Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft wants to make broken promises and the workplace conflicts they cause a thing of the past. A year ago, the Redmond, Wash. software giant previewed a new feature for Cortana that would help Windows 10 users honor the commitments they make via email. This week, the general public can finally take the technology, dubbed […]

Data at rest encryption on Azure File Storage isn’t the only cloud storage-related update Microsoft has issued this week. On Feb. 8, the company announced a new instant file recovery feature for Azure Backup. As its name implies, Azure Backup is a backup-as-a-service offering from Microsoft that customers can use to offload their data protection […]

The wait is nearly over. Microsoft said today it plans to release Visual Studio 2017, the company’s cross-platform IDE (integrated development environment), on Tuesday, March 7 during a two-day launch event. The event, featuring interactive demonstrations and training sessions, will be live-streamed from the Visual Studio website. The news comes as the software giant celebrates […]

Microsoft is offering to protect Azure cloud computing customers from patent trolls amid a rise in cloud-based intellectual property (IP) lawsuits. Over the past five years, there has been a 22 percent increase in the number of cloud-based IP lawsuits filed in the U.S., noted Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, in […]

IT buyers evaluating Surface Hub, Microsoft’s all-in-one digital whiteboard and teleconferencing solution, now have more buying options. With prices starting at $8,999 for the 55-inch version of the device, and reaching a stratospheric $21,999 for the 84-inch model, it’s reasonable for businesses to want to carefully evaluate the Surface Hub before they devote a significant […]

Microsoft today announced the addition of the new Custom Speech Service to the company’s Cognitive Services toolkit and collection of APIs that developers can use to build machine-learning and artificial-intelligence applications. Custom Speech Service, currently available in preview, addresses some of the shortcomings of voice-recognition systems, like noisy environments and different speaking styles. It enables […]

Microsoft has kicked off a preview of its Storage Service Encryption (SSE) for Azure customers, enabling organizations to protect their cloud files with the added security of an encryption at rest feature. “Microsoft handles all the encryption, decryption and key management in a fully transparent fashion,” said Lavanya Kasarabada, a Microsoft Azure Storage program manager, […]

The latest of version of Evernote for iOS not only looks different, it streamlines many of the popular app’s note taking and content capture functionality. “All of the main things that you want to do in the application are just a touch away,” Nate Fortin, vice president of Design at Evernote, told eWEEK during an […]

Chromebooks, inexpensive notebook PCs powered by Google’s Chrome OS, are becoming an increasingly common sight, particularly in schools. A Web leak that made the rounds this past weekend suggests that partnering on inexpensive Windows 10 PCs for classrooms isn’t the only way Microsoft plans to compete for budget-conscious technology buyers. Windows 10 Cloud, a version […]

Microsoft Edge is gaining the ability to read e-books aloud in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update. Now, members of the Windows Insider early-access and feedback program can see, or rather listen to it, for themselves. The company this week released Build 15025 for Windows 10 Mobile to insiders. Building on the new e-book functionality […]

Microsoft released its mobile Outlook client for iOS and Android two years ago this week, based on the software giant’s late-2014 acquisition of the popular email app, Acompli. To celebrate, the company announced add-in support for the iOS version of the app. The first batch includes Evernote, GIPHY, Nimble, Smartsheet, Trello and Microsoft’s own Dynamics […]

The Tenant Restrictions feature in Azure Active Directory is now generally available, allowing organizations to exert more control over their users’ interactions with software-as-a-service applications to prevent leaks of sensitive information. Alex Simons, director of Program Management at Microsoft’s Identity Division, explained that Tenant Restrictions “enables organizations to control access based on the Azure AD […]