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Microsoft Announces New Teams Rooms Pro and Basic Plans

Last month, Microsoft announced that it’s revising the pricing structure of the Teams Rooms subscriptions. The company unveiled yesterday new Teams Rooms Pro and Teams Rooms Basic offerings, which replace the existing Standard and Premium plans. Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic is a free tier designed to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. It…

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PowerShell

What is PowerShell and How to Get Started With It?

Last Update: Apr 30, 2025

PowerShell is a cross-platform object-oriented language and shell that IT pros can use to manage computers running Windows, Linux, and macOS. PowerShell can automate tasks across thousands of computers simultaneously. If you’ve ever wondered what PowerShell is and what it’s for, this article aims to answer some of the most common questions you may have…

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AWS (Amazon Web Services)

VMware Cloud on AWS Now Integrates with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Amazon and VMware announced last week the general availability of the VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. This new integration builds on the latest addition to the Amazon FSx family of fully-managed and highly-performant file systems that Amazon launched last year. For those unfamiliar, VMware Cloud on AWS provides the ability to…

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Microsoft Teams to Show Up To 49 Meeting Participants by Default

Microsoft Teams is working on a new update that will improve the meeting experience for desktop and web users. The feature will allow users to automatically view the video feed of up to 49 participants on their screens by default. Currently, the Microsoft Teams app displays up to 9 videos during meetings. However, users in…

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Blocks Unmanaged Azure AD Guest Accounts

Microsoft has released an update that blocks the use of unmanaged Azure AD accounts in organizations. The company has provided a set of tools to help IT admins find existing unmanaged accounts and reset their redemption status. In 2016, Microsoft introduced a self-service sign-up feature that allowed external users to sign up as guest members…

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Windows 365

What’s New with Windows – August 2022

August was relatively quiet as Microsoft prepares to begin rolling out Windows 11 22H2 in the coming month or two. But nevertheless, there are some important updates to Windows 11 on Arm, the Windows Subsystem for Android, and Insider builds. So, let’s get started. Microsoft Edge 104 released and new sidebar rolling out Microsoft released…

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Office 365

ESPC22 Conference Discount for Petri Readers

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

It’s time for you and your team to take a short break from your busy work demands and deadlines to refresh, revitalize and invest in yourselves at ESPC22, Nov 28 – Dec 1 – Europe’s premier Microsoft technologies conference. ESPC22 offers you the choice of 9 expert-led full-day Microsoft 365 and Azure tutorials. This is…

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Security

How to Back Up Active Directory

Last Update: Sep 02, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explain how to back up Active Directory (AD) by performing a full server backup, a system state backup, or by using Azure backup. Active Directory is a key component of your Microsoft Windows network, and you really need to protect it by performing regular backups. It’s really essential to have a…

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GET-IT

Register Now for Petri’s GET-IT Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Conference

Last Update: Sep 07, 2022

As more organizations look to consolidate infrastructure in the cloud, Petri is hosting a 1-day conference in September where industry experts will guide you through the technologies and best practices for deploying VDI in the cloud and migrating an on-premises VDI to Azure. Conference sessions and speakers The lineup of speakers for the conference includes…

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Latest Visual Studio Code Update Brings Merge Editor Improvements and Snap Layouts Support

Microsoft has announced the release of version 1.71 of its Visual Studio Code editor. The latest update brings some improvements for the merger editor, UI changes, and support for snap layouts on Windows 11. With this release, developers can now click the “Open in Merge Editor” button to quickly switch between the text and merge…

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Datacenter networking servers

Understanding Network Basics: What is TCP, Subnetting, and More

Last Update: Aug 26, 2025

In this article, we’ll explain the basics of networking, networking architecture, networking types, and networking security. We’ll also detail what is TCP, subnetting, and all other core networking technologies you should know about. Sharing data and resources between individuals, and across industries and countries, is a significant part of daily life. Establishing a computer network provides…

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Security

Microsoft to Let Admins Temporarily Pause Exchange Online Basic Auth Deprecation

Microsoft is once again notifying customers that it will finally disable basic authentication support in Exchange Online starting October 1, 2022. The company is also giving organizations an option to pause the deprecation of select email connection protocols until the end of this year. In 2019, Microsoft first announced its plans to retire basic authentication…

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