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Microsoft has announced today at JSConf in Florida that they will be open-sourcing key components of its Chakra JavaScript engine under the ChakraOne name.

Jeff Hicks shows us a way to use PowerShell’s Get-Service cmdlet to work with the commonly used ComputerName property.

Microsoft has announced today that it’s Build conference will be taking placing March 30th to April 1st 2016 and that it will be hosted in San Francisco.

Microsoft has announced details on Windows Server 2016 licensing, which includes a switch to a per-core licensing model.

On this episode, I talk about Windows 10’s new development process, updates to the Surface Book and Pro 4, and being blunt about the current state of Windows 10 Mobile.

Because every day without snow this winter is to be celebrated, this week’s other news includes a major Windows Server 2016 licensing change, “record” Xbox One sales over Black Friday, Samsung will finally pay Apple its blood money, activist investors circle Yahoo like sharks, and appeals panel will rule on net neutrality.

Aidan Finn shares his opinion on what it means for IT pros to adopt an infrastructure as code approach.

Learn how to check the status of critical services on your Active Directory domain controllers, along with tips for managing at scale with PowerShell.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was always plain-spoken and honest, and that apparently hasn’t changed a bit since his departure from the company. This week, Microsoft’s biggest shareholder offered his opinion of the firm. And Ballmer offered some overt criticisms that Microsoft should take very seriously.

Learn how to scale out WMI commands in PowerShell by using PowerShell remoting.

The Yahoo board of directors will meet this week to determine the fate of the flailing company. And one of the options on the table is for Yahoo to sell off its core assets—online services like Yahoo.com and Yahoo Mail—and effectively end the 20-year-run of the one-time Internet powerhouse.

Learn how to deploy Windows Server Containers with direct network connectivity and DHCP-assigned IP addresses.