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Microsoft Releases ‘Fabric’ That Powers Cortana

Microsoft's version of 'microservices' app development PaaS offering goes public

Touch-First Microsoft Office Apps Coming To Windows Phone

Microsoft says preview version of universal Office apps should be made available this month in Windows 10 technical preview for phones

Cloud

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure Lead IaaS Market

While AWS is used by the majority of enterprise IaaS customers, Microsoft Azure is the next most likely IaaS vendor to be evaluated

Advertising

Microsoft Search Deal Sees Yahoo Make Gains

A search deal with Microsoft and Yahoo has been renewed and amended with two key changes that make the deal "more productive", say companies

mobile OS

Is LG Making A New Windows Phone?

Leaked images apparently show device made for US network Verizon

Office Suites

Patch Tuesday Delivers Critical Repairs To Office, Windows

Microsoft releases large security update, reflecting the growing volume of patches from all vendors in 2015

Cloud

Microsoft Starts Skype for Business Rollout

Lync replacement Skype for Business is being made available to Office 365 customers

M2M

Fujitsu And Microsoft Team Up For The Internet Of Vegetables

Internet of Things collaboration helps produce super-healthy and tasty lettuce for all

Mobility

18 Year Old ‘Redirect To SMB’ Vulnerability Impacts All Versions Of Windows

Researchers find Redirect To SMB variant that can leak login credentials for some of the world's most popular software

First Windows 10 Update, ‘Redstone’, Could Arrive in 2016

Redstone is a likely Windows 10 update and Microsoft has already entered planning stages, sources say

Workspace

Microsoft Reverses Position On ‘Do Not Track’

The company will no longer enable 'Do Not Track' by default in its browsers

Cloud

Microsoft – How Our Internet Of Things Will Change Your Business

IoT will let companies around the world ‘do amazing things’, says Kirill Tatarinov

Mobile Apps

Microsoft Ports Office Lens App To iPhone, Android

Office Lens app that scans documents into an editable file arrives on Android and Apple iOS devices

Mac

Windows XP Usage Finally Starts Dropping, Again

After months of usage increase, XP takes a downward turn, with Windows 7 taking 2 percent rise

Big Data

Could Data And Video Analysis Power Norway To Euro 2016 Qualification?

Microsoft and the Norwegian national football team explain how analytics and video could aid the squad and the country's health service

Mobility

Microsoft Surface 3 Arrives With Full Windows And Intel Chip

Microsoft Surface 3 drops Windows RT, claiming to be the tablet that replaces your laptop for less than the Pro 3

Browsers

Microsoft Adds Project Spartan Browser To Windows 10 Preview

Project Spartan is included in the Windows 10 technical preview for the first time

Enterprise

Microsoft – How We Plan To Stay At The Top

Kirill Tatarinov tells TechWeekEurope why the future is bright for Microsoft customers

Cloud

Microsoft Updates Azure Active Directory Connect Preview

Company adds new features, including a new 'Pilot' mode, to the single sign-on tool that links Active Directory to Office 365 and third-party SaaS offerings

Mobility

The Unified Communications Conundrum – Does One Size Fit All?

Bradley Maule-Ffinch, director of UC Group, the organiser of UC EXPO, examines how to successfully implement UC&C technology for the workplace of the future