Microsoft is set to expand its cloud with big, new investments in Austria and Brazil. The company announced plans to launch its first cloud region in Austria, while investing further in Brazil with a new datacenter and digital skilling initiatives.
After announcing the move back in July, the Microsoft Azure team has confirmed that Minecraft Realms, the private server platform for Minecraft, has completed its transition to Azure, a big move for the Mojang Studios and Microsoft.
After years of relying on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host their private servers, Minecraft is migrating to Microsoft's Azure platform.
As more people work from home, Microsoft and Citrix announced a partnership to help organizations move to the cloud. The partnership builds off a longstanding relationship between the two companies.
Microsoft announced several updates to the Azure AI platform. The improvements make it easier for developers to create AI applications.
Laptop computing is undergoing a massive shift especially with the work-from-home trend and the current pandemic. But there are other reasons why laptops are moving towards extreme, localized computing power and a vastly different cloud-based, thin-client computing model. Here is what that future looks like and why it's happening.