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Posey's Tips & Tricks
There is actually quite a bit of VM info that is hidden from view, but that can be exposed through the Get-VM cmdlet if you know how. Brien walks you through the steps.
08/08/2018
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Microsoft gave notice late last month that a preview of its MSIX packaging tool, which will supplant the MSI and AppX formats, is available for testing and installation from the Microsoft Store.
08/07/2018
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Microsoft on Friday announced that .NET Framework fixes are available to address problems caused by its July 10 patches.
08/06/2018
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You're going to need a bigger network connection.
08/06/2018
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Organizations wanting to enable single sign-on access to Office 365 applications while using Ping Identity's PingFederate as the federation provider now have a more honed tool to get there.
08/03/2018
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What exactly will this new, nearly datacenter-less world look like? Gartner's head of research sees enterprises making a number of adaptive moves.
08/03/2018
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PowerShell Core 6.1 is expected to hit "general availability" at the end of this month, but compatibility with some Windows PowerShell modules will lag.
08/02/2018
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Microsoft on Wednesday offered clarifications on its monthly Windows operating system update release process, and described how IT pros should think about it.
08/02/2018
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The smallest of Microsoft's "Surface" family of 2-in-1 devices is now available in the United States and Canada, three weeks after it was first announced.
08/02/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As Brien explains, creating a virtual disk in Windows Storage Spaces is akin to creating a map to the underlying raw storage that will be used by the volumes on the virtual disk.
08/02/2018
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that System Center Configuration Manager update 1806 will be arriving in the next few weeks.
08/01/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced another test build of Windows Server 2019 (build 17723), which includes a new bandwidth control scheme, plus Kubernetes additions.
08/01/2018
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Microsoft released updates to .NET Framework versions on Monday to address problems caused by its botched July 10 patches, but they only address some Windows systems.
07/31/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
In this introduction to Microsoft's Storage Spaces technology, Brien walks you through the steps of creating a storage space and a virtual disk.
07/31/2018
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Microsoft announced on Monday that its Microsoft Edge browser now supports the Web Authentication spec at the preview stage.
07/30/2018
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Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of IT roles management improvements in the Azure Portal for organizations using the Azure Active Directory identity and access management service.
07/30/2018
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Microsoft this week announced that it will be changing how Team Sites and Communication Sites get created by end users in a coming update to SharePoint Online for Office 365 users.
07/27/2018
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Organizations that applied Microsoft's July 10 "update Tuesday" Windows patches may have experienced SQL Server failures after rebooting their servers.
07/27/2018
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Customers who don't want to follow Microsoft into the cloud for their Office productivity products will be paying more for that on-premises option starting next quarter.
07/27/2018
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a preview release of Azure Active Directory Activity Logs, which show up in Azure Monitor.
07/26/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Thinking of creating some 360-degree videos using Microsoft's mixed reality technology? Here are a few more tips.
07/26/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a public preview release of SharePoint Server 2019.
07/25/2018
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Much like it beat a drum around the end-of-life deadline for Windows XP, Microsoft is now starting to warn customers and partners that a popular desktop configuration's time is limited.
07/25/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of System Center version 1807, its latest semiannual channel update to its suite of management tools.
07/24/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that "commercial previews" of Exchange Server 2019 and Skype for Business Server 2019 are now available.
07/24/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien uses Microsoft's mixed-reality technology to take some 360-degree videos, and comes away with a couple of pointers.
07/24/2018
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Microsoft acknowledged that some organizations were adversely affected by the .NET Framework monthly updates that were released almost two weeks ago on "update Tuesday" (July 10).
07/23/2018
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Microsoft has wrapped up its Inspire conference this month in Las Vegas, where it combined the annual partner event with its annual internal sales event, Microsoft Ready.
07/23/2018
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Microsoft this week announced that its Azure File Sync service, used for enabling centralized file shares, has reached "general availability" status.
07/20/2018
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Microsoft this week added a preview of a graphical code editor within its Azure Cloud Shell developer tools.
07/19/2018
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Microsoft's latest fiscal year earnings are in, and it's official: Microsoft is now a $100 billion company.
07/19/2018
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Microsoft's July 10 "update Tuesday" patches negatively affected organizations using Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015 and Exchange Server, Microsoft admitted this week.
07/18/2018
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In his keynote at Microsoft Inspire on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella detailed the Microsoft products and tools he uses to stay productive.
07/18/2018
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Azure Service Fabric Mesh, a "serverless" means of hosting applications, is now available as a public preview.
07/17/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
PowerShell has a reputation for being complicated, and for good reason. Luckily, there is a lot of help available -- if you know where to look for it.
07/17/2018
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The Remote Desktop Web client for Windows Server is now ready for use in production environments, having reached the "general availability" stage on Monday.
07/16/2018
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Researchers disclosed a new variant 1-type Spectre attack method earlier this week, but Microsoft's software apparently isn't affected by it.
07/13/2018
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Microsoft will highlight new features and programs around Azure and Microsoft 365 during the Microsoft Inspire 2018 partner conference that kicks off on Sunday.
07/13/2018
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Microsoft on Thursday announced new Extended Security Updates plans that add three years of patch support for organizations using SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 products.
07/12/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
It might be easy to dismiss Microsoft's planned Office 365 changes as purely cosmetic, but as Brien argues, the upcoming redesign goes way past skin-deep.
07/12/2018
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Microsoft announced plans on Wednesday to end distribution of its monthly Windows 10 "delta updates," starting on Feb. 12, 2019.
07/11/2018
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Windows 10 version 1803 reached the semiannual channel release stage on Tuesday, according to Microsoft's documentation.
07/11/2018
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Microsoft announced earlier this month that it's planning to deprecate the Exchange Web Services API for Office 365 users.
07/10/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday began taking orders for a new, slightly smaller and slightly less expensive Surface device that will start shipping Aug. 2 in several markets, including the United States.
07/10/2018
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Microsoft is planning to update its Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Admin Center management portal, adding a few new perks for IT pros.
07/10/2018
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Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, and differentiating one tool from another is a challenge. Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, clarifies Microsoft's vision for its tools landscape.
07/10/2018
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Microsoft will accelerate feature updates for users of its Dynamics 365 Online products, with major updates expected to arrive in April and October of each year.
07/09/2018
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Cryptocurrency is still at the frontier of cybercriminal activity, but the vehicle to exploit it is taking a different form.
07/05/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's preference for the subscription-based Office 365 over the "perpetual license" version is starting to show up in its feature descriptions.
07/03/2018
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One of Microsoft's most innovative contributions to productivity is on hiatus.
07/02/2018