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Microsoft and Rubrik Partner to bolster Zero Trust,and Ransomware protection
Read more: Microsoft and Rubrik Partner to bolster Zero Trust,and Ransomware protectionMICROSOFT and Rubrik (a US-based, Gartner leading data backup and protection company) have announced a new strategic partnership which will see them working together to providing Zero Trust data protection…
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Microsoft Teams will finally let users “swap” meeting content with the Gallery view
Read more: Microsoft Teams will finally let users “swap” meeting content with the Gallery viewMicrosoft Teams is getting a new much needed feature that will allow users to swap between shared content and the Gallery view during meetings. Now in Public Preview, this new…
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Microsoft launches Windows 11 Innovation Portal
Read more: Microsoft launches Windows 11 Innovation PortalThis week (end of July 21), Microsoft made Windows 11 available to #WindowsInsiders in the BETA channel (it’s been available for a month now in the DEV channel). To help…
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Microsoft adds SafeLinks protection to Teams
Read more: Microsoft adds SafeLinks protection to TeamsMicrosoft 365 now has “Safe Links” protections across Microsoft Teams for any organisation that uses Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formally Office 365 ATP). What is Safe Links? Safe Links…
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New “Side-by-Side” and “Reporter” Presenter modes coming in August to Teams
Read more: New “Side-by-Side” and “Reporter” Presenter modes coming in August to TeamsComing to complement the newly released “Standout mode” that rolled out to Microsoft Teams last months, 2 new immersive presentation modes are about to start rolling out. This update is…
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Microsoft buys CloudKnox, the only multi-cloud, hybrid cloud permissions management platform
Read more: Microsoft buys CloudKnox, the only multi-cloud, hybrid cloud permissions management platformAfter their acquisition RiskIQ just last week and ReFirm the month before, Microsoft have just annouced they are now aquiring CloudKnox, a leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). Who…
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Windows Server and SQL 2008 and 2012 – Extended Support Options
Read more: Windows Server and SQL 2008 and 2012 – Extended Support OptionsSQL and Windows Server 2008 Extended Security Updates were made available (at a cost) by Microsoft for both SQL Server and Windows Server versions 2008 and 2008 R2 since “official…
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Zoom gets into Contact Centres with acquisition of Five9
Read more: Zoom gets into Contact Centres with acquisition of Five9After experiencing huge growth like many Cloud UC vendors) during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom has made its first major acquisition by agreeing to buy cloud contact center Five9 for $14.7…
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The next version of Microsoft Teams is coming… ditches ‘electron’ and looks very different..
Read more: The next version of Microsoft Teams is coming… ditches ‘electron’ and looks very different..The next big update to #MicrosoftTeams (dubbed Teams 2.0) will be faster, allow multiple accounts, provide seemless integration into #Windows11 and will look and behave much more like a native…
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#Windows365 is here as Microsoft announces Cloud PC at Inspire2021
Read more: #Windows365 is here as Microsoft announces Cloud PC at Inspire2021Windows365 is a new service that will let users access their corporate ‘cloud’ PC from anywhere by streaming a version of Windows 10 (or Windows 11 when released) in a…
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There are no clouds in space… But there is Azure!
Read more: There are no clouds in space… But there is Azure!I read an article recently about Stephen Kitay – the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, who is now Senior Director at Microsoft Azure Space. It got…
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Microsoft makes another security acquisition…
Read more: Microsoft makes another security acquisition…Microsoft has just announced that they are to acquire cyber security company RiskIQ in a $500m deal. RiskIQ provide cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) for businesses to identity various…
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What’s Windows 11 really about then?
Read more: What’s Windows 11 really about then?Windows 11 is new – in this blog I look into some of the reasons why we have a Windows 11 and not simply another update to Windows 10! In…
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Windows 11. A fuss about nothing? Not at all!
Read more: Windows 11. A fuss about nothing? Not at all!So last week, Microsoft officially unveiled the “Next generation on Windows” with #Windows11 and 4 days later the first #WindowsInsider build (yes its rough around the edges still) made its…
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Microsoft has just made a HUGE acquisition in the AI space in the region of $20Billion.
Read more: Microsoft has just made a HUGE acquisition in the AI space in the region of $20Billion.Microsoft has just acquired voice AI expert Nuance for just shy of $20Billion which should be completed by the end of 2021. This is part of Microsoft’s continued “big bet”…
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New Edge browser extension for Outlook aims to keep you informed while browsing.
Read more: New Edge browser extension for Outlook aims to keep you informed while browsing.The Outlook extension is in beta (due to be released in July) but is available to download now from the Microsoft Edge add-ons store. What does it do? The Outlook…
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Surface Laptop 4 AMD: Hands on review
Read more: Surface Laptop 4 AMD: Hands on reviewLooking at the Surface Laptop 4? Check out my hands on review. #SurfaceLaptop4 @SurfaceUK
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Registration open for ‘virtual’ Microsoft Inspire 2021 partner event.
Read more: Registration open for ‘virtual’ Microsoft Inspire 2021 partner event.Microsoft has opened registrations for this years Inspire 2021 virtual conference, which will be held on July 14th and 15th. Microsoft Inspire is Microsoft’s largest (and global) annual partner event and…
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Teams “Phone” gets a heap of new features
Read more: Teams “Phone” gets a heap of new featuresWhat’s new June 2021,brings a host of new features to Teams phones, which translate and complement some of the newest and greatest features users get with Teams on their desktop…
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Cisco unveil new Webex logo, new look and add a bunch of new features
Read more: Cisco unveil new Webex logo, new look and add a bunch of new featuresSummary Last night, Cisco unveiled a new “modern” logo for its Webex product suite along with annoucing a new set of features coming soon which range from background noise cancellation…