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Hyper-V is an optional feature in Windows 10 that can be used to run virtual machines (VMs) and perform other virtualization duties, such as supporting Credential Guard and Windows Sandbox. Like all Windows 10 features, you can add or remove Hyper-V using Turn Windows features on or off in the Programs and Features applet of the legacy Control Panel, PowerShell or DISM.

Microsoft’s decision to make its partners pay commercial rates for software licenses might seem logical at first glance, but it’s not helpful in a world where cloud technologies change so often. The problem I have is that anything that might prevent partners acquiring knowledge about Microsoft technologies is a bad thing for customers who depend on those partners. It should be interesting to see if any spirited debates happen at next week’s Inspire conference.

In this Ask the Admin, I look at what you need to know before connecting a high resolution 4K display to a notebook.

Microsoft introduced support for like reactions in OWA in 2015. Teams also supports likes, but it also supports other reactions to messages from sad to angry. Knowing how to use these reactions is a social minefield. On a serious notes, reactions are not currently stored in Teams compliance records in Exchange Online, which is a problem if people react to messages with likes.

Are you curious about what an Azure App Service plan is, exactly? In this article we’ll dive into the essence and capabilities of an App Service plan.

Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) now offers an advanced set of features to Office 365 E5 tenants. You can have messages with specific branding delivered to different domains. Advanced OME also includes message revocation. Branding is a feature that will appeal to a limited set of tenants, but it would be nice if revocation was available to a wider set of Office 365 tenants.

Microsoft is once again changing up how it will service Windows 10; while these updates are not as significant, they do move the cheese a little bit again.

As Microsoft wraps up its 2019 fiscal year, the company made several significant announcements for Office 365 in the month of June.

What happened in June with SharePoint? A lot of reminders but also a little bit of a look towards the future.

This month Microsoft releases Edge preview builds for older versions of Windows, an early preview version of Windows Terminal makes its way to the Microsoft Store, the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 previews in Windows 10 Insider build 18917, and Microsoft patches NTLM relay attack vulnerabilities.

Each month Microsoft adds new features and updates existing products for Azure, here’s the updates you need to know about for June.

Microsoft made the Windows 10 May 2019 Update and Windows Server version 1903 available for download May 21st.