Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft and Adobe announced an expansion of their existing strategic partnership on Sept. 7, bringing the Photoshop maker’s e-signature technology to Azure. Adobe Sign is now the “preferred e-signature solution” for Microsoft’s software and services portfolio, including Office 365, the two companies said. In turn, the e-signature service will make a new home on Microsoft’s […]

Windows Insiders, members of Microsoft’s early access program, can now take the software maker’s newer, less resource-intensive Windows Server container images for a spin. Windows Server preview build 16278 is now available for download, announced Dona Sarkar, head of Windows Insider program, in a Sept. 5 announcement. Microsoft says the latest Nano Server base image […]

A lot is riding on the new Galaxy Note 8 phablet from Samsung. It’s scheduled to hit store shelves on Sept. 15 and a successful launch will help Samsung  finally put the Note 7 debacle to rest. The Galaxy Note models have been popular with smartphone buyers. If the Note 8 is successful, Samsung risks […]

Microsoft is focused on collaboration and teamwork in its latest bundle of updates for Office 365, starting with the general availability of the new co-authoring feature in Excel. “Now anyone can work together at the same time in spreadsheets stored in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, or OneDrive for Business,” wrote Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of […]

Microsoft The Redmond, Wash. software maker and Chinese tech giant Huawei announced Sept. 5 that they had formed strategic partnership that will bring more of Microsoft’s enterprise applications to the Huawei cloud ecosystem. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding, an early step in establishing the partnership, during a ceremony at the Huawei Connect 2017 […]

Microsoft ruled the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market during the second quarter of 2017, Synergy Research Group reported in its latest enterprise applications market survey. In 2016, the Redmond, Wash. software and cloud services provider embarked on one of the biggest tech acquisitions of the year by snapping up LinkedIn, the massive career-oriented social network, for $26 […]

It’s official. In about six weeks, Microsoft’s servers will start pushing out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to users worldwide. The Redmond, Wash. software giant set an Oct. 17 release date during the IFA 2017 consumer electronics tradeshow in Berlin, Germany today. The update contains many new features, including an eye-tracking component that can […]

Schools with Office 365 for Education accounts now have at their disposal more technology tools that can help students write better. Just in time for students to start filling up school corridors and classrooms, Microsoft has announced an update to its Learning Tools, a collection of software helpers that can improve reading comprehension and steers […]

The Aug. 30 announcement by Microsoft and Amazon that they will enable their respective virtual assistant technologies, Cortana and Alexa, to talk to one another, is being regarded by industry experts as the first crack in the wall that separates today’s leading virtual assistant technologies. Although voice-activated virtual assistants are present in millions of devices […]

During this week’s IFA 2017 consumer electronics tradeshow in Berlin, Germany, Microsoft’s OEM (original equipment manufacturer) partners are showing off new hardware offerings that capitalize on the new mixed-reality capabilities in the Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft promised several new and comparatively affordable mixed-reality peripherals this holiday season, courtesy of the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s […]