Pedro Hernandez

The Azure Automation service, used to perform repeatable processes and configuration management on Azure, is now available for customers in the U.K. and those whose cloud services are provided by in the Azure West Central U.S. region data center based in Wyoming. As its name implies, the service enables customers to automate common IT tasks […]

Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 test build (15007) contains updates that will help users quickly resume tasks when switching PCs in the upcoming Creators Update. Like any helpful assistant, Cortana will point users in the right direction when they pick up a Windows laptop or tablet. “When you switch computers, Cortana will display quick links in […]

Microsoft today announced it had acquired Maluuba, a Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technology firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. Citing the company’s progress in speech and image recognition, Microsoft is now setting its sights on “literate machines,” according to Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research Group. […]

Microsoft officially launched a new Office 365 app this week called StaffHub that helps businesses with so-called deskless workers manage schedules on the fly and without having to scramble to update an Excel worksheet or whiteboard when an employee requests a shift change. Not everyone who punches a clock at the start of the workday […]

After months of tinkering, trying to cram data points, charts and other visualizations produced by Power BI into iPhone and Android handset screens, Microsoft has finally announced the general availability of phone-optimized Power BI reports. Enabling users to accesses the company’s cloud-based business intelligence (BI) software and analytics service on the go is a priority […]

During its Citrix Summit conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) provider announced a new product that uses Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform to provide a Windows 10 desktop experience to practically any device, enabling businesses to take an “as-a-service” approach to delivering the operating system to users. Dubbed XenDesktop Essentials, […]

The Windows 10 Creators Update is shaping up to be big upgrade, particularly for creative professionals and virtual reality enthusiasts. Customers concerned about their data privacy may also find reasons to like the update when it arrives this spring, although they’ll have one less setting to setting to choose from while deciding how much diagnostic […]

Microsoft’s move into the team chat collaboration space may have been a wise one, suggests a new study from Spiceworks, an IT management specialist. Spiceworks, which operates an online community of more than six million IT professionals, surveyed its customers about business chat application usage at their organizations. The results from 448 respondents actually bode […]

Microsoft is streamlining the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) management experience for Office 365 customers. The DLP capabilities in Office 365 help businesses keep a lid on sensitive information by controlling how files and content are stored and shared. It automatically classifies data and depending on the policies set by an organization controls the flow of […]

This spring’s Windows 10 Creators Update is coming into sharper focus this week with the release of a new build for Windows Insiders. Members of the early-access and feedback program can now download build 15002 for Windows PCs, announced Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar, a software engineer at the software giant’s Windows and Devices Group and head […]