Pedro Hernandez

Administrators can now test Office 365 Planner, a new cloud-based team collaboration offering from Microsoft, the company announced this week. Microsoft began switching on the new feature for organizations enrolled in the Office 365 First Release early access program on Dec. 14. An email will alert administrators when Planner is enabled on their Office 365 […]

Just in time for the holidays, Microsoft has added new features to its Band 2 wearable that could boost its appeal to fitness buffs and music lovers. First unveiled during this fall’s Windows 10 Hardware event in New York, the Band 2 is a curvier follow-up to the original, hard-edged Band. Sporting a rounded display, […]

In August, Microsoft massively increased the capacity limits on its Azure Backup data protection offering. Now, the Redmond, Wash., software and cloud services provider is going for speed. “Azure Backup now leverages USN journal (Update Sequence Number Journal) technology in Windows to track files that have changed between consecutive backups,” announced Giridhar Mosay, a Microsoft […]

Following the Dec. 1 launch of Dynamics CRM, Microsoft is previewing some of the new capabilities the company has planned for the customer relationship management software and cloud services suite. “We are introducing several other capabilities and licensing changes to our Service workload,” said Denis Ford, senior business planner for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in a […]

Office 365 Groups, a collaboration-enhancing service offered by Microsoft, now includes new features intended to help corporate IT administrators, lawyers and compliance officers see eye-to-eye. Christophe Fiessinger, senior product manager for Microsoft Office 365, announced on Dec. 9 that the software maker has added e-discovery support to Office 365 Groups. “You can now perform an […]

In another sign that “Microsoft loves Linux,” as CEO Satya Nadella proudly proclaimed last year, the Redmond, Wash.-based software and cloud services company today announced a new certification for IT professionals. Dubbed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on Azure certification, and created with the help of the Linux Foundation, the stamp of approval […]

Siri is getting a roommate. Calling it a companion app for Windows 10 PC users, Microsoft today announced the official release of Cortana for iPhone (iOS 8 and up), Android “Jelly Bean” (4.1.2) and Cyanogen OS. Last summer, Cortana made its debut on Android as a beta app. “In May, we announced that Cortana would […]

Microsoft is taking a somewhat unconventional approach in establishing its latest presence on social media. Today, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant launched Inspired By, its first Tumblr page. Now owned by Yahoo, Tumblr is a popular microblogging site with a social media-like approach to posting and sharing content. Rather than showcase Microsoft’s own products and […]

Today’s release of System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) version 1511 represents a major, cloud-enabled evolution of the software toolkit used by many enterprise IT administrators to manage their Windows PC and Server fleets. Characterizing the new release as “the most significant and important release of ConfigMgr ever,” Brad Anderson, corporate vice president of Microsoft Cloud […]

New Year’s Day is still weeks away, but Microsoft’s band of researchers are already looking forward to several technology breakthroughs next year. Their predictions for 2016 are more than some wishful thinking; they provide hints on how the Redmond, Wash., technology giant is preparing for the IT landscape of the future. Fittingly, Microsoft published the […]