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Cloud NAS Shootout: Amazon EFS/FSx versus Azure Files

Last Update: Aug 05, 2022

Organizations looking to move some or all of their file systems to cloud storage have choices. The options from the two biggest public cloud service providers are Microsoft Azure Files, Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), or Amazon FSx. All these platforms offer cloud-based serverless storage, allowing you to avoid maintaining complex file systems. This article compares these options based on 4 key parameters –…

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PowerShell

How to Write and Run a PowerShell Script File on Windows 11

Last Update: Jun 08, 2025

PowerShell is a command-line tool developed by Microsoft for automating common administrative tasks. A script is a collection of PowerShell commands, stored into a text file, with a *.ps1 file extension. When executing a PowerShell script, the interpreter reads the file and runs the commands sequentially. Windows 11 run PowerShell script is an easy process…

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Cloud Computing

Everything you need to know about Power Platform – March 2022

To tune down the madness of March 2022, Microsoft’s offerings to the Power Platform community span changes to the model-driven app experience, an introduction “GPT-3” (what runs the “Ideas” in Power Apps), and some previews of some new independently made app connectors. March has been a great month to be a low/no-code developer, so let’s…

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Microsoft Outlook

Getting Started with hMailServer

hMailServer is a free email server for organizations, businesses, and individuals which is easy to install and simple to use. Find out how to install and configure hMailServer in this overview. What is hMailServer? Have you ever wondered if there were any decent alternatives to Microsoft Exchange as your mail server? Well, there is! hMailServer…

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Microsoft Teams

Set Up and Manage Viva Topics in Microsoft Teams

Viva Topics is one of the four modules of Microsoft Viva, the company’s new employee experience platform that launched on Microsoft Teams last year. The app works as a knowledge management system that leverages organization content on SharePoint Online. In any business, knowledge is king. Without it, your employees could not provide a service to…

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Windows

11 Ways to Take a Screenshot on Windows Devices – Featuring Windows Screenshot Shortcut Ctrl Alt Print Screen

Last Update: Jun 08, 2025

Do you often look for the easiest way to take a screenshot on your PC? Screenshots can be extremely helpful if you want to share what you are seeing on your screen with others, or to keep something for reference later. Discover how the windows screenshot shortcut with ctrl alt print screen combination can simplify…

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DevOps code

What is Grafana: The Ultimate Guide

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

In today’s DevOps era, most organizations use hundreds of different services. Monitoring all of these is crucial for keeping your systems running without any issues. And one of the most widely used service monitoring tools is Grafana. In this ultimate guide, we will give you a complete overview of Grafana, so let’s get started! What is Grafana? Grafana…

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Network Security

Static vs Dynamic IP Address – What’s the Difference?

Last Update: Sep 02, 2022

In this guide, we’re going to explain the differences between static and dynamic IP addresses. Both types of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses have pros and cons, and we’ll help you to understand which one is best suited to your needs. But first of all, here’s a bit of geeky humor to get started: “There’s no…

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Microsoft Outlook

Deep Dive: Understanding How Outlook Room Finder Uses the Places Service

Outlook Room Finder uses the Places service to find free conference rooms available in your organization’s building. Here’s what you need to know about how it works. What is the Outlook Room Finder? Over the years, the various iterations of what we refer to as ‘Outlook’ have gotten better at helping users schedule meetings. The…

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This Week in IT ep12

This Week in IT – Get Into the Groove with Microsoft Teams and Jira

This Week in IT, Microsoft source code is leaked by hacking group Lapsus$, HP warns of a serious remote code execution flaw in many of its printers, Nvidia announces a new ARM ‘superchip’ for servers, Jira gets a new app for Microsoft Teams, and there’s more… About This Week in IT This week in IT…

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