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It was a busy month for Office updates and if you missed any of them, you can catch up quickly with this post.

With August coming to an end, it’s time to catch up on all the SharePoint news announced this month.

Aidan summarizes what’s been going on in Azure IaaS in August, and I’ll also discuss a few features and services that you might have missed or forgotten about.

This month sees lots of changes in Windows Server 2019 Insider builds, Microsoft announced more efficient Windows 10 updates, and a last minute zero-day drama.

Because my kid is 20 and I need parental leave, this edition of Short Takes looks at a big boost for consumer Office 365, a possible inroad for Google in the enterprise, Microsoft’s liberal agenda, AI vs. bank crime, and much more.

In this opinion post, Aidan shares what my experience of owning and using a Surface Pro for work has been like over the last six months.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains the changes that Microsoft is making to full, delta, and express updates in Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 version 1809.

Microsoft is introducing new quality-of-life updates for Office 365 but they still will not let consumers buy more storage.

Google is working to make it easier to use Windows with G-Suite and may soon enable the ability to login to Windows with G-Suite credentials.

You can create an Office 365 retention policy to process Teams channel conversations and personal chats, but how do you prove that the policy is working? As it turns out, the only way is by checking the mailboxes where Teams stores compliance items and the statistics generated by the Exchange Online Managed Folder Assistant.

Aidan explain’s how you can back up folders & files that have been synchronized and/or tiered to the cloud with Azure File Sync.

If you are running Windows Server 2016, you already have a robust set of DR tools at your disposal but the question is, are you utilizing them?