TechSpot

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Microsoft is looking to challenge Google in the K-8 classroom with a special, education-focused version of Windows 11, which it hopes will become popular with schools and students. This time around, the company is also launching accompanying hardware, namely the Surface Laptop SE.

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Tech Republic Cloud

AUGUST 10, 2021

SharePoint's collaboration and communications features aren't just for Windows users–learn how users with Apple hardware can also take advantage of those benefits.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert discuss all the important announcements from Amazon’s fall hardware event this week — a security drone for your home, a spherical Echo , a cloud gaming service , a location-tracking mesh network , new Eero routers , and a whole lot more. Amazon announces new cloud gaming service called Luna.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

Microsoft appears to be testing a new type of ad inside File Explorer on Windows 11. Microsoft MVP and Twitter user Florian Beaubois discovered an ad in the latest test build of Windows 11, prompting users to check out the Microsoft Editor. While the ads might have appeared for some Windows 11 users, Microsoft says it was a mistake.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is now Microsoft’s second quarter of Windows 11, and Windows OEM revenue has increased by 25 percent in Q2, year over year. Windows Commercial products and cloud services revenue also increased 13 percent. Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8. Microsoft 365 Consumer subscribers grew to 56.4

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The service will initially be powered by Xbox One S consoles in server blades in Microsoft’s datacenters, but the software giant is planning to upgrade this hardware next year. The company is currently testing an xCloud client for PC that will stream Xbox games to Windows 10 PCs, but it doesn’t support PC games just yet.

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

While cloud and Office services have boosted Microsoft’s revenues, it’s clear that the global chip shortage is taking its toll elsewhere. Microsoft’s Windows results this quarter reflect that. Windows OEM revenue has declined by three percent, in what Microsoft blames on “supply chain constraints.

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Venture Beast

JULY 5, 2021

Microsoft's Windows 11 comes with new cloud services and security alerts to make it possible to test both the cloud and on-premises offerings. Read More.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

AUGUST 5, 2021

Microsoft this week launched its Windows 365 service, revealing prices for the virtual desktops that range between $20 and $162 per user per month. To read this article in full, please click here

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Windows 11 in dark mode, with the new centered Start menu. Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for existing Windows 10 machines, and pre-installed on new computers. We expect all eligible devices to be offered the free upgrade to Windows 11 by mid-2022.”

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 12, 2021

The other day, the topic of RAM — and what’s the minimum amount needed now for a Windows 10 computer — came up in a Facebook IT consultant-based group I’m part of. Not long ago, for a nicely functioning Windows 10 machine, 4GB of RAM was fine. That means you may need to do some tweaking to get it to behave on lower-RAM machines.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. He adds, “This is behind the drive to generative AI by the cloud providers.

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft’s Chrome OS competitor, Windows 11 SE, is making its way onto a handful of laptops. After detailing Windows 11 SE in November , Microsoft’s OEM partners are now starting to make devices available globally for schools and students. Acer’s Windows 11 SE laptop includes stylus support. Image: Microsoft. Image: Microsoft.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2022

Enterprises that pushed in early to the cloud fared far better than their competition, Grant Thornton chief among them. But the benefits of buying in early to cloud-based productivity services didn’t stop there for Grant Thornton. So, Swift signed on before the official launch of Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud PC roughly one year ago.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Microsoft is creating a new security chip that’s designed to protect future Windows PCs. Microsoft Pluton is a security processor that is built directly into future CPUs and will replace the existing Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip that’s currently used to secure hardware and cryptographic keys. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

If you think your PC is infected with some kind of malware or you just want to do a scan as part of a digital cleanup, Windows has a built-in security tool that can help you on your way — no third-party software to install or pay for. It’s called Windows Security. Windows Security’s built-in virus and threat protection feature.

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GeekWire

JUNE 28, 2021

Microsoft announced Monday that its Xbox Cloud Gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded into the world of web browsers. It should boot up quickly, with no local installation required, so you can run high-end games on low-end hardware and start playing in a couple of minutes. Microsoft screenshot).

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The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2020

Microsoft is making some significant changes to the way it runs its Windows organization this week, signaling a renewed focus on the operating system that made its name. The software giant placed Surface chief Panos Panay in charge of Windows earlier this year , and is now reshuffling parts of that team.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Microsoft has released the first preview version of its Android apps support in Windows 11. It’s available to testers in the Beta Channel version of Windows 11, which means you’ll need to opt into the Windows Insider program to get access. The Windows Subsystem for Android powers the entire experience.

