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Does the rise of the public cloud mean the end of the enterprise datacenter? That's an oversimplification of a complex issue, according to one CEO whose company specializes in hyperscale, modular datacenters.
10/16/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
How a new capability is succeeding where Cortana failed at taming the Outlook beast.
10/16/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
If you need to generate Hyper-V inventory reports but don't want the hassle of writing your own custom PowerShell script, here is a shortcut.
10/11/2019
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News
An effort to help enterprise organizations better patch their software will be "kicking off soon," according to a Wednesday Microsoft announcement.
10/09/2019
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In-Depth
How many of these data security offenses is your organization guilty of, and how can you correct them? Play the Data Breach Game and find out.
10/09/2019
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News
Microsoft recently updated its SharePoint Server migration tool and issued an updated diagnostic tool for assessing SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server 2016 environments.
10/07/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's "automatic virtual machine activation" feature lets you spin up a short-lived VM without wasting a license key. Here's how to use it.
10/03/2019
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News
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its Extended Security Updates program for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 users won't be restricted to organizations that made their Windows purchases through its volume licensing offerings.
10/01/2019
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News
Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's endpoint detection and response capability is now at "general availability" commercial-release status for users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
09/30/2019
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News
Microsoft on Monday announced the worldwide "general availability" of its new Windows Virtual Desktop service.
09/30/2019
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News
IT spending likely will increase in 2020 because of a need to carry out infrastructure upgrades and address security concerns, according to a Spiceworks study published this week.
09/26/2019
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There's been a slight speedbump in the steady drive by hyperscale service providers toward ever more compute, storage and networking gear in their datacenters.
09/26/2019
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News
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
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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News
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
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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News
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
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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News
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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News
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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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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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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News
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