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In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering process.
02/14/2018
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Microsoft last week announced that its entire System Center suite of management tools now follows a channel-release update model.
02/13/2018
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Microsoft has added capabilities to its Windows Analytics tools that can help IT pros check on the status of client device Meltdown and Spectre protections, according to a Tuesday announcement.
02/13/2018
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Microsoft wants Office 365 customers to stop using the old Transport Layer Security 1.0 and 1.1 protocols, and use TLS 1.2 instead.
02/12/2018
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Microsoft on Monday indicated that its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) security service soon will be coming to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 clients.
02/12/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Where the Surface Pro fell short, the newer Surface Book 2 more than makes up for it.
02/12/2018
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Microsoft's principal explainer of "Windows as a Service" has a new role, and this time he'll be talking more about Microsoft's so-called "modern deployment" technologies for IT pros.
02/09/2018
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Microsoft plans to add a Standard edition when it rolls out its Skype for Business Server 2019 product this year, according to a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
02/09/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
From Brien's perspective (floating in outer space high above Mars), Microsoft's latest efforts at melding virtual reality and augmented reality are a vast improvement over the HoloLens.
02/09/2018
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Intel offered a few words about its progress in releasing microcode updates to address Meltdown and Spectre attack methods.
02/08/2018
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In the great debate over whether the robots will save us or destroy us, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is staking out a more activist position.
02/08/2018
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Symantec and Microsoft announced a collaborative effort on Wednesday that has brought Symantec Web Security Service protections to Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services.
02/07/2018
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Microsoft made it easier to publish applications using the Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service, and also added Business to Consumer (B2C) features this week.
02/07/2018
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Now that Windows 10 has surpassed Windows 7 for the first time in global usage statistics, it's not just the latest round of Microsoft's reigning OS passing the torch to the newest release.
02/07/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Instead of twiddling your thumbs as you wait for a long-running script to complete, you can have PowerShell play a sound to alert you when it's done.
02/07/2018
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Microsoft on Tuesday made a move against its online storage partners and competitors by rolling out a OneDrive for Business switch deal.
02/06/2018
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Microsoft outlined its progressive Web app (PWA) vision in a Tuesday announcement, and promised to start actively putting PWAs into the online Microsoft Store.
02/06/2018
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Recently released data from Synergy Research Group shows cloud upstart Alibaba edging its way into the leader pack of the global cloud computing market for the first time.
02/06/2018
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Microsoft recently updated its roadmap for bringing Skype for Business capabilities into Microsoft Teams, adding a Call Analytics preview, among many other features.
02/05/2018
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Microsoft has made it easier for developers and IT pros to tap information associated with its Intune mobile management solution via the Microsoft Graph.
02/05/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Bash is fairly easy to install, but using it is another matter. Here are some commands to help IT pros dip their toes in Bash.
02/05/2018
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Software security company Kaspersky Lab this week began offering security protections for Exchange Online users with a new cloud-based service.
02/02/2018
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Microsoft recently announced a few Azure Active Directory (AD) improvements, both for end users and IT pros.
02/02/2018
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Microsoft's strong financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year were once again a result of the company's relentless focus on transitioning to cloud.
02/02/2018
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Microsoft today announced extensions to Windows 10 end-of-support dates for some versions and also provided updated servicing and support details for Office productivity suite users.
02/01/2018
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Office 365 administrators who enjoy torturing their own users will have a new toy to play with this quarter.
02/01/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Whether you like Apple or not, this is an important step in Microsoft's effort to solidify Office and Office 365 as industry standards.
01/31/2018
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Foley on Microsoft
Early assessments of the lightweight OS have been dismissive, but Windows 10 S hints at a significant shift in Microsoft's development approach to Windows.
01/31/2018
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Microsoft began rolling out Office productivity suite improvements on Tuesday, and also announced that it has unified its Office codebase across Windows, Android, iOS and Mac.
01/30/2018
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IT needs to patch everything, but the Spectre/Meltdown patches come with their own problems, too. Here's how to limit the fallout.
01/30/2018
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Microsoft on Friday published a software update and guidance on how to block Intel's flawed firmware updates for potential Spectre variant 2 attacks.
01/29/2018
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Organizations using Microsoft Teams are getting collaboration updates starting Monday.
01/29/2018
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A Symantec Norton survey released this month estimated that close to 1 billion people were affected by cybercrime in 2017.
01/29/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien walks through the steps of troubleshooting a (very) slow Windows 10 virtual machine. Hint: Disable your virtual memory at your own risk.
01/29/2018
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Microsoft has lowered the monthly price of its Azure Standard support plan while also reducing the "critical" case response time under that plan, according to an announcement this week.
01/26/2018
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Microsoft this week described Windows Update for Business (WUB) and how it plays with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) when managing Windows 10 clients.
01/25/2018
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Former Citrix CEO and longtime Microsoft senior executive Kirill Tatarinov is joining the board of directors at Acumatica, a Bellevue, Wash.-based cloud ERP company.
01/25/2018
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Microsoft this week released a new "SharePoint Build to Build Update Playbook" for IT pros who update SharePoint Server installations.
01/24/2018
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Microsoft is previewing an additional way to understand the kind of privacy-related information that gets transmitted in its latest Windows 10 test-build release.
01/24/2018
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The massive Equifax breach dominated the security headlines last year, but Microsoft security experts are contending that Petya and WannaCrypt are representative of a dangerous new category of cyberattacks that emerged in force in 2017.
01/24/2018
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Microsoft this week indicated that its current Windows Server test release for Windows Insider participants now supports in-place upgrades, message queuing for containers and smaller Server Core base images.
01/23/2018
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Microsoft this week started delivering a Files Restore feature for OneDrive for Business users, along with other Office 365 advancements at the test level.
01/23/2018
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Intel Corp. reported on Monday that it has discovered the cause of reboot issues that affected its Broadwell and Haswell processors after patches were applied designed to fix potential side-channel "speculative execution" exploits.
01/22/2018
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The latest improvements to Microsoft's SQL Operations Studio (MSOS) are now available, marking the data management tool's second update since its public preview debut at November's PASS Summit.
01/22/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Initially underwhelmed by Microsoft's project management app, Brien sees what it can do in a real-world scenario.
01/22/2018
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Microsoft kicked off a video series describing Windows client management using System Center Configuration Manager, in a Wednesday announcement.
01/19/2018
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What's behind the surging interest in datacenters? Surprisingly, it's not about acquiring assets.
01/19/2018
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Intel Corp. this week offered a progress report on the state of its firmware updates to address the widespread problems of potential Meltdown and Spectre attacks, while also providing a description of the server performance hits that could result from applying those patches.
01/18/2018
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So is Metalogix for sale, or isn't it?
01/18/2018
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Microsoft added improvements to Storage Spaces Direct in its latest test-build preview release of Windows Server.
01/17/2018