Pedro Hernandez

Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft’s cloud-based data repository offering, is available as a limited preview, the company announced yesterday. When Microsoft first announced the offering during the Build conference in April, corporate vice president T.K. “Ranga” Rengarajan described the technology at the time to eWEEK as “the world’s first elastic data warehouse.” Along those lines, […]

Starting today, both Android tablet and phone users can download the current versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for their devices, Microsoft announced. Despite the diversity of Android handsets, the software giant was able to release Office for Android Phones after a relatively short public beta period, said Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft […]

A year after dipping its toes into the virtual application container waters, Microsoft has launched a new, curated Container Apps category in the Azure Marketplace. “This is a super simple ‘getting started’ experience for deploying single and multi-container Dockerized applications utilizing Azure Resource Manager templates and the new Docker Extension,” blogged Microsoft Azure Marketplace Vybava […]

Service interruptions are unavoidable consequences of trusting enterprise applications to a third-party cloud provider. Microsoft is working on ways of giving IT administrators a heads-up, possibly before they face the ire of their users and bosses. A year ago, Exchange Online, the cloud-based business email, calendar and contact management platform from Microsoft, suffered an extended […]

Microsoft is making it easier for businesses to embrace the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement and work styles that blend both personal and work app use. In a nod to the consumerization of IT, Microsoft is issuing an update to Intune, the company’s cloud-based PC and mobile management platform. In the wake of booming mobile device adoption […]

This summer, Microsoft is focusing some of its efforts on bulking up its Bing’s video search capabilities. The company has given Bing’s interface a makeover, including a new layout aimed at making videos easier and faster to find, the company announced Friday. Now, users are less likely to reach for their reading glasses or pinch-to-zoom […]

Microsoft caused a stir earlier this year when it said it was breaking from tradition and making Windows 10 available as a free upgrade even for Windows users running pirated copies. In May, the software giant backtracked, revealing that only legitimate Windows installs were eligible for the free update. “While our free offer to upgrade […]

When Windows 10 officially launches on July 29, it will ship with a new default Web browser called Edge. For Web developers who struggled with maintaining compatibility with Internet Explorer, the change spells good news, according to Frank Olivier, principal program manager lead for Microsoft Edge. But first, Microsoft is appealing to developers to exercise […]

Microsoft’s OneNote for iPhone and iPad now makes it easier for users to manage their lists and students to incorporate mathematical equations into their mobile note-keeping. Announcing a new update for the OneNote app for Apple iOS, OneNote Product Manager Ryan McMinn said the biggest change is a more touch-friendly way of creating and managing […]

Microsoft is closing the gap between the OneDrive mobile and Web app experiences. Users logging into their OneDrive.com accounts using their browsers this week will notice an enhanced user interface and new functionality, announced Tyler Rasmussen, principal design manager for Microsoft OneDrive. The company’s cloud file storage, sharing and syncing platform now features a new, […]