Microsoft adds way to update Windows 11 using Online Service Experience Packs
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider build on October 27. Named Windows 11 Build 22489, the release notes for this Dev Channel build contain a message from Microsoft officials disclosing that there is going to be yet another way for people to update Windows outside of major OS updates, using... Read more
European providers would like the DMA to cover ‘unfair’ cloud market practices
Service providers are arguing that the European cloud market will not develop unless the new EU antitrust laws prevent anti-competitive practices by the dominant software providers. The European trade association for cloud infrastructure services providers (CISPE) commissioned a study on potential ... Read more
Cloud offering drives Microsoft profits in last quarter
Microsoft's quarterly figures show its primarily generating revenue from cloud offerings. In the quarter that ended September 30, 2021, the cloud business accounted for the largest share of total revenue.
The tech giant posted total revenue of 40 billion euros ($45.3 billion) last quarter, an in... Read more
Microsoft is building a low-cost 11.6-inch laptop for education
Microsoft’s strategy to compete with Chromebook is taking shape in the form of a new, 11.6-inch, low-cost laptop made to suit educational users. The laptop is designed in the spirit of other low-cost education-oriented laptops like Lenovo 100W or the HP Stream series.
Laptops of this type are ... Read more
Microsoft handles record-breaking DDOS-attack on Azure customer
Microsoft recently said that it successfully handled a 2.4 TB per-second distributed denial-of-service assault against an Azure client, the world's largest DDoS attack in history.
Countries involved in the attack
Nearly 70,000 sources across many countries in Asia-Pacific, including Japan, Ta... Read more
Microsoft’s AI-driven Translator supports more than 100 languages
Microsoft added support for 12 languages and dialects to its Translator service in the Azure public cloud. The addition uses artificial intelligence to automate text translation.
The languages and dialects added include Georgian, Mongolian (Traditional), Mongolian (Cyrillic), Turkmen, Tibetan, T... Read more
The EU questions Microsoft competitors about bundling Teams in Office
EU antitrust watchdogs are following up on a complaint made by Slack Technologies, claiming that Microsoft’s Teams (a Slack rival) which Redmond integrated with its Office product gives it greater power in the concerned market.
Reuters saw a questionnaire sent to rivals by the European Commiss... Read more
Microsoft has acquired Ally.io, a company that specializes in Objectives and Key Results
The deal's terms are not public. However, we know that Microsoft plans to turn Ally.io’s OKR functionality into a new module in the Viva employee-experience platform, according to officials' statements.
Ally.io has about 130 employees located primarily in Chennai, India, and Seattle. Microsoft... Read more
Microsoft explains how to install Windows 11 without TPM 2.0
Microsoft frustrated and confused many people when it said that for people to get Windows 11 on their machines, they would need to have support for TPM 2.0. The reason was, it would improve the general security of the latest Windows iteration.
The problem is that even the somewhat modern and pow... Read more
Thales works with Google on secure European Google Cloud region
Thales and Google are partnering to offer state-approved/vetted cloud computing services for storing some of France's sensitive data. The companies announced the partnership on Wednesday.
The alliance between Europe's largest defense electronics supplier and Google fulfills a government plan lau... Read more