Cloud Computing

Because there’s nothing quite like the bitter taste of Starbucks coffee, this edition of Short focuses largely on Microsoft’s quarterly financial results.

Microsoft’s FY17 Q2 results posted on January 26 boasted a 49% year-over-year growth in commercial Office 365 revenues, contributing to an annualized run rate for commercial cloud products that now “exceeds” $14 billion. The number of cloud users has grown again, underlying the continuing movement of work to the Office 365 and Azure.

Find out how to use the Azure portal to save JSON templates from an existing resource group.

A federal appeals court refused to reconsider a previous decision in which the U.S. DOJ was prevented from forcing Microsoft to hand over customer data stored overseas.

Microsoft is expanding its Office 365 presence in Germany while also saying that the company is committed to the UK market.

Microsoft adds support for Windows Server 2016 virtual machines (VMs) to its centralized solution for monitoring the security of Azure apps.

Find out how to deploy a JSON template in Azure using PowerShell and a parameters JSON file.

The European Commission announced today that Apple and Audible have ended an exclusive audiobook deal in order to avoid antitrust charges.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to get started with the Azure Security Center.

Learn how to deploy multiple resources in a fairly simple example of an Azure Resource Manager JSON file.

Todd and Shane cover the Microsoft Band’s new replacement policy, Microsoft Flow’s new services, Office Online Server adding support for Azure, why the cmd prompt will be with us forever, new PowerShell, and the downside of self-driving cars.

Microsoft has announced today that they have acquired Maluuba, a deep learning company focused on natural language understanding.

Learn how to build a simple JSON file using the Azure Portal, and customize it using the free version of Visual Studio, VS Code.