Microsoft announces new IT products, services

Nieuws IT Wereld 5 MAY 2015
Microsoft announces new IT products, services
Microsoft announced at its first-ever Ignite Conference a range of new products and services that help IT professionals lead their companies in the new era of enterprise computing, including the Windows management, Microsoft Office, hybrid cloud infrastructure and SQL Server.

The announcements cover multiple segments, namely personal computing, productivity, and intelligent cloud. The personal computing products are Windows Update for Business, a new management option for Windows 10 and System Center Configuration Manager for managing Windows 10. Among the productivity products are Office 2016, available in broad public preview, Skype for Business broadcasting, organisational analytics in Office Delve, SharePoint Server 2016, and Exchange Server 2016.

The presented hybrid cloud products are Microsoft Azure Stack which will be available in preview this summer, the Windows Server 2016 which is available, and the Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) cloud-based platform. OMS extends System Center 2016, which is also available in preview during the 4-10 May week.

Other cloud products that were introduced are the SQL Server 2016, in preview this summer, Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) technology based on the recent acquisition of Aorato, which is available in preview, as well as Office 365 transparency and control enhancements. 


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