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Microsoft needs to build the next generation of Windows that runs in Azure and is streamed locally if it hopes to compete with Chromebooks, Android, and iOS.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Microsoft’s Role-Based Access Control can help you manage administrator access to its Mobile Device Management service.

Microsoft has new tools to migrate public folders (the “cockroaches of Exchange”) to Office 365 Groups. Sounds good. The good news is that the tools work, even if they need a lot of manual oversight. ISVs offer tools to do the same job with more automation. The choice is yours!

Because it’s time to go back to school, this edition of Short Takes looks at the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Windows Mixed Reality, a digital personal assistant fail, and much, much more.

Aidan Finn discusses how you can achieve better networking performance with Azure virtual machines by using a feature called Accelerated Networking.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the benefits of cloud storage and why a combination of cloud and on-premises solutions is sometimes a happy medium.

Amazon recently announced several updates to the company’s application streaming service, AppStream 2.0, including domain join, simple network setup, and more!

Aidan Finn explains how all actions in Azure are recorded, can be archived for long term retention, and searched.

Anyone who is using Microsoft Teams has been waiting patiently for guest access and while the company isn’t saying anything publicly, there is progress on this feature.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains why SCM was killed off and how the Security Compliance Toolkit stacks up in comparison.

If you use Office 365 and store documents in SharePoint or OneDrive for Business, the Office applications can autosave as you work to ensure that you never lose any content. It’s a good idea and the implementation works well. But I have a slight nagging doubt about the network impact for some tenants.

Aidan Finn explains how JIT access to Azure virtual machines enables you to further secure virtual network deployments and enable on-demand access to the machines.