Category: Microsoft

In early June 2025, Microsoft experienced a significant disruption affecting several of its major cloud services, including Office, Outlook, OneDrive, and Azure. This multi-day outage lasted from June 5 through June 9, affecting users worldwide and raising serious concerns among enterprises that rely heavily on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure to power their daily business operations. Only […]

October 14, 2025, marks a significant milestone in Microsoft’s operating system lifecycle: the end of support for Windows 10. This means no more security updates or official technical assistance for the aging OS. Despite the looming deadline, the migration to Windows 11 remains slower than Microsoft anticipated. Various analytics suggest that fewer than half of […]

Microsoft’s Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2024 has begun its rollout, marking another milestone in Microsoft’s approach to delivering productivity software outside the cloud. For many enterprises and organizations with specific operational requirements, this release signals an important option for those who need stability and long-term support without the constant feature updates common in […]

The global cloud ecosystem is undergoing a profound transformation. What began as a virtualized extension of physical data centers has now matured into an intensely competitive arena where every element of infrastructure is being reimagined for scale, efficiency, and performance. At the center of this transformation lies a significant development: the rise of custom silicon. […]

Microsoft’s entry into custom silicon represents a fundamental shift in how major technology companies approach hardware innovation. The company has traditionally relied on third-party chip manufacturers, but the landscape is changing rapidly as cloud computing demands become more specialized. By designing chips tailored specifically for Azure workloads, Microsoft can optimize performance in ways that off-the-shelf […]

Microsoft has once again thrown down the gauntlet in its evolving productivity landscape. Starting August 1, 2024, the new Outlook for Windows—born from the long-gestating “Project Monarch”—will officially be declared generally available (GA) for commercial customers. This shift, announced via Microsoft 365 Message Center entry MC810420, ends the public preview phase and places the revamped […]

For decades, Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services (RDS) has served as a bedrock technology for enterprise remote access. RDS allowed businesses to deploy centralized application delivery and desktop virtualization across industries including healthcare, government, education, finance, and manufacturing. These organizations appreciated the control, security, and reliability that came with self-hosted environments. However, Microsoft’s recent policy and […]

For over two decades, the classic version of Microsoft Outlook—the Win32 client—has served as a dependable companion for email communication, calendar management, and enterprise productivity. In the tech world, longevity often equates to legacy, and legacy applications are typically targeted for replacement. But the fate of classic Outlook tells a slightly different story. As Microsoft […]

In a move that may seem incremental at first glance, Microsoft has initiated a sweeping change to its billing practices, beginning in late 2024. Just ahead of its annual Ignite 2024 event—a hallmark gathering for IT professionals and business partners—the tech giant unveiled a new monthly billing option for several of its cornerstone enterprise offerings. […]

Microsoft is embarking on a critical transition for its enterprise email clients with the upcoming release of Exchange Server SE (Subscription Edition). This marks a major strategic shift in how the company will deliver and support on-premises email services. Historically, Microsoft provided perpetual licenses for products like Exchange Server, allowing organizations to operate independently of […]

Microsoft’s approach to updating Windows 11 has evolved significantly in recent months. After originally committing to one major feature update per year for Windows 10 and Windows 11, the company now delivers multiple smaller updates on a more flexible schedule. This shift has created both excitement and challenges for users and IT administrators alike. This […]

In today’s cloud-centric world, organizations depend heavily on flexible, cost-effective infrastructure to power their operations. Microsoft Office remains one of the most ubiquitous productivity suites globally, and many businesses rely on running Office applications seamlessly within their cloud environments. However, the licensing frameworks that govern how Microsoft software can be used in public clouds are […]

In recent years, Microsoft’s approach to cloud licensing has drawn increasing scrutiny from industry observers, competitors, and regulators alike. Central to the controversy is how Microsoft has treated customers wanting to run its software outside the company’s Azure cloud. Since 2019, Microsoft has enforced policies that significantly raised the cost of deploying Windows Server, Office […]

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprises are faced with a mounting challenge: managing vast, disparate data sources while extracting timely, actionable intelligence. For years, Microsoft has offered a plethora of tools to address pieces of the puzzle—Azure Synapse, Data Factory, Power BI, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and more. But as cloud ecosystems expand and […]

The healthcare sector stands at a critical crossroads, where the abundance of data has become both a blessing and a burden. Hospitals, clinics, and research institutions are swimming in a sea of information — from structured electronic health records (EHRs) to unstructured clinical notes, diagnostic images, genomic data, and real-time telemetry from wearable devices. Yet, […]