Pedro Hernandez

Smartsheet, a Bellevue, Wash.-based business software maker, has baked Azure Active Directory (AD) support into its spreadsheet-inspired project management and collaboration platform. Azure AD is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and user management platform. The integration will help organizations leverage the platform’s single sign-on capabilities, allowing organizations with investments in Microsoft’s growing Office 365 software platform to […]

Microsoft announced on Jan. 16 Skype 4.0 on TV, an update for 2014 Samsung Smart TVs that enables three-party video calls and borrows one of the Xbox One’s features. “Today we’re excited to announce Skype 4.0 on TV, allowing you to enjoy a free group video call on your 2014 Samsung Smart TV with built-in […]

Microsoft’s portfolio of educational products keeps evolving and growing. To help teachers keep up, the company has launched a new resource Website called OneNote for Teachers. “The goal behind OneNoteforTeachers.com, a new site developed exclusively for educators, is to take a completely new OneNote user and magically turn them into a ‘OneNote Ninja’ in about […]

Microsoft has issued an update to Power Query, an Excel add-on that connects to the company’s self-service Power BI offering. Power BI for Office 365, first introduced in 2013 and formally launched last year, is a cloud-based business intelligence platform that allows rank-and-file office workers to explore and glean insights from large data sets using […]

Microsoft has confirmed that its Windows 10 media event will take place on the morning of Jan. 21. And the general public is invited to watch as it takes place at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters. In keeping with its tradition of livestreaming important announcements, Microsoft has prepared a Website, announced Brandon LeBlanc, senior marketing communications […]

Microsoft has been beefing up its Azure cloud computing platform, and the company has the certifications to prove it, according to Lori Woehler, principal group manager for Compliance and Trust at the software and cloud computing giant. Woehler revealed in an Azure blog post that Microsoft Azure had “completed an ISO 27001 renewal audit to […]

Microsoft and e-commerce and mobile payments specialist PayPal want to help make the cash register a thing of the past for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and merchants. With the National Retail Federation’s Big Show conference in New York City as a backdrop, the company announced new products that leverage the Surface Pro 3’s laptop-like […]

In October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proclaimed that “Microsoft Loves Linux,” during a press event. Today, the company is backing up that once-inconceivable statement with a new offering that enables organizations to migrate their Linux servers and virtual machines (VMs) to Microsoft’s massive Azure cloud computing service. “Today, we are excited to add support for […]

Organizations that use Office 365-hosted Access 2013 Web apps can now implement their own email notification systems, according to Jeff Conrad, senior content developer on the Microsoft Office Creative Content Development team. The new Send Email feature for Office 365 with Access Services—a “top feature request” according to Conrad’s Jan. 12 blog post—allows users to […]

Microsoft wants to make large-scale credit card fraud a thing of the past and help retailers to modernize their showrooms and sales floors with mobile and cloud-enabled point-of-sale (POS) systems. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant has teamed with point-of-sale (POS) systems and solutions providers to help spur adoption of the Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) […]