Microsoft killed its Easy Fix service for Windows systems last month, and this month appeared to be ending the Microsoft Hotfix Service.
Microsoft now permits Azure Active Directory licensing to be assigned based on groups within an organization.
PowerShell makes it possible to gain a detailed understanding of what roles do, and of the relationship between roles and features.
Here are some PowerShell tricks for finding out which roles and features are installed on Windows Server.
A Microsoft expert offered his views on using "third-party" multicloud management solutions, and generally downplayed the use of multiple clouds as a strategy for organizations.
Microsoft released its MSIX Packaging Tool via the Microsoft Store this week, according to an announcement.
Microsoft on Wednesday described its Component Firmware Update (CFU) effort, which is a new open source protocol that Windows developers can leverage to keep their drivers and firmware properly updated.
Microsoft has released a public preview of a new capability that allows IT pros to disable "basic authentication" when using the Exchange Online service.
Microsoft last week announced a new Azure Active Directory Connect Health feature for IT pros that resolves duplicate attribute sync errors with an organization's local Active Directory.
Microsoft indicated on Thursday that its Azure Active Directory B2C service wasn't affected by the Facebook hack last month that potentially exposed the access tokens of about 50 million Facebook users.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of Windows 10 version 1809, otherwise known as the "October 2018 Update" release.
IT pros likely are too busy addressing failed Windows patches to focus on the latest marketing push from Microsoft, but "modern desktop" and even "managed desktop" seem to be the latest things.
Microsoft announced a new approach on Thursday to reduce the download size of Windows 10 feature updates, but it only affects organizations upgrading x64 systems using Windows Server Update Services.
As Brien demonstrates, string validation is not the only type of input validation that PowerShell can perform.
If your automated script takes action based on a value, it's critical to make sure the value is correct. Good thing PowerShell has ways to validate the values that are passed to a function.