Microsoft Introduces Cloud For Retail Service
New service aims to connect experiences across the end-to-end shopper journey with integrated and intelligent capabilities.
This week, Microsoft introduced the private preview of "Cloud for Retail". The retail-specific cloud service will centre around driving accelerated time to value. The servi...
Microsoft to deliver 99.99% uptime for Azure Active Directory
The move represents a significant increase over the current SLA.
Microsoft is promising to raise the resiliency of Azure Active Directory by delivering 99.99% uptime from 1 April 2021. This represents an increase over the 99.90% rate in the current Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Azure Active ...
SOHO combines Azure and Oracle Cloud via interconnect
Setting up a so-called interconnect between the Microsoft Azure Cloud and the Oracle Cloud has been possible for some time now. This gives you a fast private connection between the two cloud environments and enables applications to be active in both environments. This feature is not yet very well k...
Microsoft is creating a world without passwords
The password system we use today pre-dates the Internet.
Fernando Corbato is the American computer scientist whom many say created the computer password. He developed the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in the 1960's. His eureka moment was to create a way for people to share a computer wh...
Dell unveils EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
New system aims to optimize the operational experience of Microsoft’s next generation of Azure Stack HCI.
Dell EMC customers can now deploy on-premises HCI infrastructure via the Microsoft Azure stack. The new system is a hybrid cloud solution that also offers pay-as-you-go pricing.
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Microsoft announces plans to build an Azure data center in Denmark
Microsoft is continuing its expansion of global Azure data centers at a rapid rate. The company revealed that it plans to launch a new region in Denmark after announcing new regions in Taiwan and Austria two months ago.
In line with many recent announcements from the software giant, there is als...
Microsoft announces Az Predictor for PowerShell
Command line helper will help casual users better use cmdlets in PowerShell.
Microsoft this week announced the release of Az Predictor, an intelligent command completion module for Azure Powershell. Az Predictor helps Azure developers find the cmdlet they are looking for efficiently, identify th...
Rumour: Microsoft working on ‘computer in the cloud’
Microsoft appears to be planning to add a Cloud PC offering to Azure soon. It would consist of a virtual computer with Windows 10, accessible from any device for which the Microsoft Remote Desktop is available.
The rumour originates from ZDNet, which already reported the new product in July. Wit...
Azure receives Java Resource Management libraries
Microsoft has announced that Azure Cloud has a couple of new libraries to support programs written in Java. Different functions in the platform can now be called with Java.
The tech company has announced the update in a blog post. In it, Weidong Xu, senior software engineer at Microsoft, explain...
Microsoft releases Akri to enhance Kubernetes and take IoT devices to the edge
Microsoft seems to love open source nowadays, and it continued with the sharing of Akri, a project that simplifies the use of network edge devices with Kubernetes.
Akri operates under Deis Labs, which is under Deis, which Microsoft acquired in 2017. The whole point of Akri is to expose lightweig...
Microsoft announces Azure Space and partnership with SpaceX
Move targets public and private industry customers as well as governments.
Microsoft announced this week that it’s making its Azure cloud-computing services available to the space industry. The new platform, called Azure Space, will provide space-based Azure services to customers in the agricu...
Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT enters public preview
Product offers "agentless security" for unmanaged IoT/OT devices
Microsoft debuted a security solution last week for companies that manage "unmanaged" networks. These include networks with IoT (Internet of Things) or OT (Operational Technology, aka industrial equipment) devices.
Phil Neray, D...