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Microsoft’s Surface Hub Is Here For the Long Haul

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s Surface Hub is here to stay, the product is selling well with the average order size being 50 units; the company is adding additional resellers too.

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Bad Cookies Spell Trouble for Office 365 Admin Center

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

It’s reasonably common for an HTTP 400 error to occur when accessing an Office 365 page. The Office 365 Admin Center seems to be particularly susceptible to the problem. What can you do when an Office 365 page barfs?

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: December 9

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Because I can still hear Marc Benioff screaming, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition, a new Premium Assurance offer for enterprises, the U.S. Supreme Court rules for Samsung, and so much more.

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PowerShell and XML Fundamentals

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn some basic concepts and commands for using XML with PowerShell.

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My OneNote Wishlist

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

A wishlist of features I would love for the OneNote team to add to OneNote.

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Initialize and Format a Disk in Windows Using Disk Management

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Initialize and format a disk using Disk Management.

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Sponsored: Securing Windows Containers with Hyper-V

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

A malicious user could break out of a container if they uncover a design fault in the implementation of containers or an unpatched OS vulnerability. However, Windows Server addresses these security challenges by providing the option to place containers into Hyper-V partitions

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Microsoft Reboots Its Mobile Strategy With Cellular PCs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is about to reboot its mobile strategy, again, but this time they have a new arsenal of features that will make the transition much smoother.

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Microsoft Wants You to Use the Outlook Brand Correctly (but OWA is still OWA and Outlook’s the fat client)

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft set out to rename OWA as Outlook on the web last year. That effort never gained real acceptance in the Exchange community, but in fact the project isn’t to rebrand OWA. Instead, it’s all about preserving and building out the Outlook brand across multiple clients and different experiences. Microsoft is struggling against the weight of history here, so don’t expect any great success anytime soon.

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Microsoft Is Bringing Windows 10 To ARM, x86 Apps Included

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced a strategic shift for how it will bring Windows 10 to mobile devices; x86 emulation on ARM chips to enable running classic applications.

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Microsoft Details Event Line Up For 2017, Build Heads To Seattle

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft is making big changes to its conferences for 2017 with Build heading to Seattle and Envision being combined with Ignite.

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Best Practices for Domain Controller VMs in Azure

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan explains the best practices and support policies for deploying domain controllers (DCs) as virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.

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