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Outlook 2016 and its Many Connections to Office 365 Groups

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

If you examine the network connections opened by an Outlook 2016 client, you might find many connections established to the mailboxes belonging to Office 365 Groups. Using connections to grab data is fine, but why are the connections quite so persistent and what do they do anyway?

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Deploy Windows 10 Using MDT and WDS, Part 1: Create an MDT Deployment Share

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Learn how to deploy the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and import a Windows 10 image ready for distribution over the network using Windows Deployment Services (WDS).

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Remote Desktop to Azure VM Has Failed

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Walk through the troubleshooting steps for when you are unable to log into a Windows virtual machine (VM) in Azure via a remote desktop connection (aka RDP).

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Microsoft Shares New Azure Server Specs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Take a look at Microsoft’s newest contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), which gives us a peek behind the curtain and suggests what the next generation of Azure hosts will look like.

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Sponsored: Automate Office 365 User Licensing

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

If you need to ensure that users have the correct Office 365 licenses assigned, and that licenses are automatically revoked as users are deprovisioned, then look to a third-party solution, such as Softerra Adaxes, to automating licensing.

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Microsoft Says It’s Time To Dispel Some Cloud Myths. Do The Myths Apply to Office 365?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft CVP Julia White says that it’s time to dispel the top cloud myths of 2016. It’s good to have an opinion on these matters, but when an interested party like Microsoft advances a case that something is a myth, you have to ask yourself whether the myths are true or not. So here’s a look at those six top cloud myths in the context of Office 365.

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Microsoft and HPE Further Relationship To Expand The Hybrid Cloud

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft and HPE have announced that they are expanding their partnership to help train and advance the deployment of Azure Stack.

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Azure Backup Protects Against Deliberate Attacks

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft’s cloud backup solution, Azure Backup, has added new protections to defend your data against deliberate attacks. Find out what this means for you.

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Office 365 Achieved 99.99% Availability in Q3 2016. Does Anyone Still Care About Cloud SLAs?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

The news that Office 365 achieved 99.99% availability in the last quarter comes as no real surprise. As cloud services become ever more massive, it becomes harder for any incident to affect a service’s SLA in any meaningful way.

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Introduction to Windows Hello for Business

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell explains what Windows Hello for Business is and how it differs from Windows Hello for consumers.

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Leveraging OneNote: Build a Project Dashboard

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to use OneNote to build a project dashboard to keep track of each of your project’s statuses.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: November 23

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because it’s a short Thanksgiving work week here in the U.S., this edition of Short Takes focuses on Microsoft’s inadvertently racist email newsletter, Facebook selling its soul, and much more.

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