Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft Hits Business Highs in 2016 with Cloud Services, Windows 10 Cloud computing services and its enterprise software portfolio have enabled Microsoft to achieve a level of success in 2016 it hasn’t seen since the late 1990s. Microsoft Snags LinkedIn One of this year’s biggest tech acquisitions was Microsoft’s $26 billion bid for LinkedIn, the […]

Few things are as frustrating as trying to find a misplaced phone, car keys or wallet before heading out to an appointment or going to work. Microsoft may help make it a thing of the past with a new object-tracking patent from the Redmond, Wash. technology giant. Spotted by MSPoweruser, patent application 20160373570 describes an […]

Office.com provides users with access to their Office 365 apps and content anywhere and on practically any device that supports a modern web browser. With its co-authoring capabilities, it enables users to work collaboratively on Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and other types of Office documents in real-time. The co-authoring feature was eventually ported to the […]

The holidays are no time to drop one’s guard when it comes to cyber-security. After tracking the popular Cerber ransomware family and noticing a decline in activity earlier this month, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center warns that attackers have ratcheted up their efforts during what is considered a slow period at many businesses, but a […]

OneDrive for Business usage is growing at a steady clip, and to help businesses take control over the cloud file storage platform as more users are welcomed onboard, Microsoft is rolling out a new management experience in early 2017. For those who can’t wait, Office 365 customers enrolled in the company’s First Release program can […]

Microsoft has drastically increased the maximum file size limit on Azure Blob Storage, the company’s cloud-based object storage offering, from 195GB to a whopping 4.77TB. Now science researchers and other customers with hefty cloud storage needs have room for their most demanding workloads, according to Michael Hauss, a Microsoft Azure Storage program manager. “The increased […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Microsoft a five-year contract worth $937 million for technical support and consulting service, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 20. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will provide the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) with Microsoft Enterprise Technical Support Services from so-called “Blue Badges,” which are staff […]

Microsoft is closing out the year with new updates that make Office 365 documents easier to read for individuals with less than perfect eyesight, among other conditions. Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Office group, took to his company’s official blog to announce the new content creation features in Office 365 aimed at making […]

Microsoft is rolling out the final Power BI mobile app updates for 2016. This time around, the focus is on making it easier to share findings and get Android tablet users up to speed on the business intelligence (BI) app. On iOS, the company has made new enhancements to the app’s annotating and sharing features. […]

In September, Microsoft began delivering Azure cloud services to the United Kingdom from its data centers in London, Durham and Cardiff. Initially, the company offered Office 365 along with select number of services. Motivated, in part, by growing data privacy and residency concerns among U.K. customers, Microsoft decided to open new Azure data centers in […]