Microsoft Azure OpenAI lets enterprises feed corporate secrets to ChatGPT Updated Apparently you're all dying to do this? SaaS22 Jun 2023 | 21
Microsoft keeps quiet amid talk of possible DDoS attack against Azure Telemetry revealed 'anomalous spike in HTTP requests' says post-incident report PaaS + IaaS13 Jun 2023 | 6
Microsoft’s Azure mishap betrays an industry blind to a big problem Opinion If a tiny typo brings down half of Brazil, perhaps we’re the nuts Software12 Jun 2023 | 80
CockroachDB hits Azure at last after five-year mission Interview The database had to be architected from ground up, former GIMP dev Spencer Kimball tell us Databases09 Jun 2023 | 2
Microsoft injects ChatGPT into 'secure' US government Azure cloud What could possibly go wrong? AI + ML08 Jun 2023 | 11
This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database Devops03 Jun 2023 | 88
Google shows cloud customers it's happy to have an open relationship You can play the field and Chocolate Factory won't throw your stuff out PaaS + IaaS02 Jun 2023 | 1
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax' Exclusive Watchdogs are 'starting to understand the situation,' exec tells El Reg Off-Prem01 Jun 2023 | 53
Get ready, Snowflakes: Azure AI is coming for you with one click Ingest, integrate... and imprison SaaS01 Jun 2023 | 5
Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers OSes26 May 2023 | 56
Microsoft rains more machine learning on Azure cloud No surprise: Nvidia is in the picture AI + ML25 May 2023 | 1
Microsoft offers electrical engineers a lifeline as it pursues custom cloud silicon Redmond see, Redmond do... what AWS and Google are also doing Systems19 May 2023 | 3
Microsoft decides it will be the one to choose which secure login method you use Certificate-based authentication comes first and phones last CSO18 May 2023 | 55
Microsoft tries a deeper dive into Azure Firewall traffic If the flow slows, you need to know why Off-Prem16 May 2023 | 3
EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13
Developers now able to 'customize' their Azure Virtual Desktop experience Build your own ‘golden images’ and then connect 'em to more stuff, says Microsoft PaaS + IaaS10 May 2023 | 1
Microsoft Azure CTO believes confidential computing is the future of targeted advertising Wait... what? PaaS + IaaS10 May 2023 | 24
Microsoft touts bigger, faster Azure VMs as data deluge grows NVMe storage should mean better performance for data-intensive workloads, says tech giant Off-Prem04 May 2023 | 3
AMD reveals Azure is offering its SmartNICs as-a-service Still smiling despite Q1 PC chip sales slumping 65 points and flat server sales On-Prem03 May 2023 |
Microsoft makes Windows Server 2022 licenses a little less cynical Addresses annoyances like 20-core VMs requiring 24 licenses Software26 Apr 2023 | 23
Cloud projects keep being postponed amid economic uncertainty OVH joins AWS, Microsoft and others in saying customer deals not dead... they're just resting Off-Prem19 Apr 2023 | 3
Microsoft opens up Defender threat intel library with file hash, URL search Surprised there's no ChatGPT angle and that it's not called MalwareTotal Security18 Apr 2023 | 1
Compatibility mess breaks not one but two Windows password tools Windows LAPS and legacy LAPS don't play nicely under certain conditions, Microsoft says CSO14 Apr 2023 | 6
Microsoft switches gears, keeps Exchange Online's CARs around until Sept 2024 At least Redmond listens to some customers SaaS10 Apr 2023 | 1
Ofcom tempted to bring in competition watchdog to sniff the UK cloud market As much as 80% in the hands of three companies – you can guess which PaaS + IaaS05 Apr 2023 | 8
Unilever claims it's a 'cloud-only enterprise' – now with added OpenAI Funny way to describe a company that makes toilet cleaner Off-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 15
Oh, really? Microsoft worries multicloud complicates security and identity Coincidentally lays off techies in its identity team Spotlight on RSA29 Mar 2023 | 8
CISA unleashes Untitled Goose Tool to honk at danger in Microsoft's cloud Not a headline we expected to write today CSO24 Mar 2023 | 11
Microsoft admits Azure Resource Manager failed after code change Just lucky Western Europe was asleep when it happened PaaS + IaaS23 Mar 2023 | 20
The Shakespearian question of our age: To cloud or not to cloud Opinion Don't need flexibility and scaling? Then don’t pay for what you don’t need PaaS + IaaS20 Mar 2023 | 66
Nutanix's cloudy clusters now officially at home in Azure HCI upstart adds a hybrid option that could be of interest to nervous VMware customers Virtualization14 Mar 2023 |
Here's how Microsoft hopes to inject ChatGPT into all your apps and bots via Azure Stormy clouds ahead? AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 29
Microsoft rolls out tools and improvements to make its stuff more accessible Inclusion is good business Software10 Mar 2023 | 2
