Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS), the company’s software-as-a-service IT management offering, now supports Surface Hub, suggesting that the massive device is nearing release. First unveiled nearly a year ago, Surface Hub is an 84-inch, Windows 10-powered all-in-one system that incorporates Office, OneNote and Skype for Business for interactive meetings and video conferencing. Competing against enterprise […]

At this week’s Big Show, the National Retail Federation’s conference in New York City, Microsoft is showing off a Windows 10 point-of-sale (POS) solution aimed at providing more engaging customer experiences at brick-and-mortar shops. “The new Windows 10 POS solution will transform traditional, stationary workstations into interactive mobile experiences,” said Jeremy Korst, general manager of […]

Having already achieved commercial success among video gamers, Microsoft is now on a mission to bring Minecraft to classrooms. The company is acquiring MinecraftEdu from Teacher Gaming LLC and “investing in a new and expanded version of Minecraft for the classroom called Minecraft Education Edition,” said Anthony Salcito, vice president of Worldwide Education for Microsoft, […]

For nearly three and a half months, Microsoft has been rolling out its Skype Translator technology to millions of Windows users. This week, the company crossed the finish line. “This takes Skype one step closer to our mission of empowering people to do more, even across languages,” stated Microsoft in a Jan. 13 announcement on […]

Microsoft is combating email-based insider spoofing, making it harder for the employees of Exchange Online Protection customers to fall for phishing emails that appear to come from their bosses and work colleagues. Insider spoofing, also known as “peer phishing,” refers to “a phisher impersonat[ing] high-ranking company executives by spoofing the company’s email domain,” explained Shobhit […]

Outlook has learned a few new tricks for early 2016. Microsoft has updated its Outlook for Android and iOS apps, incorporating a new time-saving feature for users who rely on Skype to place voice or video calls. Now, users can add preset Skype sessions directly within the Outlook app. “When creating a new event on […]

Microsoft events are well-attended by developers, IT managers and administrators. Now the company is shifting its attention to the C-suite. Envision, Microsoft’s new conference for high-level executives, will take place April 4 to 6 in New Orleans, the Redmond, Wash., technology giant announced this week. Registration is currently open and requires a Microsoft account, which […]

Microsoft’s quest to unseat Cisco in the competitive market for collaboration solutions has taken the company Down Under. The Redmond, Wash., software titan has acquired technology from Australian unified communications specialist Event Zero to improve Skype for Business’ analytics, reporting and management capabilities, the companies announced today. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Zig […]

As part of a major push into big data analytics, nearly a year ago Microsoft announced it was acquiring Revolution Analytics, the largest commercial software and services provider for R, the popular open-source statistical computing language. Signaling that the integration process is essentially complete—the deal closed on April 6—Microsoft’s Joseph Sirosh, corporate vice president of […]

Only Internet Explorer 11 and Edge are left standing after Microsoft pulled support for IE 8, 9 and 10 today. As warned by the Redmond, Wash., software giant, Jan. 12 marks the date the company stops issuing updates and security fixes to the older versions of the browser software, which has been the default Windows […]

Microsoft is making it easier for customers to back up and recover their VMware virtual servers using Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Hyper-V Recovery Manager, the company’s cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) product. This week, the company officially released enhanced VMware to Azure functionality that has been in private beta since October. “Customers can now protect and […]

Tomorrow night’s speech before the U.S. Congress will not only mark the final State of the Union address for President Barack Obama, but there also will be a high-profile appearance by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The White House announced yesterday in a press release that the executive will be among the guests invited to the […]