Brien walks you through the steps of setting up an application to use the Microsoft Graph API.
AMD's high-profile EPYC 7002 launch has datacenter analysts wondering if the end of Intel's long reign is nigh.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/19/2019
Billed by Microsoft as an all-encompassing API, the Microsoft Graph plays a critical role in how developers access Microsoft's various cloud resources.
What started out as a handy shortcut to your most-used Windows 10 apps has morphed into another way for Microsoft and developers to pepper you with ads.
Exactly where does Microsoft cap the amount of OneDrive storage space you can give each user? As Brien explains, it depends.
Intel and Lenovo announced a multiyear collaboration agreement this week, building on their longstanding partnership in the datacenter.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/07/2019
It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 08/07/2019
In another example of "everything old is new again," you can now recapture that old-school Microsoft feeling without even a single floppy disk drive.
The final part of Brien's Hyper-V upgrade involves using a 10GbE connection for replication traffic -- without having access to enterprise-class hardware.
The first half of Brien's project to replace his outdated Hyper-V servers took nearly 10 days and multiple replication failures. Here's what went wrong and how he fixed it.
In a move that will be well-received by many users, Microsoft has lifted some key restrictions on how companies can brand their Office 365 environments.
Now in the next phase of expansion, the Equinix ECX Fabric service is bringing secure datacenter cloud connections to even more businesses around the world.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/24/2019
The new Sandbox feature in Windows 10 lets organizations run potentially risky executables in isolation, without having to set up a virtual machine.
For power users of Microsoft's various Office services, life just got a little bit easier.
Now that he's had a few months to test drive Microsoft's new browser, Brien shares his thoughts on what makes Edge tick.
Of the many security improvements Microsoft made to the latest Windows 10 release, the ability to wall-off the Edge browser against malware attacks is one of the most critical.
Datacenter managers already have a tough time convincing the top brass to embrace cloud. Last week's high-profile service failures at Google, Facebook and Apple haven't helped.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/10/2019
Microsoft's newest Office 365 addition seems like a solid business app, but does it bring any functionality that isn't already scattered throughout the rest of the suite?
Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 07/03/2019
Few things are more frustrating that being interrupted by an unwanted reboot. Here's how to make Microsoft's Windows 10 updates work around your schedule.