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Managing OneDrive Files On Demand in The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how you can manage the new OneDrive Files On-Demand feature in the Fall Creators Update.

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Amazon Announces New AWS EC2 P3 Instances

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Amazon recently announced the availability of new AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) P3 instances, which are ideal for computation-intensive activities.

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Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection Adds Support for Android, iOS, and Linux

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is expanding the footprint of Advanced Threat Protection with the ability to now monitor iOS and Android devices.

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Microsoft Wants LinkedIn to Help You Create Your Next Resume

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has a new tool for Office365 customers that uses LinkedIn data to help you build a better resume.

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Why the PowerShell Module for Teams is Critically Flawed

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has released a beta version of the Teams PowerShell module. The only problem is that the module is not very good. In fact, the module is very disappointing because it does not contain the cmdlets that an Office 365 administrator might except to automate operations around Teams. Maybe the 1.0 release will be better. We can only hope!

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The Five Big Benefits of the Hybrid Cloud

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The hybrid cloud has a lot to offer and here are the five biggest benefits of the new hybrid environments.

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Cloud Security: Create a Custom RBAC Role in Microsoft Azure

Last Update: Feb 07, 2025

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to add a custom Azure role for restarting virtual machines.

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Microsoft’s Next Great Challenge, Selling Microsoft 365

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is embarking on its next great SaaS challenge, convincing the enterprise that Microsoft 365 is not only a good service but that its software is better than the competition.

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Cray Supercomputers in Microsoft Azure

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Microsoft and Cray have announced a partnership that will bring physical Cray supercomputers to the Azure cloud.

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Managing Privileged Access to Active Directory

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at what you need to take into consideration when planning access to privileged AD groups.

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Big Brother Watches Your Email with Office 365 Supervision Policies

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Office 365 includes supervision policies to allow tenants to monitor email traffic between selected groups to ensure that they comply with regulations. Supervision policies are easy to set up, but be careful about the workload involved in processing the captured email.

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Understanding Microsoft 365

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post, I’ll discuss one of the hottest subjects that my customers want to learn more about; Microsoft 365.

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