Pedro Hernandez

This summer, Sunrise users face a choice: switch to Outlook or look elsewhere for their mobile scheduling needs. The popular calendar app for iOS and Android is shutting down on Wednesday, August 31st. Microsoft acquired Sunrise Atelier, the app’s developer, last year in a deal reportedly worth $100 million. The Sunrise team explained in a […]

Last week, the computer security industry was abuzz with the revelation that “The Collector,” a Russian Hacker, had amassed 272 million stolen log-ins, affecting major online email providers, including Yahoo,Google, Mail.ru and Microsoft’s own Hotmail. Alex Weinert, group program manager of Microsoft’s Identity Protection team, took to the company’s blog to reveal the impact of […]

Microsoft’s cloud is continuing its spread across the globe. The Redmond, Wash., software and cloud services provider announced on May 10 that it plans to spin up two new Azure data centers—or “regions,” as Microsoft calls them—in South Korea. One of those data centers will be located in the country’s capital city of Seoul. “This […]

Nearly two years after Microsoft launched its Office 365 for Business public roadmap for enterprise customers, the software giant is giving its education customers a similar level of forward visibility into the software maker’s plans for Office. “Anyone investing in technology for their school, college or university has the added responsibility of building an environment […]

On July 29, a year after Microsoft released Windows 10, the software giant will pull the plug on the free upgrade offer that enabled millions of Windows 7 and 8.1 users to get the new operating system at no cost. After that date, owners of older Windows PCs will need to pay up in order […]

Power BI mobile users, at least those clutching to their iPhones, have another option for quickly getting to their reports: QR codes. QR, or quick-response, codes are blocky, barcode-like symbols that can be used for a variety of purposes. Consumers typically encounter them in magazine advertisements, signage and other printed materials. When scanned with a […]

Project Server 2016, Microsoft’s project and portfolio management (PPM) software, is generally available, the company announced on May 5, just a day after the official launch of its cloud-inspired SharePoint Server 2016. The timing is somewhat fitting, considering that both platforms are now tightly linked, speeding deployments and enabling organizations to consolidate the number of […]

Administrators have one less weapon in their battle against shadow IT. One method of discouraging the use of unauthorized applications on Windows 10 is to block access to the Windows Store, the operating system’s built-in app marketplace. As some IT pros are now discovering, that tactic is no longer an option. Microsoft quietly disabled a […]

Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 will ship later this year, after the summer has come and gone in fact. “We’re excited to deliver Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 to customers this fall,” confirmed Mike Schutz, general manager of Microsoft Cloud Platform Marketing, in an email responding to a request for comment […]

Apart from causing a stir in financial technology (FinTech) circles, blockchain is also piquing the interest of IT giants on the lookout for the next big things. Best known as the technology behind the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, blockchain enables the creation of tamper-resistant distributed ledgers. Technology startups, e-commerce companies and even some major banks are pursuing […]