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Microsoft is testing out a new way to update features in Windows 10 with Windows Feature Experience Pack.

Microsoft is preparing to launch new Surface hardware early next year.

SMB Compression improves speeds and lowers bandwidth utilization when copying large files across the network.

Refreshing the Substrate Last year, I wrote about the Office 365 substrate, a little understood but critical component of how Microsoft is developing their cloud services. That article followed a talk by Microsoft Fellow Jeffrey Snover at the Ignite 2019 conference. Now boasting the title of CTO for Modern Workforce Transformation, Snover recently explored the…

In the past two weeks, two major acquisitions have shaken up the Microsoft 365 ISV market.

Most organizations have finally been convinced about the need to have a robust disaster recovery (DR) plan to protect their essential workloads. That’s due in a big part to the fact that almost everyone in IT is all too familiar with Murphy’s Law that states if something can go wrong it will go wrong and…

One of the things that is rather powerful about Azure Storage is that there are a number of different offerings. Azure Blob Storage has three tiers that should be very familiar Hot, Cool, and Archive.

SMS and Voice MFA Methods in Microsoft’s Crosshairs On November 10 Alex Weinert, the Director of Identity Security at Microsoft, posted It’s Time to Hang Up on Phone Transports for Authentication. The article argues that it’s time to consider dumping the SMS and voice methods for multi-factor authentication (MFA) in favor of passwordless strong authentication…

PowerShell offers native cmdlets that allow you to quickly search for just what you want to find in the Windows Event Log. The ability to filter results and return just what is needed helps to focus your troubleshooting efforts in just the right place.

When it comes to security, the list of ways that attackers can steal information from your environment is growing at a rate faster than researchers can plug the holes. If you need any proof of this, take a look at how frequently Microsoft is patching Windows. It’s not completely fair to call out Microsoft in…

The Export-CSV and Import-CSV cmdlets are exceptionally useful tools to both export data for consumption to other applications and to retrieve and import information from third-party data sources.

Microsoft uses National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to highlight import security issues to help raise awareness with its customers.