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IT Governance with Azure Policy

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to control the properties users can select when provisioning resources in the Azure cloud.

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Disaster Recovery Features in Windows Server 2019

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has released a new version of SharePoint and with it comes a couple new features to help you recover from an outage.

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Edge (Chromium) for the Enterprise

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith takes a preliminary look at whether Microsoft’s shift to using Chromium in its Edge browser will affect enterprise adoption.

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Choosing an Azure Virtual Machine – December 2018

Last Update: Apr 01, 2025

Aidan breaks down what you need to know before choosing an Azure virtual machine.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: December 21

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because it’s not going to be a white Christmas, this edition of Short Takes looks at Windows Sandbox, a Microsoft Edge urban legend, a zero-day flaw in IE, a new Surface market, and much, much more.

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DR Fail Over of Azure App Services Using Automation

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post, I will explain how you can implement disaster recovery failover for an application that has been built on Azure’s App Services and Azure SQL. Business Continuity One of the great things about Azure is how easy it can be to solve some of the old business & technology challenges, especially if you…

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Microsoft Will Remove a Significant Windows 10 Enterprise Pain Point in 2019

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

With the next major update to Windows 10, the company is going to remove a significant pain point from the process for the end-user.

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Using PowerShell to Check Group or Team Membership

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell is great at getting lots done for Office 365 administrators. As an example, here are a couple of ways to check the membership of an Office 365 Group or a Microsoft Team to find out whether a specific user is already present. You might never need to use this tip, but then again, it’s always surprising when PowerShell comes to the rescue.

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Microsoft’s Releasing a new ‘Office’ app for Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is releasing a new Office app for Windows 10 that is designed to make it easier to switch between apps and dive into previous tasks.

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How To Get NTFS File Permissions Using PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes a look at using PowerShell to determine the NTFS permissions set on files and folders.

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Windows Sandbox: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment for Running Untrusted Apps

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has a new sandbox feature for Windows 10 that makes it safer to run untrusted apps without exposing your entire device to the threat.

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To Make Office 365 Smarter, Microsoft’s Getting More Ambitious with Internal AI Testing

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft will start a mass data collection practice for US employees that the company hopes will help them improve their AI and ML data models.

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