‘Microsoft faces immense challenge if it partially acquires TikTok’
The potential acquisition of elements of TikTok by Microsoft will be difficult. The social network shares a lot of resources with other applications of TikTok's parent company ByteDance.
Microsoft plans on purchasing only part of the social network: the United States, Canada, Australia and New Z...
‘Microsoft works on managed Azure Stack private cloud environment’
Microsoft is working on a managed Azure Stack private cloud environment, codenamed Azure Stack Fiji.
According to ZDNet, the tech giant is currently developing Azure Stack Fiji. The service allows companies managed by Microsoft Azure to run a local version of the public cloud in their own data c...
Products from big tech companies are vulnerable to cyberattack
RiskIQ security firm has identified critical vulnerabilities in many remote access and perimeter devices. Cybercriminals are already taking advantage of them. A recent investigation revealed that Microsoft, IBM, Citrix, and Cisco products were vulnerable.
The surge of employees working remotely ...
Microsoft updates Azure AD for users to manage their account security
Azure Active Directory My Sign-Ins is a new feature from Microsoft that reviews and reports unusual behavior based on the sign-in history of enterprise users. The feature allows users to detect any attempts of signing in by guessing the password.
The user will also be able to see whether the att...
Microsoft wants to buy TikTok, Trump wants financial compensation
Microsoft intends to buy the highly popular video app TikTok. Trump expects Microsoft to pay the U.S. Treasury Department as well if the company wants to complete the deal. These are tense times as the United States government accuses the Chinese company of spying on behalf of the Chinese governmen...
Microsoft wants to acquire TikTok, Trump gives tech company 45 days
Microsoft plans to acquire the United States branch of TikTok, which according to President Trump has to be done within 45 days. After a conversation between Microsoft-CEO Satya Nadella and the United States president, Microsoft has been given until the 15th of September to negotiate a deal.
The...
Microsoft rolls out new teleconferencing experience to Team users
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing the new Meetings experience to a significant portion of Team users in a couple of days. Many new features will back the unique experience for desktop clients on both Mac and Windows. Below are the steps to follow to be able to join the exp...
Microsoft releases new version of Azure Stack HCI
Microsoft has introduced a second version of its Azure Stack HCI service. The completely new version of the service allows Azure Stack HCI to run on its own existing hardware and is no longer based on Windows Server like the first version.
The Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) service Azure S...
Microsoft is planning a ‘Cloud PC’ virtual desktop service
Microsoft is reportedly working on a ‘Cloud PC,' which could be integrated with the existing Windows Virtual Desktop service. This new VDI will be different from the current Microsoft services, including Windows VDI. Surprisingly, Windows VDI was launched just last year on September 30th.
This...
Microsoft announces Dataflex to build low-code apps in Teams
Microsoft announces Dataflex, a new service that allows users to create, deploy and manage low-code applications and chatbots within Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Dataflex built on top of Common Data Services (CDS) and allows users to easily create Microsoft Power Apps and AI chatbots in combinatio...
Microsoft improves file sharing in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is now getting an upgrade that will allow them to streamline sharing. Now, users can create shareable file links and set permissions for files saved in Teams. In addition to these features, users can do the same for files stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, while engaging in a privat...
Microsoft’s SoftNER AI evaluates disruptions in cloud services
Microsoft uses unsupervised learning to collect data about disruptions to cloud services. According to researchers, it is no longer necessary to annotate large amounts of training data.
Structured data is very valuable, especially in the field of cloud services. Not only can this data be used to...