Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft has released a trio of technical previews for Office 365 that give enterprise customers an early look at what increased Skype for Business integration means for the productivity suite. “These new capabilities will enhance the existing Skype for Business experience, and allow us to offer a complete, enterprise-grade communications solution at global scale as […]

The mobile broadband-enabled version of Microsoft’s Surface 3 tablet is making its way to the United States and other countries in the coming weeks after a brief, two-week stint in Japan. “We’re happy to announce Surface 3 (4G LTE) will become available to business customers through the first partner operators on July 3 in Germany […]

Microsoft is connecting customers of its System Center data center management platform to their cloud workloads with a new add-on. Today’s release of the Operations Management Suite (OMS) add-on for System Center brings IT monitoring, automation and data protection capabilities to System Center. Announced in May at the Ignite conference in Chicago, OMS is a […]

The latest preview build of Windows 10 finally integrates Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri, with Office 365. Weeks before Windows 10’s official release, Microsoft has pushed out another test build (number 10158) that allows its virtual assistant to access—and act upon—Office content. “With this build, you’ll be able to try out the Cortana integration […]

Microsoft’s search engine will power AOL search and search advertising next year, replacing Google, the companies announced. AOL plans to launch Bing-powered search capabilities on Jan. 1, 2016, as part of a new 10-year search and advertising agreement. On the advertising side, AOL will take over Microsoft’s display, mobile and video advertising in nine markets, […]

The departure of former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop isn’t the only change coming to Microsoft in the wake of the software giant’s latest management shakeup. In a June 17 email to employees, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, announced the company is “moving the development teams who build our Dynamics products to C+E [Cloud and Enterprise], […]

Office Sway, a toolset for making interactive presentations that adapt to a variety of screen sizes from Microsoft, is now available for iPad on Apple’s App Store. An updated version of the Sway app for the iPhone, the new app “is optimized for the larger screen,” noted the Sway Team in a company blog post. […]

Microsoft has a new mission statement as the tech giant prepares for the release of Windows 10 and the start of a new fiscal year, CEO Satya Nadella announced to employees in an internal email this week. “Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. I’m proud […]

HoloLens, Microsoft’s upcoming augmented-reality headset, is being tapped to help astronauts perform tasks and run experiments in zero gravity. On June 25, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Microsoft announced SideKick, a project that will have HoloLens report for duty aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In its Twitter account, NASA posted […]

Among other things, cloud computing is supposed to help businesses keep IT costs in check. But does it really live up to its billing? Scott Guthrie, head of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, announced today the beta release of two application programming interfaces (APIs) that offer partners and customers a clearer look at the monetary […]