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Microsoft recently added a new tier of load balancer to Azure, the Standard Load Balancer, in addition to the previous (now renamed) Basic Load Balancer. In this post, I will compare the two and explain why you might opt to deploy the Standard Load Balancer.

Take a look how Microsoft is better at security than you are, how you can control external sharing, me showing some self-control on telling you about PowerApps, getting better performance, and my personal sadness around OneNote.

We’re just a few weeks away from the Microsoft Build conference, where historically, a lot of announcements are made.

SharePoint continues to be awesome and Microsoft continues to make cool investments. Check out this month’s news and highlights.

This month, Windows 10 goes on a diet, the April Update is delayed, and Project Honolulu reaches general availability as the Windows Admin Center.

Microsoft is significantly increasing the amount of storage for SharePoint Online which may allow you to save a few dollars each month.

Because this happens once a quarter, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at Microsoft’s earnings announcement and the information it provided to analysts after that announcement.

Microsoft is making available today a preview of Office 2019 and here is where you can download it.

Microsoft reported their Q3 earnings today and the company beat Wall St. expectations with strong Office and Cloud growth.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to access an Azure Windows Server virtual machine using the serial console independently of the OS and network.

Office 365 makes it easy to collaborate with external users through Office 365 Groups and Teams, both of which use Azure B2B Collaboration. In fact, collaboration is so easy that users might be carried away and share with all and sundry, including your competitors. Which is why it’s nice to have a policy to control sharing with certain domains that works for applications like Groups, Teams, and Planner.

In this post, I’ll look at why Windows Admin Center is the new GUI management tool of choice for Windows Server.