GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company’s Inspire virtual partner conference. Microsoft will release Windows as a paid cloud service , promising to stream the operating system to any device in an attempt to create what the tech giant describes as a new category of computing called the Cloud PC.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Windows 11 in dark mode, with the new centered Start menu. Microsoft Photo). 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. ” The company announced plans for Windows 11 in June.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

A Microsoft sign on the company’s redeveloped headquarters campus in Redmond, with renovation work ongoing in the background. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft posted a 17% increase in revenue , to $61.9 GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft posted a 17% increase in revenue , to $61.9 billion, with $21.9

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

Image: Microsoft. 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.

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GeekWire

MAY 23, 2023

Microsoft says the new Windows Copilot will be available as a preview starting in June. Microsoft Image) Microsoft will incorporate generative artificial intelligence into its widely used PC operating system with a new feature called “Windows Copilot.”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft says OneDrive users on Windows, 7, 8, or 8.1 will be unable to sync their content to the cloud starting on March 1st, 2022, according to a blog post on its Tech Community forum. OneDrive will also no longer receive updates if it’s running on a system that doesn’t have Windows 10 or Windows 11 installed.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JULY 19, 2021

Microsoft last week introduced Windows 365 , a new service that lets the company cut partners out of the money-making loop by providing virtual PCs to customers. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Microsoft posted the first quarter of its 2022 financial results today , reporting revenue of $45.3 Microsoft has seen strong revenue performance in its cloud, server, and Office businesses this quarter. That doesn’t seem to have impacted Microsoft’s Windows revenues, though. Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio.

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Tech Republic Cloud

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Running Windows Server on your own infrastructure and using cloud services to do it offers lots of benefits. But that cloud harmony means subscriptions rather than unsupported free operating systems.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Microsoft is planning a series of news events over the coming months that will focus on categories like gaming, cloud, and Windows. The Verge has learned that Microsoft is dedicating time to particular categories at a time when the pandemic has halted in-person events. Image by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft reached a new milestone Tuesday as the company’s market capitalization hit $2 trillion for the first time. Microsoft stock was up 1.1% The company continues to see growing demand for its cloud services as the pandemic has accelerated technology adoption. The Redmond, Wash.-based

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft posted the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2021 financial results today , reporting revenue of $46.2 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.

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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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Tech Republic

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Already common for enterprises, for the first time, individuals will also get the option to pay for extended security updates for a Windows operating system that's out of support.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Microsoft President Brad Smith at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Microsoft outlined a series of principles for its development and deployment of artificial intelligence, including a pledge to partner with a “broad array” of companies and other players in the industry. Microsoft recently announced $5.6

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. Back in 1985, Windows 1.0

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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.

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Venture Beast

JULY 14, 2021

Microsoft today announced Windows 365 Cloud PC, a desktop virtualization technology that streams Windows installations to thin clients. Read More.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) has declared that Microsoft has addressed the concerns it had about the software giant's $68.7 Although Microsoft had submitted a proposal to address some of its concerns before the CMA reached its decision in April , that proposal ultimately contained a number of significant shortcomings.

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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. If you think that sounds like a pretty intense role reversal for Apple and Microsoft, well, you’re not wrong.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 19, 2022

When it was first released in July 2015, Windows 10 was the best operating system to come along from Microsoft in a long time. Windows 10 introduced many other key features as well, including the Edge browser, the Cortana digital assistant, links to Microsoft’s cloud-based OneDrive cloud storage service, and plenty more.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Soon that same power will reach out to embrace Microsoft Windows, too. eBPF is amazing at enabling rapid innovation for infrastructure and for tooling at the operating system level,” Thomas Graf, co-founder and CTO of Isovalent, said during his keynote. eBPF is coming to Windows,” Graf said. Where is eBPF headed?

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Venture Beast

MAY 19, 2020

At Build 2020, Microsoft released Windows Terminal 1.0 and announced WSL 2 is getting support for GPUs, Linux GUI apps, and a simplified install experience. Read More.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft’s profits rose 33% in the December quarter as CEO Satya Nadella touted a “second wave of digital transformation.” What will be the next big opportunity for Microsoft? She is the author of “Microsoft 2.0: And then there’s Windows. More reading.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I've been saying for ages now that Google's Chrome OS would become Microsoft's Windows top competitor. I had the timing wrong, but my prediction that "most of us will be moving to cloud-oriented operating systems" is finally coming true.

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Venture Beast

MAY 19, 2020

At Build 2020, Microsoft released Windows Package Manager in preview and new Microsoft PowerToys: Run and Keyboard Remapper. Read More.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

Chrome OS will run Android and Windows apps side by side Google revealed earlier this year that it’s planning to support Windows applications on Chromebooks thanks to a partnership with Parallels. In an exclusive interview with The Verge , Google is now detailing how and why Windows apps are arriving on Chrome OS.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

All enterprise professionals should continue to track MicroSoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ). We focus most of our energy tracking smaller, more disruptive firms since most enterprise technologists will know how to get updates on MicroSoft, but like the other Tech Titans we track we have to keep an eye out for surprises. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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GeekWire

JULY 19, 2024

A monitor shows a Windows machine in recovery mode next to the Microsoft employee Delta Airlines check-in at Sea-Tac Airport on Friday morning. Media organizations, grappling with the impact on their own computer systems, described it as a “Microsoft outage,” which was technically correct, albeit incomplete.

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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. Windows 10. Microsoft seems to have figured out why IT did not make the move to Windows 8/8.1,

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Kitaboo

APRIL 29, 2021

The rise in popularity of eBooks has also led to an explosion of new eBook creation software for Windows, Android and other operating systems that make it super convenient to create a full-fledged eBook. Top 8 eBook Creation Software for Windows 1. KITABOO is also compatible with Android and IOS operating systems.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 27, 2021

Windows 11 is on the way, and if you’re curious, you can actually try it out right now. If you’d rather wait for polished public version of Microsoft’s next operating system to be released, there are some things you need to check on your PC ahead of time to make sure there’s a smooth and stress-free transition.

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GeekWire

MAY 26, 2024

… Read More Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ AI assistant runs meetings, manages projects, assigns tasks Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings on track, takes collaborative notes, manages large projects, and assigns tasks.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

Revenue in Microsoft’s Surface hardware business jumped 28% to more than $1.7 Pent-up demand from previous supply chain bottlenecks also may have played a role in the larger-than-expected Surface revenue increase in Microsoft’s fiscal fourth quarter.

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