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During his Monday keynote at VMworld 2019 in San Francisco, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger provided a roadmap update for his company's partnership with Microsoft.
08/26/2019
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Microsoft announced a number of Azure Active Directory enhancements this month.
08/23/2019
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A new Confidential Computing Consortium was announced on Wednesday by the Linux Foundation to boost the security of processed data.
08/21/2019
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In a bid to support its "continued contributions to open source while driving increased performance for Java workloads on Azure," Microsoft on Monday announced its acquisition of jClarity.
08/19/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Billed by Microsoft as an all-encompassing API, the Microsoft Graph plays a critical role in how developers access Microsoft's various cloud resources.
08/19/2019
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it now offers the Azure Ultra Disk solid-state drive (SSD) storage service commercially, or at the "general availability" stage, in a few Azure regions.
08/15/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Exactly where does Microsoft cap the amount of OneDrive storage space you can give each user? As Brien explains, it depends.
08/09/2019
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To entice businesses still using Windows Server 2008 into migrating to its cloud, Microsoft is offering a big carrot: Extended Security Updates (ESU) plans at no cost.
08/08/2019
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In an effort to get more on-premises data warehouses onto its Azure cloud, Microsoft has launched a migration initiative in partnership with Informatica.
08/06/2019
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Microsoft has announced a preview of a new service that gives organizations access to unshared or "dedicated" Azure hardware infrastructure for hosting their workloads on Azure virtual machines.
08/01/2019
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Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the "Business Critical" tier.
08/01/2019
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Now in the next phase of expansion, the Equinix ECX Fabric service is bringing secure datacenter cloud connections to even more businesses around the world.
07/24/2019
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service now works with applications that use the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 for user authentications.
07/23/2019
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Microsoft earned $33.72 billion in revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter, a 12% gain, as well as earnings per share of $1.37.
07/18/2019
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Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of Proximity Placement Groups, which add assurances that networking latencies won't be an issue for organizations managing complex applications across Azure infrastructure.
07/15/2019
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Datacenter managers already have a tough time convincing the top brass to embrace cloud. Last week's high-profile service failures at Google, Facebook and Apple haven't helped.
07/10/2019
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ServiceNow and Microsoft on Tuesday extended their strategic partnership in a move designed to appeal to governments and enterprises in highly regulated industries.
07/09/2019
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Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure.
07/03/2019
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A recently published industry report suggested that use of public cloud services by organizations may nearly double in the next two years.
06/26/2019
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Azure Files premium tier has reached general availability, giving users with higher performance needs the ability to access managed file services on solid-state drives in Microsoft's public cloud.
06/26/2019
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Microsoft announced a few OneDrive enhancements, including storage-option additions, plus a new "Personal Vault" feature for added security assurance.
06/25/2019
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Database management system (DBMS) growth is happening more on the cloud services side than on the traditional "on-premises" side, according to a report by Gartner Inc.
06/25/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
If the hardware behind your domain controllers has become outdated, here's a step-by-step guide to performing a hardware refresh.
06/24/2019
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Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines.
06/21/2019
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Microsoft released its quarterly cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019 products this week, but added an extra step for IT pros to consider before installing them.
06/19/2019