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Digital Transformation: Beyond the Buzzwords

Community Magnate Mary Jo Foley chats with Constellation Research chief Ray Wang about AI, the ‘modern workplace,’ surfing and more.

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How Fast Could and Should Office 365 Grow

In Washington, D.C, at Shift Happens, Mary Jo Foley and Tony Redmond sat down to talk about Office 365, Teams, SharePoint and what’s next for Office 365.

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Google Moves Toward the Hybrid Cloud

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Anthos is definitely about modernization. While it may take Google some time to gain enterprise traction I think this move clearly shows that seamless hybrid cloud and multi-cloud connectivity is the wave of the future.

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Moving SQL Databases to the Cloud with the Data Migration Assistant

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

If you are moving SQL database instances into Azure, you’ll want to look at the updated Database Migration Assistant from Microsoft. The assistant can move your data, and give you an assessment of potential issues.

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How to Install Windows Software Using Chocolatey

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install Windows software in bulk using package manager Chocolatey.

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Windows 10

How to Factory Reset Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Looking to reinstall Windows 10 quickly and easily using the ‘Reset this PC’ feature? This is how you can do that.

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What’s New in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

These are the most important new features in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update that you need to know about.

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What is the Windows Terminal?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, I explain how Microsoft’s new terminal software for Windows 10 improves on the existing console.

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The Return of Serverless Powershell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

You can now use Powershell with Azure Functions 2.0. This article provides a quick example using Visual Studio Code and the Azure Functions extension, which makes authoring and deployment easy.

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Renaming Teams and Channels Can Be Messy, Especially with SharePoint

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

You can easily rename a team by giving it a new display name, or do the same thing to a channel. But Teams and SharePoint Online have the kind of relationship that’s based on tight connections, so renaming team or channel names leaves SharePoint untouched. Site URLs remain unchanged and if you try and fix up the folder names for channels, you can end up with a real mess.

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