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Microsoft and publisher of Ubuntu team up to deliver cost-effective data management on Azure
By Sean Endicott published
Microsoft and Canonical announced support for Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Microsoft Azure. The support helps deliver a cost-effective solution for enterprise data management.
Windows Virtual Machines went down for around 7 hours last night, here's why
By Sean Endicott last updated
Last night, an outage caused some Windows Virtual Machines to go down for almost seven hours. Microsoft has shared its preliminary report of the cause of the outage.
Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard hits general availability, carbon footprints beware
By Robert Carnevale published
Carbon emissions are being tracked more closely than ever.
Microsoft stopped the largest DDoS attack on record earlier this year
By Sean Endicott published
Earlier this year, Microsoft mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack. It’s the largest DDoS attack on record, but the targeted customer didn't experience any downtime.
Here's what experts say about Windows 11 and the fate of the local OS
By Robert Carnevale published
Will the cloud cast a shadow over local OS prospects of the future?
Microsoft to Azure Linux users: Patch this problem yourself
By Robert Carnevale published
Microsoft has new guidance for those put at risk by recent Azure vulnerabilities. That guidance involves asking users to do the patching themselves.
New Windows Server certification opportunities on the way, courtesy of Microsoft
By Robert Carnevale published
If you're looking for a new certification opportunity from Microsoft, it's almost here. The Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification will arrive in December 2021.
Tech demo shows off the power of Microsoft's Azure Custom Neural Voice
By Sean Endicott last updated
A recent tech demo uses a synthetic voice created by Microsoft's Azure Custom Neural Voice. The video includes the presenter’s real voice and the synthetic voice, so you can compare them.
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