Pedro Hernandez

Next year, Microsoft is planning to open new Azure cloud data centers in France. The announcement was made in Dublin at the Microsoft Experiences event today, the first day of a four-day tour of Europe, in which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith will meet with the region’s leaders and businesses. Other stops […]

Both the partnership that Microsoft struck with Salesforce and the company’s Skype for Business App SDK are paying off this week for the Redmond, Wash., software giant. The company announced the beta availability of its new Skype for Salesforce integration on Sept. 29. “Skype for Salesforce surfaces the capabilities of Skype for Business Online directly […]

Microsoft has high hopes for its HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset in the enterprise, but for now, only organizations and early adopters willing to part with $3,000 for the Development Edition of the hardware can take the fledging technology for a spin. App support is a bit sparse and will likely remain that way until […]

Since the summer of 2015, a collection of add-ins has enabled users of the Outlook email client on Windows PCs and on the web to hail an Uber car or send money online via PayPal without leaving the application. Now, Mac users can get in on the act. “In the coming weeks, add-ins in Outlook […]

Microsoft is consolidating several of its research and artificial intelligence divisions into the Microsoft AI and Research Group, the Redmond, Wash., software giant announced Sept. 29. The new division consolidates many of Microsoft’s research organizations and its AI workforce, an estimated 5,000 computer scientists and engineers. The unit encompasses the New Experiences and Technologies (NExT) […]

Microsoft Ignite 2016 isn’t the only technology conference taking place this week although the sheer number of new announcements coming out of Atlanta, the site of the event, suggests otherwise. In Chicago, where Ignite was held last year, Workday Rising is currently gathering users of the Workday’s finance and human resources (HR) applications and partner […]

Microsoft and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are collaborating on a new pilot project aimed at automating trade finance transactions using blockchain technology, the companies announced yesterday. Blockchain is best known as the distributed database technology at the heart of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It is hardened against tampering, preventing even its operators from revising or […]

Microsoft is sharing details about the first Feature Pack for SharePoint Server 2016, which is set to arrive ahead of schedule. When Microsoft released SharePoint Server 2016 in May, it pledged to periodically release Feature Packs that narrow the functionality gap between the on-premises software and SharePoint Online, its quickly evolving cloud-based counterpart. During this […]

Microsoft isn’t stopping at helping users produce polished Word documents and become better researchers with the company’s new cloud-enabled intelligent services for Office 365. During its Ignite conference in Atlanta this week, the software giant took the wraps off new features that can slash the time it takes to create informative and professional-looking Office content. […]

Microsoft is schooling LinkedIn users in some of its most popular Office apps. When Microsoft announced it was acquiring LinkedIn for $26 billion back in June, the company hinted at plans to link the massive professional network with its productivity software ecosystem. By pulling LinkedIn’s user graph into Office-based workflows, Office may one day suggest […]