Microsoft - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Microsoft 'paints bullseye' on AWS as cloud sales soar

  ​Microsoft beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by continued sales increases from its cloud business and sending its shares to all-time highs.​

• Microsoft tells enterprises to be on Edge

  Microsoft has begun telling companies about a variety of corporate features that have been baked into the browser.

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was "cheering for New Zealand" in cricket

  A campaign to bring Satya Nadella to New Zealand has turned up a supporter for the Black Caps and a new fan for Kane Williamson.

• Ministry of Health targets cyber security and Office 365

  The Ministry of Health is planning to work on a number of new internal ICT projects as well as new national digital services for the sector.

• How Microsoft Teams can help frontline workers

  As Ferguson looks to transform and improve business, it’s turning to the team chat app to help its showroom workers and do more in less time.

• How to defer Windows 10 updates

  Windows 10 forces updates on home users, but Windows 10 Pro users can slow down feature upgrades if they want.

• Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: The best hidden features

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade, code-named Redstone 4 and informally known as the Spring Creators Update, offers many smaller additions and changes you might miss. We've highlighted them here.

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• Microsoft shrinks Windows 10's upgrade downtime

  Beginning with the upcoming spring update to the OS – likely to arrive in early April – users will find the upgrade process is faster.

• Windows 10 shows users what data it collects and phones in

  With Windows Insider build 17083, Microsoft responded to criticism about transparency by adding a 'Diagnostic Data Viewer' app to the OS for beta users to try out.

• Microsoft turns up heat on Slack with Teams group chat update

  A Teams app directory is among the new features added to the company’s Office 365 group chat tool. Analysts say Microsoft is looking to match rivals like Slack in functionality.

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