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The latest release of SQL Server 2019 has several important enhancements for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR). Let’s take a look at some of the main HA and DR changes in SQL Server 2019.

Before you perform an AAD domain join, you should understand the difference between an AAD domain-joined device and one that is registered with AAD.

Microsoft’s Teams application has added seven million daily active users in four months but the growth will not be slowing down anytime soon.

Outlook users are more than aware of the problems involved in message recall, a feature that’s only available in Outlook desktop and has a nasty habit of not working. The reasons why the feature fails are well known, but soon might be addressed by a new Exchange Online implementation that promises to work for all clients and across Office 365. Time will tell if careers and love can be rescued by the new message recall.

Since Microsoft open-sourced PowerShell in 2016, running it on Linux has become not only easier but a core part of the PowerShell roadmap. With PowerShell 7 in development, the stated goal is to make PowerShell accessible from not only Windows but Mac and Linux.

If you are looking to take or update existing Microsoft certifications, you might be wondering which are best to obtain and what technology path would be most beneficial. The certification program is in flux now as Microsoft gradually begins to move to role-based certifications, or workload-based as it is sometimes referred to, instead of focusing on specific products.

Intel releases microcode for CPUs affected by a new kind of MDS attack and says that previous microcode updates reduce the attack surface but don’t provide complete protection.

At Ignite 2019, I had a chance to talk to with Cayosoft about how they are making it easier to manage your Microsoft licenses.

At Ignite 2019, I had a chance to talk to Varonis about how they are helping customers find out where their valuable data is stored, how it’s being used, and where it is being accessed.

A review of Microsoft’s first Cybersecurity Summit in 2019.

At Ignite 2019, I had a chance to talk to Dona Sarkar about her new role, Power Apps, and how you can get started with digital upscaling.

This month sees Microsoft patch a zero-day in IE, a security advisory for TPMs, and release the Windows 10 November 2019 Update for seekers.