On March 4, 2022, Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nuance Communications. Nuance develops speech recognition solutions across all industries. This acquisition brings together Nuance’s conversational AI and ambient intelligence with Microsoft’s industry cloud offerings. They were formerly known as ScanSoft, Inc. and changed their
Windows 11 GGWA now in CSP Effective May 1, 2022, Microsoft Get Genuine Windows Agreement (GGWA) offers are available in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program for Windows 11. This is great news for customers who need to convert non genuine Windows operating systems
Effective June 15, 2022, the Internet Explorer (IE) 11 desktop application retires on the following platforms: Internet Explorer 11 desktop application delivered via the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC): Windows 10 (version 20H2 and later) Windows 10 IoT (version 20H2 and later) Unaffected of the retirement
Effective April 12, 2022, Adobe Frame.io for Creative Cloud is part of Creative Cloud All Apps, Premiere Pro and After Effects subscriptions. No additional payment or registration is required. Frame.io for Creative Cloud includes real-time review and approval tools, lightning-fast media sharing, direct Camera
Effective June 2, 2022, VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.0.x and 4.1.x as well as VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for Cloud Director Availability 1.0 reach their End of General Support (EOGS). Accordingly, these versions stop being available for download from the VMware download pages
Effective March 28, 2022, Microsoft Capacity Reservations for virtual machines are available. A Capacity Reservation is linked to a specific virtual machine type running in a specific Azure data center and ensures that there is always capacity available when you want to run a
Effective April 1, 2022, the new Windows Server Subscription for Microsoft Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is generally available. This new option came with the launch of special Windows Server Subscriptions specifically to license the guest virtual machine (VM) operating systems on Azure Stack
Effective March 1, 2022, Microsoft Defender for Business is part of the Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription. On May 2, 2022, Microsoft Defender for Business also became available as a standalone subscription. Microsoft Defender for Business is a new endpoint security solution for small
Effective June 1, 2022, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is available. It is purchasable through Volume License and SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT as your Cloud Solution Provider (CSP). The preview stage reaches from April 1, 2022, until May 31, 2022, and the product is available to