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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Switch embedded teaming is to Hyper-V what NIC teaming was to Windows Server 2012, though it never got the same level of hype. For those new to SET, Brien gives an overview of what the feature does and why it's so useful.
03/17/2020
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News
Microsoft announced on Monday that Windows 10 is now on more than 1 billion "monthly active devices."
03/16/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's forthcoming operating system for dual-screen devices seems to borrow heavily from predecessors, from Windows 10 all the way back to Windows CE.
03/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
A tour of the new Windows 10X emulator for Surface dual-screen devices shows a bare-bones user interface that nevertheless brings flashbacks to Windows Phone.
03/02/2020
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News
Microsoft plans to update the user experience associated with its Cortana personal assistant software with the coming spring feature update of Windows 10, according to a Friday announcement.
02/28/2020
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News
Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement that it didn't actually remove Server Message Block 1 (SMB1) from Windows releases.
02/26/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Earlier this month, Microsoft released a public preview of Windows 10X, a spinoff of the Windows 10 operating system that's designed to run on the forthcoming multiscreen Surface devices. Here's how to take it out for a spin.
02/26/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
To test the Windows 10X emulator, Brien needed to figure out how to configure Hyper-V to run on a Windows 10 virtual machine. Here's how he made it work.
02/24/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's Windows Insider program is invaluable for IT pros who want to test drive new Windows 10 features before the update rolls out to their entire organization. If you haven't already signed up to be an Insider, here's how to do it.
02/21/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Put this tip in the "easy but valuable" category.
02/19/2020
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News
Participants in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for out-of-support Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 machines faced new installation requirements on Tuesday.
02/12/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Has Brien finally found a viable alternative to Microsoft's cool but pricey drafting table of a PC? Here's how the Dell Canvas stacks up against the second-generation Surface Studio.
02/05/2020
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News
Google is now previewing Kubernetes orchestration support for Windows Server containers housed on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), according to a Thursday announcement.
01/31/2020
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News
Microsoft offered more gritty details for IT pros deploying Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for either Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 systems in a Thursday announcement.
01/30/2020
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News
The Internet Explorer 10 browser will reach its end-of-support milestone on Feb. 11, 2020 for both Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
01/29/2020
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Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations on revenues and earnings in second quarter results released Wednesday after the close of markets.
01/29/2020
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News
The Free Software Foundation this week announced that it has established a petition demanding that Microsoft release its proprietary Windows 7 code as free software.
01/24/2020
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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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News
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
One of the biggest security risks in any organization happens when a user walks away from their PC without logging out. Microsoft has the solution (and it's not a password-protected screensaver).
01/16/2020
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News
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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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Even the most innocuous PC user might not want this Windows 10 feature tracking everything they do across PCs and Microsoft accounts. Here's how to keep your Windows 10 history locked down.
01/14/2020
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In-Depth
Microsoft's hardware partners outdid themselves at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, bending (sometimes literally) the rules of the traditional Windows PC as we know it. Here are some of the standouts.
01/13/2020
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News
The Microsoft Store for Business, formerly known as the "Windows Store for Business," is reportedly on the software deprecation chopping block, according to a Friday media report.
01/10/2020
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News
Google announced on Friday that it will continue to support its Chrome browser on Windows 7 until "at least July 15, 2021."
01/10/2020