding its cloud services infrastructure of late, including a new trans-Atlantic subsea cable that's being built in partnership with Facebook.
05/26/2016
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The longest partnership between Microsoft and an ISV is now more extensive than ever, tying Windows 10 Enterprise, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility Suite to a broad swath of Citrix offerings.
05/26/2016
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Office 365 updates will be arriving to Microsoft's business subscribers this month.
05/26/2016
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Microsoft announced a further restructuring of its Windows Phone hardware business today, with a near $1 billion write down and hundreds of job cuts.
05/25/2016
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The inaugural ID2020 Summit last week at the United Nations set the stage to ensure the estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide without any valid identification can acquire a digital identity, with Blockchain viewed as a key enabler.
05/25/2016
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Foley on Microsoft
Those looking to join Office 365 could get lost at the door.
05/25/2016
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Microsoft's recent lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice shines a spotlight on the latest example of overreach by law enforcement.
05/24/2016
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Microsoft has postponed its roll out of new security certificates for Azure Active Directory, which was supposed to have occurred today.
05/23/2016
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This weekend, Microsoft upgraded users to Windows 10 via a new ploy.
05/23/2016
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Dell last week unveiled a new line of flash storage arrays that looks to expand the use of the storage format in enterprises.
05/23/2016
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The new Google Assistant was one of the stars of the search engine's annual Google I/O conference last week, while Microsoft may be looking to bring its intelligent bots to Bing.
05/23/2016
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IT pros looking for new job beginnings this spring may face somewhat dampened prospects, given current U.S. trends.
05/20/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Better late then never.
05/20/2016
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Now that SharePoint Server 2016 is shipping and Microsoft has outlined new collaboration capabilities for Office 365 and the on-premises platform, a number of ISVs have added new wares to ease migration, protection and management.
05/20/2016