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.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 07/14/2017
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.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/10/2017
Office 365 artificial intelligence API may help individual users manage content complexity in the next wave of SharePoint releases that use Microsoft Graph.
- By Elliot Luber
- 06/23/2017
Testing Windows 10 releases is largely becoming a thing of the past, at least for Microsoft.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now easier to use and offers improved mobile device management and support for Office 365
One API to access all of your data in the Microsoft Cloud? We’re remarkably close to that reality. Here’s what you need to know to start building applications with the Microsoft Graph API.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 06/05/2017
As the rate and sophistication of ransomware and phishing campaigns accelerate, Office 365 has become a primary target, making a defense-in-breadth strategy critical.
- By Jasson Walker
- 05/30/2017
Microsoft looks to bring its intelligent Graph to Windows 10 in next update.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/15/2017
Microsoft highlighted its new Azure MySQL and PostgreSQL databases at this year's annual developer conference.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 05/10/2017
Managed services providers (msps) can help a company take its business from zero to 60 -- if the fit is good and the relationship is handled properly. A few considerations can help IT ask the most important questions to find the right MSP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/10/2017
While Windows 10 Creators Update primarily aims to please professionals and content creators, it also ratchets forward the Universal Windows Platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/08/2017
Learn how to use Azure Active Directory with Microsoft Office 365 and understand the benefits of integrating them.
Now that SharePoint is ripe for "app modernization," the next step is to decide which architecture is best to support enterprise requirements in terms of scalability and maintainability.
- By Oliver Wirkus
- 04/24/2017
From Python to adaptive query optimization to the many cloud-focused changes (not to mention Linux!), Joey D'Antoni takes you through the major changes coming to SQL Server 2017.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 04/19/2017
Learn how to deploy Azure AD Connect, the best way to synchronize on-premises Active Directory instances with the cloud-based Azure AD.
Administrators can now set policies and controls that can be tracked for compliance with new data loss prevention tools in SharePoint Server 2016.
- By Jasson Walker
- 04/11/2017
Eliminating passwords by configuring settings and policies with Windows Hello or the picture-tracking option will create more secure authentication to devices and Active Directory.
Microsoft's Lifecycle Support policies may pose problems for IT pros if a trend toward dropping support without notice should gain steam.
Planned Parenthood has sustained an unrelenting onslaught of cyberattacks over the past two years, but the organization has a comprehensive blueprint to defend its infrastructure and safeguard sensitive information with a cloud-first, mobile-optimized makeover. Here’s a look at how an SMB nonprofit is coping with problems that would challenge the largest enterprise.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/29/2017
The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the core Windows version.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 03/14/2017