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Microsoft boasted of its Azure datacenter support for open source software this week, while also announcing that Red Hat Enterprise Linux images are now available from the Azure Marketplace.
02/18/2016
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Windows Insider
Evolve with emerging tech and tools or lose your job to someone that will.
02/18/2016
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Microsoft announced Office 365 improvements on Wednesday, including improved auditing plus the expansion of some service limitations.
02/17/2016
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A federal court has ordered Apple to create a backdoor to iOS to help decrypt the iPhone of attacker involved in December's San Bernardino's deadly shooting.
02/17/2016
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New AirWatch enterprise mobility management suite release includes single sign-on to native mobile apps supporting Microsoft Passport for Work and includes tighter integration with VMware's NSX, providing app-level VPN connectivity.
02/17/2016
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News
Microsoft has improved the user profile feature of its Delve solution that's offered with Office 365 subscriptions.
02/16/2016
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Security Advisor
Microsoft's February security update is causing issues for Windows 10 and Word 2013 users.
02/16/2016
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Microsoft this week added an option to its Exchange Server Deployment Assistant tool to configure hybrid deployments using Exchange Server 2016.
02/12/2016
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Two weeks after rolling out first piece of Azure Stack, Microsoft gives testers additional services to evaluate.
02/12/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While apps have grown in popularity, especially for mobile users, don't expect to see the end of the Web as we know it any time soon.
02/12/2016
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News
Organizations running Exchange Server need to be aware that the coming .NET Framework 4.6.1 update should be avoided for the time being.
02/11/2016
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Microsoft has changed the terminology it uses to describe Office 365 client updates.
02/10/2016
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Could we see a new line of smartphones from Microsoft by the end of the year?
02/10/2016
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Microsoft on Tuesday released a preview of tools for managing Nano Server, a Windows Server 2016 deployment option.
02/09/2016
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Microsoft updated Windows 10 today and it also released a new update history page that likely will be of interest to IT pros.
02/09/2016
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In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in.
02/09/2016
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An industry study found that that most organizations used SharePoint Server on premises in 2015, rather than the SharePoint Online service.
02/08/2016
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Amid economic uncertainty, shares of high-flying cloud, data analytics and security providers are down sharply, while IT hiring remains volatile.
02/08/2016
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News
Oracle has released an emergency fix that looks to address an issue when installing Java on Windows.
02/08/2016
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In-Depth
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.
02/08/2016
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Microsoft this week commercially released its Azure IoT Hub set of services, which facilitates Internet of Things operations for organizations.
02/05/2016
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Power BI users can now publish data to the Web but some are worried IT can't disable it posing security risks, which Microsoft will fix next week.
02/05/2016
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Microsoft is promising greater organizational control over roamed Windows 10 operating system settings and application-state data when using the Azure Active Directory (AD) service.
02/04/2016
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In-Depth
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.
02/04/2016
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News
Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring SwiftKey, a maker of smart software keyboard solutions for Android and iOS mobile devices.
02/03/2016
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The parent company of Google, Alphabet, is now the world's largest publicly traded company and its core business is growing faster than anticipated.
02/03/2016
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Investors back Gridstore, supplier of Hyper-V-based converged infrastructure, with $19 million round of funding.
02/03/2016
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News
Microsoft's premier field engineers for search have produced a new tool to help organizations troubleshoot SharePoint Server search issues.
02/02/2016
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News
Microsoft is pushing down its Yammer social networking service to most organizations with Office 365 subscriptions, starting as early as today.
02/02/2016
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In-Depth
Why SharePoint professionals need to embrace SharePoint's new API model of development and deployment.
02/02/2016
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In-Depth
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.
02/02/2016
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Microsoft today switched Windows 10 from being an "optional update" in Windows Update to being a "recommended update," according to a report.
02/01/2016
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Microsoft today announced that it plans to change the minimum seat count qualification for its Enterprise Agreement (EA) sales, starting in July.
02/01/2016
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A research initiative called Project Natick showcases the potential for cloud-scale datacenters submerged into the ocean.
02/01/2016
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Microsoft released its Azure Stack technical preview today, which promises to broaden organizational access to Microsoft's cloud services and tooling.
01/29/2016
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Foley on Microsoft
Merging the hardware team with the Windows team has made huge inroads to change the device focus of Microsoft.
01/29/2016
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Retailers and industry ISV partners were at last week's annual NRF show where Microsoft showcased more organizations moving to Azure and using Internet of Things devices such as Kinect.
01/29/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While you might be able to spot an obvious scam from a mile away, friends and family may need some warning.
01/29/2016
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Plus: SteelHead Mobile Gets Windows 10 Support; 5nine beefs up security suite; Metalogix adds backup support for Exchange Online in its management tool.
01/29/2016
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Microsoft published a white paper this week describing its roadmap plans for Windows Azure Pack.
01/28/2016
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Microsoft's second quarter was a mixed bag, with its cloud business showing strong growth and its OEM and device revenue down. as reported by the company today.
01/28/2016
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Microsoft told its computer hardware partners this week that they'll have to provide a Windows support notice to buyers of Intel Skylake-based PCs.
01/27/2016
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The growth of flash storage and tighter security precautions are just some of the trends that will continue this year.
01/27/2016
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Microsoft extends coauthoring of Office Online files to cloud storage providers including Box, Citrix, Dropbox and Egnyte.
01/27/2016
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News
In wake of the acquisition of VMware parent company EMC by Dell, reports are coming in that the company has started mass layoffs.
01/27/2016
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Microsoft announced today that it plans to release the first technical preview of its Azure Stack solutions on Friday.
01/26/2016
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The fully loaded Surface Book with 1TB of storage and GPU did not last long online or in stores.
01/26/2016
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Security Advisor
Aging technology, coupled with a growing number of sophisticated attacks have organizations feeling like they're at a disadvantage when it comes to network security, according to a recent Cisco report.
01/26/2016
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Is Microsoft killing its enterprise social networking tool or is it adapting it to a changing landscape?
01/26/2016
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Microsoft has published a light software tool for IT pros that lets them compare Group Policy Objects.
01/25/2016