Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft is making it easier for customers to back up and recover their VMware virtual servers using Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Hyper-V Recovery Manager, the company’s cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) product. This week, the company officially released enhanced VMware to Azure functionality that has been in private beta since October. “Customers can now protect and […]

Tomorrow night’s speech before the U.S. Congress will not only mark the final State of the Union address for President Barack Obama, but there also will be a high-profile appearance by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The White House announced yesterday in a press release that the executive will be among the guests invited to the […]

A new Cellular data app for PCs has appeared in the Windows Store marketplace, according to a report in WinBeta. The free app enables owners of Windows 10 devices to sign up for cellular connectivity and pay for the service using a Microsoft account without committing to a long-term contract. “This is the easiest way […]

The IT industry is banking on Internet of things (IoT) technologies to help usher in an era of safer cities, healthier offices and more efficient manufacturing plants, not to mention a healthy dose of additional technology spending over the next few years. During CES 2016, Microsoft and Samsung teamed up to demonstrate the possibilities for […]

Windows 10 Tablets, Smartphones Make an Impression at CES This year’s CES was a showcase for new Windows-powered gear, as the show floor was sprinkled with an ever-expanding array of Windows 10 tablets and smartphones. Lenovo’s Modular ThinkPad X1 Tablet Offering a wealth of expansion and customization options, along with built-in 3D imaging and security […]

Microsoft’s nascent cloud-based Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service offering is gaining steam, according to Marley Gray, director of technology strategy for Microsoft U.S. Financial Services. “This week we have seen the C++ Ethereum client and CryptoSwap demo added by ConsenSys as well as the OpenChain implementation by CoinPrism to the staging marketplace,” stated Gray in a company announcement. […]

Power BI is offering users returning from their holiday breaks several new data exploration features, courtesy of a set of new updates Microsoft issued for its cloud-based business intelligence software. In the new year, user can export tile data—Power BI groups visualization and data points into a configurable tiled interface—into a .CSV file that can […]

Microsoft is rolling out new features for teachers who rely on OneNote to organize their educational materials and for users of Microsoft’s Web-based OneNote Online offering, the company announced this week. In a Jan. 5 announcement, the Microsoft OneNote team said that one of the most requested features, the ability to crop images in OneNote […]

Microsoft is pruning the Internet Explorer family tree. Next week, the software giant will stop issuing updates and patches for IE8, IE9 and IE10, effectively focusing its development efforts on IE11 and the new default Web browser for Windows 10, Microsoft Edge. “Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available […]

Microsoft’s response to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is coming into sharper focus during CES 2016 in Las Vegas this week. Microsoft is enlisting its growing Azure cloud computing ecosystem to provide automakers with new on-the-go productivity and safety-enhancing features, according to a Dec. 5 announcement by Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of business development […]