Microsoft's Secure Boot certificates expire in June, and unless you've enrolled in its 'Extended Security Updates' program, the OS will fall into a 'degraded security state', Microsoft says.

Microsoft reported on cloud, AI and security growth on its Q2 earnings report, setting itself and the channel up for ...

Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks Copilot, Azure, AI, agents, OpenAI and more on the company’s Q2 earnings call.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella directly equates the future of AI models (foundation/LLMs) to the historical evolution of the database market to explain why he ...

Delivering on performance promises made during its November launch, Microsoft has formally released Native Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) support for Windows Server 2025. This architectural ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of the NSA publishing a “high-risk of ...

Configuring an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server on Windows Server is a common task for system administrators who need to enable applications or websites to send email messages. Unlike a ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...