Microsoft has introduced user-initiated provisioning for Windows 365 Reserve, now available in public preview, aimed at giving organizations more flexibility in deploying cloud PCs. The feature allows end users to trigger provisioning of reserved cloud PCs when needed, rather than relying solely on administrator-driven deployment. This approach is intended to improve responsiveness and reduce delays in accessing virtual desktops. This setting allows users to sign in to the Windows App from any device, provision their own Windows 365 Reserve Cloud PCs and get back to work without having to wait for manual IT provisioning.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/28/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced a virtualization mode for Windows Admin Center, available in Public Preview 2, designed to streamline management of virtual machines and infrastructure. The feature provides a unified view for managing virtualization environments, allowing administrators to monitor, configure and operate virtual machines from a centralized interface. The goal is to reduce complexity by consolidating management tasks that are often spread across multiple tools. Enhancements were focused on installation and upgrades, resource health, improvements to the add resource wizard, compute and storage profiles and updates to storage and network views. Global search, VM management and Hyper-V replicas were also among the updates.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/21/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced new Copilot and AI agent capabilities in Power Apps, designed to help organizations use business applications intelligently. The updates enable developers and business users to embed AI-driven features directly into applications, including automation of workflows, data analysis and user interactions. Copilot can assist in building apps using natural language, while AI agents can perform tasks and respond to events within applications.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/16/20260 comments
Commvault has expanded its Commvault Flex platform to support infrastructure from Hitachi Vantara and NetApp, broadening its reach across enterprise storage environments. The update enables organizations to deploy its data protection and cyber resilience capabilities on a wider range of hardware platforms. By supporting additional infrastructure vendors, Commvault aims to provide more flexibility for customers managing hybrid and multi-vendor environments. The exponential growth of AI-generated data further expands on the need for resilient but flexible solutions that can scale performance and capacity independently from traditional compute and storage.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/15/20260 comments
Microsoft has added support for the Gemma 4 model in Azure AI Foundry, expanding the set of models available for enterprise AI development. The integration allows developers to access and deploy Gemma 4 within Foundry’s platform, which provides tools for building, testing and managing AI applications. The addition, through a collaboration with Hugging Face, is intended to give organizations more flexibility in selecting models that fit specific performance, cost and use case requirements. Gemma 4's combination of multimodal input, agentic functions and long context offers users document intelligence, multilingual enterprise apps and long-context analytics.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/14/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced a video recap feature in Teams designed to help users revisit key moments from recorded meetings. The feature identifies and surfaces highlights such as important discussions, decisions and action items. Users can navigate recordings more efficiently by jumping to relevant segments rather than reviewing entire meetings. The feature also creates narrated highlight videos from recorded meetings, offering users key takeaways that help summarize the most important points from discussions.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/14/20260 comments
Microsoft has released Azure IoT Operations 2603, an update designed to support artificial intelligence workloads in industrial and edge environments. The release introduces capabilities aimed at managing and deploying applications that combine IoT data with AI models. The platform is designed to run across distributed environments, enabling organizations to process data closer to where it is generated. Azure IoT Operations is part of Microsoft’s broader effort to support physical AI, where systems interact with real-world environments such as manufacturing, energy and logistics. The update focuses on integrating data pipelines, edge computing and AI services to support these use cases.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/10/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced a new monitoring and reporting platform for Windows 365, built into the Microsoft Intune admin center and now in public preview, aimed at improving visibility into cloud PC environments. The platform provides centralized insights into performance, usage and system health across Windows 365 deployments. IT administrators can use the tool to track metrics, identify issues and monitor user experience across distributed cloud PC environments.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/10/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced new security management and analytics capabilities for Microsoft 365 Copilot, aimed at helping organizations better control and monitor AI usage. Updates expand foundation guidance aimed at securing Copilot with remediate oversharing, reliable guardrails and meeting AI-related regulatory obligations.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/07/20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced a Windows 365 connector for the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps, designed to help organizations automate management of cloud PCs. The connector allows users to create workflows that interact with Windows 365 environments, including provisioning, managing and monitoring cloud PCs. By integrating with Power Automate and Logic Apps, organizations can trigger actions based on events and streamline administrative tasks. Workflows can be built for both users and admins using the Windows 365 Connector. The update also allows users to create conversational self-service experiences with Copilot Studio. This allows you to build agents configured to your knowledge resources.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 04/02/20260 comments
10ZiG has introduced RepurpConvert, a tool designed to help organizations reduce costs associated with operating system migrations by repurposing existing hardware. The solution enables IT teams to convert legacy endpoints into thin clients or alternative managed environments without requiring full hardware replacement. This approach is intended to support organizations transitioning between operating systems while minimizing capital expenditures. Designed as a zero-touch solution that can be deployed locally or remotely, the tool automates the conversion of existing endpoints into 10ZiG RepurpOS. The solution is ideal for organizations looking to preserve endpoints in a more secure, controlled and centrally managed environment.
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Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 03/31/20260 comments