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Today Microsoft officially announced the availability of Windows Server 2022 in preview at its Ignite conference, which is running March 2nd to 4th. Windows Server Insider Preview build 20292 is a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release and which first appeared at the beginning of February. On the download page, the build was labeled ‘Windows Server…

Microsoft officially announced today the general availability of Universal Print at its Ignite conference.

At Microsoft’s Ignite conference this week, there was a series of announcements for new Azure Active Directory features either entering general availability or released in public preview. AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) The Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) app gallery now includes AWS Single Sign-On (SSO). AWS SSO is a cloud service that is designed to…

Microsoft is hosting its Ignite conference today and the company has announced a new mixed reality platform that they are calling Microsoft Mesh. I got a small look at a description of the service prior to Ignite and now during his keynote, Satya Nadella made the official Microsoft Mesh announcement. In the keynote, Satya makes…

Hello Power Platform Pals. Are you looking for the scoop on what Microsoft announced today at Ignite for our precious Power Platform? Then look no further. I am going to give you the breakdown of what they said and a bit of commentary on what I think of the announcement. If that doesn’t sound like…

Because Microsoft is having its second Ignite virtual event in five months, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the news the software giant announced at this event. Or, at least some of it.

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve spotted lots of tiny little changes in the Azure Portal. And my feeds have lit up over the last few hours. There must be a big Microsoft conference happening right around now? Yup, Microsoft Ignite (March 2021) is here and that means there will be lots of cool…

Surprisingly, there was a lot this month. With Ignite coming in just a few days I am happy to report lots of little new things made their way to preview. Dataverse for Teams got some new pieces, Power BI got more security and a few more fun things. So, give it a read and get…

In February, Microsoft announced its plans to release Windows 10 version 21H1 and that Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support will be cut from 10 years to 5. And Windows 10 ‘in cloud configuration’ is a new recommended device configuration that can be applied to remote devices for frontline workers and others. Plus, much more. So,…

In spite of the heavy winter weather and ongoing pandemic, Amazon continues to churn out an impressive set of enhancements for AWS. Here are some of the highlights from Amazon’s February 2021 AWS announcements. AWS Outposts support local snapshots To better enable businesses to meet their data residency and local data processing needs, Amazon announced…

Microsoft has announced today that the company plans to open a new datacenter region in Indonesia as part of the Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative. This will be the single largest investment in the country in the 26 years that Microsoft has been established in the country.

Selecting an Azure Storage Service doesn’t have to be difficult, yet you can take some steps to make sure you make good decisions. In this blog post, Microsoft MVP Rick Vanover provides some of his perspectives and tips to allow you to make the right choices upfront.