Microsoft to try to push business customers to longer-term subscriptions via price increases
Microsoft is gearing up to make billing changes around subscriptions for a number of its business software services that could have negative effects on partners and customers. Earlier this year,...
Microsoft unveils Loop — and a new collaborative Office doc
Built on the Fluid Framework, Microsoft’s Loop app comes in response to offerings by start-ups such as Coda and Notion and their “all-in-one” collaborative documents. While it’s unlikely to supplant...
Microsoft’s Office 365 price increases: How to reduce the hit
Microsoft will increase the price of Office 365 by up to 25% in March 2022, but there are things CIOs can do now to limit the damage. As the economy...
Microsoft ends support for Office 2010, bangs the Office 365 gong
Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac have now received their final security updates. For users, Microsoft says it’s time to move to Office 365. Microsoft on Tuesday reminded customers...
Use of cloud collaboration tools surges and so do attacks
Some industries have seen increases in cloud-related threat events rise as much as 1,350% since the COVID-19 crisis began. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed companies to adapt to new government-mandated...
Defense Dept. rolls out Microsoft Teams to millions of remote workers
The temporary deployment of Teams and other Office 365 tools is part of a wider effort by the sprawling agency to support staffers as remote work surges during the current...
Questions raised over Office 365 shared content policy
Buried 300 words into Microsoft’s standard service level agreement is a clause that affects intellectual property and privacy. An open letter, addressed to Microsoft president and head of legal Brad...
Cisco forges tighter SD-WAN links to Microsoft Azure cloud, Office 365
A broadened Cisco-Microsoft partnership promises to extend Cisco SD-WAN to the Azure cloud and to optimize and secure connectivity to Office 365. Cisco and Microsoft this week extended their relationship...
Cisco security spotlights Microsoft Office 365 e-mail phishing increase
Cisco blog follows DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) report detailing risks around Office 365 and other cloud services. It’s no secret that if you have a cloud-based e-mail...
Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft
Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond. Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenues jumped 41% year on year, hitting $9.6bn (£7.65bn) in the firm’s third quarter...