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Amazon Announces AWS Timestream

First announced back in November 2018, this past September 30th,  2020 Amazon announced that AWS Timestream was generally available.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 9

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because it’s the end of the world as we know and I feel fine, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new flexible work-from-home edict, multiple Microsoft 365 outages, a weird Microsoft diversity issue, Microsoft’s app store guidelines, and so much more.

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Using Windows PowerShell Modules in PowerShell 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

With the advent of PowerShell Core and PowerShell 7, not all modules have been updated to be compatible with core engine updates or cross-platform accessibility. Instead of needing to switch between multiple versions of PowerShell depending on the tasks at hand, PowerShell 7 has added compatibility layers for existing Windows PowerShell compatible modules.

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Microsoft Revamps Outlook with One Outlook Vision

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

New Technologies at the Center of Outlook’s Future Outlook fans would be forgiven for thinking that all the oxygen in the Microsoft 365 collaboration ecosystem is being sucked out by Teams). But then a series of videos created for the virtual Ignite 2020 conference revealed that there’s life in this venerable product yet (given a…

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Microsoft’s Preparing a New OOBE for Windows 10

In the latest Windows 10 build released to Insider, version 20231, it is possible to enable a new OOBE, or Out of Box Experience.

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How to Optimize Windows 10 VDI for Improved Performance and Density

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this article, we’ll look at how to optimize Windows 10 virtual machines for improved performance and VM density.

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Using Microsoft Graph API To Help Admins Quickly Deploy Policies at Scale

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft Graph Conditional Access support and insights make it easier to secure users at scale.

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How to Set Up Passwordless Sign-in Using the Microsoft Authenticator App for Microsoft 365

Last Update: May 26, 2026

Improve security by setting up passwordless sign-in for Microsoft 365 users.

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Google Rebrands G-Suite, Introduces New Features

Google is rebranding its productivity suite and releasing a couple of new features too.

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Network Connectivity Tool Helps Office 365 Tenants Measure Connections

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Really Useful Way to Understand Connectivity of Office 365 Tenant Microsoft added Network Connectivity as an option under the Health section of the Microsoft 365 admin center in late September. The feature is a preview of what Microsoft 365 roadmap item 67153 to deliver an “assessment that evaluates the impact of your network design on…

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VMworld 2020 – Announcements

Like the VMWorld conferences in the past few years, VMworld 2020 was kicked off with a keynote by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. Unlike past conferences, this year’s VMworld is entirely virtual.

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Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft 365 – September 2020

To say that September was a busy month for Office 365 is a bit of an understatement.

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