LANDesk and Heat Software have merged into a company called Ivanti that aims to provide a broad suite of cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solutions focused on endpoint configuration, security and reporting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 24, 2017
Microsoft's FastTrack program, which is aimed at increasing business adoption of the company's various cloud products, is now available to facilitate Windows 10 and Dynamics 365 migrations.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 23, 2017
Organizations using Microsoft's Power BI service are now able to take advantage of enhanced Azure Active Directory reporting features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 23, 2017
A preview of a new conditional access capability for Microsoft SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business users is now rolling out to "first release" testers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 20, 2017
Microsoft has rolled out another benefit for organizations participating in its pay-as-you-go Windows 10 program: free upgrades to Windows 10 for older PCs.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 19, 2017
At this week's National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, Microsoft pitched its Azure blockchain-as-a-service technology as a way to help retailers streamline their supply chain operations.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 19, 2017
Administrators managing PC updates and network bandwidth issues could run into some snags when using Microsoft's Windows 10 update services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 18, 2017
As part of its effort to democratize 3-D technologies, Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Simplygon, a provider of 3-D solutions based in Sweden.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 17, 2017
Microsoft is changing the way it delivers Windows security updates to organizations starting next month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 17, 2017
Microsoft on Friday announced its agreement to acquire Maluuba, a Montreal-based startup that Microsoft says has one of the world's most advanced natural language research labs.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 13, 2017
Windows Hello, Microsoft's password-less identification verification system, is being supported by a growing list of Microsoft partners that are building compatible hardware.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2017
The worldwide rollout of Microsoft's new Office 365 StaffHub scheduling service began on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 12, 2017
Last year's holiday shopping season wasn't enough to stave off the worldwide PC market's years-long slump, according to recent data from research firms IDC and Gartner Inc.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 12, 2017
Microsoft issued "Release Candidate 0" of its SharePoint Framework for developers on Monday, meaning the solution is in its final testing phases before becoming generally available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 12, 2017
Starting next month, Microsoft will direct first-time buyers of its Azure services to Microsoft partners enrolled in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 11, 2017
Microsoft is buttressing Windows 10's privacy capabilities with the addition of two new features due to arrive in this spring's "Creators Update."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 11, 2017
The latest test release of Windows 10, dubbed build 15002, is packed with several noteworthy capabilities.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 10, 2017
SharePoint Online subscribers should see a new capability that integrates SharePoint Team Sites with Office 365 Groups by the end of January, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 10, 2017
Delivering on its promise last year to deepen integration with Microsoft technologies, Citrix on Monday took the wraps off XenDesktop Essentials, its new Windows 10 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering for the Microsoft Azure public cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 09, 2017
Microsoft recently issued a best practices guide for deploying Office 365 ProPlus, the subscription-based version of its Microsoft Office desktop productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2017