Microsoft outlined what it leaned with VSTS and provided some DevOp tips and tricks to the audience at this year's Live! 360.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/16/2017
A refreshed technology portfolio and roadmap revealed at Ignite suggests Satya Nadella's hybrid cloud, modern workspace management and intelligent communications vision is blooming.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/15/2017
Many large enterprises are modernizing their businesses with Cloud Foundry, a PaaS environment that's become popular for DevOps, multi-platform runtimes, back-end services and multi-cloud configurations. Here's how it works.
- By Michael Otey
- 11/13/2017
The new service aims to make Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) more appealing than ever.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/07/2017
Microsoft recently announced a new on-premises SharePoint server release set for preview next year, but most of the details are a mystery. Microsoft MVP and SharePoint architect Oliver Wirkus shares what he hopes and expects are planned.
- By Oliver Wirkus
- 11/06/2017
Microsoft's Michael Niehaus and Nathan Mercer field some questions on the status of Windows and highlight some of the new tech coming to the latest version of the OS.
Admins should benefit from the recent integration of Intune with the Azure portal and support for conditional access, but should prepare to encounter some migration issues.
Now that using multiple devices, apps and OSes is ubiquitous in the workplace, new unified endpoint management tools are introducing a common approach to configuration, security and administration.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/10/2017
Microsoft's Power BI Premium brings new data visualization and analytics capabilities, as well as feature changes across all license tiers.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 10/06/2017
See the destructive path of an intentional ransomware exploit in a lab environment consisting of Linux and Windows workstations and servers, and learn how implementing some simple steps will ensure you can recover from such an attack.
- By André Ruschel
- 10/02/2017
Cloud Solutions Architect Scott Hoag offers his best dos, don'ts and more for working with Office 365 Groups ahead of his session on the topic at Live! 360 this November.
The latest SQL Server comes packed with support for Linux, automatic tuning and other enhancements that will enhance and simplify the use of the database platform.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 09/25/2017
DSC expert Melissa Januszko offers tips and advice for setting these up ahead of her Live! 360 session on the topic.
Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/19/2017
The Windows Server 2016 "Insider" preview Build 16237 of the fall update only supports Server Core deployments and a stripped-down Nano Server option with improvements to Hyper-V, RDMA for trusted guests and support for persistent memory.
Chatbots are the new apps that have fueled the growth of Slack and are now the key focus in expanding Microsoft Teams and Office 365.
- By Christian Buckley
- 09/05/2017
Will Microsoft Teams ride on the coattails of Office 365, or will compatibility among business-grade intelligent bots leave room for Slack, HipChat, Google Hangouts and even Facebook Messenger, among others?
- By Terena Bell, Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/30/2017
Here's how to get Hyper-V's management tools configured to manage connections in five steps.
Microsoft Flow provides SharePoint Online with more robust and reliable workflows than BCS, and the new administrative tool ensures they're in compliance with your organization's data loss prevention policies if you take the following steps.
- By Oliver Wirkus
- 08/22/2017
Docker has given rise to Linux and Windows containers but Microsoft is also championing Kubernetes, the popular open source container orchestration system developed by Google.
- By Michael Otey
- 08/10/2017