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Learn how to configure Remote Desktop Services collections in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Microsoft Windows 10 gets its birthday build. But the Anniversary Edition isn’t just about pushing consumers to upgrade before Friday’s freebie deadline. It also brings loveliness for professional users. Enterprises large and small will see it working more smoothly, reliably and securely—according to Redmond. But not everything smells of roses. In today’s IT Newspro, we dig the dirt on “1607”. [Updated 3:41 am PT with more comment]

Microsoft has completed the Anniversary update, also known as Redstone 1 and the company is now preparing for the full release to all 350 million Windows 10 users.

According to multiple reports, Verizon Wireless will announce as soon as Monday morning that it will acquire Yahoo’s core business for $4.8 billion. The firm will combine Yahoo with AOL, another former Internet giant, bolstering its digital media and advertising offerings.

Microsoft recently announced further expansion of the number of Azure regions (datacenter locations) and ExpressRoute (WAN) points of presence around the world. New Regions In the parlance of Microsoft Azure, a region is a geographic location with one or more data centers that Microsoft uses to run the Azure public cloud. When you deploy something…

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to deploy a Windows Server 2012 R2 Read Only Domain Controller (RODC).

Aidan shows how you can speed up and automate the deployment of Azure RemoteApp, Microsoft’s managed Remote Desktop Services farm in the cloud, using PowerShell. He also shares how you can use PowerShell to publish applications in the app collection and assign users access to those applications.

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including hitting RTM, OneWeek, Billions, Office upgrades and a bit of travel next week.

Because in Paris *personne ne peut vous entendre crier*, this edition of Short Takes focuses on some important questions about Microsoft’s earnings and lack of transparency, the relative success of Surface Hub, Intel vs. Qualcomm, Eric Snowden’s new product offering, and more.

Russell provides a closer look at the recently released Azure Usage and Billing Portal.

Microsoft’s Surface Hub, the device designed for the conference room and can cost as much as $21,999, is a hit and the company is ramping up production to meet demand.

Microsoft recently announced improvements to the storage options in the Azure Site Recovery (ASR) disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) solution in Azure. This post describes support for premium storage, encrypted storage, and support for locally redundant storage (LRS) accounts.