News SharePoint Takes Ignite Spotlight with Project Nucleus and Syntex Announcements Microsoft detailed some upcoming advances to SharePoint at Ignite this week, including a new Project Cortex product called "Syntex."

Rubber, Meet Road: Products Hitting GA at (or Around) Microsoft Ignite Microsoft declared about two dozen products ready for general availability -- and thus production deployment -- this week during the Microsoft Ignite conference.

Giving CIOs What They Need, Part 2 Here are 10 low-hanging fruit ideas for delivering what your CIO customers need.

News Microsoft Tops $2.5B Mojang Deal with $7.5B ZeniMax Buy Microsoft on Monday announced its intent to acquire games maker ZeniMax, owner of Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion in cash.

News Nvidia Buys Chip Maker Arm for $40 Billion Nvidia has entered into a "definitive agreement" to acquire U.K.-based chip design company Arm Ltd. from the SoftBank Group in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $40 billion.

Giving CIOs What They Need, Part 1 Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we still need to be there for our customers and give them strategic advice. And perhaps this is more important now than ever.

Microsoft Launches WVD Advanced Specialization Microsoft has launched an advanced specialization for Windows Virtual Desktop that highlights partner expertise in the newly essential area of supporting remote workers.

News Oracle, Not Microsoft, Wins TikTok Buyout Bid Oracle's proposal to acquire TikTok's U.S. social media operations emerged victorious over the weekend, putting an end to Microsoft's competing buyout bid.

News Microsoft Making Progress on Windows Virtual Desktop A recent "Desktops in the Cloud" podcast chat gives some insight into Microsoft's progress on its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service.

News Microsoft Offers Limited-Time Deals for Teams Features Microsoft this week announced promotional deals for two of its Teams add-ons -- Audio Conferencing and Advanced Communications.

Software Toolmakers Help MSPs Expand Their Portfolios The MSP's best friend may be the ISV. Here's how to make the most of these new partnerships.

News Microsoft Teams 'Lists' Feature Goes Live Microsoft Lists, a new product based on SharePoint Lists, is now generally available through the Microsoft Teams service for both business and government users.

Quest Buys Binary Tree Quest Software this week added to its already full quiver of Microsoft modernization tools with the acquisition of Binary Tree.

News Surface Hub 2S Gets Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise Install Options It's now possible for Surface Hub 2S conference-room device users to replace the operating system with Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.