Microsoft has released a new broadcast development kit for Teams that will make it easy for production studios to integrate Teams feeds right into their cloud production workflows. The open-source project will require an Azure virtual machine to pull the ... Read more
Microsoft Inspire is a conference centered on Microsoft's partners, so that means there's a ton of news around Azure. Stories cover Azure App Dev, Data, Hybrid and Multicloud, Infra, and Migration. We've recapped everything you need to know in a ... Read more
Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft’s Azure-based solution for running virtualized versions of Windows and Office is being rebranded to Azure Virtual Desktop. The name change reflects Microsoft’s broader vision for its cloud virtual desktop infrastructure, which is also getting new capabilities ... Read more
Microsoft is announcing several new capabilities for Azure database services at Build. The Azure Database's ledger capability, which is in preview for users, provides cryptographic verification for sensitive records. Azure Synapse Link for Microsoft Dataverse provides immediate insights from Microsoft ... Read more
As expected, Azure is a significant focus for Microsoft and its developers at this year's BUILD conference. In addition to being a focal presence during BUILD 2021's keynote opener, there are over 127 sessions dedicated to various aspects of Azure ... Read more
Microsoft this week announced the shuttering of its relatively new Azure Blockchain Service. As of this past Monday, no new member creations or deployments are being accepted though existing projects will continue to be supported until September 10th when the ... Read more
According to a report over at ZNET, Microsoft’s new Cloud PC service could be launching around June or July this year, just a few months from now. The service, which already has a live website, will essentially be a virtual ... Read more
Microsoft kicked off its Game Stack Live conference today with some big news for game developers. To speed up adoption of new DirectX12 features, the company is releasing the DirectX12 Agility SDK, which will allow game developers to implement the ... Read more
Microsoft announced this morning that it will open its first datacenter region in Malaysia as part of an ambitious plan to advance the country’s economy. The new datacenter region in the Greater Kuala Lumpu will provide local customers access Azure, ... Read more
Microsoft has discontinued support for domain fronting via Azure. The cloud computing platform is primarily designed for developing, testing, and running applications. It supports setups ranging from virtual computing to networking and is underpinned by Microsoft’s data centers. The company ... Read more
If you’re having issues accessing Microsoft 365 services right now, you’re not alone. The software giant has acknowledged that several Microsoft services including Microsoft Teams, Azure, Dynamics, and Xbox Live may be inaccessible for some users due to a DNS ... Read more
As you may know, we made some changes to OnMSFT.com and Azure this month, and as is normal, we hit a few snags along the way. After some fine tuning, though, we think we're getting close to getting it dialed ... Read more
Microsoft has launched a new hardware and software platform called Azure percept in the public preview today. The latest offering makes it easier for customers to develop and implement AI solutions for scenarios such as anomaly detections, object detection, shelf analytics, and more.
Microsoft announced this morning some important updates for Azure Arc, the company’s new management tool for hybrid cloud application infrastructures. First of all, the Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes, which has been in preview since last year, has finally become generally available.
Microsoft's annual Ignite 2021 conference is underway, and there's a lot of Azure and cloud news coming out of the event. The biggest of them all is the announcement that Microsoft is opening a new datacenter region in northern China. ... Read more
Microsoft is launching today new industry-specific cloud offerings for Financial Services, Manufacturing, and Nonprofits. These industry clouds will bundle together APIs and industry-specific components with Microsoft’s own services such as Azure and Dynamics 365, making it easier for companies to ... Read more
Microsoft is closing the book on its internal investigation of the now infamous SolarWinds phishing attack that's affected hundreds of US companies. While early on it had been identified that the nation-state attack first wormed its way through the use ... Read more
Microsoft has introduced a new Document Translation feature for its Azure Translator service in public preview. The company has announced that Translator Cognitive Service will now allow organizations to translate documents in a batch in various file formats preserving their original structure and layout.
Last week, Microsoft's business inadvertently made headlines as Ford, a previous infotainment partner opted to Google's Cloud services over that of Azure or even AWS. Most of the headlines were drawn from conclusions of the former Microsoft and Ford Sync ... Read more
Another day, another data center contract signed. With more businesses offloading their on-premises data to the cloud, cloud service providers such as Microsoft are continually on the lookout for areas to erect new datacenters to help provide local support. Noelle ... Read more
With the numbers tabulated from the cloud revenue wars involving industry leaders Amazon Webs Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, it seems that Microsoft's 2020 report stands head and shoulders above the rest. While Amazon's AWS cloud revenue was ... Read more