IT Knowledgebase Articles

If you work in IT, you’ve probably taken a good look at Microsoft Active Directory. But to set up and manage Active Directory (AD), you need access to the AD administration tools. Understanding how to access Active Directory is crucial for IT professionals working with Windows environments. In this guide, you’ll learn how to open…

Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud applications. In this guide, we’re going to detail how IT pros and DevOps teams can get started with Datadog and make the best use of this observability platform. What is Datadog? Datadog is a tool that allows you to monitor cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux hosts, system…

Cloud Conversations is a weekly podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations – Jessica White on Allyship, Mentoring, & Organizing a Conference Jessica White is a technical architect, speaker, and a…

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, previously known as Microsoft 365 Business, is a subscription service packed with productivity and security management features. It’s designed specifically for organizations with fewer than 300 users, and it is more feature-rich than Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3. In this article, I’ll show you how to set up Microsoft 365 from scratch. Then…

This article will look at Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and explain how they differ and can complement each other. We’ll also compare these Microsoft solutions to some of the major alternative identity providers. This article is not meant to be an exhaustive resource and will not provide step-by-step instructions on how…

Cloud Conversations is a weekly podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations – Kevin McDonnell on Security & Compliance, Hybrid Work, and Viva Kevin McDonnell is a Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect…

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…

Cloud Conversations is a weekly podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations – Nikki Chapple Teams Governance, Community, and Tech Nikki Chapple is a Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay, and she’s…

While there are some limitations, there’s a lot that you can do to make the Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar more like Windows 10, but you can also personalize them in other ways. Let’s take a closer look at some of the ways you can configure the Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar to…

Git Bash is a terminal emulator shell and limited Linux-like environment for Windows that lets you run Git commands. Learn how to use the app in this detailed guide. What is Git Bash? Git Bash is a software tool for Windows. It runs Git commands using an emulation layer. Bash is a command-line shell for…