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Create a Backup Plan for Your Backups with Hyper-V Replica

Backup solutions are more reliable now than they've ever been, but it's still important to have a second data-protection measure in case your backup fails. That's where Hyper-V comes in.

Comparing Microsoft 365 List-Making Apps

What's the difference between Microsoft Lists and Microsoft To Do? Brien gives an overview for what use cases suit which app the best.

Working with Excel's New Data Types

Microsoft has started to roll out a new feature that promises to turn Excel into a much more valuable data-surfacing tool than ever before. Here's how it works.

How To Protect Your Personal Data Against Natural Disasters

Your personal data is just as vulnerable to disk failures and ransomware as corporate data. But right now, there are threats that are more difficult to protect against: wildfires and hurricanes.

Microsoft Ignite 2020 Reaction, Part 2: Standouts from the Tech Demos

Despite the strangeness of the keynote, Microsoft pulled off some its most geek-worthy product demos at Ignite this week.

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Microsoft Ignite 2020 Reaction, Part 1: A New Normal for Tech Conferences

Something about Satya Nadella's opening keynote makes Brien wonder if Microsoft thinks we'd all be better off doing everything -- including conferences like Ignite -- remotely, even after the pandemic is over.

How To Work with Microsoft 365 Search Connectors

Microsoft now lets Microsoft 365 connect to various data sources -- whether in the cloud or on-premises -- so that those data sources can be indexed for searching.

How Microsoft 365 'Safe Documents' Works

Because sometimes (a lot of the time), Protected View isn't enough to guard against potentially malicious Office documents.

Microsoft Ignite 2020 Predictions

Ignite is Microsoft's most important event of the year. What direction will Microsoft take for Ignite's first-ever virtual outing, during the IT industry's most challenging year on record?

Microsoft Surface Duo: Some Early Misgivings

Why did Microsoft go with Android and not Windows 10? Why aren't other Surface devices supported? Microsoft's upcoming Surface Duo might end up being brilliant, but for now it has us scratching our heads.

What's New in Microsoft's Yammer Makeover

Since Microsoft acquired it in 2012, Yammer has been the odd application out. Microsoft's latest updates bring the chat application closer to the rest of the Microsoft 365 family.

How To Execute Parallel Script Blocks in PowerShell

One of the best new features in PowerShell 7 is the ability to perform parallel execution of script blocks, which can drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to process ForEach-Object loops.

How To Create Cross-Platform PowerShell Scripts

To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds.

It's Time for IT Pros To Reclaim Their Work-Life Balance

IT pros are working long hours right now to keep their organizations afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that shouldn't be the expectation once the crisis passes.

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New Microsoft Teams Features: The Gimmicky, the Practical and the Maybe

With much of the corporate world now interacting via online chat, Microsoft is throwing a bunch of new features at its Teams platform, hoping that at least a few of them will stick. But chat bubbles?

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