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Microsoft fails to settle with the CISPE ahead of the EU cloud market dominance investigation. Allegations include unfair bundling and lock-ins and EU antitrust case looming. Here are the details.

From leveraging AI in its productivity suite to exploring the possibilities of techno-humanism, Microsoft continues venturing into the AI era as it embraces its power in its products and services.

Microsoft has announced several developer tools and solutions today at its Build 2023 event. Leaked previously, the company has unveiled its new Dev Box today which claims to boost VS performance.

Microsoft has announced several developer tools and solutions today at its Build 2023 event. Leaked previously, the company has unveiled its new Dev Box today as it gets a new 2TB SSD option.

The European Union has asked customers and firms to submit documents and complaints over Microsoft's use of confidential business information to gain leverage over other cloud-service providers.

The Power BI division of Microsoft will hold its own digital event starting at noon Eastern time on May 24 and May 25 during Build 2023, with special pre-shows before each day's events.

Microsoft is adding support for XFS as a root file system on Linux. The change was announced with the latest update to CBL-Mariner which is Microsoft's Linux-based OS for Azure 1P.

Microsoft has announced three new Azure CLX programme tracks that are focused on Data and AI skills. You'll earn certificates and a 50 per cent discount off the Microsoft Azure Certification Exam.

Cost-optimizing your Azure environment can help identify operational efficiencies and removing superfluous expenses. The more you can optimize your cloud costs, the more budget you free up.

As announced back in January, Microsoft is increasing the cost of its Microsoft Cloud services by up to 15% in certain regions of Europe. This move will impact organizations, not consumers.

U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA has developed a Python-based utility to detect signs of hacking in Microsoft cloud environments including Microsoft 365, Azure, and Azure Active Directory (AAD).

The addition of GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI Service will allow businesses and enterprise customers to create their own large language AI applications with the help of Microsoft Azure cloud services.

The latest offering as part of Azure OpenAI Service's suite of AI models is ChatGPT, available today to all customers, with billing for its usage commencing a few days later from March 13.

With today's deal, break into a six-figure cloud career with this 23-hour Azure certification prep bundle which has you covered for AZ-103, AZ-203, AZ-300 and AZ-301, while saving hundreds off.

Windows Server vNext Preview build 25295 is now out on ISO and VHDX and it's available in 18 languages. This build continues development of the next-gen Server Edition, release details inside.

The second Windows Server vNext Preview build within a month is out on ISO and it's available in 18 languages. This build continues development of the next-gen Server Edition, release details inside.

Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar partnership. They didn't say how much money has swapped hands but did set out what they hope to gain from the partnership.

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Azure OpenAI service, granting customers access to complex AI models. It has also committed to launch ChatGPT as a service on the platform soon.

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Microsoft has announced that it will begin a phased rollout of the EU Data Boundary initiative to its customers in the EU that will allow them to process and store parts of their data within the EU.

Microsoft has released version 2211 of Windows Admin Center. This is a major update bringing a better user experience, flexibility, and new capabilities for IT admins and organizations.

The automated workflow does not only reduce developing complexity, but also improves cost efficiency as well as performance - through optimization of the code and its cloud native nature.

Microsoft has bought a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group. They have established a 10-year partnership and LSEG will migrate to Microsoft Azure and use other Microsoft products and services.

The two new virtual machines are aimed towards Azure HPC customers, promising cost efficiency as well as higher performance. Dubbed HX and HBv4, the new series' leverage AMD's latest processors.

The tech giant's latest enhancements for Azure VMWare Solution includes new capabilities to efficiently handle storage intensive workloads, secure mission-critical workloads, and plenty more.

Following a smaller round of layoffs in August, Microsoft has laid off almost 1,000 employees today. This includes veteran employees across multiple divisions including Xbox, Azure, and more.

This was a very busy week in the world of Microsoft due to not one, but two events taking place. We have lots to unpack including announcements about Ignite, Surface and some Patch Tuesday goodness.

If you're a cybersecurity geek or an IT admin managing the security and integrity of your organization's infrastructure, you might want to check out Microsoft's Ignite 2022 announcements.

At its ongoing Ignite 2022 conference, Microsoft announced a bunch of new capabilities for its Azure cloud service and has also launched an employability program with LinkedIn integration.

Microsoft's new OSDU platform, dubbed Energy Data Services, is leveraging the Redmond giant and RoQC's collaboration to provide cloud-based management options to make Azure migration easier for users.

Ofcom has launched a study into large cloud service providers, communications apps such as WhatsApp, and connected devices like smart TVs and smart speakers. It wants to identify competition concerns.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news related to Windows 11's features and some criticism about them, enhancements to Microsoft Edge, as well as some app updates.

Azure Virtual Machines, powered by Ampere Altra ARM processors, will hit General Availability on September 1. These CPUs support Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise, as well as several Linux distros.

Announced back in May, Microsoft Dev Box has now hit public preview. The managed service allows organizations to spin up developer-ready workstations hosted in the cloud, according to their needs.

Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2022 17.3 update. It brings several new features, including support for .NET MAUI, a Teams Toolkit, C++ improvements, and improved Live Unit Testing.

Unity has selected Microsoft Azure as its cloud partner. The alliance will see developers leveraging Azure-powered technologies in the Unity engine to reach wider audiences on Xbox and PC.

Microsoft has detailed its security processes and incident response mechanisms when it comes to hardening its cloud defenses. It has 8,500 security experts that work around the clock for this purpose.