on-premises

Microsoft’s announcement that the Sovereign Cloud will now support fully disconnected AI and core productivity workloads marks one of the clearest signals yet that hyperscalers are serious about making enterprise-grade AI work inside the highest‑security, most regulated environments — without...

Microsoft’s latest push to bring the cloud inside the walls of the datacenter is no longer a preview exercise: Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local (including a Disconnected mode), and Foundry Local are now being offered as production-ready options that let organizations run cloud-native services —...

Microsoft’s cloud-first posture is unmistakable, but the story of on‑premises Microsoft services is not over: companies can — and in many cases must — continue to run core Microsoft platforms in their own datacenters, provided they understand the tradeoffs around licensing, lifecycle, and...

The pendulum that moved much personal and enterprise IT into public clouds is swinging back — not because clouds have failed, but because free, self-hosted Linux server platforms are finally mature enough to make on-premises privacy and control practical for households, small teams, and even...

Microsoft has confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) — the on‑premises engine that powered in‑browser Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote hosting inside customer datacenters — will be retired and reach end‑of‑support on December 31, 2026, forcing organizations that relied on local browser...

Microsoft has formally announced that Office Online Server (OOS) — the on‑premises product that delivered browser‑based Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to enterprise datacenters — will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, forcing organizations that require in‑browser...

Microsoft has confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, a move that removes Microsoft’s supported on‑premises browser-hosted Office experience and forces organizations that rely on in‑browser editing on their own servers to choose...

Microsoft’s SharePoint on‑premises ecosystem is at the center of a high‑urgency security crisis: a cluster of remote code execution (RCE) and authentication‑bypass issues — widely tracked under CVE identifiers such as CVE‑2025‑49704, CVE‑2025‑49706 and the emergent “ToolShell” chain...

RiverMeadow’s announcement that its Workload Mobility Platform now supports Microsoft Azure Local marks a notable development for enterprises weighing VMware alternatives and planning large-scale cloud migrations. The vendor’s pitch—faster migrations, hybrid on‑premises + Azure management...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — including the familiar Word, Excel, PowerPoint suites and some server counterparts — will end on October 14, 2025, and there will be no extension and no Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for those perpetual desktop...

Microsoft is taking the first concrete step in its phased enforcement of the dedicated Exchange hybrid app requirement: on September 16, 2025 at 07:00 UTC Microsoft will temporarily block Exchange Web Services (EWS) traffic that uses the Exchange Online shared service principal for hybrid...

Microsoft’s SharePoint on-premises ecosystem is once again at the center of a high-risk security incident: an untrusted-deserialization remote code execution (RCE) class of weaknesses is being actively exploited against internet-facing SharePoint Server deployments, and an exact CVE identifier...

Microsoft has quietly moved another piece of hybrid management from "manual chore" to "policy-driven automation" with the public preview of Auto Agent Upgrade for Azure Arc–enabled servers — a feature that will automatically keep the Azure Connected Machine agent current across on‑premises...

Microsoft’s announcement of an “urgent” external investigation into allegations that Israel’s Unit 8200 used Azure to store and process recordings of millions of Palestinian phone calls crystallizes a larger, underappreciated shift: the world’s leading cloud providers are not just vendors — they...

Microsoft has issued a clear reminder that Microsoft Access 2016 and Access 2019 — like many Office-era products — will reach official end of support on October 14, 2025, meaning security updates, bug fixes, and technical assistance stop on that date and users who remain on these versions will...

Azure Arc gives Hyper‑V administrators a new, cloud‑centric management plane that complements — not replaces — established tools like System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Windows Admin Center (WAC), Hyper‑V Manager and PowerShell, and this guide walks through practical onboarding...

Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...

Title: A practical guide to the multicloud personalities of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — what IT leaders should know in 2025 Lead The three hyperscalers — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — all provide the raw building blocks enterprises expect: VMs...

Microsoft's latest move to centralize and simplify enterprise patching — pushing Azure Update Manager as the recommended path for orchestrating Windows updates across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid fleets — promises to change how IT teams plan, schedule, and recover from update events while also...

Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...