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

JULY 8, 2020

Microsoft is launching a new feature for video meetings that places participants against a shared virtual background, removing individual backdrops in an effort to make it easier to pick up on non-verbal cues and to interact more like in real life.

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CTOvision

APRIL 16, 2020

Microsoft has warned that cyber-criminals are preying on people’s vulnerable psychological states during the COVID-19 pandemic to attack businesses.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 7, 2023

million in seed funding to build what they’re calling a “virtual creature experience” for virtual and mixed reality devices. They’re aiming to develop a similar level of connection between humans and virtual creatures in the virtual world.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Microsoft and Citrix have been working together closely for decades, but that partnership is going a step further today. Microsoft is partnering with Citrix to use the company’s Citrix Workspace portal as its “preferred digital workspace solution,” and Citrix is using Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Microsoft isn’t just taking the stage at the big CES conference next year, it’s helping to actually power the stage, as the Consumer Technology Association announced Monday that it has selected the tech giant as its technology partner for the all-digital event. (CTA screen shot).

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Microsoft announced Windows Virtual Desktop, a new Azure-based service that provides a full virtualized multi-user Windows 10 experience. There are plenty of third-party solutions for running a Windows desktop in the cloud, but until now, Microsoft itself seemed hesitant to offer the same kind of user experience.

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CTOvision

MAY 19, 2014

Virtual server deployments can get complex quickly. When you are studying for your certification exams, educators typically have virtual labs setup for you that allow you to quickly login to and plug away at your task. Once you begin using virtual servers in a live production environment, it can be easy to get unorganized.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

billion honeymoon phase with Salesforce, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield’s real wedding could have an unwelcome guest of sorts, in the form of rival Microsoft Teams. We were finally going to get legally married next week but it feels mean to make @stewart get married on Microsoft Teams? ?? Three weeks into his $27.7 billion.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is the spectator view for fans watching NBA games “courtside” in Microsoft Teams: the live stream on one side, and your virtual cheering section on the other. My big takeaway: Microsoft and the NBA are on to something with their new tech-fueled virtual fan experience. GeekWire screenshot). RIP CITY!!!!

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GeekWire

MARCH 21, 2024

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 10, left and Surface Pro 6, right. The devices, set for availability in April, were announced Thursday morning as part of a virtual event. Among other features, Microsoft’s new Surface devices include the dedicated Copilot hardware key announced by the company earlier this year.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 5, 2021

Microsoft and Apple will host their respective developer conferences — Build and WWDC — over the next two months as all-virtual events, mimicking their confabs of 2020. company's usual first-full-week-of-June schedule and so several weeks earlier than last year.

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GeekWire

MARCH 22, 2023

Kenneth Ma, left, a member of the University of Washington team behind the PrezVR virtual reality presentation app, gives a demo to Lawrence Tan, right, a fellow computer science student attending the recent AR/VR Capstone Demo Day on the UW campus. However, several said they still came away with valuable experience and insights.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2023

This Microsoft illustration depicts a future quantum supercomputer operating in an Azure data center. Nadella as far back in 2017 was identifying quantum computing, virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence as the three technologies he believed at the time were most likely to shape the future.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella described his company’s role in a new economy and society transformed by the pandemic in a keynote address on Tuesday kicking off Microsoft’s virtual 2021 Ignite developer conference. GeekWire File Photo).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

(Sandbox VR Photo) After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. We spent a weeknight at Sandbox VR in Seattle, one of more than 45 locations worldwide where the San Francisco-based startup offers virtual reality experiences for groups of 2-to-6 people.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2023

Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI is turning into one of the signature moves of Satya Nadella’s tenure as CEO of the Redmond company. What would a combination of OpenAI’s ChatGPT natural language chatbot with Microsoft’s Bing search engine look like? GeekWire File Photo).

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GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2023

The original Microsoft HoloLens, above, and Apple’s new Vision Pro, below. The device, which looks like a pair of high-tech ski goggles, lets users navigate with gestures in a manner very similar to Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the first version of which was unveiled in 2015 and shipped in 2016.

