The "Calvin & Hobbes" cartoon's imaginary game of making the rules up as you go is a near-perfect representation of what modern IT has become.
Outlook's new LinkedIn hooks will help personalize e-mails to those you might not know too much about.
While there are many tools out there that will help you keep on top of your tasks and assignments, Office 365 Planner integrates useful collaboration tools in its offering.
One of the cultural changes that has occurred on Nadella's watch that rarely gets little more than cursory scrutiny is Microsoft's attitude toward partnering.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 09/28/2017
The new suite will include increased support and security tools for datacenter managers.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/28/2017
With the help of PowerShell, Hyper-V management is simplified when actions can be performed in bulk.
Microsoft has made it easier than ever to create a backup Windows OS, ready for when disaster strikes.
The new feature, available in Windows 10, allows for the creation of simple VMs with just a few clicks.
Microsoft seems to be trying to reapply a technique that it used to get customers to move to Windows 7 with the current Microsoft OS.
Microsoft has a lot riding on the success of Azure Stack because it's the foundation of its true long-promised hybrid cloud platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/13/2017
Despite Microsoft patching many of the security vulnerabilities, including the one that led to the WannaCry attack, it's a smart move to disable the protocol to avoid future security headaches.
If Microsoft doesn't want to lose enterprise support for Windows 10, it might need to pump the 3D brakes just a bit.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 09/01/2017
With the massive sizes of Hyper-V VMs, it might be a good idea to put a hard cap on how large they can grow to.
Doing IT yourself might seem like a smart way to save money, but the risks aren't worth it.
Look for Azure, advanced AI and Microsoft's growing love for Linux to be focal points at this year's conference.
All-flash storage arrays and the adoption of unified storage architectures are driving the current datacenter demand, market watcher Technavio argues.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/24/2017
While catastrophic if done incorrectly (always back up!), the editing the registry is the only solution to problems that Active Directory tools can't fix.
While the feature can be a useful aid for identifying both positive and negative employee work trends, it also could lead to organizations spying on employees just a little too closely.
When things go wrong, we turn to a PowerShell command to right the ship.
The company must now aim for strong cloud gains that doesn't come at the cost of its legacy business.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/07/2017