Microsoft bangs the 'devices as a service' drum ahead of Windows 7's end-of-support deadline
Windows Windows 7's January 2020 end-of-support date looming, Microsoft is advising partners to go after migration opportunities using the DaaS approach.
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Microsoft's got a new plan for managing Windows 10 devices for a monthly fee
Microsoft is putting together a service aiming to take the pain out of procuring, provisioning and managing Windows 10 devices that it's currently calling the 'Microsoft Managed Desktop.'
Microsoft acknowledges price increases coming for Office 2019 and Windows 10 Enterprise users
Microsoft will be making some pricing and naming changes as of its October 2018 price list that will affect some Windows 10 and Office 2019 customers. Here's what's in store.
Microsoft releases first test build of Windows 10 19H1 ('Redstone 6')
New test builds of both Windows 10 'Redstone 5' and the first test build of its feature-update successor are out, with a few minor new features and a lot of fixes.
Microsoft delivers public previews of its Office 2019 server products
The 2019 releases of on-premises Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and Skype for Business Server, which are due out before the end of 2018, are now available in public preview form.
Microsoft previews what's coming in Dynamics 365 this October
Microsoft is adding more than 100 new features to its ERP/CRM products, plus introducing a new AI for Sales app.
Microsoft crosses $100 billion annual revenue mark for the first time
Microsoft officials say the company also closed the highest number of multi-million-dollar deals ever across its commercial cloud during its fiscal 2018.
Windows 10 is still not yet on 700 million 'active' devices
Microsoft's Windows 10 officially still has not yet crossed the 700 million 'active device' line. It's still almost there, as it has been for months now.
Microsoft's plan to try to win back consumers with 'Modern Life Services'
Microsoft is hoping to repair its tarnished image with consumers by trying to position its cross-platform apps and services as making them more productive.
Microsoft says Teams is now at 'feature parity' with Skype for Business Online
Microsoft's plan to ultimately replace its Skype for Business Online communications service with Microsoft Teams has achieved a key milestone, company officials say. Not all users agree, though.
Microsoft will end support for Skype 'Classic' after September 1
Microsoft is rolling out an updated release of Skype 8.0 to Windows desktop, iPad users and others in anticipation of version 7.0 ceasing to work after September 1.
Microsoft advocates for government regulation of facial-recognition technology
Microsoft is advocating that Congress become involved in regulating facial-recognition technology, on the heels of criticism of potentially negative impacts of its own work in that area.
Microsoft offers Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 users a new way to extend support for free
With end of support looming for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has a new option for those users to keep getting security updates: By moving workloads to Azure.
Microsoft adds new SSD disk option to its Azure Data Box Disk appliance
Microsoft is adding previews of new Azure Box data-migration, Azure Virtual WAN and Azure Firewall services to its line-up.
Microsoft introduces a free version of Teams, going head-to-head with Slack
Microsoft is making available starting today a preview version of its Teams group-chat service that is free and doesn't require a subscription to Office 365, plus other new collaboration tools.
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