So far, there’s no issue with Windows Server 2019, but because it shares a code base with Windows 10, and Windows 10 has a problem, Microsoft has made the server unavailable for download until it clears things up. Microsoft is recommending that those who have downloaded Windows Server 2019 should not install it until the … Read more
Microsoft has truly embraced open source, in a radical shift rare for a big company—and developers should be very happy. Microsoft is perhaps the most impressive company on the planet right now. While it doesn’t (currently) dominate markets like it used to, Microsoft has managed something dramatically more difficult, something that portends future success as … Read more
Some see this as a giant leap forward for Microsoft and open source. A few, however, see Microsoft’s open-source patent move as just more of the same old, same old. When Microsoft surprised everyone by releasing its entire 60,000 patent portfolio to the open-source community, someone asked me if I thought the move would finally convince everyone … Read more
Microsoft is stepping up its Windows 7 migration campaign with a paid security update option, Desktop App Assure service and more. With the Windows 7 end-of-support clock slowly winding down to January 14, 2020, Microsoft is announcing it will offer, for a fee, continuing security updates for the product through January 2023. This isn’t the … Read more
Migration watch: Windows 10 in August continued to gain ground in user share and should supplant Windows 7 as the most popular version of Windows in October. Windows 10 last month recorded its strongest growth since January, accelerating the timeline when the newer operating system will overtake the venerable Windows 7. According to analytics company … Read more
Microsoft announced the official name for the next major Windows 10 release at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. Microsoft put a label on its next Windows 10 feature upgrade, giving it the colorless-but-informative moniker of “Windows 10 October 2018 Update.” The Redmond, Wash.-based developer revealed the name in a presentation at IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung … Read more
Microsoft’s Azure Service Fabric gets a containerized makeover with Azure Service Fabric Mesh. Microsoft’s Azure platform services have always offered support for microservices. In fact, Azure Service Fabric has been there from the start. Initially supporting Azure’s SQL services, it’s now a foundation of much of the Azure platform, along with Cosmos DB. You’ve been able to use Azure … Read more
Both firms will give away software that gave them a competitive edge, a reflection of changing times. Microsoft and Salesforce have separately announced plans to release some key software products as open source for anyone to use in their data centers. Microsoft plans to release its Open Network Emulator (ONE), a simulator of its entire … Read more
Microsoft may be close to offering multi-session remote desktop access to Windows 10 Enterprise, allowing for as many as 10 simultaneous connections. Hints appeared last week that Microsoft may be close to offering multi-session remote desktop access to Windows 10 Enterprise as an alternative to, and complement of, Windows Server. The appearance of “Windows 10 … Read more
IT admins surveyed by Susan Bradley, who moderates the PatchMangement.org mailing list, said Microsoft’s current strategy is failing. So she took their concerns to Microsoft leaders, including CEO Satya Nadella, and asked them to make changes. Microsoft’s patching, updating and upgrading of Windows – in particular Windows 10 – is a mess that the company … Read more
