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Surface Duo Arrives Sept 10th for $1399

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced the final details for the Surface Duo including its specs, pricing, and availability.

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Improving the New Employee Onboarding Experience with SharePoint Online

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Improving the new hire experience has long been a topic of conversation…and it IS an “experience” now isn’t it? Culture is so important, with the hiring market being so competitive for talented hires, the first few days with an organization can make or break a new employee’s opinion

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Microsoft Announces Public Preview of Endpoint Data Loss Prevention

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s new Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) service is now available in public preview to all Microsoft 365 E5/A5 customers.

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Coming Soon – GET-IT: Teams Day, Streaming August 12, 2020

Petri’s GET-IT: Teams 1-Day virtual conference is a full day of free learning dedicated to deep technical Microsoft Teams content aimed at accelerating the adoption, collaboration, and usage of the platform.

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Decision Point: Exchange 2016 Exits Mainstream Support Soon

Last Update: Jun 27, 2025

Put October 13 In Your Diary Time passes and products age, except in the cloud where renewal is an ongoing process. For Exchange Server 2016, Microsoft is keen for you to know that it reaches the end of mainstream support on October 13, 2020. Extended support for Exchange 2016 ceases on October 14, 2025. Exiting…

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Amazon Releases Porting Assistant for .NET Core

Amazon has released their new Porting Assistant for .NET that’s designed to port Windows-specific .NET Framework code to the new cross-platform .NET Core.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because tik tok, tik tok, what do you do, Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre pursuit of social networking, Ignite 2020 being split asunder, a massive reorg in the Windows group, a virtual Microsoft appearance in a virtual Samsung product launch, and so much more.

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Microsoft Splits Ignite Into Two Events

Microsoft is making changes to Ignite and turning it into two events.

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Microsoft Reorg Leads to Significant Changes for Windows and Azure

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is making significant changes to how Windows and Azure operate with new leaderships and teams changing orgs.

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Choosing the Right Free Version of Teams

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

If you are signing up for a free account to use with Microsoft Teams, you might see a few options available. This might seem confusing compared to Zoom and similar apps, but there’s a good reason for it.

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What’s New for IT Pros in Windows 10 Version 2004

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There’s not a lot new going on for users in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, so who should consider upgrading to the latest feature update?

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What’s the Real Size of Exchange Online Mailboxes?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The Office 365 Substrate uses Exchange Online mailboxes to store a lot of data that users never see. The data is used by the substrate for different purposes, mostly to make it easier for features to get to relevant information. Microsoft doesn’t document exactly what is stored, where it is stored, and how it is used, so we must poke around in the innards of mailboxes to see what we can discover.

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