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Remote Desktop Services (RDS) is a feature in Windows Server 2022 that lets multiple users connect simultaneously and access applications and a desktop remotely. Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services can also be used by IT for remote administration. It’s important to understand that if you want to connect to Windows Server 2022 to remotely…

AWS Picks Up Share, Aims to Expand Microsoft Workload Migrations While Microsoft and Google have eaten into AWS share of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market in recent quarters, Amazon bounced back in Q2. According to a report by Synergy Research Group, AWS now has a 33% of the cloud services market, based on the…

One of the ironies of Microsoft’s OneNote app is that on Windows, it’s not one app, but there are two options. But today, Microsoft announced that they are going to unify the apps into one experience and also update the UI as well. On the announcement page, Microsoft provides guidance on how the transition will…

Ever feel the pain of switching between your Inbox and Calendar, maybe looking up an appointment, or even wanting to create one based on an email? Want to create a task right from your Inbox? Microsoft is saying ‘Your wish is my command, oh temporarily King of the Hill.’ 😉 With this new feature rolling…

July – a month that many take a vacation in, and it’s the start of the commercial year for Microsoft. That year kicks off with Microsoft Inspire, a conference for the partner community to learn about what Microsoft is launching and how Microsoft wants their partners to sell to customers. Most of the content is…

Microsoft has announced that it is dropping Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) releases for Windows Server. Starting with Windows Server 2022 there will be only one release on the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). It will get 10 years’ support (five years mainstream, and five years extended). Microsoft says that SAC releases in previous versions of Windows Server…

I am headed out on a family vacation so I plan to keep this one short and sweet but did not want to miss the opportunity to tell you about some of the great things happening across the Power Platform. There is a little bit for everyone. Power Platform release wave 2 plan: Ride the…

One of the most difficult and rewarding topics on an IT Pro’s plate – Patching. If you’re an IT Pro responsible for patch management in your organization, are you following the right approach to achieve world-renowned status on doing it effectively? Let’s take a look at some methods and procedures to get you that next…

Right on target, Microsoft has announced that Windows 365 is generally available. This means that the service, while only announced a couple of weeks back, is ready for business operations for small companies all the way up to enterprise customers. But up until today, we did not know the pricing for the service. Now that…

July and August are usually a quiet time at Microsoft. But this year, there’s a little more buzz than usual as Microsoft continues to prepare Windows 11 for a fall release. Microsoft Store in Windows 11 will not automatically update all Win32 apps In a support document for developers, Microsoft revealed that Win32 apps using…

Kaseya Denies Paying Ransom for Key that Unlocks Data Encrypted by REvil Attack Plagued by ransomware attacks that exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Kaseya’s VSA remote monitoring and management (RMM) system used by managed services providers (MSPs), the company now has a tool to decrypt data locked by the attackers known as REvil. Kaseya’s Incident Response…

On July 19th 2021, Amazon announced the general availability of their new Amazon ECS io2 Block Express volumes service.  Amazon io2 volumes have been available since 2020 and they are essentially provisioned SSDs designed to deliver 99.999% durability. Amazon ECS io2 Block Express are io2 volumes running on the EBS Block Express architecture. ECS io2…