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2015 was a watershed year for Microsoft, with many notable product releases and updates. But Microsoft’s 2015 was in turn both good and bad, a series of ups and downs. Worse, some of its biggest successes were tarnished by unnecessary setbacks.

Aidan Finn takes a look at how Microsoft is employing kite-flying marketing tactics and describes how it’s backfiring for the technology giant.

Juniper Network’s NetScreen firewalls contains an unauthorized backdoor allowing third parties to potentially monitor encrypted VPN traffic.

On this episode, I cover the new build of Redstone, a new cadence of the Insider builds and a scoop about a new feature coming to OneDrive.

The role of the GUI in Windows Server has been under attack. Aidan Finn explains why he and customers do not accept the dogma.

Microsoft has announced a joint venture that will sell and service Windows 10 in China’s governmental agencies and certain state owned enterprises.

Read how Microsoft’s view and recommendations on hyper-convergence have changed over the last year with the evolution of Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).

On this episode, I talk about the updates for Windows 10, a bit about Redstone, Cortana taking on Siri, and everything else in the world of Microsoft.

Microsoft has announced details on Windows Server 2016 licensing, which includes a switch to a per-core licensing model.

On this episode, I talk about Windows 10’s new development process, updates to the Surface Book and Pro 4, and being blunt about the current state of Windows 10 Mobile.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was always plain-spoken and honest, and that apparently hasn’t changed a bit since his departure from the company. This week, Microsoft’s biggest shareholder offered his opinion of the firm. And Ballmer offered some overt criticisms that Microsoft should take very seriously.

The Yahoo board of directors will meet this week to determine the fate of the flailing company. And one of the options on the table is for Yahoo to sell off its core assets—online services like Yahoo.com and Yahoo Mail—and effectively end the 20-year-run of the one-time Internet powerhouse.