Azure

Black screens still plague Windows 10 Azure Virtual Desktop users

Meanwhile, even Task Manager is no match for the broken patch

OSes04 Nov 2024 | 8

Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money

Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs

AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 18

Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called 'Open Cloud Coalition'

Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry group calls for end to 'restrictive licensing'

Software29 Oct 2024 | 12

Microsoft's Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs

For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads

PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2024 | 5

Microsoft crafts Rust hypervisor to power Azure workloads

OpenVMM touts stronger security, but not ready for prime time just yet

Software17 Oct 2024 | 8

Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council

What could possibly go wrong?

Public Sector15 Oct 2024 | 84

Cloud giants point the finger at each other during regulator hearings

Those are some mighty powerful underdogs you've got there

PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2024 | 4

AWS claims customers are packing bags and heading back on-prem

See? We do have competition, cloud giant tells regulator

PaaS + IaaS17 Sep 2024 | 74

'Hyperscale customer' to take massive datacenter site near London

Exclusive 'Commercially sensitive' incognito buyer has a lot more support than last group that tried to build a bit barn near M25

On-Prem13 Sep 2024 | 52

We know 'Linux is a cancer' but could CentOS chaos spell opportunity for Microsoft?

Analyst suggests Redmond's internal distro may one day fly the coop

OSes10 Sep 2024 | 57

Microsoft exec warns of business functions being sacrificed on the altar of AI

Too many IT modernization projects? Not enough budget? Something will have to give

AI + ML09 Sep 2024 | 24

Admins wonder if the cloud was such a good idea after all

As AWS, Microsoft, and Google hike some prices, it's time to open up the ROI calculator

PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2024 | 142

The elusive dream of cloud portability: Why migrating workloads isn't so simple

Analysis Despite early promises, moving between providers remains a complex and costly endeavor

Cloud Infrastructure Month27 Aug 2024 | 18

When it comes to cloud, it's China against the world

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google dominate the west, but the Middle Kingdom plays by its own rules

Off-Prem21 Aug 2024 | 6

Azure Linux 3 hits general availability – but don't expect any frills

Microsoft's distribution gets a new LTS kernel

OSes02 Aug 2024 | 9

Microsoft services partly down Down Under for Kiwi users

Updated Maybe time to play the cloud hokey pokey? You put your workload in. You take your workload out...

PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 5

'Error' in Microsoft's DDoS defenses amplified 8-hour Azure outage

A playbook full of strategies and someone fumbles the implementation

CSO31 Jul 2024 | 18

Microsoft remains massively profitable, investors await AI payoff

Everyone loves Copilot, execs claim – and hope they can say the same for Copilot Plus PCs

Software31 Jul 2024 | 14

Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage

Shut the Front Door!

PaaS + IaaS30 Jul 2024 | 15

Microsoft's Azure networking takes a worldwide tumble

Updated Ready to talk it up to investors today, Redmond?

Networks30 Jul 2024 | 66

Google, Oracle, Microsoft make their case for VMware migrations – HPE on the outer?

New instance types and discounts galore, and Broadcom all smiles as its preferred licensing finds more friends

VMware Explore22 Jul 2024 | 6

Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips

Updated Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch?

PaaS + IaaS19 Jul 2024 | 65

Microsoft 365 remains 'degraded' as Azure outage resolved

Updated Central US region is back in business but Office apps still in trouble

Off-Prem19 Jul 2024 | 66

Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint

'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists

PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2024 | 20

VMware by Broadcom has a licensing portability win with Microsoft

If only customers could find their keys after support portal migration

Virtualization03 Jun 2024 | 12

Microsoft gives Windows admins a break and MFA a hard push

Updates now optional, but Azure security is not

Software23 May 2024 | 5

Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn's failed Wisconsin LCD plant plot

A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push

AI + ML08 May 2024 | 9

Spanish startups say 'no más' to Microsoft cloud dominance

Updated Group alleges anticompetitive behavior

PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 4

Microsoft continues multibillion-dollar cloud and AI sprinkle in Malaysia

Satya reaches once more into his wallet

AI + ML02 May 2024 | 2

Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines

For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations

AI + ML22 Apr 2024 | 5

Cloud Software Group and Microsoft pledge another eight years of co-opetition

Consortium will spend $1.65 billion on Azure, 365 – and of course some AI

Software08 Apr 2024 | 1

UK govt office admits ability to negotiate billions in cloud spending curbed by vendor lock-in

