Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft is making it harder for cyber-attackers to target web applications hosted on its Azure cloud computing platform. Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF), a component of the company’s Azure Application Gateway offering, is now generally available in all public Azure data center regions. Azure Application Gateway is a cloud-based HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) load-balancing and […]

Microsoft will begin rolling out the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, but experienced Windows users can get their hands on the software several days earlier. The update contains several new enhancements, including a unified security settings hub, a Paint 3D app and support for a new breed of affordable mixed reality (augmented reality […]

Despite a high-profile stumble last year, Microsoft is intent on ushering in an era of conversational computing. The company’s latest efforts include quietly releasing an artificial intelligence chatbot called Ruuh for Facebook Messenger. Ruuh is reportedly aimed at the Indian market at present. “Ruuh is a chatbot provided to you for entertainment purposes,” stated Microsoft […]

Microsoft is opening a new IoT & AI Insider Lab in Munich, Germany, next month, the software giant’s third such lab. Other locations include Shenzhen, China, and the company’s sprawling Redmond, Wash., headquarters. The lab will serve as both a workshop and a conduit between local developers, entrepreneurs and companies in Europe and the Middle […]

Microsoft will start issuing the Windows 10 Creators Update to eligible systems on April 11, the company announced today. “The Creators Update is designed to spark and unleash creativity, bringing 3D and mixed reality to everyone and enabling every gamer to be a broadcaster,” blogged Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, of the Windows and Devices […]

The 3D Touch feature in iOS that Apple introduced in 2015 with the release of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus provides a handy shortcut for interacting with apps from the home screen. Now, the users can perform common tasks with a “deep-press” of the Power BI app icon, according to Microsoft Power BI program […]

Microsoft is making every effort to turn its Skype for Business enterprise video and voice communications software platform into a replacement for the office phone. During the Enterprise Connect unified communications (UC) conference in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, the company announced several new updates and enhancements that support complex call management functions. “This week, we’re […]

The only thing worse than not a having a backup is realizing that your only available backup is corrupted or otherwise unusable. To prevent just such a scenario with Azure virtual machine backups, Microsoft recently introduced a new feature that aims to inspire confidence among its customers. “Backup Pre-Checks—as the name suggests—check your VMs’ configuration […]

Microsoft is making its Bookings self-service, online scheduling platform available to all Office 365 Business Premium customers worldwide. The web-based solution for small businesses offers customer-facing appointment setting functionality that syncs with the internal calendars of an organization’s workers. Bookings made its debut in the United States and Canada last summer, and now Microsoft is […]

Going forward, Visual Studio previews will peacefully coexist with the production releases, Microsoft announced this week. Although the software giant just released Visual Studio 2017 last week, the company is already working on updates, wrote Daniel Jacobson, program manager for Visual Studio at Microsoft, in a March 16 blog post. Among the new additions is […]