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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 8, 2018

Hardware matters. Intel’s Sarah Wieskus joins The End Point Imperative: A Podcast series from Intel to discuss the importance of stable, optimized hardware in today’s digital world. The topic for this episode is "In A Software World Hardware Does Matter." What does this mean for the hardware? Sarah: Thank you, Kevin.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2024

” (File Photo) Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform and related services rose 30% in the quarter ended Dec. Windows revenue rose 9.5% billion, helped by an 11% increase in sales of Windows PCs. Other notable segment and product results: Microsoft Cloud revenue was $33.7 billion, up 24%.

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CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 and that Windows 10 was better than the Enterprise could have imagined. This year, two of 2014’s biggest stories will intersect as security and Windows 10 prepare to re-shape the Enterprise.

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TechSpot

MAY 26, 2022

On Thursday, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Windows Central that the company is still working on a streaming-only device. It is iterating on hardware dedicated to Xbox Cloud Gaming—codenamed Keystone—but isn't ready to unveil it publicly.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. EC2 is shorthand for Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon’s flagship service for accessing computing in the cloud.

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Mick's IT Blog

APRIL 13, 2020

Background Intelligent Transfer Client Cache Settings Client Policy Cloud Services Compliance Settings Computer Agent Computer Restart Delivery Optimization Endpoint Protection Enrollment Hardware Inventory Metered Internet Connections Power Management Remote Tools Software Center Software Deployment Software Inventory Software Metering Software Updates (..)

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

(Amazon Photo) At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its first desktop productivity device in one of its consumer division’s existing streaming media products.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with. It can be tempting to view cloud projects at lower priority than shiny new AI initiatives but he says they’re actually foundational.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more flexible and open We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today — I’m talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. And I definitely wanted to know about the decision to run Android apps on Windows. Nadella also mentions “aggregators” in the context of the Windows store.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 10, 2022

The beleaguered cloud gaming service promised to usher in a new era of gaming free of expensive hardware, but like most too-good-to-be-true products, Stadia has overpromised and underdelivered. Google Stadia was slow off the starting blocks following its launch in 2019, to put it gently. In fact, after a year, Google… Read more.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

We saw some impressive growth for Surface, Xbox, and cloud-related services in Microsoft’s previous quarter , and it’s very much the same this time around. Windows OEM non-pro revenue has grown by 24 percent for Microsoft, reflecting the demand from consumers. billion and a net income of $15.5 Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

At Ignite 2020, Microsoft detailed new Surface Hub 2S hardware, as well as software upgrades headed to existing Surface Hub devices. Read More.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

There are now several signs that Apple is ready to cautiously welcome users of other hardware to its services, including tools for Chrome, Windows, and Android. Syncing all of your Apple data and files to devices that aren’t made by Apple isn’t the exercise in futility that it once was. Here’s how to get your… Read more.

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GeekWire

JULY 22, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and related stay-at-home orders boosted the company’s productivity, cloud and gaming businesses, including subscription versions of Microsoft Office, and the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Intelligent Cloud: Revenue rose 17% to $13.37 Server products and cloud services revenue rose by $1.9

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Microsoft’s head of gaming and Xbox, Phil Spencer, has hinted that the company is planning TV streaming sticks for its xCloud cloud gaming service. Spencer also teases the potential for an “Xbox Game Pass Platinum” with guaranteed access to new Xbox hardware. per month).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Amazon has just taken the wraps off its long-rumored Amazon Luna , meaning the company is officially jumping into the cloud gaming ring — one that has become increasingly crowded over the past year. If you’re trying to better understand each service, we’ve put together this guide for you. Image: Amazon. Amazon Luna. Google Stadia.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Microsoft plans to make its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service available for iOS devices, as well as PCs, offering cloud-based access via web browser in spring 2021. Both Microsoft and Google Stadia have since announced plans to make their cloud-based game services into web apps. (Xbox Image).

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 6, 2024

With HP, customers benefit from devices that are protected by full-stack security and layered resiliency from hardware to the cloud. Cybercriminals thrive when there’s a window of opportunity for an attack to take root. Cybercriminals thrive when there’s a window of opportunity for an attack to take root.

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