Microsoft and multinational oil company Total have announced a new strategic partnership to work together on digital transformation projects and sustainability goals. The alliance is notable as Total is one of the “supermajor” oil companies that’s currently in the process ... Read more
The pandemic hasn't slowed Microsoft's march to profits as it rounded out an arguably disruptive 2020 calendar, on a high note. According to the latest fiscal earnings report, Microsoft's Q2 2021 results were rather impressive with the company adding $15.5 ... Read more
While not a direct response to Apple's M1 chipset and subsequent offerings in the PC hardware market, Microsoft is reported to be working on its own Intel independence, creating its own silicon for server computers and possibly more. According to ... Read more
Office 365 admins can now enable a new Group Policy to exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded to OneDrive for Business.
Microsoft has revealed that it’s adding a new Office 365 policy that will let admins automatically exclude select file types from the backups in OneDrive. The feature, which is expected to land next month, is currently available for Office Insiders in OneDrive (version 20.201).
In May, we learned that Microsoft is working to bring cloud support to Outlook for Windows email signatures. The feature has been delayed several times and it's now scheduled for December 2020, according to the Microsoft Outlook Roadmap.
Microsoft's fiscal year earnings are out and it seems thanks in large part to the pandemic, the company floats another impressive revenue-generating quarter. In a turn of events from its last earnings report where the company noted that COVID-19 had ... Read more
Outlook for Windows will finally get cloud syncing support for email signatures next month (via Dr. Windows). The company has posted an update on the Microsoft 365 admin center stating that this feature's deployment has been delayed, and it's now ... Read more
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it's bringing new cloud syncing capabilities to Outlook for Windows in June. However, it seems like the Redmond giant has delayed the release of this feature to the end of September.
Has the pandemic given the company enough confidence in its work-from-home solutions to be more aggressive?
Microsoft plans to bring support for Plus Addressing, where you can create custom and disposable email addresses on Microsoft 365. According to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Plus Addressing is currently in development and will be accessible via general availability in Q3 ... Read more
Microsoft has announced the acquisition of ADRM Software, a leading provider of large-scale industry data models that are used by companies as “information blueprints."
Recently, former Microsoft executive Brian Hall left Amazon to work with Google Cloud, apparently in part due to concerns over Amazon's stance on facial recognition technology. Since June 2018, Hall has worked as the vice president of product marketing for ... Read more
Microsoft has started to roll out an update for the Outlook for Windows client that will let you store some settings into the cloud. Moreover, the company has pushed the release date for cloud support for email signatures from June 2020 to the end of July.
Outlook for Windows is soon getting a new feature that will let you save your email signatures in the cloud.
FedEx is partnering with Microsoft to share FedEx Surround shipment tracking with other organizations with the help of Microsoft Azure and Dynamics 365. FedEx Surround was the product of the collaboration between FedEx and Microsoft. As noted in a press ... Read more
Microsoft hires Tom McGuinness as new Corporate Vice President to support their growing healthcare business.
Amazon Web Service lawsuit in JEDI cloud computing contract dispute put on hold pending further review by the Pentagon
The US Department of Defense's Inspector General clears Microsoft's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract win.
Amazon, the leader in cloud computing, claimed on Tuesday that the Pentagon is attempting to constrain its review of the $10 billion cloud-computing deal that was originally awarded to Microsoft. On Tuesday, Amazon's court filing was made public urging a ... Read more
On Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned on CNBC that the hardware supply chain is coming back online as Asia starts to bounce back from the recent Coronavirus outbreak. However, even with the increased output, the exec still has questions ... Read more