Pedro Hernandez

Teams, Microsoft’s chat-based group collaboration tool, is now available in a free version, Microsoft corporate vice president Ron Markezich announced July 12. The application has been available as part of some paid Office 365 plans and Microsoft 365, a software bundle that includes Windows, Office and Enterprise Mobility + Security. By Microsoft’s estimates, users at […]

Microsoft has upgraded the self-service data preparation capabilities in Power BI to help business users extract more meaningful insights from big data stored in their software-as-a-service applications and other sources using familiar tools. Growing demand for SaaS business applications has created a problem for organizations looking to create a data-driven culture in the workplace, according […]

Businesses can now use Intune to control their single or limited-use Android devices. Intune is Microsoft’s cloud-based enterprise mobile management (EMM) product and part of the company’s Enterprise Mobility + Security suite, which also includes Azure Active Directory and Azure Information Protection. Flexibility is one of the traits that users most value in phones and […]

Microsoft expanded its line of Windows devices on July 9 with a new, more portable version of the Surface Pro with trimmer dimensions and a lower price tag. Named Surface Go, the device sports a smaller 10-inch touch display—the screen on the larger Surface Pro measures 12.3 inches diagonally—a size that’s ideal for the classroom, […]

Microsoft Dynamics 365, a collection of customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, is following in the footsteps of the software giant’s other major software platforms. Like Windows 10, Windows Server and Office before it, the Dynamics 365 team at Microsoft will begin releasing major updates on a semi-annual basis. “We will […]

Microsoft’s Azure IoT Central has learned a few new tricks that provide better visibility into enterprise internet of things deployments. The fully managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) toolkit enables businesses to connect and manage their IoT devices without configuring underlying Azure cloud services or having to write code. In the latest round of updates, Microsoft has added […]

Microsoft continues to pile new features and application integrations onto Teams, transforming the chat-based group collaboration app into a workplace productivity hub. Recently, the software maker added the Direct Routing feature that allows businesses to extend telephony capabilities to Teams so users can make and receive calls while working with the software. The Teams app […]

Microsoft is letting Power BI developers take the application’s data visualizations out for a spin before they embed them into their applications. Trial and error is an integral and formative part of every developer’s journey. While experimentation can yield great results, businesses oftentimes prefer that those results arrive sooner rather than later. With the interactive […]

Companies that use SharePoint Online tend to keep some sensitive information on the collaboration platform. With the general availability release of the new Idle-Session Timeout Policy feature, Microsoft is helping businesses avoid the risk of data leaks and theft, which that can occur when devices are left unattended or are shared among multiple users. The […]

Microsoft released a new preview build of the successor to this spring’s Windows 10 April 2018 Update, code-named Redstone 5. Although it introduces a new base container image and contains several new security and data privacy enhancements, the latest build is also notable for what it lacks. Sets, new interface functionality that organizes apps into […]

Microsoft’s internet of things (IoT) product strategy for enterprises just took a major turn. Azure IoT Edge is generally available, the Redmond, Wash., software maker announced on June 27, bringing with it the quality and support assurances required for production IoT deployments that enable the intelligent edge at scale. The cloud-based service provides tools that […]

Gathering insights from information placed on Microsoft’s cloud-based storage and big data analytics platforms is about to get easier for the company’s enterprise customers. On June 27, Microsoft unveiled new cloud capabilities that further lower the barriers to big data analytics. They include Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, a service that brings “together the notion […]