AI, unsurprisingly, gets top billing at Microsoft's Build developers conference this year. But there are some other announcements that enterprises may find more applicable and compelling.
Feeling like more Microsoft products and features are meeting untimely 'retirements'? You're not alone. But there may be ways to try to blunt the impact.
Microsoft is readying updated releases of a number of its key data assets, including Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Data Factory, and is enabling them to work with a common 'OneLake' data lake storage back-end. Expect a big reveal at the Microsoft Build conference in late May.
Microsoft is continuing to try to win more market and mind share for its Edge browser by adding new AI features. But some of its strongarm tactics may backfire.
Microsoft's 22-year-old SharePoint platform will be getting a number of sharing, authoring, video and AI capabilities through early 2024. OneDrive is getting some UX changes, too
Customers should look to what Microsoft is doing with packaging and licensing its GitHub Copilot technology when planning ahead for other Microsoft business Copilot features.
Microsoft has begun moving some key Volume Licensing Services Center capabilities to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Here's what's shifting over first.
Microsoft's long-rumored 'Teams 2.0' refresh of its collaboration platform is starting to roll out to Windows users in preview. This new release includes more than 90 new features plus performance enhancements.
Microsoft's long-promised Loop collaboration app, which is getting an AI infusion via the Microsoft 365 Copilot technology, is now available in public preview.
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