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Nearly six months after taking over as the third CEO in Microsoft history, Satya Nadella has started putting his own stamp on the company.
08/01/2014
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News
Microsoft released Update Rollup 3 (UR3) for System Center 2012 R2 this week, as well as Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1.
07/31/2014
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Security Advisor
The latest version adds two new mitigation features and support for 64-bit systems.
07/31/2014
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Foley on Microsoft
Following with the rest of the company's new mission statement, the Office team has been focused on mobile, cloud and non-Windows platforms.
07/31/2014
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News
Microsoft announced yesterday that an upcoming update to Windows Phone 8.1 will be aimed at expanding Cortana's availability to more countries and introduce Start screen folders.
07/31/2014
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News
IT pros may have been caught flat footed when it came to migrating client machines off Windows XP, according to an industry survey.
07/30/2014
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The raid is the latest salvo by China's effort to escalate it's scrutiny of large U.S. tech companies.
07/30/2014
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News
Microsoft announced a second preview release of its Azure Active Directory (AD) Sync Services solution this week.
07/29/2014
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News
Organizations should strategically consider using public cloud services for backup and disaster recovery scenarios, according to research and consulting firm Forrester.
07/29/2014
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In-Depth
Since Edward Snowden first revealed major cloud companies' cooperation with the NSA's covert surveillance, Microsoft and other vendors have been fighting hard to restore their image through public measures to protect users' privacy. While Redmond readers respect the effort to varying degrees, they're taking their own countermeasures.
07/29/2014
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When it comes to enterprise security, you're not paranoid -- everyone is out to get you.
07/29/2014
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News
Microsoft and IBM are showing growth in the cloud infrastructure services market relative to market leader Amazon Web Services, according to analyst reports.
07/28/2014
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Now that Microsoft is cancelling TechEd and other conferences, what's to expect from the company's recently announced mega conference?
07/28/2014
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Elliot Management reportedly has invested $1 billion in EMC and believes the company's shares would perform better without VMware and Pivotal.
07/28/2014
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News
Company praises IT pros, while shifting their roles with Microsoft Azure.
07/25/2014
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News
Cofounder and former CEO of Yammer David Sacks announced yesterday that he's leaving Microsoft.
07/25/2014
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Tool offers visibility for both Hyper-V and VMware virtual environments and now works within System Center Operations Manager and vCenter.
07/25/2014
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Microsoft is not taking Amazon for granted as the retailer jumps into the smartphone market this week.
07/25/2014
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News
Microsoft is working on a hotfix for a client log-in problem that can occur in the process of migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2.
07/25/2014
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In-Depth
Here's how to choose the right switch type for your environment.
07/24/2014
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News
Great Britain's government this week adopted HTML, PDF and ODF for documents, but not Microsoft's OOXML.
07/23/2014
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News
Microsoft expanded its high-bandwidth ExpressRoute service into seven cities.
07/23/2014
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With Microsoft posting strong revenue and earnings growth of its datacenter wares, CEO Satya Nadella explained to analysts his vision for Windows supporting apps across all devices.
07/23/2014
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Here's how to use the Failover Cluster Manager to make virtual machines fault tolerant or to create new virtual machines.
07/23/2014
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Windows experts join online training firm but will continue to contribute to Redmond and TechMentor conferences.
07/23/2014
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News
Microsoft reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings today, missing earnings per share expectations by about $0.05 but beating overall revenue expectations.
07/22/2014
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Security Advisor
The test sent many security software offerings through a gauntlet to measure protection, useability and performance. Three received a perfect score of 30.
07/22/2014
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News
Media reports on Monday pointed to a possible confirmation of a rumored Windows 8.1 Update 2 release, coming next month.
07/21/2014
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News
Microsoft indicated late last week that it has fixed a problem with SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 that may have affected some of its TechNet or MSDN subscribers.
07/21/2014
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News
Microsoft announced today that it plans to roll out a new event next year for IT pros that appears to replace TechEd and more specialized conferences that the company has hosted for years.
07/21/2014
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PC growth continues for the third consecutive quarter ahead of a wave of new ultra-portable systems based on new 14 nanometer CPU reference design coming later this year.
07/21/2014
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News
Microsoft added some basic functionality to its new Azure RemoteApp service this week.
07/18/2014
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Customers with Enterprise Agreements can use disaster recovery/business continuity service, which provides continuous backup and replication of virtual and physical machines.
07/18/2014
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News
Microsoft announced some new "milestones" this week regarding its emerging licensing program for midsize organizations.
07/17/2014
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News
Microsoft's Day 3 keynote talk at its Worldwide Partner Conference offered a recap on where Microsoft is taking its Windows and Windows Phone operating system platforms.
07/17/2014
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News
Stephen Elop provided his take on the recently announced 18,000 planned cuts to Microsoft's workforce, saying the cuts are a move to realign Nokia's goals to focus on Windows Phone.
07/17/2014
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Security Advisor
Microsoft is downplaying the disclosure and has offered multiple ways IT can avoid attack.
07/17/2014
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The company's anticipated workforce reduction to be larger than expected with two-thirds impacting Nokia factory employees.
07/17/2014
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News
Microsoft has increased the public folder hierarchy limits of its Exchange Online service for Office 365 customers.
07/16/2014
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News
Cisco and Microsoft announced yesterday of a new cloud partnership in a document titled "Cisco Doubles Down on Data Center with Microsoft."
07/16/2014
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Following up on last week's e-mail to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells partners in his WPC keynote that improvements are coming in the way the company does business.
07/16/2014
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The question leads to an even more important question: do your users care?
07/16/2014
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News
Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) on Tuesday with 113 security flaw fixes for multiple Oracle products, including 20 for Java Standard Edition (Java SE).
07/16/2014
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Big Blue and Apple are partnering to build native enterprise-grade, cloud connected iOS applications and offer mobile device management, analytics and security.
07/16/2014
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News
Microsoft may be preparing to execute its biggest job cuts to date, according to press accounts.
07/15/2014
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Security Advisor
While the InstallShield flaw currently has a limited workaround, there's no word on whether the Dell problem is further being investigated by Microsoft.
07/15/2014
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News
Microsoft's operating system market position has slipped to 14 percent worldwide, when mobile devices are included in the estimate.
07/14/2014
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In a keynote address at this year's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft's No. 2 exec emphasizes commitment to security of customer information.
07/14/2014
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Follow these step-by-step instructions and you will be up and running in about 15 minutes.
07/14/2014
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News
Microsoft announced on Friday that it has "launched" a custom portal technology for organizations called "Windows Apportals."
07/11/2014