Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft is following up the February release of Azure Command Line (CLI) 2.0 with a new interface that helps users familiarize themselves with the tool’s command structures, output formats and general capabilities. This week, the company released a preview version of Azure CLI Shell, which extends Azure CLI with a new interactive experience that can […]

Web developers who update their copies of Visual Studio for Mac to the newest preview version can now access many of the features that help make coding more manageable in the Windows edition of the integrated development environment. After inadvertently leaking its existence, Microsoft officially announced Visual Studio for Mac during a developer event in […]

Sway, Microsoft’s cloud-enabled alternative to slide-based presentation tools including its own PowerPoint software, has gained new features designed to help user reach a bigger audience. Sway presentations, called “Sways” naturally, now support audio recordings. Users can add their own narrations and voice commentary while using the web-based Sway application. New controls allow users to record […]

Windows 10 Creators Update is starting to make the rounds, and users who upgrade may notice sprightlier performance while using the Microsoft Edge browser along with better battery life. Edge is the operating system’s built-in browser and successor to the venerable Internet Explorer (IE). After the update is applied, Microsoft says users will be able […]

Evernote Embraces MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar for Faster Note Taking Evernote has learned a new trick. Mac users who have invested in a newer Apple MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar now can access many of the note-taking app’s functions without digging through menus. For Evernote, the Touch Bar helps bridge the gap between its […]

Microsoft today announced the general availability of its Azure Active Directory (AD) B2B Collaboration feature set. As its name suggests, the toolkit, also part of the company’s Enterprise Mobility + Security offering, enables business-to-business collaboration while enhancing security and preventing leaks of sensitive data. Azure AD B2B Collaboration enables customers to extend the platform’s secure […]

As promised, Microsoft released a patch today that fixes a zero-day vulnerability in Office that cyber-attackers were already exploiting. Word of the vulnerability spread just prior to the weekend when McAfee security researchers published an advisory on the cyber-security company’s blog. The vulnerability was traced to the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) component present […]

Today’s the day that Microsoft begins the worldwide rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update. However, as with most noncritical software updates, the software giant is releasing the update in stages, meaning users may have to wait up to several weeks for it to appear in Windows Update. There is a shortcut: Microsoft’s Update Assistant […]

Microsoft has released 90-day evaluation versions of the Windows 10 Creators Update for Enterprise edition of the operating system. IT professionals can download the updates on the company’s TechNet Evaluation Center. Although Windows 10 Creators Update will start rolling out via Windows Update on April 11 to the general public, enterprises generally don’t like rushing […]

Microsoft gave its cloud-based application container portfolio a significant boost today by acquiring Deis, a San Francisco-based software startup specializing in Kubernetes, the open-source container management and orchestration system. Financial terms were not disclosed. Deis is known for a number of open-source projects, including the Helm package manager for Kubernetes, which enables users to install […]