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Microsoft signed a partnership with Acer that will see Office and other apps preinstalled on the device maker’s phones and tablets. In doing so, Acer joins a lengthy and growing list of device makers that have aligned with Microsoft.

Branches, rings, and flights are all terms that Microsoft uses to describe processes for software graduation and in this post, we help to clear up the differences.

PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks demonstrates how to find duplicate commands in PowerShell and how to avoid problems.

Learn how to add Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 Nano Server to an Active Directory domain using the Offline Domain Join (djoin) tool.

Following in the august footsteps of China, Russia is the latest totalitarian state that is publicly seeking to “ban” Microsoft Windows and replace it with less U.S.-centric technologies.

PowerShell expert trainer Jeff Hicks offers suggestions on how to spend your first 30 minutes with PowerShell. Don’t grab a book, open the console.

Microsoft has released a new website that makes it easier to find the change logs for any patch that is released for Windows 10.

Learn about what fast startup is in Windows 10 and how to disable it.

Aidan Finn performs several different tests to determine performance of aggregating standard data disks in Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft has been forced to radically change its mobile strategy because it could not gain any sizable market share.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows us how to format messages in Slack to make channel feeds easier to read.

Aidan Finn plays with the biggest virtual machine in Microsoft Azure, the GS5, and explains the cost and performance implications for using it.