Brien comes across a handy, but imperfect, feature in Outlook that lets you annotate specific e-mails. Its provenance is something of a mystery, though.
Despite its weird name, splatting can be a really handy technique if you create a lot of PowerShell scripts.
Your screen doesn't have to be PowerShell's only output device. As Brien shows, the Out verb lets you redirect PowerShell's output in a variety of useful ways.
Now that you've cleared all the system requirements, the next step is to install SCVMM version 1801 and then update from there. Brien shows you how.
Brien walks you through the migration process so you can start benefiting from the newest SCVMM features. The first step: Get your system in line with the latest version's prerequisites. And there are plenty.
If you're a DBA, now is the time to re-evaluate your current database management habits, as well as figure out how to take your career as a database professional to the next level.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 01/04/2019
From the common-sense to the outlandish, here are the big tech industry moves that Brien is betting on for the new year.
From guessing the fate of Windows 10 S to predicting Microsoft's next big move with Linux, Brien's predictions from a year ago were on the mark more than they weren't.
Hyper-V usually makes it easy to configure virtual network adapters within VMs. That is, until you need to create a VM containing multiple virtual NICs.
While it's possible to give outside users access to certain content in your organization's Office 365 environment, the process of setting them up requires a few extra steps.
For starters, the cloud-based CRM/ERP software has some surprising integrations with PowerApps, Microsoft's low-code developer environment.
Don't be the IT pro who spends way too many hours each day keeping their users secure only to neglect their own home networks. Brien describes the two steps he took to avoid this trap.
Once a milestone of modern technology, Microsoft's original mixed-reality device is now starting to show its age.
Microsoft debuted SQL Server 2019 at Ignite, but a more technically detailed picture of the next-gen database platform emerged only later at the PASS Summit. Here are some of the standout additions and improvements.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 12/04/2018
PowerShell sometimes displays far more information than you can comfortably digest. Thankfully, there are ways to display only the information that really matters.
A common way to attach a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine is via the Hyper-V Manager. But, as Brien shows, you can use PowerShell instead.
The cloud giant just delivered some big news to datacenter managers watching the rapidly evolving Arm processor market.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/28/2018
A few minutes of clock skew might seem like a non-issue, but don't be fooled. There are multiple scenarios where having differing clocks could wreak minor havoc. Here's how to address the problem.
If you're getting error messages while trying to manage a remote Hyper-V host from a Windows 10 desktop, here's one possible reason -- and a solution.
As Brien shows, here's where WMI filtering comes in handy.