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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it's possible for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) users to get Windows 10 feature update previews by making a few settings changes.
09/25/2019
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Here's how you can use Hyper-V's replica infrastructure to minimize disruptions caused by the patch management process.
09/25/2019
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Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM) solution, has reached the "general availability" release stage.
09/24/2019
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Microsoft on Monday released two "out-of-band" security advisories, one for its Internet Explorer (IE) browsers and another regarding its Microsoft Defender antimalware solution.
09/23/2019
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Microsoft marked an important new direction for .NET developers on Monday with the general availability (GA) of .NET Core 3.0.
09/23/2019
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Microsoft upped the stakes in its effort to end "Basic Authentication" with the Exchange Online e-mail service.
09/23/2019
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It's getting harder to buy standalone Office licenses from Microsoft. Will a purely subscription-based Office model be worth it for users, or are there better alternatives in the market?
09/23/2019
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Microsoft recently announced a bunch of tooling updates for organizations using Office 365 and Azure solutions.
09/20/2019
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At OpenWorld this week, CEO Larry Ellison described Oracle's plan to open an average of one region every 23 days over the next 15 months.
09/20/2019
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The earliest gaming consoles provided a tidy solution to the problem of PC hardware compatibility. Now, Brien argues, DaaS is doing the same thing.
09/20/2019
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of Azure Private Link, an option for keeping Azure service connections off the public Internet.
09/18/2019
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How much server memory is enough, and for how long? Brien works through the math as part of his ongoing hardware refresh.
09/18/2019
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Microsoft this month described benefits changes coming next year to its Software Assurance program for organizations, with a shift more toward its FastTrack program for training.
09/17/2019
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Microsoft on Monday announced it had extended Exchange Server 2010's end-of-support date by about 10 months.
09/16/2019
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Microsoft's portfolio of PaaS databases has grown way beyond Azure SQL. Here are its most important cloud-based database services, and exactly how each one works differently from the other.
09/16/2019
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It's always interesting when Microsoft acknowledges the use of a major third-party product for internal purposes in its Fortune 100-class operations.
09/16/2019
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Kirill Tatarinov, former president and CEO of Citrix and a longtime senior executive at Microsoft, is taking on a senior executive role at data protection specialist Acronis.
09/16/2019
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Microsoft's latest Windows 10 preview release for testers (build 18980), announced on Wednesday, includes support for version 2 of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, plus ARM64 device support for WSL 2.
09/13/2019
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The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Evaluation Lab is now ready for use by organizations.
09/12/2019
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In a September interview, SharePoint expert Asif Rehmani described how users, developers and organizations are dealing with SharePoint Online's so-called "modern" innovations.
09/12/2019
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Microsoft updated an August security advisory this week to urge organizations using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol in supported Windows systems to implement some configuration changes manually.
09/11/2019
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Microsoft released security patches for multiple vulnerabilities in Windows and various applications in its September "update Tuesday" release.
09/10/2019
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Microsoft is working with satellite partner companies to extend Azure ExpressRoute's private Internet connections to organizations with operations in isolated regions.
09/10/2019
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Microsoft has evolved Flow into a very capable workflow automation platform. The catch is that if you want to use Flow to its fullest potential, you'll need to pay a little extra.
09/10/2019
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Datacenter service providers and chipset manufacturers must learn to adapt to the increased data traffic that 5G will generate, according to a new study.
09/10/2019
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Microsoft announced on Friday that its Windows Analytics suite of Windows 10 upgrade utilities will be retiring on Jan. 31, 2020, with Desktop Analytics taking its place.
09/09/2019
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The founder of the company that created Wunderlist took to Twitter to try to get Microsoft to sell him back the popular task management app.
09/09/2019
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Microsoft this week described even more SharePoint Online features that are expected to arrive soon for Office 365 tenants opting to get "targeted release" updates.
09/06/2019
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SQL Server guru Denny Cherry uses "horrible" stories about SQL Server disasters in a positive way: to teach others what not to do -- and what to do in case they do things they shouldn't have done.
09/05/2019
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Brien shows how to extend the scope of Windows Admin Center's management capabilities to the other servers on your network.
09/05/2019
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new, single "extended support" date for most of the tools in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack.
09/04/2019
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of partner company Movere.
09/04/2019
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Microsoft has slightly altered its Flash retirement plans for its older supported browsers.
09/03/2019
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One of the most anticipated features in Windows Server 2019 doesn't actually ship with Windows Server 2019. Brien shows you how to access and set up the Windows Admin Center.
09/03/2019
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Microsoft has agreed to the addition of its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology to the Linux kernel, according to a Wednesday announcement.
08/30/2019
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Google's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory offering is now at the beta-test release stage, according to a Thursday company announcement.
08/29/2019
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Here's how to streamline your PowerShell query process to avoid returning a huge list of applications.
08/29/2019
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The VMware Workstation product, used to host virtual machines on client devices, is getting support for Windows Hypervisor, which will unlock the use of various Microsoft technologies that are dependent on Hyper-V.
08/28/2019
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Google, in conjunction with Dell, announced this week that "the first Chromebook Enterprise devices" had arrived.
08/28/2019
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The Control Panel has long been Microsoft's workhorse for deleting unwanted apps. But while this method works fine most of the time, it's not exactly scalable.
08/27/2019
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Microsoft recently announced a few SharePoint Online feature improvements for end users.
08/26/2019
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During his Monday keynote at VMworld 2019 in San Francisco, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger provided a roadmap update for his company's partnership with Microsoft.
08/26/2019
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Microsoft announced a number of Azure Active Directory enhancements this month.
08/23/2019
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As Skype for Business slowly gets phased out and Slack's enterprise dominance becomes less of a sure thing, the time is right for Microsoft to focus its marketing energies on its upstart collaboration tool.
08/23/2019
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the PowerShell 7 Preview 3 scripting solution is now available.
08/22/2019
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release of SQL Server 2019 release candidate (RC).
08/22/2019
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A new Confidential Computing Consortium was announced on Wednesday by the Linux Foundation to boost the security of processed data.
08/21/2019
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Brien walks you through the steps of setting up an application to use the Microsoft Graph API.
08/21/2019
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Microsoft Edge Insider Program participants now have access to the Beta Channel release of Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge Web browser on the Windows and Mac platforms.
08/20/2019
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If three Florida municipalities getting hit by ransomware earlier this month sounded bad, here's a Texas-sized problem for you.
08/20/2019