Microsoft Office 12.0 Beta
A completely new interface, a totally new file format - but will Office 12.0 have any new features? How about much better charts and graphics, time management, building blocks you can re-use in...
View ArticleWith Clutter, Microsoft is less cautious about bringing machine learning to...
Microsoft's new Clutter feature for cleaning up your inbox automatically is the latest of several tools based on machine learning that the Office team thinks are ready for prime time. In fact, it's the...
View ArticleSkyKick promises simpler migration to Office 365
As Office 365 continues to gain customers, migration tools to help them move into the cloud are becoming more popular. SkyKick already has a comprehensive service that consultants and resellers can use...
View ArticleDoes Skype for Web mean WebRTC is ready for prime time?
Microsoft's upcoming Skype for Web service will use the new WebRTC standard so it works in all modern browsers -- but not right away: Early users will have to download a plugin that's only available on...
View ArticleWhy is Microsoft updating Windows PCs for a security bug on the server?
When Microsoft released a critical update for multiple versions of Windows Server this month, it also pushed out a fix for several releases of the Windows client OS, including even the technical...
View ArticleMicrosoft Pulse 2.0 polling and analytics service launches in beta
CNN used it for polling during the recent gubernatorial debates in Florida and on the "Magic Wall" on election night; Fox News uses it to follow the mood of the U.S. during the president's State of the...
View ArticleAzure updates and human error caused Visual Studio Online outage
The second of two lengthy outages that hit Visual Studio Online in November was caused by the same kind of issues as the first, Microsoft has just disclosed.
View ArticleWindows 10 no 'loss leader' for Microsoft, but making money may rely on services
Microsoft won't talk about what Windows 10 will cost until next year. But it's looking unlikely that it will be completely free, either for users or for PC makers building larger devices, after Chief...
View ArticleMicrosoft delivers Office mobile management in Intune update
The updates Microsoft has made to its Intune PC and device management service this week are partly catching up to other MDM systems with features like containers for apps and files, a managed browser...
View ArticleWord Online catching up with Word 2013, at least in some areas
The free Office Online applications still have only a fraction of the capabilities in Office 2013, but an update this week adds some welcome new features -- some of which are actually ahead of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces features and performance improvements for many Azure...
Microsoft announced updates to many Azure services this week, previewing new services and moving others from preview to general availability as full working versions.
View ArticleMicrosoft to open-source cloud framework behind Halo 4 services
Microsoft plans to open-source the framework that helps developers of cloud services like those behind the popular Halo 4 game.
View ArticleAfter 20 years of Windows Server, Microsoft looks to agile future
Windows Server 2016 still comes with a traditional, graphical server interface, but that’s not the future for the server operating system, according to its chief architect.
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