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Microsoft Trims Redstone Features To Focus On OneCore and Other Systems

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has made significant updates to their internal systems to make compiling new builds of Windows 10 faster but this extra development time has come at the cost of building features for Redstone.

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Microsoft Buys Minecraft for Education

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft announced this morning its acquisition of MinecraftEdu, a version of the blockbuster game Minecraft that is built for the classroom, for an undisclosed sum

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Microsoft Azure Prices Coming Down in February

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft made some positive headlines last week when they announced that some Azure prices would be coming down soon.

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Easier Deployment of Azure SQL VMs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is making it much easier for you to deploy SQL Server inside of Azure VMs in the Azure Portal.

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Microsoft Updates Team Foundation Server and VS Team Services Roadmap

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has updated their Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team Services roadmap to highlight the features that will be coming in 2016.

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Microsoft Brings Windows 10 to Retailers

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

While most people associate Windows with personal computing devices such as PCs, tablets, and phones, Microsoft is of course bringing Windows 10 to a much broader array of device types. And this week, Microsoft added retailing to that list.

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Microsoft Shares New Details On HoloLens: Up to 5.5 Hour Battery Life, Device Link And More

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

New details about Microsoft’s upcoming Hololens have been announced at an event in Tel Aviv that include battery life, connectivity and more.

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Create an Azure Premium Storage Account

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn shows us how to create an Azure Premium Storage Account, along with steps for deploying necessary storage for virtual machines.

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Microsoft Announces Limited Support For Windows 7 With Skylake CPUs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced that if you are planning to run Windows 7 on a Skylake CPU, there will be limited support for new machines that ends on July 17, 2017.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: January 15

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This week: Microsoft’s share of the enterprise cloud, the missing Windows 7 convenience rollup, Microsoft’s iOS porting tools move forward, Intel meets expectations while Xiaomi does not, and Xbox One just can’t catch a break.

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Windows 10 Tip: Use Cortana to Send Text Messages and Receive Missed Call Notifications

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows us how to send text messages using Cortana in Windows 10 and how to make sure missed call notifications are enabled.

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The Sams Report EP 24: Windows 10 Gets A New ARM, Windows 8 Says Goodbye

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

On this episode, I cover the all the news that Microsoft announced this week including how the company is working to speed up the adoption of Windows 10.

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