by Michael Otey
In spite of the heavy winter weather and ongoing pandemic, Amazon continues to churn out an impressive set of enhancements for AWS. Here are some of the highlights from Amazon’s February 2021 AWS announcements. AWS Outposts support local snapshots To better enable businesses to meet their data residency and local data processing needs, Amazon announced… Read More
by Brad Sams
Microsoft has announced today that the company plans to open a new datacenter region in Indonesia as part of the Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative. This will be the single largest investment in the country in the 26 years that Microsoft has been established in the country.
by Brad Sams
Veeam has announced their new v11 software and it brings 150 new features to the suite.
by Brad Sams
Microsoft is preparing to roll out new verticle cloud solutions targeted at several specific industries.
by Brad Sams
Microsoft's Game Stack Live developer event is taking place in late April and it will be a virtual event.
by Brad Sams
Microsoft is bringing two new features to Word: text predictions and modern commenting.
Microsoft is planning to merge the OneDrive and SharePoint admin centers next month.
There haven't been any significant changes to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for years. But recently, Microsoft released two updates that aim to make it easier to secure WSUS. In this article, I'll look at how the two changes, introduced in September 2020 and January 2021, can help improve WSUS security. By default, Windows clients… Read More
by Brad Sams
If you are riding on the Windows 10 and Office LTSC branches, your train is about to reach the station about 50% faster. Along with announcing that Office 2021 will be available later this year, the company is also cutting the support time in half. Starting with the LTSC release that will arrive in the… Read More
by Brad Sams
Microsoft has announced the next update to Windows 10 but do not get too excited, as there is not a lot besides stability and bug fixes. You can look for the update to arrive in the spring but let’s dive into what is new and set the expectations. The update will be called 21H1, as… Read More
Microsoft has a new development platform that is not explicitly tied to any single device and allows you to create AR/VR experiences from multiple platforms.
Microsoft has announced that users who receive a high number of messages, they will soon be cracking down on the rate at which you can receive email.
Microsoft has released a relatively small number of fixes this month, in total just 56. But they include patches for a zero-day flaw in the Win32k component and some serious TCP/IP networking stack vulnerabilities. Windows and Windows Server February's cumulative update (CU) for Windows 10 comes with a patch for a zero-day Elevation of Privilege… Read More
Microsoft is rolling out a new Meet Now feature for Teams that almost matches the best-in-class funcationality.
by Brad Sams
Microsoft has a new service plan called Teams Pro that you will need if you want to run a webinar.