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As a companion to my series on managing Windows Server with Puppet Enterprise, this short two-part article will guide you through installing your own Puppet 5 server on Red Hat Linux in Hyper-V.

July was a busy month for Azure announcements, in this post, we wrap it all up so that you can stay up to date on the latest announcements.

This month Microsoft trials a new managed desktop service as part of Microsoft 365 in the US and UK, Windows gets leap second support and a new time protocol, and Windows Update will use machine learning to learn when you’ve gone for a coffee break.

The month of July had quite a few Office 365 announcements, here’s a wrap-up of what was announced.

It was a busy month of SharePoint announcements, Shane wraps it all up into one easy to digest post.

Office 365 content searches can find all sorts of information, but they cannot decrypt protected files in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business sites. This prompts the question of how to deal with protected files exported by a search. As it turns out, the combination of a rights management superuser and some PowerShell makes short work of unprotecting files so that they can be read by all.

Microsoft has a new firewall feature for Azure and in this post, Aidan breaks down how it works and how to use it.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes a look at Azure AD Password Protection and why Microsoft believes it will improve Active Directory security.

Looking to see what the pro’s use every day? Aidan shares the apps that help him in the workplace.

Microsoft has announced Remote Desktop Web Client general availability for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview.

Office 365 apps like Teams, Groups, Planner, and SharePoint support guest user access, so they create guest accounts. Those accounts are pretty bare-boned, but you can liven them up by adding details, including user photos – which you might just copy from LinkedIn.

Google is adding new features to G Suite, the company’s productivity platform that rivals Office 365.