Microsoft technology news
Microsoft is constantly developing its range of business software to ensure that new technology can be utilised across the customer base to improve the user experience, as well as remaining competitive. However, announcements can be missed or difficult to determine what the changes mean for your organisation.
By tapping into our internal expertise, we will bring you regular news to keep you up to date with any Microsoft licensing and product changes. For example, this could be new agreements for Public Sector Microsoft 365 licensing or new functionality to Teams which will require changes to internal IT and user behaviour.
Our contributors won’t simply inform you what the changes are, but will provide their expert opinions on the updates and make recommendations for you to consider.
Microsoft technology news
Datacentre Migration: Top Tips from our Cloud Solutions Team
Migrating to the cloud can bring with it a myriad of benefits; flexibility, cost-effectiveness, greater security [...]
Trustmarque: Your Microsoft Partner UK
At a time when more and more of our customers are accelerating their digital transformation projects [...]
Windows Virtual Desktop in Public Preview
Following six months of development and consultation, Microsoft launched the public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop, [...]
What to do about SQL End of Support
As you are hopefully aware, extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ends on 9 [...]
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates
Microsoft has announced that Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 will be available for purchase from [...]
Introducing our Cloud Solutions Team
If ever there was a job title that didn't exist when I was in school, it [...]
Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Arrangement – 1 year on
It’s almost a year to the day since Microsoft announced the release of its Digital Transformation [...]
Top considerations when moving to a public cloud environment
At a time when more and more organisations are moving to the cloud, the pressure is [...]
What’s new in System Center 2019?
System Center 2019 is released on 1 March 2019. It is available as a new license or [...]
System Center 2019 released 1 March
Microsoft are launching their new version of System Center. System Center 2019 will be released 1 [...]
Your Guide to Microsoft End of Support
A number of popular Microsoft products are approaching End of Support (EOS). That means there is [...]
Windows and SQL Server 2008 Extended Security Updates on-premise
Microsoft has confirmed that Extended Security Updates on-premise for Windows & SQL Server 2008 will officially [...]
Your clear path to the cloud with Microsoft Azure
The benefits of operating in the cloud are becoming increasingly clear. From scalable infrastructure to automatic [...]
Microsoft trial multiyear CSP subscriptions
Microsoft has announced a pilot programme that will see multiyear subscription licenses trialled within the Cloud [...]
Important changes to buying and managing Azure Services
Microsoft has announced that from 1 August 2019 there will be a new agreement for customers [...]
Greater security and greater analytics from Microsoft
As 2019 begins, Microsoft continues to launch developments and packages that improve security and give users greater [...]
Changes to Microsoft 365 Licensing
Microsoft has announced several changes to the licensing of its flagship software offering, Microsoft 365. The suite [...]
Microsoft Planning Services Update
Microsoft Planning Services are a voucher-based Software Assurance benefit that enables customers to receive planning assistance [...]
SQL & Windows Sever 2008 EOS FAQs released
Two of Microsoft’s most popular products will soon reach End of Support with support - SQL [...]
Windows update 1809 recommences
Microsoft resume availability of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 From 13 November 2018 Microsoft began the [...]
Have you deployed your NHS Windows 10 E5 licenses?
Since the Windows 10 Enterprise Agreement was signed between the Department for Health and Social Care, [...]
SQL Server End of Support coming soon
End of support for SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Organisations choose Microsoft’s [...]
Microsoft announce new simplified pricing
Microsoft announced last week that they will be making a series of changes across their program and [...]
Discounts and licensing of Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Arrangement
This is part two of our Digital Transformation Arrangement (DTA) blogs. In part one we detailed the [...]