
Microsoft announces Azure Synapse cloud tool to analyse large business data
The Azure Synapse tool will analyse data such as whether a digital marketing campaign is driving traffic.

Reliance-Microsoft alliance could pose threat to Google and Amazon in India
In this alliance, Reliance Jio will build data centres in India that will be hosted on Microsoft's Azure.

Microsoft bans Slack for its employees; AWS and Google Docs put on 'discouraged' list
Reasons given for the ban on Slack, as per the report, was to prevent any risk to Microsoft's IP.

Microsoft announces open ‘ElectionGuard’ SDK to protect the integrity of elections
The software development kit will ensure every vote is verifiable in democratic elections.

Everything Microsoft announced at Build 2019: Minecraft AR, Edge on macOS, Xbox everywhere
Microsoft's cloud service will be everywhere, it will be a global computer, says CEO Satya Nadella.

Microsoft Build Developer Conference 2019 Highlights: Edge browser innovations, conversational Cortana and more
Microsoft announced several updates to its Azure services, Cortana, Edge browser and more.

Microsoft briefly valued at $1 trillion after prediction of continuous cloud growth
Microsoft tops tech rivals such as Amazon in market capitalization on some days.

Google Cloud has nowhere near the vast customer base of Amazon, Microsoft: Reuters
Google, Microsoft and Amazon combined spent nearly $53 billion on capital expenses last year.

Microsoft meets Wall Street’s targets for quarterly results, revenue climbs to $32.47 billion
Revenue from Microsoft’s productivity software unit climbed 13 percent to $10.1 billion.

Google Cloud refrains from selling its facial recognition technology as of now
Google to primarily work "through important technology and policy questions".

Microsoft to soon introduce a consumer version of its Microsoft 365 bundle
The job post notes that the team behind Microsoft 365 Consumer oversees the Windows platform.

Microsoft makes Azure Machine Learning available for data scientists, developers
Azure ML was first made available in September; will become generally available starting 1 February.

Microsoft expands Azure cloud service to rival Amazon for $10 bn Pentagon deal
Google dropped out saying the company’s new ethical guidelines do not align with the project.

Amazon's AWS expanding its presence in Cape Town to rival Microsoft's Azure
Despite its history on the continent, Amazon has yet to build a data center in Africa.

Microsoft revenues surpass $100 bn for first time; Satya Nadella says, 'We had an incredible year'
Microsoft reported its net income increased 10 percent to $8.8 billion on revenue that was up 17 percent to $30.1 billion when compared with the same period last year.

Microsoft's focus on partnerships and cloud pays off as market cap hits $800 bn
Microsoft shares are up 180 percent, as Nadella has leveraged the cloud to enlarge partnerships and.

Walmart announces partnership with Microsoft for Cloud innovation projects
Walmart has selected a full range of Microsoft Cloud solutions, including Azure and Microsoft 365.

Microsoft partners with mobile ad tech firm InMobi for AI-backed marketing insights
Under the partnership, InMobi will expand its platform for marketers via the InMobi Marketing Cloud, with its advertising cloud moving to Azure.

Microsoft is dismayed by the forcible separation of children from families by ICE
Microsoft is dismayed that the US immigration bureau is separating children from their families.

Microsoft's Project Brainwave, a hardware accelerated deep-learning platform, is available for preview on Azure cloud
Microsoft launched its platform to run deep-learning models in the Azure cloud and on edge devices in real time, called Project Brainwave. It is now available in preview on Azure.