Exclusive After slew of AWS deals signed under MoUs, CDDO says current approach might weaken its position

Public Sector04 Apr 2024 | 99

Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China's cyber-raid on Exchange Online

CISA calls for 'fundamental, security-focused reforms' to happen ASAP, delaying work on other software

Security03 Apr 2024 | 39

French lawmakers take a swing at cloud monopolies

Action gathers steam in the EU, US and UK as anti-trust teams collate market feedback

PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2024 | 6

Microsoft decides it's done with Azure egress ransoms

Cloud exit toll booth bypass built by EU regulators

Off-Prem13 Mar 2024 | 14

Companies flush money down the drain with overfed Kubernetes cloud clusters

Just 13% of provisioned CPUs, 20% of memory utilized, study finds

PaaS + IaaS01 Mar 2024 | 13

Microsoft retires Azure IoT Central retirement announcement

And fails to clear up end-of-life debacle

Networks21 Feb 2024 | 8

Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink

Exclusive After March, devs won’t be able to create new application resources, in 2027 the system will be shut down

Edge + IoT15 Feb 2024 | 24

Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI

Just in time to cash in on VMware and Citrix uncertainty

Virtualization06 Feb 2024 | 4

Oracle database deal in Azure comes with a health warning from licensing experts

Updated Five months after cloud love-in, critics worry about costs of deploying Oracle hardware and DBs in Microsoft’s cloud

Databases05 Feb 2024 | 9

Restrictive licensing keeps businesses grounded in cloud vendor vortex

Microsoft named – again – by EU trade groups seeking to level the playing field

PaaS + IaaS02 Feb 2024 | 11

Tesco techies and Azure jockeys hit the floor during weekend of outages

Every little helps. Especially testing and talking to customers

PaaS + IaaS22 Jan 2024 | 3

Not even LinkedIn is that keen on Microsoft's cloud: Shift to Azure abandoned

Software cons reportedly outweighed public-cloud pros

Systems14 Dec 2023 | 44

AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms

World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights

PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 8

Microsoft opens sources ThreadX under MIT license

The 'Azure RTOS' used in millions of Raspberry Pis is now FOSS

OSes28 Nov 2023 | 22

Microsoft, Databricks double act tries to sew up the data platform market

Analysis But the one-stop shop vision fails to take it far beyond the competition

Databases27 Nov 2023 | 2

Microsoft adds FPGA-powered network accelerator to Azure

'Azure Boost' vastly speeds cloudy server IOPS and is coming to all new instance types

Off-Prem21 Nov 2023 | 6

Microsoft likens MFA to 1960s seatbelts, buckles admins in yet keeps eject button

Admins have 90 days to opt out before MFA is deployed automatically

Security07 Nov 2023 | 30

AWS CEO talks up AI to focus minds of Wall Street types

Q3 sales below forecasts, profits up, and conversation centers on LLMs and GenAI

PaaS + IaaS27 Oct 2023 | 2

Microsoft admits 'power issue' downed Azure services in West Europe

Updated Work ongoing to manually recover some storage nodes

PaaS + IaaS23 Oct 2023 | 16

Microsoft extends life support for aging Apache Cassandra 3.11 database

But only if you're ready to cozy up in Azure's abode

Databases10 Oct 2023 |

Amazon, Microsoft under UK regulator's eye as cloud market probe confirmed

Egress fees, interoperability and licensing discounts all in the crosshairs

PaaS + IaaS05 Oct 2023 | 5

Microsoft attempts to woo governments with Cloud for Sovereignty preview

Sovereignty = you’ll run on Azure and you’ll be told when our engineers access your resources

PaaS + IaaS04 Oct 2023 | 5

Microsoft kills classic Azure DaaS, because it isn't really Azure

Users get three-year deprecation and migration warning

On-Prem03 Oct 2023 | 11

Microsoft hiring a nuclear power program manager, because AI needs lots of 'leccy

Envisions a 'comprehensive small modular reactor and microreactor integration roadmap'

Off-Prem25 Sep 2023 | 35

Azure SQL Database takes Saturday off on US east coast following network power failure

At least it was the weekend

PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2023 | 3