Microsoft stories

Microsoft’s New Zealand Partner Awards have recognised the ‘extraordinary depth of creativity and capability’ in the company’s partner network this year.>>

The Empired User Secure Score works alongside Microsoft Teams, to give organisations a bird’s eye view of the level of security compliance from their team.>>

The investment focuses specifically on social impact and sustainability, by helping APAC businesses scale emerging solutions and business models.>>

Bayer has partnered with Microsoft to build new cloud-based digital tools and data science solutions for agriculture and adjacent industries. >>

Microsoft Singapore has unveiled its plans to enhance its position in the financial services industry, releasing its takeaways from Fintech festival 2021 and announcing a raft of partnerships and strategies.>>

Specialist consulting firm Barhead has teamed up with Microsoft to meet the growing demand for consultants versed in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform>>

Fusion5 has announced it's the first Microsoft partner based in A/NZ to earn the Microsoft Low Code Application Development Advanced Specialisation.>>

Data protection company Barracuda has recorded rapid growth in its managed service provider (MSP) business, with the acquisition of SKOUT cybersecurity playing a pivotal role in providing new opportunities. >>

Fortinet delivers what it says is the industry's first next-generation firewall and secure SD-WAN integration with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN. >>

"Concentric's advanced deep-learning technology solves the ongoing challenges of cloud data security and access governance.">>

Microsoft Identity Program Management corporate vice president Alex Simons says the achievement would not have been possible without its ‘passionate’ customers.>>

A vulnerability found in Microsoft Defender released under Patch Tuesday is the most concerning.>>

There will be two new integrations that will help businesses who use both Workplace and Microsoft Teams to communicate more easily with their employees.>>

Research firm Forrester has named Avanade a leader in The Forrester Wave: Microsoft Business Applications Services for Q4 2021.>>

ExtraHop has expanded decryption support for Microsoft authentication and application protocols, providing high fidelity detection of malicious activity.>>

ASB will now be using Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud provider, a significant milestone in Microsoft's decades-long relationship with ASB.>>

The spate of high profile ransomware incidents this year has halted operations across business and critical infrastructures alike.>>

The Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards are coming up again — and Microsoft has kick-started the fanfare today with an official announcement of the finalists.>>

Microsoft's announcement juxtaposes the genuine potential of Mesh for Microsoft Teams with widespread criticism of Facebook's rebranding as Meta.>>

Next-Gen solutions set to deliver enterprise cloud scalability, cyber resilience and compliance  >>

Microsoft unveils updates for Microsoft Cloud at this week's Microsoft Ignite 2021 event, focusing on the Metaverse, artificial intelligence and hyperconnectivity. >>

New Relic has acquired CodeStream, a developer collaboration platform, and integrated it with New Relic One. >>

It is attacking resellers and other technology service providers that customise, deploy and manage cloud services and other technologies on behalf of their customers. >>

"It's vital that organisations relying on Microsoft 365 have a complete understanding of their data and where it resides.">>