It's not 2008 anymore; go ahead and virtualize all of your domain controllers.
In a departure from its other acquisitions, Microsoft seems content to let LinkedIn do its own thing. At least for now.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 02/26/2018
Also in the tea leaves: The rapid ascendance of hyperscale datacenters the likes of Microsoft, Amazon and Google need to run their massive clouds.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/23/2018
The new feature is incredibly handy for power users, but could cause some stress if you don't like the thought of all of your activities being logged.
More from Microsoft's lead SQL architect about how telemetry data is helping the company deliver regular, highly requested and targeted feature improvements at a massive scale.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 02/21/2018
Installing the new Windows Server management tool is easy enough, but figuring out how to make it work for you will take some time and experimentation.
This is one of Oracle's most ambitious infrastructure projects to date, but is it too late to unseat leaders AWS, Microsoft and Google?
- By John K. Waters
- 02/16/2018
Here are some of the more practical ways Microsoft is using its vast machine learning and AI assets to make its productivity suite more useful.
In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering process.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 02/14/2018
Where the Surface Pro fell short, the newer Surface Book 2 more than makes up for it.
From Brien's perspective (floating in outer space high above Mars), Microsoft's latest efforts at melding virtual reality and augmented reality are a vast improvement over the HoloLens.
Instead of twiddling your thumbs as you wait for a long-running script to complete, you can have PowerShell play a sound to alert you when it's done.
Bash is fairly easy to install, but using it is another matter. Here are some commands to help IT pros dip their toes in Bash.
Whether you like Apple or not, this is an important step in Microsoft's effort to solidify Office and Office 365 as industry standards.
Early assessments of the lightweight OS have been dismissive, but Windows 10 S hints at a significant shift in Microsoft's development approach to Windows.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 01/31/2018
IT needs to patch everything, but the Spectre/Meltdown patches come with their own problems, too. Here's how to limit the fallout.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 01/30/2018
Brien walks through the steps of troubleshooting a (very) slow Windows 10 virtual machine. Hint: Disable your virtual memory at your own risk.
Initially underwhelmed by Microsoft's project management app, Brien sees what it can do in a real-world scenario.
What's behind the surging interest in datacenters? Surprisingly, it's not about acquiring assets.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/19/2018
You don't need to buy a Microsoft Surface Studio to get the most out of the flashy-looking peripheral.