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Microsoft denies last month's firmware patch, aimed at fixing the longstanding battery drain problems affecting its Surface Pro 3 tablet PCs, have made the problem worse.
09/23/2016
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Windows Insider
Microsoft's PC/tablet hybrid has a serious battery issue -- an issue Microsoft refuses to properly acknowledge.
09/23/2016
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News
Microsoft this week announced some steps to address problems in getting Windows 10 version 1607 via the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) management solution.
09/22/2016
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News
Microsoft issued an update this week that will finally get rid of the "Get Windows App."
09/21/2016
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In-Depth
New features such as the Antimalware Scan Interface, Virtualization-Based Security and threat analytics are making Windows much more difficult to exploit, but hackers and researchers demonstrate it's still not impossible.
09/20/2016
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News
Microsoft is appealing to organizations to stop using Server Message Block (SMB) version 1.
09/19/2016
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News
Microsoft this week offered some good news, along with some bad news, about Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2.
09/16/2016
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News
Microsoft announced this week that it's planning to initiate a new limited-time blocking scheme for out-of-date Adobe Flash ActiveX used in its Internet Explorer 11 browser.
09/16/2016
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Recall earlier scripts to save a ton of time.
09/16/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Creating a partnership that strives for practical usability and keeps nagging reminders to a minimum should be the goal.
09/14/2016
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News
Microsoft will be broadening discussion of its Upgrade Analytics preview solution by making its technical team available for questions, starting this week.
09/13/2016
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While the update isn't a groundbreaking next step for Microsoft's latest OS, it did a handful of smaller changes that improve usability.
09/12/2016
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News
Microsoft on Friday offered advice for organizations using System Center Configuration Manager when they are considering upgrading to Windows 10 version 1607.
09/09/2016
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In-Depth
The forthcoming release of System Center Operations Manager 2016 will provide administrators with scheduled maintenance, improved support for management packs, alert tuning and support for the new Windows Server Nano configuration option.
09/08/2016
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News
Microsoft is now giving an all-clear signal, of sorts, with regard to PowerShell issues caused by a late August Windows 10 update release.
09/01/2016
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News
Microsoft this week reiterated its adapt-or-die message to IT pros responsible for keeping Windows clients and servers updated and patched.
08/31/2016
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New capabilities coming to the AirWatch MDM platform will include VMware's new Unified Endpoint Management approach to Windows 10 configuration deployment, security and lifecycle management.
08/31/2016
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News
Microsoft is issuing a software patch for Surface Pro 3 devices with battery drain issues.
08/30/2016
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Foley on Microsoft
Microsoft has bungled most of its largest acquisitions, but Redmond is determined not to see its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype become one of them.
08/26/2016
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News
The update to Windows 10 version 1607 that was released on Aug. 23 breaks PowerShell and should be deferred, Microsoft announced this week.
08/25/2016
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's latest Windows 10 update makes it possible to interact with a system when locked. This can have both security advantages and disadvantages.
08/24/2016
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Wim Coekaerts, the Linux guru who jumped from Oracle to Microsoft in April, made his public debut during the LinuxCon keynote.
08/24/2016
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News
Microsoft this week warned that applications already removed from Windows 10 version 1511 images may reappear when systems get updated to Windows 10 version 1607, the "anniversary update."
08/23/2016
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Building on Microsoft's plan to bring conversational computing to the mainstream, agreement to acquire Genee aims to bring more intelligence to Office 365 and Outlook.
08/22/2016
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News
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has taken a position on Windows 10, stating that "Microsoft blatantly disregards user choice and privacy" for those persons using the operating system.
08/18/2016