Big Red, Microsoft roll out Azure database services for more mainstream Oracle users
Enterprise Edition to be offered on OCI inside Redmond's cloud
Databases20 Mar 2025 | 1
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Oops, they did it again: Microsoft breaks Outlook with another dubious update
Testing? We've heard of it
Applications20 Mar 2025 | 49
Microsoft isn't fixing 8-year-old shortcut exploit abused for spying
'Only' a local access bug but important part of N Korea, Russia, and China attack picture
Research18 Mar 2025 | 41
Microsoft wouldn't look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied
Maddening techno bass loop, Zoolander reference, and 14 minutes of time wasted
Security17 Mar 2025 | 139
AI running out of juice despite Microsoft's hard squeezing
Opinion Biz leaders still dream of obedient agents replacing workers. In the actual workplace, they're going AWOL
AI + ML14 Mar 2025 | 102
That 'angry guest' email from Booking.com? It's a scam, not a 1-star review
Phishers check in, your credentials check out, Microsoft warns
Research13 Mar 2025 | 10
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Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AI
So much for 'carbon negative by 2030'
On-Prem13 Mar 2025 | 18
Printers start speaking in tongues after Windows 11 update
Who still uses a printer anyway? Oh ... quite a lot of you, it seems
OSes12 Mar 2025 | 31
Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users
Column Vendors just don't want machines to live double lives
Personal Tech12 Mar 2025 | 166
Microsoft quantum breakthrough claims labeled 'unreliable' and 'essentially fraudulent'
Updated Redmond insists it's got this right and has even more impressive results to share soon
Systems12 Mar 2025 | 65
Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero-day fixes, or six critical flaws
Patch Tuesday Microsoft tackles 50-plus security blunders, Adobe splats 3D bugs, and Apple deals with a doozy
Patches12 Mar 2025 | 23
Microsoft adds another Copilot hotkey – this time for AI voice chat
Hold Alt + Spacebar for two seconds, and Clippy 2.0 is all ears
OSes11 Mar 2025 | 32
Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement
Windows App the way ahead as support pulled from May 27
OSes11 Mar 2025 | 78
Eight days later, Microsoft Outlook users still struggle on iOS devices
Cloudy email rises like a zombie, though its digital grave still marked by big red cross
Applications11 Mar 2025 | 33
How NOT to f-up your security incident response
Feature Experts say that the way you handle things after the criminals break in can make things better or much, much worse
CSO10 Mar 2025 | 15
Microsoft tells abandoned Publisher fans to just use Word and hope for the best
PDFs and Powerpoint also lie in wait as 2026 looms
Applications07 Mar 2025 | 119
Still can't get to your Outlook mailbox? You aren't alone
No 'zero days without incident' sign for Microsoft thanks ongoing problems
SaaS06 Mar 2025 | 29
Microsoft goes native with Copilot. Again
This time we mean it for the Windows chatbot
AI + ML06 Mar 2025 | 43
China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
Updated They're good at zero-day exploits, too
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 17
Brits end probe into Microsoft's $13B bankrolling of OpenAI
Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 6
iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
Native mail app? More like no mail app
Applications05 Mar 2025 | 17
Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through'
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 3
CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing – but its fate hinges on Microsoft
GPU farm discloses 77% of revenue tied to just two customers, putting Redmond giant front and center
AI + ML04 Mar 2025 |
Microsoft Exchange Admin Center takes extended siesta in the EU
Updated Wasn't the cloud supposed to be the cheap, reliable option?
SaaS04 Mar 2025 | 7
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes
Presumably hosted by AWS?
SaaS04 Mar 2025 | 23
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 shuffles out of mainstream support
The fate of Skype is sad, but the clock is ticking for enterprises
Databases04 Mar 2025 | 4
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
PaaS + IaaS04 Mar 2025 | 44
Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it
Five flaws found in Paragon Partition Manager's kernel-level .sys
Ransomware in Focus04 Mar 2025 | 13
Windows 11 adoption picking up speed, but older sibling still ahead
Microsoft Copilot reckons that it didn't have to be like this
OSes03 Mar 2025 | 14
Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored
PaaS + IaaS03 Mar 2025 | 51
Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won't sell AI tech, China will
Rule hamstringing our datacenters is 'gift' to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues
AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 28
Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim
AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 3
Windows 11 24H2 goes back to the drawing board over AutoCAD 2022 glitch
Safeguard hold applied after designer darling borked by problematic update
OSes26 Feb 2025 | 20
Under Trump 2.0, Europe's dependence on US clouds back under the spotlight
Interview Technologist Bert Hubert tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk
Off-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 124
Microsoft's updated Windows battery indicator rollout runs out of juice
How hard can it be to add colors and percentages?
