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Today, Microsoft announced their newest OS, Windows 11. Along with updates to the UI, the servicing models, and a lot more, the company is also baking Teams into the OS. With Teams now being a default app in Windows 11 and now that home users are required to connect to the Internet and have an…

Today, Microsoft announced Windows 11 and the company is making sweeping changes across all corners of the OS. Everything from a new Start menu, updated system requirements, and now, updated servicing models. Microsoft is finally granting all of our wishes and will be moving to one major update to the OS per year. This moves…

Microsoft has pulled back the curtains today on Windows 11 and along with new features and an updated interface, the company is making changes to the minimum specs to run the OS as well. These updates will only impact low-end devices and the majority of devices running Windows 10 today, will be able to run…

Microsoft is officially pulling back the curtains today on Windows 11 and the company is ready to make the biggest changes to the OS is several years. Featuring a new Start menu, widgets, rounded corners throughout the OS, and productivity enhancements, Windows 11 is a new look for Microsoft. Keep in mind that to run…

Windows Server 2019 is almost as easy to install as Windows 10. And in this article, I’m going to take you step-by-step through the process of installing Windows Server 2019. Windows Server 2019 installation media If you don’t have access to the Windows Server 2019 .iso directly from Microsoft or a partner, you can download…

Microsoft Teams has grown massively in the last 12 months, growing from 44 million active users in April 2020 to over 145 Million users in April 2021. But the business world doesn’t stop; mergers, acquisitions, divestitures is part of the everyday challenge for the IT Pro. Voice and how we use voice in Microsoft Teams…

In this article, I will look at both Microsoft’s Windows Update provider for PowerShell in Windows Server 2019. And I’ll show you how to use the third-party PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell module that most system administrators still prefer to use. Microsoft’s Windows Update PowerShell provider Microsoft’s Windows Update PowerShell provider (WindowsUpdateProvider) comes preinstalled in Windows Server 2019…

In the world of public companies, there are major milestones like going public and stock price splits. For Microsoft, there is going public, hitting a valuation of 1 trillion dollars and today, hitting 2 trillion dollars. Microsoft’s growth during 2020 was driven by a massive movement to remote work for nearly every major corporation. The…

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that they would be enabling a new way to join Teams meetings that didn’t use links. Unfortunately, the feature is not only delayed but the company is not providing a timeline for when it will arrive. In an updated message, MC248395, Microsoft says that they are evaluating feedback and are…

The technology that underpins Known Issue Rollback first appeared in Windows 10 version 2004. Known Issue Rollback, or KIR for short, lets Microsoft and IT administrators quickly roll back non-security fixes that are causing functionality issues in Windows. Known Issue Rollback is designed to help Microsoft and organizations keep Windows devices secure but make sure…

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Continuing my mini-series on providing IT Pros valuable assistance and guides moving their workloads, roles, and Server-based applications to Windows Server 2022, here is my guide to upgrading, in-place, from Windows Server 2019 ‘Core’ to Windows Server 2022 ‘Core.’ Thankfully, the overall setup routine is similar to using the GUI (Desktop Experience) in Windows Server….