Pedro Hernandez

Skype looks different after the Windows Anniversary Update, on both PCs and smartphones. Two weeks after Microsoft began rolling out the update for PCs and tablets, the company released it to Windows 10 Mobile devices on Aug. 16. Among the many updates is a new Skype Preview app that borrows heavily from the PC. “Just […]

Instead of basking in Bash and some the other power user- and developer-friendly features included in the this month’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update, some PC owners were instead greeted by unresponsive hardware. “Microsoft has received a small number of reports of Windows 10 freezing after installing the Anniversary Update on systems with the operating system […]

Changes are coming to how some of Microsoft’s vintage, yet still supported Windows operating systems are updated, the company announced yesterday. Beginning in October, instead of individual patches that address security and reliability issues, the software giant is bundling them into cumulative “monthly rollups,” Nathan Mercer, a senior product marketing manager at Microsoft, announced in […]

Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory (AD) is casting its ever-widening net over more third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. The cloud-based identity management platform is now offering businesses centralized user account maintenance and single sign-on services for 23 new applications, including the A/B testing tool, Optimizely. Part of the digital marketer’s arsenal, A/B testing enables organizations to assess […]

Azure RemoteApp, Microsoft’s cloud-based remote application delivery service, is shutting down in 2017. Taking its place is a new collaboration between Microsoft and virtual desktop specialist Citrix called XenApp Express. The product, currently under development, “combines the simplicity of application remoting and the scalability of Azure with the security, management, and performance benefits of XenApp, […]

Last week, Microsoft began rolling out its highly anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Wasting little time, the software maker is already laying the groundwork for its next major update, known internally as Redstone 2 (Anniversary Update carried the Redstone code name until its completion). This week, participants of the Windows Insider early access program who […]

Microsoft is getting ready to release a second technical preview of its hybrid cloud computing platform for private data centers, the Redmond, Wash., software giant announced this week. Select customers are being invited to download the software now, ahead of a broader release later this year. In May 2015, during the inaugural Ignite conference, Microsoft […]

Microsoft has added a new capability to the Conditional Access feature in Azure Active Directory (AD) Premium, the policy engine that allows administrators to deny their users access to business applications and other resources unless they meet certain requirements. Last month, the company rolled out two new policies, per-app multifactor authentication (MFA) and network location. […]

Redmond, Wash., tech giant Microsoft announced on Aug. 11 that it signed an agreement to acquire nearby livestreaming specialist Beam Interactive for an undisclosed amount. Instead of passively observing gamers as they broadcast their exploits, the Beam platform offers visual controls that enable viewers to interact with the game world. The Seattle-based company’s software development […]

Encrypting data is an effective and time-tested way of keeping sensitive or confidential information out of the hands of unauthorized users and hackers. The problem, at least in scenarios involving partners or multiple parties, is that encryption can stand in the way of unearthing new insights and making scientific breakthroughs. The solution seems simple; decrypt […]