OSes26 Feb 2025 | 96
Satya Nadella says AI is yet to find a killer app that matches the combined impact of email and Excel
Microsoft CEO is more interested in neural nets boosting GDP than delivering superhuman intelligence
AI + ML26 Feb 2025 | 71
Ad-supported Microsoft Office bobs to the surface
Only a test at the moment, but a sign of things to come?
Applications25 Feb 2025 | 98
Microsoft trims more CPUs from Windows 11 compatibility list
Updated OEMs blowing dust from the processor stock cupboard, beware
OSes24 Feb 2025 | 127
Microsoft's drawback on datacenter investment may signal AI demand concerns
Investment bank claims software giant ditched 'at least' 5 land parcels due to potential 'oversupply'
AI + ML24 Feb 2025 | 20
Microsoft's Euro-mandated File Explorer surgery shows 'less is more' is still a thing
Opinion Humble but with a huge history, the utility's privacy pare-back points to a productive possible future
Columnists24 Feb 2025 | 21
Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes
Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond
AI + ML20 Feb 2025 | 7
Oops, some of our customers' Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft
Don't think this is SaaS and you can relax: Redmond wants a few of you to check your websites
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2025 | 4
Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it
Locals see red as public cloud's service health dashboard shows green
PaaS + IaaS20 Feb 2025 | 15
Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to 'a million qubits'. So far: Eight
Updated Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too
Science19 Feb 2025 | 37
Microsoft boffins promise entire game worlds made from AI slop
WHAM, bam, no thank you, ma'am?
AI + ML19 Feb 2025 | 19
Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered
Microsoft suggests a move to the cloud
Applications19 Feb 2025 | 22
Microsoft declutters Windows 11 File Explorer in the name of Euro privacy
Also hammers another nail into Cortana's coffin with the end of Location History
OSes19 Feb 2025 | 27
Snake Keylogger slithers into Windows, evades detection with AutoIt-compiled payload
Because stealing your credentials, banking info, and IP just wasn’t enough
Research18 Feb 2025 | 8
If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish
Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir
CSO15 Feb 2025 | 27
AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE
... weeks after US titan was outvoted by other members to let Microsoft join the Euro cloud trade association
PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2025 | 1
Russia's Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs
'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021
Research12 Feb 2025 | 9
After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft's AI less useful than expected
Not all bad news for Redmond as Australian agency also found strong ROI and some unexpected upsides
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 54
February's Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes
Patch Tuesday Don't relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins
Security12 Feb 2025 | 10
Microsoft wants to quit building Army VR goggles, hand contract to Anduril
Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor?
Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 10
Final cumulative update for Exchange Server 2019 lands at last
End of the road in sight for venerable server
Applications11 Feb 2025 | 2
Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions to muscle in on NoSQL
Analysis But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives?
Databases11 Feb 2025 | 12
Euro cloud crew says we-won't-sue deal with Microsoft is 'off-track'
Overseas pals urge US tech giant to 'rapidly' work on Azure Local project to make things right – sans licenses
PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 2
Some workers already let AI do the thinking for them, Microsoft researchers find
Dammit, that was our job here at The Reg. Now if you get a task you don't understand, you may assume AI has the answers
AI + ML11 Feb 2025 | 48
SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft's $13B look quaint
Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream
AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 11
Datacenter energy use to more than double by 2030 thanks to AI's insatiable thirst
Shocking research warns electricity shortages could create construction bottleneck
On-Prem07 Feb 2025 | 21
Microsoft 365 price rises are coming – pay up or opt out (if you can find the button)
It's not auto-enrollment. It's just your current plan with extra Copilot for more money. Completely different
AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 91
Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services
Preview arrives in Canary Channel, release planned for Windows 10 and 11
OSes06 Feb 2025 | 34
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