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• Airbus deploys Microsoft’s HoloLens, pushes mixed reality plans further

  Airbus, which competes with Boeing and Lockheed Martin, also plans to sell its own mixed reality apps to others in the aviation industry.

• New Zealand companies spent $220M on CRM in 2018

  New Zealand organisations spent $220 million on CRM software in 2018, increasing 13.9 per cent according to analyst firm, Gartner.

• Rhipe's Office 365 subscriptions top half a million

  Australian distributor Rhipe has seen the number of its Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions increase by 65 per cent over the past 12 months.

• Umbrellar recognised in Microsoft global awards

  Auckland-based Umbrellar has been recognised as the New Zealand Partner of the Year by Microsoft as part of the software giant's 2019 global awards.

• New Azure discount for CSP partners to come live in October

  Microsoft will introduce new discount for partners in the CSP program to help increase services-based profitability, as of October.

• 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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