Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft’s cloud-powered, DevOps-enabling Azure Preview Portal has a new look and feel after the November 2015 update. The changes are aimed at helping customers better manage and monitor their Azure cloud-powered application environments. The newest release improves how users interact with the portal, allowing them to drill down to their desired tools, dashboards and controls […]

Microsoft’s quest to build computing systems that understand the world around them doesn’t end with the company’s Project Oxford machine-learning technology. Researchers at the Redmond, Wash., software maker are also developing systems that mimic how humans pull information from the things they see. “When a person is asked about something in a photo, they’re taking […]

Microsoft pulled the latest version of its Media Creation Tool in the wake of its big November update for Windows 10. The software enabled users to upgrade their systems manually using an .ISO image, instead of waiting for Microsoft to push the new build on its staggered Windows Update schedule. Currently, the Media Creation Tool’s […]

Edge may be the faster, more standards-compliant Web browsing experience for Windows 10, but many organizations are still running browser-based applications built for earlier editions of Internet Explorer. For those users, Microsoft also includes IE11, which features backward-compatibility modes aimed at easing the transition to newer PC hardware and Windows operating systems. Soon, many businesses […]

Hewlett-Packard completed its split into two companies earlier this month: the PC- and printer-centric HP Inc. and the business computing-focused Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). A cozy relationship between HP Inc. and Microsoft is a given, but what about Microsoft and HPE? Susan Hauser, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Enterprise and Partner Group, recently lent some […]

Offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade to millions of Windows 7 and 8.1 users was a shrewd move, suggests new research from the IT analysts at Gartner. “In the consumer market, a free upgrade coupled with broad legacy device support and automatic over-the-air upgrades ensures that there will be tens of millions of users […]

Seeking an adaptive and responsive IT foundation for their business applications, CIOs are training their sights on container technologies. Microsoft is catering to that crowd with its next version of Windows Server. This week, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant released the fourth technical preview of Windows Server 2016 operating system (OS) and System Center 2016 […]

When it’s released in the first quarter of 2016, the next version of Microsoft Dynamics AX will ditch the car-like model-year branding, reflecting the ERP software’s new cloud-inspired capabilities. A public beta is set to kick off in early December Backed by Azure, Microsoft’s globe-spanning cloud computing platform, Dynamics AX will inherit many of the […]

Just in time for the holidays, the Lumia 950 and 950 XL are officially available in the United States, Microsoft announced today. Interested buyers have only one choice of carrier, however, since the handset is only currently available at AT&T physical and online stores. Microsoft officially took the wraps off the new Windows 10 handset […]

Sporting a new look and feel, and currently available in the Apple App Store, the latest version of Microsoft’s Bing app for iPhone (v.6) comes a step closer to serving as a search-based hub for mobile experiences. “Today we are delighted to announce the new Bing app that rethinks search on your iPhone,” Richard Qian, […]