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Microsoft Teams Gets Major Enhancements for Meetings, Collaboration, and Administrative Control
Last Update: May 12, 2025
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Simplifying Intune Rollouts: Minimizing Risk and Downtime
As organizations struggle to find a new balance between expanding remote work options and repatriation back to the office, endpoint management has become a top issue. And with the growing risk of cyberthreats becoming more tangible every day – effective endpoint management is essential to ensure security and compliance. Unified Endpoint Management Unified Endpoint Management…
May 12, 2025
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Mastering PowerShell Pause and Resume: How to Control Script Execution Like a Pro
Whether you’re waiting on a database update, managing system resources, or automating a batch process, there are times when a PowerShell script needs to pause execution before continuing. But not all pauses are created equal—sometimes, you need a simple Enter key prompt, while other times, a precise number of seconds delay is necessary. In this…
May 2, 2025 Tim Warner
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Install or Update PowerShell: A Comprehensive How-To Guide
Use this guide to help you check your current PowerShell version, update PowerShell from one version to another, run two versions side by side in Windows Terminal, and update PowerShell to the latest revisions. Windows PowerShell has been an essential tool in the IT Pro’s toolbelt. PowerShell 5.1 was introduced back in 2016 with Windows…
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Copilot Vision Is Watching You But That Might Not Be a Bad Thing
Microsoft talked a lot about Copilot Vision at its ‘Windows 50 Years’ event a couple of weeks ago. In case you’re not familiar with the technology, Vision allows Copilot to see exactly what you can see on your screen. If you’re thinking “what could possibly go wrong with that?” – considering the controversy over Windows Recall, I…
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Cayosoft: Unraveling the Future of Identity and Access Management
Cayosoft started life as a license management solution for Microsoft 365 and it gradually evolved into a comprehensive backup, protection, and administration product for Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Entra ID. In this episode of Petri Dish, Petri’s Editorial Director, Russell Smith, talks to Cayosoft CEO and founder Bob Bobel about managing complexity in Identity…
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Mastering the PowerShell Not Equal Operator
PowerShell boasts various powerful comparison operators and arithmetic operators, the “Not Equal” operator (-ne) is particularly useful in conditional logic and scripting. Understanding its nuances and real-world applications can significantly enhance your scripting efficiency. Let’s explore mastering the PowerShell Not Equal operator (-ne) thoroughly, including logical operators and case sensitivity considerations. What is the PowerShell…
Apr 16, 2025 Tim Warner
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How To Find Windows 10 Stop Codes and Fix Errors Quickly
Windows 10 doesn’t reliably give you easy access to stop codes when it crashes. Plus, these codes may flash on your screen for just half a second! In this guide, we’ll show you how to find Windows 10 stop codes, find the reasons behind Windows 10 crashes, and guide you to solidify your Windows reliability…
Last Update: Jul 04, 2024
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How to Choose Between RAID 0 Vs. RAID 1
RAID 0 and RAID 1 are two of the standard RAID storage levels that you can use to create large data stores by combining multiple disk drives. In this article, we’ll explain the main differences between RAID 0 and RAID 1 and help you determine how to choose the best RAID level for your projects….
Last Update: Jul 04, 2024
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Active Directory (AD)
How To Install Active Directory Users And Computers (ADUC): A Step-by-Step Guide
In this guide, we’ll show you how to install Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) and the basics of working with it so you can manage Active Directory. Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is built as an add-on for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and it’s the go-to tool for IT Pros to manage…
Last Update: Dec 18, 2024
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Windows Client OS
Using Windows Boot Manager to Fix Startup Errors on Windows
Windows PCs may sometimes encounter issues during startup, and that can happen when Windows fails to load properly. In this post, we’ll explain how you can use Windows Boot Manager to troubleshoot boot errors and get your PC up and running again. What is Windows Boot Manager? Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr.exe) is Microsoft’s proprietary Unified Extensible Firmware…
Last Update: Mar 13, 2024
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PowerShell
How to Use PowerShell For Loop, While Loop, and Other Loops
In this article, we will review PowerShell For loops, While loops, Do-While loops, and Do-Until loops. I’ll explain how PowerShell loops are constructed and how to define conditions to enter or exit a loop. PowerShell For loop The For loop is а counting loop, and it’s mostly used when you need to repeat a task…
Last Update: Mar 13, 2024
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IT Expert Answers: How to Check Your PowerShell Version
Whether you’re a PowerShell pro or just starting out, it’s useful to know how to check your PowerShell version. We’ll explain how to do that in this guide. How to check your PowerShell version Let’s quickly check the version of PowerShell installed on your device: For more details on the different ways to check the…
Last Update: May 05, 2025
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The Ultimate Guide to Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
An often-overlooked element of security is the Web Application Firewall (WAF), especially in cloud computing. In this article, I explain what a WAF does, the different kinds of WAF, and I discuss why you should deploy one or more WAFs in your architecture. What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF)? A Web Application Firewall, often…
Last Update: Mar 25, 2025
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Active Directory (AD)
Achieving True MFA in Active Directory by Securing Every Authentication Factor
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) has become important for user security within Active Directory environments. By implementing additional verification steps, MFA makes it more difficult for adversaries to gain unauthorized access and it is essential for any organization aiming to secure its Active Directory infrastructure. However, despite investing heavily on MFA to stop cyberattacks, top research reports…
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Active Directory (AD)
Active Directory Faces Greater Risks Than Ever in 2024
You are woken by a call at 7am to find out your Active Directory (AD) infrastructure has been hit by ransomware. The helpdesk is overwhelmed by calls from users who can’t log in and management is already demanding to know how long it will take to restore. You break into a cold sweat realizing IT…
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Outlook
Outlook: How to Convert OST to PST
In this guide, you will learn about Outlook OST and PST files, why you might need to convert OST files to a PST, and how to convert OST files to PST format. What is an OST file? An OST file, or Offline Storage Table file, is a data file that is created by Microsoft Outlook…
Last Update: Sep 20, 2024
Aug 1, 2024 Bharat Bhushan
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Exchange Server
How to Mount an Exchange Database on a Different Server?
Sometimes, situations arise when an Exchange Server administrator needs to mount an Exchange database on a different server. Here are a few examples: Now, let’s look at how to mount an Exchange database on a different server. Process for mounting an Exchange database on a different server Start by making sure that the integrity of…
Sep 4, 2024 Bharat Bhushan
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Windows Server 2025: An Update You Didn’t See Coming
This Week in IT, Microsoft teases putting one of the best features of Windows Server behind a paywall, Arch Linux is now officially supported in Windows, and Windows Recall and improved search finally get launched on ARM Copilot+ PCs. Links and resources Episode overview This Week in IT, Russell discusses:
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The Rise of AI Agents: Are They Taking Over Workplaces?
This Week in IT, I look at the Wave 2 Spring releases for Microsoft 365 Copilot, including new agents and search experience, and at whether data in Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index, which Microsoft says indicates AI is reshaping the future of work, stacks up. Links and resources Episode overview In this week’s episode, Russell…
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