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FastTrack and Import Service Roadmap FastTrack for Microsoft 365 is a program in which Microsoft support personnel offer remote, personalized... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Desktop and Client Roadmap

Systems Management and Security Roadmap for systems management and security technologies in Office 365 and Microsoft 365.

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System Center Timeline System Center 2022, released in May 2022, is the latest version of System Center. This illustration... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

System Center The System Center software suite supports numerous management and monitoring tasks. System Center includes the... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Systems Management Roadmap for Microsoft’s main on-premises systems management software products.

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

System Center Operations Manager Managed Instance System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), part of the System Center suite of on-premises datacenter management... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Security Roadmap for Microsoft's security software products.

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

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Security Services Roadmap April 18, 2025 A range of Microsoft-hosted security services are available to help organizations secure their infrastructure and...more System Center 2025: Few Improvements, Mostly in VMs and Cloud Updated: December 14, 2024 System Center 2025 is now generally available, but Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is the only...more Get Ready for Upcoming Microsoft Client-Management Changes Updated: November 18, 2024 Windows Server Update Services has been deprecated with no future features, but remains functional in...more The Irrelevance of the Network Perimeter Updated: August 19, 2024 Relying on firewalls and other technologies to partition a network into an internal private network...more Microsoft’s Customers Must Monitor Its Security Shortcomings Updated: July 22, 2024 Insurance companies are tightening policy coverage requirements and examining whether organizations are implementing good security...more System Center 2019 UR6 Generally Available Updated: April 24, 2024 System Center 2019 UR6 provides bug fixes and minor updates, and is probably the last...more Buying Server Products via Microsoft Customer Agreements Updated: January 9, 2024 (Sections of this report have been superseded by “Transitioning Windows Server Under an EA to...more Log4j Resources Available from Microsoft Updated: December 27, 2023 A collection of Log4j resources is available from Microsoft for customers looking for more information...more SCOM Managed Instance Generally Available in Azure Updated: December 21, 2023 System Center Operations Manager Managed Instance introduces SCOM as an Azure service. It could help...more System Center 2022 UR2 Generally Available Updated: December 17, 2023 System Center 2022 UR2 provides incremental enhancements, security updates, and bug fixes. Azure is Microsoft’s Focus for Server Management Services Updated: June 18, 2023 Server management, even for on-premises, will increasingly require Azure services in the future. Azure Arc...more System Center 2022 UR1 Supports Stack HCI and SQL Server Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2022 has been updated to add support for the Azure Stack HCI 22H2...more Rapid Microsoft Release Cycles Affect Enterprises Updated: May 31, 2023 An accelerated product release cadence for both on-premises and hosted products, such as the Windows...more System Center 2019 UR3 Manages Azure Stack HCI Clusters Updated: May 31, 2023 Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2019 adds support for managing Azure Stack HCI clusters...more System Center Supports Windows Server 2022, Stack HCI Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2022 adds support for the latest versions of Windows Server and Azure Stack...more System Center 2019 UR4 Supports New Guests, No New Hosts Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2019 now supports Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 as guest OSs, enabling...more

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Updated: May 23, 2024 Microsoft clarifies (a bit) its MFA for 'all' Azure users edict

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: April 8, 2024 Microsoft's latest email hack: M365 E3 subscribers beware

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: April 8, 2024 Microsoft’s September Product Terms: There's a new security product table in town

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Mary Jo Foley

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