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On this episode, I cover the all the news that Microsoft announced this week including the Windows 10 aggressiveness, IE 11 adverts, contemplating new fighting procedures, and much, much more.

Because Microsoft loves Linux and I feel weird, this edition of Short Takes focuses on some Microsoft/Linux musings, another PS 4 victory, Google’s self-driving car attacks a bus, a government filing and Apple backlash in encryption case, and a new F.C.C. privacy rule proposal.

Microsoft’s latest tactic to upgrade to Windows 10 is pushing advertisements to domain-joined machines that tells the employee that the admin is blocking updates.

Microsoft is targeting Oracle customers with a new offer for SQL Server 2016 as the company ramps up its marketing effort for the new platform.

As an IT pro facing the mammoth size and immense possibilities of Azure, trying to figure out what you should start doing in the cloud is… a challenge.

Microsoft has announced project Rigel that will bring a Surface Hub-like Skype experience to any conference room.

Resident PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks tackles the tricky problem of documenting something that isn’t there like service.

Russell Smith outlines Microsoft’s plans for its enterprise cloud storage service OneDrive for Business.

Microsoft has announced today that its Dynamics AX ERP product is available as a service in 137 markets and in 40 different languages.

To get the most out of PowerShell you need to understand the pipeline. PowerShell guru Jeff Hicks offers some beginner guidance.

Microsoft will be making significant changes to its MVP program in the next several months that will impact consumer product members.

While some are scrambling to explain why Microsoft’s decision to port SQL Server to Linux makes sense, a more pressing question emerges: Which other Microsoft solutions can or should head to Linux in the future?