Microsoft Ignite 2021

Microsoft has announced that it will be bringing back its Ignite conference this November, again in virtual form. Running from November 2nd – 4th, Microsoft says that its ‘digital experience’ will include the latest product demos, Q&A with Microsoft experts, technical deep-dives, and more. Last year’s Ignite was the first to be held virtually due…

Microsoft ran another virtual edition of the Ignite conference in March. As usual there were a large number of Azure infrastructure announcements. Availability Zones Expansion Microsoft has committed to introducing availability zones to all Azure regions by the end of 2021. An Azure region (supposedly) is made up of one or more physical data centers…

Today Microsoft officially announced the availability of Windows Server 2022 in preview at its Ignite conference, which is running March 2nd to 4th. Windows Server Insider Preview build 20292 is a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release and which first appeared at the beginning of February. On the download page, the build was labeled ‘Windows Server…

Because Microsoft is having its second Ignite virtual event in five months, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the news the software giant announced at this event. Or, at least some of it.