Pedro Hernandez

The RSA Conference is currently underway in San Francisco, and the IT industry’s attention has turned to the latest technologies and techniques that can help thwart cyber-attackers. Microsoft, whose products are often the target of attacks, is among a growing number of companies using artificial intelligence (AI) to help customer organizations safely navigate today’s tough […]

Using the 2018 RSA Conference as a backdrop, Microsoft has joined 33 other IT companies in signing the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a pledge to protect users from cyber-attacks, which are increasingly being staged by criminal organizations and nation states, according to Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft. Participating organizations will adhere to […]

Microsoft has officially released Windows Admin Center, a free tool that promises to streamline how administrators manage their Windows Server and Windows 10 systems. Windows Admin Center first debuted under the code name Project Honolulu in September 2017, a lightweight, browser-based management tool intended to narrow the gap between user-friendly graphical management solutions like the […]

While users wait for the next big Windows 10 feature update to arrive this spring, Microsoft is offering testers an early peek at what the company has in store for the fall. The latest Skip Ahead preview build, number 17643, is now available for members of the Windows Insider early-access and feedback program, and it […]

The Q&A feature in Microsoft’s Power BI allows users to find answers and gather insights by posing questions using plain language. It can come in handy, but Microsoft is betting that it can do a better job with some help in the linguistics department. In the April update for Power BI Desktop, the client software […]

Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft’s elastic, cloud-based data warehousing offering for big data workloads, is now offering its customers more detailed performance insights. The service supports Azure Monitor, revealed Kevin Ngo, program manager of SQL Engineering at Microsoft, in an April 12 announcement. As its name suggests, Azure Monitor is a performance monitoring tool that […]

Windows Server 2019 test build 17639, now available to members of the Windows Insider early-access program, includes new features that Microsoft hopes will make it easier for long-time customers to loosen their grip on older versions of the operating system. First, the latest build includes in-place upgrade functionality, enabling administrators to switch to a newer […]

Microsoft is partnering with C3 IoT to bring together the internet of things and artificial intelligence for enterprises. C3 IoT, an internet of things platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider based in Redwood City, Calif., already has a firm foothold in the growing market for industrial IoT solutions. In September 2016, after completing a $70 million round of […]

Skype’s new Creators Mode isn’t the only video technology that Microsoft is showing off at the National Association of Broadcasters’ NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 9 -12. Microsoft is also demonstrating the new features in Stream, which are part of the Dynamics 365 refresh for spring 2018, a sweeping set updates to the business […]

When Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 for Windows arrives, Android developers will have less of a wait to see the results of their code changes. In the third beta release of Visual Studio 2017 15.7, which is now available for download, Microsoft has cut the time it takes to start the debugging process. Now, while […]