Reduce duplicate data and free up space quickly with this Windows Server feature.
- By Troy Thompson
- 04/12/2016
Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu gives us a thorough grounding on how to think about Microsoft's newest collaboration server.
A more resilient Storage Spaces in the forthcoming Windows Server 2016 gives software-defined storage a major boost, promising to usher in more intelligent converged infrastructure.
- By Paul Ferrill
- 03/30/2016
The new SharePoint release shares more properties with Office 365 than ever. Perhaps the most welcome new feature is the ability to search for files running both on-premises and in the cloud. Learn how to implement hybrid search.
Microsoft has put the finishing touches on SharePoint Server 2016, which shares more common features and integration with Office 365.
Don Jones warns in TechMentor keynote that businesses are looking to become more agile fueling the move to a DevOps model of IT delivery, which will spread to more developer and operations teams.
Concerns about restrictions on encryption took center stage at the annual RSA Conference where experts and government officials discussed the precedent that Apple's legal battle with the FBI could set.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/22/2016
Find the actual number of users in a group by locating those that may be hard to find in a hidden subgroup.
- By Adam Bertram
- 03/15/2016
Microsoft's foray into containers will offer two deployment options -- Windows and Hyper-V. This is an exploration of both.
Best practices in securing your enterprise Windows Server-based certificate authority to ensure all resources are trusted.
Intel is readying multifactor authentication that stores and processes encrypted credentials on its CPUs, aiming to change the way commercial users access Windows using a combination of biometrics, PINs and one-time passcodes.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/26/2016
Upload and transfer files to the Azure cloud in a few easy steps.
- By Adam Bertram
- 02/24/2016
As organizations shift from SharePoint on-premises to SaaS applications such as Office 365 SharePoint Online, it's important to embrace the rapidly changing APIs and the shift to DevOps.
The Resilient File System (ReFS) v2 in Windows Server 2016 TP4 still isn't faster than NTFS -- not surprising at this stage of its development, though its block-cloning feature is highly optimized for virtualized workloads.
- By Paul Ferrill
- 02/08/2016
Because the forthcoming Microsoft Nano Server doesn't have a GUI, here's how to create configuration scripts with the built-in Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell.
Why SharePoint professionals need to embrace SharePoint's new API model of development and deployment.
A new Network Controller and the same software-defined networking (SDN) stack in the Microsoft Azure cloud are among the significant SDN capabilities coming to Windows Server 2016.
- By Michael Otey
- 02/02/2016
Bypassing the Azure Portal and going straight to PowerShell will provide you with more options for managing Microsoft's cloud.
- By Adam Bertram
- 01/25/2016
Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu outlined some of the benefits and hardware requirements of the upcoming SharePoint Server release.
A list of top priorities for IT in the new year, including Windows 10 migrations, ID and access management, encryption, office politics, and DevOps.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/11/2016