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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: September 25, 2015

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because you need to leave this one to the professionals, this week’s other news includes a potential US antitrust case against product bundling in Android.

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Microsoft Has Released A New App To Make Scheduling A Meeting Less Awful

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has released an app that attempts to take the pain out of scheduling a meeting and is currently available for iOS users with Android coming soon.

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Microsoft Releases Outlook Groups App for Mobile

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s Outlook Groups app for Android, Windows and iOS mobile devices gives users access to Office 365 Groups.

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U.S./China Cyber Security Agreement to Fall Short of Original Goals

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

U.S president Barack Obama will meet with Xi Jinping, the president of China, in Washington D.C. today. A possible cyber-security agreement is top-of-mind.

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Hyper-V Host Memory Utilization with PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

Jeff Hicks provides some PowerShell tricks for determining your Hyper-V host memory utilization.

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Microsoft To Release A Custom Windows 10 Experience For Baidu Users In China

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Baidu that will allow them to sell the OS in that country with a custom experience for local users.

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Microsoft to Combat Advanced Persistent Threats

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft is working on a new project, code-named “Sonar,” to offer “malware detonation as a service,” according to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley. What could this mean? In this article, I will explain Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and how the security industry is adapting to deal with them. Traditional Malware Detection Way back when I was in…

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PowerShell Problem Solver: CSV Import Tricks and Tips

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Import CSV files into PowerShell with these handy tips and tricks from IT veteran and PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

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Microsoft appoints a new leader of Outlook to keep the client fresh

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s email application, Outlook, is likely one of, if not the most used, email applications on the planet and the product is getting a new leader.

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Microsoft’s Skype Outage Blamed On Configuration Change

Last Update: Jun 27, 2025

Earlier this week, Microsoft’s Skype was knocked offline for several hours and the company is now coming forward about what caused the outage

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Microsoft, Google and Others Invest in CloudFlare

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft, Google and others are the latest companies to invest in CloudFlare, a content delivery network that protects websites and improves reliability.

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Building A Disaster Recovery Solution That Fits Your Budget

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is growing 50% year-over-year and on pace to become a $12 billion market by 2020.

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