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TechSpot

MAY 24, 2023

Microsoft is improving its Windows 365 Cloud PC service with Windows 365 Boot, a Windows 11 exclusive feature designed to boot a local machine directly into a remote Windows 365 Cloud PC virtualized image. The company thinks this cloud approach to computing provides better security to users that need their. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into Microsoft Word, and he’s eyeing additional Microsoft Office products next. After receiving approval from Microsoft, Ghostwriter is available as of today inside the Office Add-in store.

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GeekWire

MAY 25, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces the new GPT-3 integration into Power Apps in a recorded keynote address for the company’s virtual Build conference. Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019. The feature is called Power Apps Ideas.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Microsoft released Windows 365 for business users this morning, making its flagship operating system widely available as a subscription for the first time. It’s a major step toward Microsoft’s vision for “Cloud PCs.” Revenue in the company’s Windows division hasn’t grown at the same pace.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

Microsoft unveiled a new incentive program on Tuesday to help enterprises still running its Dynamics ERP and CRM software on premises to move to the cloud. The program was unveiled at the company’s Inspire virtual event for partners and resellers. Microsoft has already tested the new program with some enterprise customers.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

Microsoft said it will acquire Metaswitch Networks , a 39-year-old company that develops software for cloud-based communication networks. The acquisition builds on Microsoft’s existing cloud-related work to help telecom companies with their 5G deployments.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. Other companies including Microsoft have unveiled similar experiences recently. ” An example of a virtual GeekWire office built with Spot.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 13, 2021

based startup that makes technology for virtual and in-person events. Founded in 2012, Hubb has been riding tailwinds from the pandemic as companies were forced to move events online. The startup last year quickly expanded into virtual events technology, after focusing largely on in-person events before the pandemic.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2024

CreatorsAGI Photo) Joseph Sirosh , a former corporate vice president at Microsoft who was most recently at Amazon leading search and Alexa efforts, just launched a new startup that aims to let creators build their own conversational AI agents. The company, CreatorsAGI , was incorporated in January and is still in stealth mode.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 19, 2022

While Aflac’s other major division, its business-to-business insurance line, was relatively unaffected by the pandemic, its independent agents hung in the balance, just as the publicly traded company was undertaking a transformational journey to the cloud. Virtualizing policy enrollment. We’ve made them more bionic, right?”.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Double-check your inbox and your spam folder because Microsoft might have left something in there for you. Earlier this week, a few people noticed gift cards for the Microsoft Store suddenly appearing via email , and the company has confirmed it sent out 50,000 of the codes to US customers.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Microsoft will work with several news organizations to explore and implement new applications of generative artificial intelligence in newsrooms and business operations. Microsoft declined to disclose the amount of funding it’s providing for any of the projects.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2022

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We More business applications are on the way. Next step: the office.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Like it or not, the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-competition agreements could force a change in mindset inside the companies that use them — ultimately improving their ability to hire and retain talented employees. ” Brian Hall Hall has first-hand experience with the issue.

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GeekWire

MAY 8, 2023

based advisory company that is helping brands use regulated digital assets to capitalize on their products and projects. But some believe the “metaverse” is dead , given how the hype around virtual worlds from companies such as Meta and Microsoft has quickly been replaced by generative AI and other trends.

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The Verge

JULY 11, 2020

As it tries to catch up with the popular features offered by some of its younger competitors, Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. Zoom, the most popular videoconferencing app of the moment, and rivals Google Meet and Microsoft Teams all allow users to upload their own custom images for background displays.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, CEO Satya Nadella, President Brad Smith, and General Counsel Hossein Nowbar during the company’s virtual annual meeting on Tuesday morning. Microsoft also announced a deal last week to bring “Call of Duty” to Nintendo if the Activision deal goes through. Screenshot via webcast).

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Nick Parker, Microsoft corporate vice president of Global Partner Solutions, speaks at an earlier conference. Microsoft Photo). It’s one of a series of announcements emerging from Microsoft’s virtual Inspire partner conference , which starts Wednesday with a keynote address by CEO Satya Nadella.

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