Editor's note
At Microsoft Ignite 2022 in Seattle, the company showcased its newest products and updates to existing technologies aimed to benefit enterprises. CEO Satya Nadella gave a keynote that highlighted the company's focus in several areas. The key takeaway was that Microsoft's cloud-based offerings will help organizations do more with less effort -- and less money.
Nadella spoke about the robustness of the Azure cloud platform, how enterprises can tap into automation and AI for more efficiency, the advantages of Microsoft's security products and new features in the company's popular collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams.
Review the items in this guide to familiarize yourself with all the news from the conference, as well as Microsoft's current strategies.
1News from the Ignite show floor
Read the latest analysis and information on products ranging from the Microsoft 365 collaboration platform to the company's burgeoning enterprise security offerings.
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Microsoft Ignite 2022 conference recap
Tom Walat, site editor for SearchWindowsServer, covers some of the news from Microsoft's Ignite 2022 conference. Read Now
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Microsoft introduces premium add-on for Teams meetings
Microsoft plans to release the Teams Premium add-on in February but won't launch advanced AI capabilities until later in the year. The company hasn't released pricing. Read Now
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Microsoft releases SharePoint Syntex content AI services
Microsoft Syntex is a bundle of AI services for enterprise content repositories. It signals new attention devoted to SharePoint, which still has hundreds of millions of users. Read Now
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New Microsoft AI tools aim at business end users
Microsoft released new features for the Azure Cognitive Services suite, as well as a Form Recognizer and Responsible AI dashboard aimed at both data scientists and business users. Read Now
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Power BI platform adds cross-tenant sharing, integrations
Power BI users can now safely share data and collaborate with partner and customer organizations, while new integrations with Microsoft 365 tools are now in preview. Read Now
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Microsoft adds conversational AI to Dynamics 365
At Ignite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 users get AI-based automation capabilities with emphasis on conversational intelligence for sales and customer service. Read Now
2Microsoft Ignite 2022 pre-show reports
Get caught up with the latest news related to the company's strategies and its offerings in the tech marketplace.
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Microsoft Azure revenue continues to climb, despite slowdown
Microsoft Azure revenue extended its rocket rise in the latest quarter -- but a variety of industry and geopolitical issues put a lid on the company's overall revenue growth. Read Now
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New Microsoft tools aim to protect expanding attack surface
New security concerns have arisen around initial attack vectors and visibility into a broader attack surface as companies have moved to the cloud, according to Microsoft. Read Now
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Microsoft Viva Sales takes on Salesforce-Slack tandem
The Salesforce-Microsoft rivalry reignites as CRM applications vendors focus on employee experience by automating tasks that subtract selling time from a sales rep's day. Read Now
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Datamart a new self-service developer tool in Power BI
The capability, now in in preview, will enable Premium customers to build small to midsize relational databases dedicated to a single subject, without requiring code. Read Now
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Microsoft: Windows 11 features ease hybrid work strain on IT
Microsoft has aimed its latest Windows 11 features at helping IT staff automate updates, secure corporate data and assist workers remotely. Read Now