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Aidan Finn outlines the new features of Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V that were announced at Microsoft Ignite 2015.

In this final installment in this article series on building a PowerShell ping sweep tool, Jeff Hicks shows us how to easily add a port check to our existing tool.

The market researchers at IDC say the China smart phone market contracted in the first quarter, the first time it has done so in six years. Though China is the world’s largest market for smart phones, this doesn’t necessarily suggest that a worldwide slowdown in smart phone sales is imminent, as emerging markets should pick…

Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Jeff Hicks does some keyword analysis on the Ignite session catalog and comes up with some interesting data.

Russell Smith discusses how two-factor authentication will be made easier with Microsoft Passport in Windows 10.

Because Microsoft just held Build 2015 and Ignite 2015 back to back and I’m still not done traveling, this week’s other news includes conflicting rumors about Microsoft’s interest in buying Salesforce, how Windows as a service will impact Patch Tuesday, the higher cost of Office 365, Uber bids for Nokia’s HERE business, NSA data collection…

At its Ignite 2015 conference this week in Chicago, much of the talk centered on Azure and Office 365, coming on-premises server products, device management, and even cross-platform compatibility. But I was most interested in how Microsoft would present Windows 10 on the eve of its initial release. Did the software giant make a compelling…

Microsoft has announced the date and location for Microsoft Ignite 2016, and it looks like it will be coming back to Chicago.

Russell Smith shows us how to Install Windows Server 2016 Nano in a VM in this brief how-to article.

Aidan Finn reports on how Microsoft is trying to rebuild their relationship with IT pros, starting with the keynote at Microsoft Ignite 2015.

The General Court of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot register trademarks for the Skype name and logo. The reason? The name is too similar to that of British broadcast giant Sky, and its distinctive logo is too general. Yep, it’s déjà vu all over again. This is the second time Microsoft has…

It’s Citrix Synergy Week! Join us to discuss what Citrix CTP’s Dane Young (@youngtech), Carl Webster (@carlwebster), and Theresa Miller are most excited about in the spaces of virtualization and enterprise mobility.  Covering the conference highlights from the keynote to the exhibit hall, join us to find out what we really think.