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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Don't cut corners when it comes to protecting Office 365 data, Brien warns.
01/22/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's preferred interface for Windows Server is Windows Admin Center, but can it really replace Hyper-V Manager for managing virtual machines? Brien compares the two management tools.
01/20/2020
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Microsoft this week published additional help resources for organizations stuck on Windows Server 2008, which fell out of support on Jan. 14.
01/17/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a corporatewide carbon reduction effort that aims to make the company "carbon negative" by 2030.
01/16/2020
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It's the end of an era, as Windows 7 fell out of support on Jan. 14, 2020.
01/14/2020
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The two companies are joining forces to provide datacenter storage that can handle the increasing demands of modern networks.
01/14/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a couple of enhancements to an emerging Office 365 management capability that lets IT pros hide certain software features from end users or employees.
01/09/2020
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The new year is bringing all sorts of end-of-support deadlines for IT pros working with Microsoft's business software.
01/07/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
For better or worse, the next 10 years will bring more intelligent devices to more areas of our daily lives. From the proliferation of AI to what that means for user privacy, here are Brien's tech predictions for 2020 and beyond.
01/02/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday outlined participation criteria for organizations wanting to get involved with a "private preview" of Project Cortex, its emerging "knowledge network" solution for Microsoft 365 users.
12/19/2019
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Some of the mystique surrounding Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) was clarified in a Tuesday chat with Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partner MessageOps.
12/18/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Though handy, Hyper-V guest clusters can extra complexity to your workloads that can cause problems with backups. Here are the four most common error messages and how to fix them.
12/16/2019
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a preview of remote authentications into Windows-based Azure virtual machines (VMs) using Azure AD credentials.
12/12/2019
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Microsoft is promising to deliver a smaller container size and improved PowerShell performance with its next release of Windows Server.
12/12/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien answers two thought-provoking reader questions. First, do Hyper-V VMs have direct hardware access? And second, how is it possible to monitor VM resource consumption from the host operating system?
12/11/2019
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So-called "classic" blogs used by SharePoint Online subscribers are on their way toward "retirement," according to a Dec. 4 Microsoft Message Center post.
12/09/2019
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A Florida-based startup is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a deal that gives new meaning to the "edge" in edge computing.
12/09/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The differences between these two Hyper-V versions are pretty significant, depending on what you plan to use them for. Here's a quick rundown of each platform, from their features to licensing quirks to intended use cases.
12/09/2019
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The endpoint and detection response (EDR) feature in Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) has reached the "general availability" stage for macOS devices.
12/04/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft threw Office 365 admins a bone when it gave them the ability to block users from purchasing Power Platform tools without IT approval. Here's how to prevent total anarchy.
12/04/2019
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Microsoft gave notice last week that it's going to drop Alternate Credentials support for authenticating users of its Azure DevOps Services.
12/03/2019
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Microsoft announced last week that it is starting to deliver Update 1910 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager users.
12/03/2019
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Amazon's industry-leading cloud business appears to be developing a new datacenter processor that's at least 20 percent faster than its predecessor.
12/02/2019
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Microsoft somewhat indirectly unveiled plans to kill off its Delve Blogs feature, with disablement starting next month.
11/25/2019
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien walks you through one of Hyper-V's best features: its ability to copy a file directly from a host server to a virtual machine without leveraging the network stack.
11/25/2019