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Some Windows 7 and 8 users would rather chance a malware infection than an involuntary Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft stepped on the gas in its quest to drive Windows 7 and 8 users to Windows 10 over the past couple of weeks, rolling the upgrade out as a Recommended update. […]
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Google beat Microsoft to market with its cloud-based suite of business apps, but the tables have turned and many organizations, particularly large enterprises, are now looking to Microsoft for their cloud needs. As Google and Microsoft battle for enterprise cloud customers, each company’s natural strengths (and weaknesses) become more apparent. […]
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The company’s security tools will remove the eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider certificates Microsoft has updated several of its security tools to remove two digital certificates installed on some Dell computers that could compromise data. The updates apply to Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1; Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 […]
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Enterprise subscribers to Office 365 get “Current Branch” and “Current Branch for Business” update and upgrade tracks Microsoft yesterday said it will launch Office 2016 for Windows on Sept. 22, and detailed how it will deliver updates and upgrades with a cadence and rules set similar to Windows 10’s. Office […]
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The companies have worked together on a new device management initiative Microsoft’s new, more collaborative approach to the computing industry was on display at VMware’s annual conference in San Francisco Tuesday, when executives from both companies shared the stage to talk about new device management features in Windows 10. As […]
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Tuesday’s build 10525 warns Insiders, ‘You may not use this software if you have not validly acquired a license for the software from Microsoft’ With the resumption of Windows 10 builds to testers, Microsoft has told users they may not have the right to run the software and again begun […]
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General vibe of the new OS remains positive, say analysts Microsoft has done a good job rolling out Windows 10 in the first two weeks, analysts said today, and the general vibe for Windows 8’s replacement has been positive, even though glitches have dampened some enthusiasm. “If I had to […]
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As Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels was on stage at the AWS Summit in New York, Microsoft released a new tool for migrating workloads from AWS’s cloud into Azure. Credit: Brandon Butler On the day of AWS’s New York Summit, Microsoft launches tool for migrating AWS workloads into Azure This week […]
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Insiders will get stable build on July 29 for free, whether they had Windows 7/8.1 or not Microsoft on Friday said it would soon tweak the Windows 10 preview program as its engineers push toward the July 29 launch of the final code to customers. As of the next build […]
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Tweaked agreement gives Yahoo more flexibility, possibly in images or mobile Nearly six years after Microsoft and Yahoo inked a search partnership, the companies are extending their agreement while changing it up a bit, as well. The companies announced today that they have amended their search partnership. However, the deal […]