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Find out about the new H-Series Azure virtual machine, which was launched by Microsoft at the Ignite Conference in Atlanta.

Microsoft is working on a new collaborative tool called Skype Teams and now we are starting to learn more about the individual features that will be included inside of the tool.

Microsoft has made a big thing about the one-click option in the Exchange Online Administration Center (EAC) to convert a traditional email distribution group to an Office 365 Group. However, the option only works for groups that consist of Exchange Online mailboxes.

Let’s examine whether there are any features in Windows Server 2016 that might be worth SMEs upgrading to it.

Aidan Finn walks you through the second technical preview release of Azure Stack, Microsoft’s on-premises version of Azure, that was released at Microsoft Ignite 2016 in Atlanta.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith appeared in Dublin this morning at the beginning of a multi-city trip to woo customers in Europe. And in a ceremonial beginning to this trip, the two announced a major new cloud infrastructure investment in Europe and … a new book.

Tony Redmond explores some things he found out or explored during the week, including a solid DLP roadmap for Office 365, how BMC Remedy creates incident tickets from DLP audit events, that Veeam now offers a backup for Exchange Online, how QUADROtech’s ADAM plans to drag public folders into the 21st century, and more.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the big week of Ignite, the Microsoft pivot that is occurring, and placeholders are making a return in a big way.

Because I already miss Atlanta, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Salesforce and Microsoft, Microsoft’s new AI-focused reorganization, Google’s new enterprise cloud push, Xbox strategy changes, China accuses Samsung of discrimination in Samsung Note 7 recall, and a ton of headline riffs.

There’s lots to hear and learn about with regard to Office 365 at the Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta this week. All of the product groups are putting their best face forward to impress and amaze customers with what has happened or what will happen inside the service. Here’s some of what I have been hearing.

As part of a sweeping series of announcements aimed at business customers on Thursday, Google announced that it is rebranding its Google Apps offering as G Suite. But the mission remains the same: Chip away at the popularity of Microsoft’s productivity offerings, in particular Office 365.

Find out how to synchronize OneDrive for Business using the Next Generation Sync Client in Windows 10.