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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Sophisticated facial analysis tools, powered by machine learning, are already on the market. Let's hope they don't make it into your next Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting.
12/11/2020
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Microsoft recently described SharePoint Online intranet-adoption growth stats, as well as new and notable features, and it outlined potentially breaking changes for users of "classic" search.
12/10/2020
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Microsoft this week announced that its Azure Digital Twins service has reached the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
12/09/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's venerable flowchart app had been getting a little dusty, but some recent tweaks have managed to bring it closer in line with modern IT needs.
12/09/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday released its December security bundle of software fixes, consisting of just 58 patches, according to the counts of security researchers.
12/08/2020
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Microsoft is suspending the delivery of the Windows 10 Team 2020 Update for Surface Hub 2S conference devices via the Windows Update service due to problems.
12/07/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Generally speaking, a browser should act like a browser, and nothing more. But Microsoft's latest updates to Edge enhance the browser's practical usefulness in some surprising ways.
12/07/2020
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Microsoft recently provided an update on new and coming devices for making Microsoft Teams conference calls, and also described some coming Teams Calling features.
12/06/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
When one of his Windows Servers stopped connecting to its storage array, Brien could find only an incomplete fix and an even weirder problem with Windows.
12/04/2020
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Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Purview, a new data governance solution, as well as the "general availability" commercial release of Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Synapse Studio.
12/03/2020
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Salesforce on Tuesday announced the purchase of collaboration software-maker Slack for an estimated $27.7 billion.
12/02/2020
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Last week's AWS outage that broke the Internet showed how critical it is to build applications that can withstand transient failure. Here's what you need to know to design a resilient cloud app (and it doesn't involve multicloud).
12/02/2020
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MessageOps, one of the pioneering toolsets for Office 365, is now part of Sirius Computer Solutions.
12/02/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The Windows indexing feature doesn't always deliver the correct results of a file search. Here are five troubleshooting steps you can take whenever Windows indexing acts up.
12/02/2020
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The Microsoft 365 Admin Center, used for setting up and managing various Microsoft services, is getting a more lightweight interface designed for "very small businesses," according to a Tuesday Microsoft announcement.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft announced a new SharePoint Success Site template for SharePoint Online intranet users on Tuesday, adding another tool to better steer site creators.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is removing the ability to show user names from its newly released Productivity Score product.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft on Monday announced new Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online improvements that are getting rolled out to subscribers.
11/30/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Content indexing works well for finding files that contain text, but it's no help when searching for non-text data. Brien's workaround is to take advantage of Windows 10's file metadata feature.
11/30/2020
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Microsoft on Friday announced a public preview of Windows Autopilot for HoloLens 2, its mixed-reality headset.
11/20/2020
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Microsoft may have started something new by attempting to charge its customers for software that uses its application programming interfaces (APIs).
11/20/2020
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Spacesuits are heavy, claustrophobic and hot -- an uncomfortable combination for many would-be astronauts. Here's how Brien came around to the idea of wearing one.
11/20/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a few Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) product milestones as part of the KubeCon event.
11/18/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien has long been a loyal user of Dragon's dictation feature. How do Microsoft Word's latest transcription improvements compare to that old stalwart?
11/18/2020
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its Azure Hybrid Benefit program for Linux, previously at preview, is now commercially available.
11/17/2020
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Microsoft has introduced Pluton, a security solution aiming to make the current root of trust between the central processing unit and the trusted platform module in devices more resistant to physical tampering.
11/17/2020
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The Microsoft Dataverse for Teams data platform for use with Power Platform tools has reached the "general availability" commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
11/16/2020
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Database protection goes far beyond backups; ensuring the quality and consistency of those backups is equally important. Here are the maintenance tasks that will make sure your databases stay in top shape.
11/16/2020
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Microsoft this week announced that the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Extended Security Update (ESU) program is approaching Year 2.
11/13/2020
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Microsoft this week announced the release of PowerShell 7.1, which was described as a "major update" to the scripting language.
11/13/2020
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The Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention service, used to protect data accessed on devices, reached "general availability" commercial-release status, Microsoft announced this week.
11/12/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
We all know how important it is to back up your data, but should you be backing up your IT infrastructure, too? Here are the key factors that will tell you if you need to back up infrastructure items or if you can safely skip it.
11/12/2020
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Microsoft released its November bundle of security patches on Tuesday, addressing 112 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs).
11/10/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's plans for its enterprise video streaming platform could greatly improve how organizations manage, store and search through video data.
11/10/2020
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Quest Software announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Quadrotech, a partner company providing Office 365 migration and management solutions.
11/10/2020
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Microsoft on Monday described the format of its newly improved "Security Update Guide," which is used to see monthly security patch details.
11/09/2020
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Microsoft 365 subscribers are getting the ability to use Project for the Web and the Project Roadmap app within Microsoft Teams, according to a Microsoft announcement this week.
11/06/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
HP's next-generation mixed reality headsets, with their focus on cutting-edge biometric features, offer a glimpse into where the technology is headed.
11/06/2020
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A more unified Microsoft Search reporting capability for IT pros overseeing SharePoint Online sites will be arriving sometime next month, Microsoft announced this week.
11/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Laser or inkjet? Amazon or manufacturer's Web site -- or neither? And what about power consumption? There are a lot of things to consider when you're looking to buy a new printer for your (probably equally new) home office.
11/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The pandemic has forced IT pros to work much longer hours than usual to keep their organizations running. Reclaiming that personal time can be tough, but help is available from an unlikely source: Microsoft 365.
11/02/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced some Excel and Power BI enhancements that add "connected data types" on top of the standard strings and numbers options.
10/29/2020
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Accessing Windows 10 drivers classified as "optional updates" will be more of a manual seek-and-install type of experience, starting on Nov. 5, 2020, Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement.
10/29/2020
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Microsoft Research has changed the name of its "differential privacy" platform from "WhiteNoise" to "SmartNoise," according to a Wednesday announcement.
10/28/2020
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Microsoft Teams usage keeps surging to new highs as COVID-19-related remote work has moved the conferencing, chat and collaboration platform to center stage.
10/28/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Occasionally, restarting a failed System Center Virtual Machine Manager job can leave your virtualization infrastructure in an unknown state. Here's how to avoid that.
10/28/2020
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Microsoft last week announced that users of Surface Hub 2S videoconference screens soon will be getting the latest Windows 10 feature update.
10/27/2020
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Microsoft has joined the MEF, a nonprofit industry association that aims to standardize various software-defined networking (SDN) technologies used by service providers and enterprises.
10/27/2020
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Microsoft last week explained that IT pros can use an Update Compliance application addition to the Azure Portal to tell when Windows 10 feature updates get blocked.
10/26/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
One of the most useful features in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is its reporting engine. Installing it can get a little tricky, though. Here's a step-by-step guide.
10/26/2020