Collaboration

Microsoft introduced Office 365 ProPlus Device-based Subscription for Education. Available ex-clusively in EES (Enrollment for Education Solutions) it allows administrators to assign an Office 365 ProPlus license to a device rather than to a user with an AAD identity. www.microsoft.com

Security

Kaspersky”™s Security for Microsoft Office365 has expanded its protection capabilities from Ex-change Online to include Microsoft OneDrive. www.kaspersky.com

Miscellaneous

VMware and Carbon Black have entered into a definitive agreement by which VMware will acquire Carbon Black in an all cash transaction valued at $2.1 billion. www.vmware.com

VMware and Pivotal Software have entered into a definitive agreement under which VMware will acquire Pivotal for a total merger enterprise value for Pivotal of $2.7 billion. www.vmware.com

Microsoft announced improvements to Azure Archive Storage. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft announced the acquisition of jClarity, a contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project, to support their continued contributions to Java workloads on Azure. www.microsoft.com