Microsoft wants you to build quantum apps in Azure, the cloud that's both up and down Oh, and pay boatloads for the privilege PaaS + IaaS09 Mar 2023 | 9
Microsoft opens Azure confidential containers to public preview Security features in AMD Epyc chips push confidential computing effort Devops03 Mar 2023 |
Seeing as GPT-3 is great at faking info, you should lean into that, says Microsoft When AI gives you lemons, you make orangeade AI + ML27 Feb 2023 | 26
Sensitive DoD emails exposed by unsecured Azure server AWS, Google and Oracle may benefit as Microsoft blames the Pentagon and the Pentagon blames Microsoft Security23 Feb 2023 | 19
Microsoft signals cloud cash grab is over as it pushes more cost-effective Azure VMs Just as everyone looks to optimize what they spend for computing services Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2
Classiq to school academia in quantum computing with help from Microsoft No experience? Doesn't matter, companies claim Networks09 Feb 2023 | 4
Microsoft's AI habit comes to data governance tool Purview You're a high-risk worker who wants access to that file? Computer says no Applications07 Feb 2023 | 3
Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 13
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere Networks30 Jan 2023 | 66
Bill shock? The red ink of web services doesn’t come out of the blue Opinion To avoid cloudy judgement, heed the weather forecast PaaS + IaaS23 Jan 2023 | 29
Microsoft to offer ChatGPT-as-a-service from Azure real soon now Addition of the chatbot everyone's talking about, and to, comes as Azure OpenAI goes GA AI + ML17 Jan 2023 | 19
Microsoft boosts Azure networking, storage with composable infra grab Slurps ‘Fungible’, a manufacturer of DPUs and fabrics that will join Redmond’s engineering gang Off-Prem10 Jan 2023 | 2
To protect its cloud, Microsoft bans crypto mining from its online services Updated Windows giant fears coin crafting may upend its servers Off-Prem15 Dec 2022 | 51
Oracle clouds never go down, says Oracle's Larry Ellison That summer heatwave in Britain? Our servers were just resting SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 23
Why did Microsoft just buy fiber optic cable company Lumenisity? When every nanosecond of latency counts, improvements in the physical layer matter Networks13 Dec 2022 | 41
Just blob it in: Microsoft greases skids for data migration to Azure Storage Mover tool to push on-premises workloads to the cloud, where Windows giant wants it Storage12 Dec 2022 | 1
Microsoft adds silicon muscle into latest Azure SQL database configs Intel's 'Ice Lake' and AMD's 'Milan' chips bump up speeds and feeds Databases01 Dec 2022 |
NOAA, Microsoft partner to put climate models in the clouds Don't worry, Redmond hasn't gotten its hands on the agency's coffers yet HPC01 Dec 2022 | 3
SQL Server license prices rise ten percent as version 2022 debuts Udpated Azure SQL pay-as-you-go rate is the only rate that won't change, and it was already expensive Databases23 Nov 2022 | 26
Microsoft bulks up Linux on Windows at the IoT edge in Azure EFLOW makes the open source OS a full partner of Windows at the far reaches of the cloud Software22 Nov 2022 |
Azure extends DDoS attack protection down to small business users, for a fee Microsoft moves IP Protection into public preview Software22 Nov 2022 | 2
Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software Is it a super or a cloud service? Users would string together components as required HPC17 Nov 2022 |
Microsoft moves to tighten Azure DevOps security with granular access tokens Narrowing permissions could be difference between mildly pwned and totally pwned corporate network Devops11 Nov 2022 |
Microsoft hits the switch on password-free smartphone authentication No more MF phish on this MFA cellphone as Azure AD CBA + YubiKey hits preview Security07 Nov 2022 | 23
Aviatrix releases tool to help enterprises prevent cloud network costs spiraling Just as providers prepare to crank up their fees Networks03 Nov 2022 | 1
The world was promised 'cloud magic'. So much for that fairy tale Comment You're paying too much for too much, and the providers know it PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2022 | 76
Microsoft boss Nadella's compensation pack swells 10% to $55m Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, the median? Ratio to Redmond's average employee pay is 289 to 1 Off-Prem28 Oct 2022 | 21
If someone tries ransacking your Windows network, it's a bit easier now to grok in Microsoft 365 Defender Blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing... CSO26 Oct 2022 | 6
Microsoft will help trim your Azure bill to encourage loyalty This is not altruism: investors are nervous about slowing growth. Redmond’s response is short term pain for long term gain Off-Prem26 Oct 2022 | 7