PC shipment gains continue as students, workers remain remote
Last year’s supply-chain disruptions and increased demand brought on by the pandemic both contributed to the sustained growth.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
For Microsoft and Apple, a reprise of all-virtual dev conferences
While the pandemic in some ways may be easing, both companies are sticking with online-only events for developers this year.
Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub
Windows release health dashboard, which the vendor previewed at Ignite, details known issues and blockers affecting Windows 10.
Microsoft elevates Teams' importance by offering top-dollar bug bounties
Microsoft launches bug bounty program for Teams offering much as US$30,000 to security researchers for previously-unknown vulnerabilities.
Microsoft urges enterprise to test Windows 10 21H1 as May launch looms
Microsoft is now telling commercial customers that Windows 10 21H1 is ready for "commercial pre-release validation," a phrase first used in August 2020.
Microsoft follows Google and Chrome, shifts Edge to four-week release pace
Because Microsoft hitched Edge to Chromium's wagon, it had little choice but to go along with a recent Google change to release timing.
Users condemn Microsoft for removing KB IDs from some bug documentation
Microsoft moved away from the identifier in some Windows update release notes - it had been used for decades - and users remain angry.
Google matches Mozilla, reduces time between Chrome upgrades to 4 weeks
Google plans to accelerate Chrome's release schedule to match rival Firefox's every-four-week cadence.
When Windows bug fixes go bad, IT can now roll back individual changes
Enterprise-only flexibility in Windows servicing lets IT pros roll back individual non-security elements of an update when a change breaks something.
Microsoft to cut perpetual Office support by 50%, raise price by 10%
The move is more evidence that Microsoft remains eager to push, pull, and prod commercial customers into service-like subscriptions.
Microsoft slashes Windows 10 long-term support by half
Windows 10 LTSC, the version once pitched to enterprises as the OS that didn't need constant updating, will only get five years of support now.
Microsoft bucks history, pegs Windows 10 21H1 as 'minor' upgrade
Upcoming update for Windows 10 won't offer any major new features, making it more likely the H2 upgrade will have more to offer users.
Microsoft issues green light for Windows 10 2004. But what's the point?
Redmond signals to commercial customers that Windows 10 2004, the May 2020 feature upgrade, is reliable enough to widely deploy.
Microsoft pushes 'in cloud' settings collection to simplify PC management
Microsoft is offering corporate customers a new set of configuration settings designed to ease management of PCs for a wide swaths of users.
Microsoft releases Application Guard for Office to M365 customers
Application Guard for Office, a defensive technology that quarantines untrusted Office documents, had been available in public preview for five months.
