Migration watch: Windows 10 in July saw continued gains in user share and should supplant Windows 7 as the most popular flavor of Windows by the end of the year. Windows 10 posted its third strong month of growth in a row in July, putting it on track to overtake the veteran Windows 7 by … Read more
Step 1: Understand that there are updates, and then there are updates. Confused about how updates work in Windows 10? Join the club. In this latest version of its operating system, Microsoft has transformed what was once a straightforward procedure into a seemingly complicated process that varies according to whether you have Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 … Read more
Microsoft’s twice-a-year feature updates are a greater burden on companies than the old upgrade-every-six-years pace businesses used to face, according to Gartner Research. Microsoft has given customers all kinds of reasons for why the faster release pace of Windows 10 is a great idea, from keeping pace as technology change accelerates to staying ahead of … Read more
A year after the global WannaCry attacks, the EternalBlue exploit that was a key enabler for the malware is still a threat to many organisations, and many firms have not taken action, security researchers warn. WannaCry is no longer wreaking havoc in the business world, but a year after the malware crippled business operations around the … Read more
.Net Core 3 will debut in 2019, with the beta expected later this year. Microsoft’s .Net Core, a cross-platform implementation of the company’s .Net development platform, is being readied for its 2.1 release, featuring improvements to build time performance and tools deployment. And Microsoft expects to ship .Net Core 3 in 2019, with the first beta … Read more
While it will stop those annoying taskbar InBox and social media messages, at the heart of the April 2018 Windows 10 update is an effort to simplify management. Microsoft has made available the next update to Windows 10, which has a big focus on IT administration and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). From a GDPR and … Read more
With more and more enterprises becoming involved in software development with their vendors, a growing concern has emerged over who owns that intellectual property. Microsoft will let customers share intellectual property developed in partnership with the company. The move aligns with what analysts expect will be a growing concern for IT, with more and more … Read more
A preview of Windows Server 2019 adds features for hyperconvergence, management, security, containers and more. Because Microsoft has shifted to a more gradual upgrade of Windows Server, many of the features that will become available with Windows Server 2019 have already been in use in live corporate networks, and here are half a dozen of the best. … Read more
With the roll-out of GNU GPL 3.0 open source licensing, the industry is expecting discrepancies, and hopes an open discussion will help to debug it. Ten companies have made a public commitment to providing greater predictability to open source users under the new GPL (General Public Licence) v3.0 licensing. CA Technologies, Cisco, HPE, Microsoft, SAP and SUSE … Read more
Timeline, Bluetooth sharing and an improved “do not disturb” feature are among the highlights of the upcoming release, code-named Redstone 4. Microsoft is due to release the next major update for Windows 10 in March or April. Rumor has it that the release, code-named Redstone 4, may be called the “Spring Creators Update,” following in … Read more
