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Enterprise Agenda: The Great Migration of 2016

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this edition of the Enterprise Agenda, it’s time to start preparing for the great migration to Windows Server 2016 and we have a guide to help you get started.

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What Is Microsoft Flow?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post I’ll provide a brief overview of IFTTT and Zapier and Microsoft’s contribution to the user-friendly, user-powered workflow services tool, Microsoft Flow.

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The Sams Report EP 53: Testers Unite In The Middle Of The Night

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including more issues with the Anniversary update, patches going rouge, and fragmentation.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 26

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because my Kindle broke my webcam or something, this edition of Short Takes focuses on whether Excel should be blamed for scientific tunnel vision, why iPhone users need to check for updates right now, Windows 95 and Linux milestones, Xbox One S demand is better than expected, and more.

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MS Excel’s Science SNAFUs — Bug or User Error?

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Microsoft Excel causes problems in genetic research. That’s the claim of three researchers from an Australian institute, who discovered almost 20% of data sets contained errors introduced by Excel. The problem is Excel being “clever”—guessing the type of data it’s being asked to import. Unfortunately…

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Filtering PowerShell with the Where Method

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell guru Jeff Hicks shows how to use the Where() method to do similar filtering tasks that you might use Where-Object for. In some cases, the Where() method does more.

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Microsoft Delivers Another Bad Update, Breaks PowerShell with Latest Patch

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This week, Microsoft released a new patch for Windows and the update has done more harm that good as it broke a basic feature of PowerShell.

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Microsoft Targets VMware Customers with ‘Free’ Windows Server License

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced a new offer to VMware customers that will give them a free Windows Server license if they switch to Hyper-v but there are some other caveats too.

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Veeam Announces Availability Platform for the Hybrid Cloud, Office 365 Backup Tools

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Veeam has announced a suite of new tools that will be coming later this year that will make it easier to backup, recover and migrate data in your data center.

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Microsoft Windows 10 vs. EFF Privacy Voice — Fight!

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft Windows 10 comes under fire for privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week reopened the case against Redmond’s telemetry and personalization efforts. Despite acknowledging previous press stories were wildly incorrect, EFF paralegal staffer Amul Kalia argues his case with sincere passion…

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DIY PST Imports Using Azure Blob Storage

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

The Office 365 Import Service does a good job of “bringing data home” by ingesting PST files and other data into Exchange Online mailboxes and SharePoint Online libraries. But sometimes you just want to do your own thing – and you can with the New-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet.

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Microsoft Acquires Genee, A Smarter Way To Schedule Meetings

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has announced that they have acquired Genee, a smarter way to schedule meetings that uses artificial intelligence to coordinate meetings between recipients.

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