Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft inadvertently let the cat out of the bag earlier this week when it prematurely posted an announcement on its Microsoft Developer Network website revealing that Visual Studio, the company’s “mobile-first, cloud-first IDE” (integrated development environment), was making its way to the Mac. Microsoft quickly removed the post, finally reinstating it today after announcing a […]

Microsoft today took the wraps off Outlook Customer Manager, a new software tool for Office 365 small business customers that enables them to keep track of their customer communications and engagement activities directly within the email client. While viewing an email from a customer, Outlook Customer Manager collects emails, calls, meetings, Office files, deadlines, tasks […]

Microsoft’s quest to build a “responsible cloud” took a gusty turn today. Currently, 44 percent of electricity consumed by Microsoft’s cloud data centers comes from renewable energy sources. By 2018, the Redmond, Wash. technology giant hopes to bump that figure up to 50 percent, a goal that has become more attainable with a new energy […]

Microsoft rolled out the welcome mat for Kubernetes this week. It’s a big step in rounding out the company’s cloud container ecosystem, but the company isn’t stopping there. This week, the company shared more details on its upcoming Azure Container Registry (ACR) service. On Nov. 16, Microsoft will release a preview of ACR, which will […]

Sticky Notes, a Windows Ink Workspace app, is bringing its Cortana-powered capabilities to more users across more parts of the globe. The latest Windows 10 preview build (14965) contains an update to the stylus-friendly app (it also supports keyboard input) that enables Insights to work with additional languages and in more regions of the world. […]

Azure SQL’s in-memory capabilities are now generally available, Microsoft announced this week, setting the stage for brisk and advanced cloud-based analytics. As the term suggests, in-memory processing relies on data stored in a RAM to accelerate database performance. Rather than wait for data to wend its way from storage components and arrays to a server’s […]

While it bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor on the outside, the redesigned Surface Book with Performance Base that hits store shelves Nov. 10 in the U.S. and Canada, is a different beast on the inside. The updated 2-in-1 laptop, unveiled last month during Microsoft’s Windows 10 media event in New York City, delivers […]

During the E3 2016 conference in June, Microsoft unveiled is trimmer, 4K video-enabled Xbox One S and teased the late-2017 release of its Project Scorpio games console with full 4K gameplay. Noticeably missing was the rumored Xbox TV streaming stick. A Windows Central report suggests that the early leak of rival Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro, […]

Making sure its customers don’t fall too far behind the technology curve, Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would use a string of upcoming Feature Packs to help SharePoint Server 2016 keep pace with its rapidly evolving, cloud-based counterpart, SharePoint Online. The first Feature Pack was originally set for an early 2017 release, but […]

Microsoft has updated its Power BI mobile apps, offering users new and faster ways of accessing their business analytics on the go. On all mobile platforms (Android, iOS and Windows), the apps now use the Favorites page as the default landing page, helping users quickly reach their most used dashboards and visualizations. Users who haven’t […]