Russell Smith

Search in Windows and Microsoft 365 is changing. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Search, a new cloud-based service borrowing AI technology from Bing aimed at making it easier to find information in Office 365.

Windows 7 reaches end-of-life, Microsoft throws Windows a lifeline with Windows 10X, Windows 10 gets another major feature update, and Windows Server continues to support Azure.

It’s been another busy year for Windows and here is a summary of the most important events from the last twelve months.

Learn how to block automatic installation of Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser when it reaches general availability in January.

This month sees Microsoft preparing for the general availability of its new Chromium-based Edge browser in January, Windows Server Core container images get 40% smaller, and Windows Insiders get new builds in the Fast Ring that are not tied to a specific feature update.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I talk again about how Microsoft plans to deliver the new version of its Edge Browser. There’s also a Group Policy setting that will let users work with both the legacy and new Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I show you how to improve network performance in Windows virtual guests running on Oracle’s VirtualBox.

Microsoft announces 40% smaller Server Core container images coming in the 20H1 timeframe.

How to deploy a Windows 10 VPN profile using Microsoft Intune.

According to Kaspersky’s Threat Evolution Report Q3 2019, there is new ransomware ‘focused solely on NAS’ active in the wild.

Microsoft has already updated current and older versions of Windows 10 to prepare them to integrate with its new Chromium-based Edge browser.

This month’s end-of-year Patch Tuesday is relatively light, with Microsoft fixing a Windows zero-day and a spoofing vulnerability in SQL Server Reporting Services.