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Amazon Brings RDS to AWS Outposts

AWS Outposts are essentially a hardware platform that runs on-premise but it is managed like the AWS cloud and they are now available with RDS support.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: July 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because we’re getting a little loopy during the pandemic, this edition of Short Takes looks at the push to $2 trillion in market cap, how Peggy Johnson is just like Stephen Elop, a metric ton of new Teams features, LinkedIn stealing your data, and so much more.

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Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling Coming to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Users can opt to enable hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling if their GPU and driver support it.

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Improving SharePoint Online Search with Bookmarks

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Bookmarks in SharePoint when used correctly, can help your users find what they need much faster but only if implemented correctly.

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Microsoft is Overhauling the Teams Meeting Experience

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is rolling out new features that will overhaul the meeting experience in Teams with new views, engagement tools, and more.

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Creating PowerShell Function Failsafes with WhatIf

Last Update: Jun 05, 2025

PowerShell function that supports the WhatIf parameter and how you can use it to make your PowerShell functions even more solid

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Working with Planner Data Through the Graph

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell has its Limitations I like using PowerShell to work with Office 365 data, but sometimes PowerShell isn’t the right tool. It might be too slow, or a PowerShell cmdlet isn’t available to work with some data. Planner is a good example. People have asked about reporting the plans available to a user or the…

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Microsoft Expands Edge Rollout to Education and Business Customers

Microsoft plans to roll out its new browser to business and education customers starting at the end of July.

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Teams Phones get New Capabilities for Meetings and Connection to Nearby PCs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has a new update for Teams Phones and it delivers on promises made back at Ignite in 2019.

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Exchange Online and Teams Get Important PowerShell Updates

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell Critical for Office 365 Although the Microsoft Graph is gaining popularity as the method for automating administrative processes for Office 365 workloads, there’s no doubt that PowerShell remains the most common automation tool. The two approaches can be mixed to create solutions when neither is quite good enough and Microsoft is still working on…

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Azure Active Directory Gets SMS-based Authentication and Email Address Sign-In

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Enable users to sign in to Azure AD using a phone number or with an alternate email address.

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Edge Browser Gets Alt Tab Integration in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build

Switching to recent tabs in Microsoft Edge is coming to Alt Tab.

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