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	10 tips of what to watch for in Microsoft and other cloud SLAs On Nov. 19, 2014 the IT department of a Texas contracting company started getting reports that the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based email system was unavailable to its employees. Users couldn't get email on their phones or via Outlook. After the outage IT leaders huddled and filed a claim with Microsoft for a breach of the company's service-level agreement (SLA). But the response they got from Microsoft surprised them: Web access was still available so the service was not technically unavailable and therefore it was not a breach of the SLA. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive BYOD and Beyond: How To Turn BYOD into Productivity One of the most overlooked aspects of the BYOD phenomenon isn't just connecting the users to the network, but how to manage them once they're there. Getting mobile and BYO devices onto the network is now table stakes. 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View now Microsoft adds business features to Outlook for iOS, Android Microsoft on Tuesday updated Outlook for iOS and Android with several features important to enterprises. The update made good on a promise to quickly begin adding tools formerly found only in Outlook Web App (OWA), the two-year-old Microsoft program used by corporate employees to retrieve email and appointments on their smartphones and tablets. Read More INSIDER PowerShell for beginners: Scripts and loops Although PowerShell has been important in the Microsoft ecosystem ever since its release, as Windows Server 10 comes closer to release, we find that many features and deployments are significantly easier and more full-featured when carried out with PowerShell. Read More Microsoft launches machine learning as an Azure service Microsoft has expanded the data-analysis offerings on its Azure cloud, offering a machine learning service to help organizations derive more insight from mountains of unstructured data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Machine The Only Hadoop RDBMS- Splice Machine The Only Hadoop RDBMS- Splice Machine Learn more First look: Windows 10 preview for smartphones is off to a slow start Last Thursday, Microsoft released its long-anticipated Windows 10 Technical Preview for smartphones. This first public release of Windows 10 for smartphones improves on many Windows Phone 8.1 features, but it offers few compelling new capabilities. Read More Microsoft adds HTTP Strict Transport Security support to Internet Explorer Starting with Windows 10, Internet Explorer will allow users to access some websites only over SSL-encrypted connections, if those websites have opted into a new security mechanism. Read More Microsoft announces first major update to Office Online Microsoft has rolled out its first major update to Office Online, the free web version of its office productivity apps that are designed for basic functionality compared with its big brother, Office 365. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Machine The Operational Data Lake- Your On-Ramp to Big Data Companies are increasingly recognizing the need to integrate big data into their real-time analytics and operations. For many, though, the path to big data is riddled with challenges – both technical and resource-driven. View more 5 top tips and secrets for Windows 10 Trying out Windows 10 and want to get more out of it? Try out these top five tips and secrets for the new operating system. Read More Microsoft adds limited support for iCloud to Office for iPad, iPhone Microsoft updated its Office apps for the iPad and iPhone to support Apple's iCloud storage service, a move reminiscent of last year's decision to support Dropbox. Read More Microsoft targets June for Windows 10 completion Microsoft has not provided a release date for Windows 10 beyond the nebulous third quarter of this year. Read More Dell XPS 13 vs. MacBook Air: A closer look at battery life The MacBook Air's battery life is legendary. Colleagues who drive MacBook Airs claim they can get all-day battery life, and that no similarly sized PC can do the same. But now we have a real contender: The Dell XPS 13. Read More
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