Microsoft this week began rolling out new Office 365 Groups management capabilities to its commercial and education subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 14, 2016
Microsoft announced its plan to buy professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash and debt, which, if successful, would make it Microsoft's highest-valued acquisition in its 41-year history.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 13, 2016
TeamViewer, a provider of remote monitoring and meeting software based in Germany, is bringing its eponymous solution to Microsoft's Intune product, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2016
Microsoft's new Azure Active Directory (AD) Enterprise State Roaming service for Windows 10 clients became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2016
Starting this month, Office 365 commercial subscribers will begin receiving user experience improvements in SharePoint Online via Microsoft's "modern document libraries."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2016
Microsoft has launched a new Web site to help independent software developers (ISVs) broadcast their applications' compatibility with Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2016
Microsoft gets an average of 70,000 requests a year from governments worldwide that are seeking information about Microsoft's business and consumer customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2016
Microsoft on Monday began to roll out its Planner service to Office 365 education and business subscribers worldwide.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2016
Microsoft recently clarified the differences between its Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) products to help organizations decide on the client management solution that fits them best.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2016
Microsoft's new Advanced Security Management service began to roll out to Office 365 E5 subscribers on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2016
In an intellectual property deal signed this week, low-cost device maker Xiaomi will allow Microsoft to put Office and Skype on its Android-based smartphones and tablets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2016
Microsoft's next-generation database platform, SQL Server 2016, became generally available on Wednesday as scheduled.
- By Chris Paoli
- June 01, 2016
Companies with Enterprise Agreements (EAs) can now use prebuilt images to move their existing SQL Server licenses to Azure Virtual Machines (VMs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2016
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 "anniversary update" release will include a new security feature called "limited periodic scanning."
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2016
Microsoft's Remote Desktop application for Windows 10 clients will reach general availability in "the next couple of weeks," the company said recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2016
Longtime technology partners Microsoft and Citrix this week unveiled their most extensive collaboration in 25 years.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 27, 2016
New Office 365 updates arriving this month will include enhancements to SharePoint, OneDrive and Office Online, Microsoft's browser-based versions of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and OneNote applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 27, 2016
Kansas City-based Valorem Consulting this week announced its acquisition of Microsoft technology partner IdentityMine.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 26, 2016
Microsoft's plans to downsize its mobile business will result in significant job cuts and a near $1 billion writedown, the company announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 25, 2016
Microsoft's new method for upgrading users to Windows 10 has been met with largely negative reviews.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2016