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Microsoft is rebranding Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), the DevOps offering that has been a part of the Visual Studio IDE for years, to be the cloud-hosted "Azure DevOps."
09/10/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While testing out the Office 2019 preview, Brien noticed something unexpected: Office 2019 seems nearly indistinguishable from Office 2016.
09/10/2018
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In-Depth
Microsoft's new plans to extend Office ProPlus and Windows 10 servicing, announced earlier this week, got largely positive mentions by some analysts.
09/07/2018
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Microsoft announced a new Desktop Analytics service on Thursday, although it's apparently not available yet.
09/06/2018
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Microsoft announced altered Windows and Office 365 ProPlus servicing on Thursday with the aim of giving organizations more time to carry out upgrades.
09/06/2018
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A new Microsoft service aims to fix the compatibility issues that tend to come up for organizations when they migrate applications to Office 365 and Windows 10.
09/06/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
With the Office 2019 release approaching, now is a good time to take the preview version out for a test drive. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.
09/06/2018
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Organizations with Microsoft Premier support accounts soon will need to create their Microsoft Intune support requests using the Azure Portal.
09/05/2018
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Microsoft has announced plans to release a Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses sometime later this year, but it might the last Essentials edition it'll ship.
09/05/2018
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Microsoft's datacenters in the South Central U.S. region were affected by a lightning strike on Sept. 4, disabling Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services.
09/04/2018
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Microsoft stopped accepting new Surface Plus Program leasing applications on Aug. 31, according to a Web site notice.
09/04/2018
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Microsoft's rapid-fire release cycle for SQL Server means it's easy for database admins to miss useful new features. Here are some recent additions that might otherwise fly under the radar.
09/04/2018
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IT could use AI but can they afford it? That's the question a survey report attempts to answer.
08/31/2018
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If you're waiting longer to refresh the PCs in your organization, you're not alone.
08/31/2018
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Microsoft is touting software-defined networking security capabilities in the coming Windows Server 2019 product.
08/30/2018
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In-Depth
An analyst outlines some considerations when choosing Office 365 plans, and how to avoid possible licensing compliance issues.
08/30/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
If you've ever worked through the process of linking Office 365 resources to an organization's existing IT infrastructure, then you know that Office 35 onboarding can be daunting.
08/30/2018
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Microsoft has streamlined its SharePoint Mobile App and added artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to anticipate what mobile users will want to see on their devices, according to an announcement this week.
08/29/2018
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Microsoft this week touted the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that will be coming to SharePoint Online and OneDrive under Office 365 subscriptions.
08/29/2018
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Launched at this week's VMworld event in Las Vegas, AMD's new Radeon Pro V340 graphics card is designed for heavy-duty workloads like Desktop as a Service and CAD software.
08/29/2018
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The Azure Active Directory Business to Business (B2B) service now supports the use of Google as an identity provider for connecting partners, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
08/28/2018
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A zero-day flaw was disclosed on Monday regarding the Windows Task Scheduler in 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 systems for which there are no known patches or specific workarounds.
08/28/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
If you have ever seen a demo of the Microsoft Surface Hub, you no doubt have also seen the Whiteboard app being used.
08/28/2018
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Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of the Microsoft Authenticator companion app for use on the Apple Watch.
08/27/2018
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Enterprise Windows administrators worldwide can relate to cold-sweat-down-the-back moment that's detailed in Wired's new chronicle of the NotPetya attack last summer.
08/27/2018
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A new PowerEdge hardware solution from Dell EMC promises to be "the first modular infrastructure architecture designed to easily adapt to future technologies and server disaggregation."
08/27/2018
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Microsoft on Friday proclaimed that the Microsoft Teams client is now a "complete meeting and calling solution," and is a suitable substitute for the Skype for Business Online client.
08/24/2018
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Microsoft will be ending its Sway for iOS application on Dec. 17, 2018, the company announced this week.
08/23/2018
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Microsoft is touting virtual workload CPU performance improvements in the coming Windows Server 2019 product, with fewer configuration hassles for IT pros.
08/22/2018
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Microsoft is planning to deliver SharePoint Online improvements next month in preview form, including support for more Hub Sites, plus automatic site provisioning through scripting.
08/21/2018
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Microsoft wants developers of Windows 8/8.1 applications in the Microsoft Store to port their apps to Windows 10, and it described some coming app deadlines.
08/20/2018
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The enterprise datacenter is changing rapidly, thanks to serverless computing, AI and machine learning. But one thing remains the same: Datacenters run hot and cooling them is expensive.
08/20/2018
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Microsoft expects to deliver smaller monthly quality updates starting with the next major releases of Windows 10 and Windows Server, according to an announcement this week.
08/17/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
What exactly makes a Microsoft MVP? In the wake of recent developments around Microsoft's selection and renewal process, not even this longtime MVP knows for certain.
08/17/2018
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Microsoft is bringing a pseudoconsole to Windows 10, which will make it easier for developers to connect their command-line and graphical user interface-based applications.
08/16/2018
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new open source Driver Module Framework (DMF) for developers making Windows drivers.
08/15/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday gave notice that support for hybrid mobile device management with Intune and System Center Configuration Manager, known as "hybrid MDM," will be coming to an end next year.
08/15/2018
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The long-promised public play date between Alexa and Cortana is here.
08/15/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server product looks to be jam-packed with new features. Here are some of the standouts, specific to Hyper-V.
08/15/2018
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Intel, Microsoft and Red Hat issued security advisories on Tuesday for yet another speculative execution side-channel attack method, this time going by the "L1 Terminal Fault" name.
08/14/2018
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Microsoft last week announced plans for releasing a new BizTalk Server product, along with details about its Azure Integration Services vision.
08/13/2018
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Microsoft is consolidating a number of ports for Azure Stack in a move that should significantly reduce the hybrid cloud platform's attack surface and simplify network integration.
08/13/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft has been giving some longstanding Windows features like Notepad a facelift with each new Windows 10 preview build. But as Brien notes, some of the changes are more annoying than helpful.
08/13/2018
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Microsoft this week offered an overview of its update process for IT pros managing Office 365 ProPlus tenancies.
08/10/2018
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Office 365 migrations can have marked effects on IT personnel and budgets, perhaps in unexpected ways. A Directions on Microsoft analyst described some steps to take.
08/10/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Managing Integration Services used to be a pain until Microsoft began including it in all Windows OSes, starting with Windows Server 2016. But administrators of older platforms don't need to be left high and dry.
08/10/2018
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As Microsoft steadily shifts its focus to the cloud and ramps up release cadences for all of its code, the future of Windows is a pressing question.
08/09/2018
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Software-defined networking is one of the top 10 networking features supported by Windows Server 2019, and it'll power so-called "software-defined datacenters," Microsoft claimed in a Wednesday announcement.
08/09/2018
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Microsoft should slow down its patch release process and it should only deliver new feature updates to Windows 10 and Office once per year.
08/08/2018
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If you've turned away from OneDrive or stopped paying attention to Microsoft's file hosting service, it may be time to take another look.
08/08/2018