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Azure SQL Data Sync is useful where data needs to be unidirectionally or bidirectionally synchronized across several Azure SQL Databases or SQL Server databases.

Aidan explains how a lightning strike to one of Microsoft’s data centers in America affected Microsoft cloud customers around the world.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell shows you how to stop Windows 10 updating device drivers automatically via Windows Update regardless of which edition of the OS you are running.

In this blog post, Russell looks at the story behind Windows Defender Application Control in Windows 10.

With the company announcing today support changes to Office and Windows, Microsoft is throwing in the towel on trying to force you to upgrade.

A recent survey revealed that 22% of executives in small to medium businesses continue to share email passwords. There’s no way this should happen inside Office 365 because many techniques exist to support more secure collaboration. Take your pick from mailbox delegation, shared mailboxes, Office 365 Groups, and Teams

In this post, Aidan explains what tiering is in Azure File Sync, how to enable it, and how the policy-based system works.

Looking for a few tips on how to troubleshoot issues with Azure File Sync? Aidan has some insight on how to resolve your problems.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains how you can defer Windows 10 Feature Updates by up to 18 months.

Despite Microsoft’s claim that its Edge browser in Windows 10 is faster than Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, putting Edge through its paces in several different benchmark tests shows that it is slower in those that simulate real-world usage.