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DataON, Fujitsu, HPE, Lenovo, QCT and Supermicro are the first to offer storage and hyper-converged systems based on Microsoft's new Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD) program.
07/19/2017
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News
A few licensing tidbits, and other Microsoft product changes, are showing up in obscure places.
07/18/2017
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The company is looking to take datacenter security into the future by making sure data is secure at every point.
07/18/2017
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In-Depth
The upcoming release of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the fourth in two years, could be the most significant to date, applying the intelligence of the Microsoft Graph across PCs and non-Windows devices.
07/18/2017
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News
Microsoft on Monday announced that the first release candidate for SQL Server 2017 is now available to the public.
07/18/2017
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News
Microsoft recently explained its Windows PowerShell roadmap plans, which will increasingly focus on PowerShell Core, going forward.
07/17/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Here's a test drive on the newest addition to Microsoft's Office 365 service, along with a look at what is different from its current streaming video service.
07/17/2017
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News
Microsoft this week released its first preview build of Windows Server 2016 to its Windows Insider Program testers.
07/14/2017
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This month's Redmond magazine cover story exploring Microsoft's fast-track blockchain strategy came to life this week as two leaders of the company's initiative participated in a panel discussion at the Inspire partner conference in Washington, D.C.
07/14/2017
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In-Depth
Since bringing blockchain tools and distributed ledgers to its Azure cloud, Microsoft's Ethereum-based framework has begun evolving rapidly with three core components either in preview or under development.
07/14/2017
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News
Microsoft this week offered a proposal to jumpstart rural broadband access in the United States, but the plan was immediately condemned by the National Association of Broadcasters.
07/13/2017
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News
Microsoft is starting to deliver an intelligent search capability that will make it easier to find photos of drawings, whiteboards, signs and receipts that get stored using the OneDrive cloud storage service.
07/12/2017
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Microsoft's first Azure Stack are set for release from Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo in September with initial architecture and pricing now available.
07/12/2017
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News
After less than two years as CEO of Citrix, Kirill Tatarionov is leaving the company.
07/12/2017
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News
Intel announced the general availability of its Xeon Scalable processors, which Microsoft sees as "a cornerstone" for Project Olympus.
07/11/2017
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News
Microsoft this week made it easier to run Linux on Windows 10 systems by putting Canonical's Ubuntu distro in the Windows Store.
07/11/2017
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News
Microsoft will preview three new applications in the coming weeks for Office 365 Business Premium "first release" testers, according to an announcement this week.
07/11/2017
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News
Quest today rolled out the first three additions to its new cloud-based solutions for managing Office 365 applications and Azure Active Directory implementations.
07/11/2017
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In-Depth
Microsoft has emerged as a leading force behind the rise of enterprise blockchain networks with a formative portfolio of new and forthcoming services in Azure. Learn how these cryptographically hashed distributed ledgers could change how transactions are processed.
07/10/2017
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Microsoft claims that its antivirus software does not receive an unfair advantage due to being bundled with Windows 10.
07/07/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Sometimes you just can't be interrupted by an update and reboot. Here's a simple solution to pause the task until later.
07/06/2017
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News
Details are emerging of Microsoft's long-rumored, cloud-oriented sales and marketing reorganization this week.
07/05/2017
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Foley on Microsoft
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called Office Graph Microsoft's "most strategic API" back in 2014. But it's only now that Microsoft watchers are seeing tangible evidence of the clear implications of Graph.
07/05/2017
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Windows Insider
Smartphones have gone from a curiosity to a luxury and are now a necessity.
07/03/2017
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News
Microsoft announced a new Windows AutoPilot service this week that promises to ease the provisioning of new PCs for end users.
06/30/2017
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Accenture represents Microsoft's largest Windows 10 and OneDrive migration to date with 6 Petabytes of data stored and the migration of 400,000 employees to the latest version of Windows.
06/30/2017
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News
A preview of the SharePoint Communication Site feature is getting released to Office 365 "first release" subscribers, Microsoft announced this week.
06/29/2017
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News
Microsoft today announced an agreement to acquire Cloudyn, a provider of public cloud monitoring services for enterprises, managed service providers and cloud solution providers.
06/29/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Thankfully, it looks like Microsoft has an out for those who want the full-fledged Windows 10 on their Surface Laptop.
06/29/2017
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News
The June 27 Petya outbreak may have been instigated by "wiper" malware that was disguised as ransomware, and possibly it was unleashed by a state actor.
06/29/2017
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News
The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit will be coming back in the Windows 10 "fall creators update," Microsoft announced this week.
06/28/2017
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Microsoft reports thousands of PCs across 64 countries were crippled by the Petya ransomware attack and, despite there being no kill switch, experts advise against paying the ransomware.
06/28/2017
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News
Another ransomware outbreak was reported today worldwide, although it likely is using other techniques to spread compared with last month's WannaCry ransomware attack.
06/27/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Introducing an unknown USB device into a network can cause a host of security headaches. Take away the threat in Windows 10 in just a few short steps.
06/27/2017
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News
A newly published industry survey found that IT pros are proceeding apace with Windows 10 migrations.
06/26/2017
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The new Office 365 Microsoft Teams chat tool was supposed to allow group members to add external users to a team by the end of June but support for the critical feature will arrive later than expected.
06/26/2017
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News
The Microsoft Forms service became available as a preview test release this month for commercial Office 365 users.
06/23/2017
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In-Depth
Office 365 artificial intelligence API may help individual users manage content complexity in the next wave of SharePoint releases that use Microsoft Graph.
06/23/2017
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Amazon's agreement to acquire Whole Foods will put Microsoft in the middle of an already heated battle of the two largest public cloud providers.
06/23/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The integration of Cortana can help with keeping track of e-mails to follow up on.
06/23/2017
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News
Microsoft and some of its open source partners conducted an Azure OpenDev online presentation on Wednesday.
06/22/2017
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In-Depth
Testing Windows 10 releases is largely becoming a thing of the past, at least for Microsoft.
06/21/2017
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More than two years after acquiring IBM's x86 server business at the peak of the market, Lenovo launched its most extensive portfolio of new datacenter products consisting of refreshed servers, network switches and engineered systems.
06/21/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While it may take some time and fine-tuning to get used to the new grammar checker, Microsoft is on the path to making the feature useful for any style of writing.
06/21/2017
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News
Microsoft today explained how it works with its antivirus software vendor partners, offering an oblique rebuff to recent complaints.
06/20/2017
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News
Office 365 users of Outlook 2016 for Mac are getting some improvements, Microsoft announced today.
06/19/2017
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At the second ID2020 Summit, tech leaders including Microsoft, Accenture and PwC discussed how emerging blockchain networks might help address the United Nations' call for a global secure digital identity.
06/19/2017
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News
Microsoft announced this week that it is ending future support for its long-running Security Compliance Manager tool.
06/16/2017
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News
Microsoft announced increased market availability of its lightweight Surface Laptop and Surface Pro devices today, as well as its Surface Studio desktop computer.
06/15/2017
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Windows Server is officially joining Microsoft's shift to a semi-annual release cycle option this fall and the company is stripping the infrastructure roles from Nano Server in its first planned update, pushing to optimize it for containers.
06/15/2017