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The new Petri forums are open for business

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Hi. It’s me again. Your Community Magnate for Petri.com is back.

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Microsoft Needs A Quality Review

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan is convinced that Microsoft needs an “XP SP2” fix to everything that they are doing today; he explains why in this post.

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Using Office 365 Sensitivity Labels

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Sensitivity labels allow Office 365 tenants to encrypt messages and documents very easily. That is, as long as you have applications that understand labels. A preview version of the AIP client integrates a Sensitivity button in the Office desktop applications, but we must wait for native integration across desktop, web, and mobile clients.

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What You Need to Know About Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Using the cloud for backup and recovery is a choice many businesses utilize but make sure you understand the entire picture before moving to that recovery model.

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Getting creative with SharePoint News

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jasper shows how the latest News Web Part in combination with SharePoint Page Properties can create new ‘news’ experiences/

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Microsoft Launcher 5.0 for Android Brings Timeline Support

Last Update: Jun 27, 2025

While Microsoft has finally re-released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) since the rollout was paused early October, the company has been busy with version 5.0 of its Launcher software for Android phones, which now supports Windows 10 1803’s one new major feature, Timeline.

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Good News for Office 365 as Microsoft Acquires FSLogix

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft announced on November 19 that they had acquired FSLogix, a developer of software aimed at easing the pains of VDI deployments. The news is good for Office 365 tenants because if there’s one suite that needs to have some VDI pain eased, it’s Office 365.

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Patch Tuesday November 2018

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft rereleases Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 version 1809, and patches 62 flaws, 13 of which are rated critical.

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Unifying Office 365 Sensitivity Labels with Azure Information Protection

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The new sensitivity labels available in Office 365 bring marking and protection functionality for Exchange and SharePoint that was previously only available with Azure Information Protection. In this article, we consider how to migrate AIP labels to Office 365 so that users can encrypt their way to happiness.

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Cross Platform Azure Az PowerShell Modules

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan takes a look at the preview “Az” PowerShell modules that are designed to be a replacement for the older AzureRM modules and AzureRM.Netcore.

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Microsoft’s Releasing Tools to let Companies Build their Own Cortana

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has released a new set of tools that will allow companies to build their own version of Cortana.

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Microsoft’s Bringing Cognitive Services to a Container Near You

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is working to extend the reach of its cognitive services with the release of new features that can run in containers.

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