Pedro Hernandez

The wait for Azure Stack is nearing its end. Gearing up for the official launch of the hybrid-cloud solution that enables customers to run a little piece of the Azure cloud in their own data centers, Microsoft today released a new technical preview. In fact, it’s the “third and last technical preview” before Azure Stack […]

West Corp. and Dolby Laboratories are giving teleconferences and virtual meetings an audio upgrade. Unified communications specialist West has teamed up with the iconic sound technology outfit to debut InterCall Reservationless-Plus with Dolby Voice today. It tackles many of the shortcomings of conventional VoIP (voice over IP) solutions that can often turn multiperson audio, video […]

Azure Command Line (CLI) 2.0 is now generally available, bringing with it an extended set of commands and support for more Microsoft cloud services. The upgraded tool runs on Linux, Mac and Windows. “This new version of Azure CLI should feel much more native to developers who are familiar with command line experiences in the […]

Microsoft has released Arrow Launcher 3.0, the launcher app for Android released by Microsoft Garage, the company’s experimental app division. Like other launcher apps, Arrow offers users an alternative to the stock Android home screen. In version 3.0, available now in the Google Play store, Microsoft focused on corralling the app’s productivity features into one easy-to-reach […]

Microsoft is using Visio Pro, the company’s diagramming application, to shed light on complex database deployments and businesses processes. First, the company announced a database reverse engineering tool that allow users to explore the structure of their databases and how the various elements work together. Available in the Database Modeling add-in, the tool supports several […]

SharePoint Framework, Microsoft’s web-developer-friendly technology for customizing user interfaces on SharePoint Online, is now generally available. With SharePoint Framework, organizations can customize the document management and team collaboration platform using modern web development techniques. “The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a page and web part model that provides full support for client-side SharePoint development, easy integration […]

Microsoft is taking the mystery out of diagnosing network connectivity problems that may affect the hybrid cloud setups of Operations Management Suite (OMS) users. The new Network Performance Monitor, part of the company’s OMS IT management and monitoring product, is now generally available and ready to tackle production environments. “The solution continuously tests for reachability […]

One of the most popular features in the Outlook mobile apps is coming to the built-in Mail app for Windows 10. The stock email application is getting a major upgrade, Microsoft announced this week. The company is currently rolling out an update that brings the Focused Inbox to the operating system’s bundled Mail app. Focused […]

More than a timeline of up-to-the-minute information of what’s going on in people lives, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are also troves of personalized data and provide a channel for some to expand one’s influence and reach. Now salespeople using Dynamics 365, the software maker’s blended, cloud-enabled customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) […]

In India, LinkedIn will soon help job seekers obtain the skills they need to find new employment or further their careers. During the Future Decoded event this week in Mumbai, India, the company announced Project Sangam, a skills development and employment platform for the populous country. Using LinkedIn’s trove of job search data, the project […]