Nick Weig

News Reporter

Husband and father to two beautiful girls. Emmy Award-winning news writer, storm chaser, and Microsoft junkie. Loves to follow the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs... for better or for worse.

Hands-On with Skype SMS Messaging

by Nick Weig

3 years

It has not been an easy road for Microsoft in the world of unified messaging. It has been several years since the tech giant made Skype one of its largest ever purchases. Now, after an on-again, off-again relationship with you...

MyRadar Brings New Features to Windows UWP

by Nick Weig

3 years

MyRadar released a sizeable update Tuesday to the Universal Windows Platform, bringing professional features to its already easy to use app. Weather is a top driver of local news here in the United States. Many now turn to t...

Microsoft System Center Technical Preview Update 1608 Available

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft has a new technical preview of System Center now available to users. The company designed System Center to unify datacenter management in the cloud. To download the latest technical preview for Microsoft System Cent...

Azure Alerting and Monitoring Preview Released

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft this week unveiled a preview release of alerting and monitoring for Azure backup. The company says the service was a top request among users. “In a continuation of the simplified experience using the new Recover...

Cisco Meeting Server Unites Service with Microsoft Skype

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft’s battles with Apple and Google are well known in the consumer space. But they equally do battle with Cisco in the enterprise realm. Now there are some signs of thawing relations between the two tech super giants...

Hotmail: 20 Years Later, New Name, Same Success

by Nick Weig

3 years

Last month, a milestone anniversary came and went with little fanfare. July 4th marked 20 years since the launch of Hotmail (then labeled HoTMaiL). I was in high school at the time. Our school had one computer connected to the...

Surface Tablets Debut in Madden NFL 17

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to showcase their Surface tablets on NFL sidelines. Now, it is the latest detail to EA Sports’ wildly successful Madden NFL franchise. Back in July, EA Sports tweeted...

IT Survey Finds Promise, Competition for Microsoft Azure

by Nick Weig

3 years

A new survey shows enterprise IT professionals strongly believe that cloud services are safe and secure. That faith is crucial as the cloud industry grows each year by billions of dollars. A survey released Thursday by SADA S...

Editorial: Have Faith Windows Phone Fans

by Nick Weig

3 years

When it comes to the modern version of Windows Phones, I can brag that I’ve been there since the beginning. In 2010, Microsoft unveiled the next-gen operating system known as Windows Phone 7 Series. Of course, that name didn...

Google Targets Microsoft, Amazon in Latest Cloud Moves

by Nick Weig

3 years

Google Cloud Services appears poised to trigger fresh competition with two of the top providers in the market today. Tuesday, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), announced the acquisition of Orbitera. Industry watchers p...

Common Data Model Preview Released for Microsoft Flow

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft has released a database system for storing and managing business entities called Common Data Model. The latest feature for the Flow preview, CDM integrates into Microsoft Flow. Flow creates automated workflows betw...

Microsoft Targets Enterprise Customers with New Privacy Policy

by Nick Weig

3 years

Microsoft has made revisions to the company’s privacy policy. The changes include a new section devoted to enterprise users. The section covers products and services “that are offered or designed primarily for use...

Microsoft CEO says Cloud is Company’s Future

by Nick Weig

3 years

For more than 40 years, Microsoft has earned billions of dollars primarily as a software company for PC users. Sure, that work includes many forms of hardware and other mediums such as video games, entertainment and search. ...

Microsoft Gaining Global Cloud Management Share

by Nick Weig

3 years

They might not be the top dog, but Microsoft has something to show for its enterprise cloud management efforts. New figures from IDC show the company’s software with 12.6% market share in 2015. That’s good enough...

U.S. Government Responds to Microsoft Privacy Suit

by Nick Weig

3 years

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a response in an ongoing legal battle with Microsoft over customer privacy. The federal government argues there’s no legal basis for consumers to know when investigators are interce...

Windows 10 Anniversary Update: New features for the Enterprise

by Nick Weig

3 years

On August 2nd, Microsoft will formally roll out the Anniversary Update to the Windows 10 software. The upgrade comes with a number of new or improved features that many IT specialists will take notice of. Security, Security, Se...

New Details on Dynamics 365 Rollout

by Nick Weig

3 years

Some new details on the bundling of a number of business services under a new umbrella called Microsoft Dynamics 365 has been revealed today. The cloud bundle will combine the company’s current CRM and ERP cloud products int...

Turning Analytics into a Story with Microsoft Power BI

by Nick Weig

3 years

Analytics are used by business and website operators to learn how users interact with their product or website. In a way, analytics tell a story to an owner, guiding them to the next step for their company. Now, Microsoft want...

Opinion: A Modest Proposal that could Save Windows Phone

by Nick Weig

3 years

For nearly six years now, most who read this blog have been aware of Microsoft’s efforts to “revive” its smartphone platform. We’ve seen truly unique interfaces, only to be watered down. We’ve see...

Microsoft Helping Graduates Find Dream Jobs

by Nick Weig

3 years

Here in the U.S., one of the big economic problems many talk about is the lack of good paying jobs for new college graduates. Government statistics show the unemployment rate for recent college grads nearly double the overall ra...