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How to Enable GPU Acceleration in Windows Containers

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Need a little extra GPU power inside your container? Here is how you can turn on GPU acceleration in Windows Containers.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition (April 2019)

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because it’s that time of the quarter again, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s most recent quarterly earnings.

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Microsoft Increases Minimum Storage Requirements for Windows 10 Feature Updates

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is increasing the minimum storage requirement for Windows 10 feature updates but if this impacts your environment, you have more than a year to find a solution.

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Teams PowerShell Module Generally Available (At Last)

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft released the generally available (1.0) version of the Teams PowerShell module on April 24. The Get-Team cmdlet receives a big makeover (and slowdown), but overall the module is solid and you shouldn’t need to make too many changes to scripts.

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Microsoft’s Q3 Earnings Jump 14% on Office and Cloud Growth

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has released earnings for its third quarter, calendar first quarter, with revenues of $30.6 billion with a Net Income of $8.8 billion. During the period, the company returned $7.4 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends.

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Windows Admin Center 1904 Reaches GA with Support for Active Directory

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Windows Admin Center 1904 is released with a host of new features and updates, including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP tools in preview.

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How to Uninstall and Reset Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions

Last Update: Jun 07, 2025

Here is how to uninstall and reset Linux distributions installed in Windows 10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

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How To Prepare for an App Service Migration

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s new tool to assist in cloud migrations can help you, but might be too limited for real world enterprise applications.

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SharePoint Launches Files Restore and New Admin Center

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Microsoft announced the Files Restore feature for SharePoint Online on April 22. It’s the kind of news we can expect as the SharePoint conference draws near, and it’s good news for Office 365 tenants. Some backup vendors might not be so keen as Files Restore makes it a tad harder for them to sell their backups. Small Office 365 tenants also got the news that the new SharePoint Admin Center is becoming the default. The new portal might even be ready soon.

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Microsoft’s G-Suite Migration Tools Begin to Rollout

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has started rolling out its new G-Suite migration tools to make the process of moving from Google’s to Microsoft’s productivity suite, a lot easier.

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Four Dangers of the Hybrid Cloud

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

While the security and redundancy provided with hybrid cloud setups is clearly documented, it’s important to keep these risk-factors in mind as you design your new environment.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: April 19

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because I heard you missed me, I’m back, this edition of Short Takes looks at Surface Flub 2S, Waas and Windows 7, it’s like a riding a bike, Microsoft makes AI and refuses to sell it to customers, Google introduces a browser ballot, and so much more.

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