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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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There were no actual software keys involved when anonymous researchers claimed that Microsoft had leaked so-called "golden keys" to the Windows secure boot protection scheme, according to an industry veteran.
08/17/2016
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Organizations have some Group Policy control options over Microsoft's recently described "Delivery Optimization" update service for Windows 10 clients.
08/16/2016
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Microsoft will be imposing a monthly update servicing model for users of the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, starting in October.
08/15/2016
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Microsoft's truncated support policy for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users of Intel "Skylake" processors has been rolled back.
08/11/2016
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Anonymous security researchers are claiming that Microsoft has compromised the Windows "secure boot" protection scheme.
08/11/2016
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Organizations planning to get the Windows 10 "anniversary update" may also experience a somewhat different client update scheme.
08/09/2016