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Learn how to create numbered output lists with PowerShell in this article by PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

Learn how to apply and rollback security policies for Windows Server using the Security Configuration Wizard.

  European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Wednesday formally accused Google of violating antitrust laws by abusing its dominance in Internet search to harm competitors and consumers. Additionally, Ms. Vestager said that her European Commission was investigating whether Google forces phone makers to favor its own services on the Android mobile OS. Google controls…

Google is firing the latest salvo in the form of a host of new updates to a variety of Google Cloud Networking services.

Aidan Finn discusses how Microsoft is limiting their potential market by arbitrarily restricting features or limiting services to one or a few countries.

After a decade of steady exoduses by top Microsoft executives, a few are starting to return home: following in the footsteps of Stephen Elop, Kurt DelBene has returned to the software giant after two years serving the US Secretary of Health and Human Services and overseeing Healthcare.gov, the Obamacare web portal. DelBene has been named…

Jeff Hicks continues his article series on building a ping sweep tool with PowerShell. In this article, he shows us how to easily add parameter validation to our tool.

Russell Smith shows us how to easily create custom security policies for Windows Server using the Security Configuration Wizard to suit your organization’s business needs.

Learn how to easily find local user accounts using PowerShell with this step-by-step tutorial by Jeff Hicks.

Aidan Finn shows you how to deploy Microsoft Anti-Malware to Azure virtual machines at scale with scanning exceptions and schedules using PowerShell.

Because your Apple Watch isn’t arriving until June anyway, this week’s other news includes Microsoft’s mobile payments mulligan, the secret plan to advertise Windows 10 to Windows 7/8.1 users, PC sales fell again in the first quarter, Apple Watch debuts, the EU is serious about Google, and Lynda.com gets a big payday. Microsoft to try,…

Microsoft currently offers both on-premises Windows Server versions and Azure in the cloud. But with the coming generation of Nano Server capabilities in Windows Server vNext, the differences between these product lines are about to blur even further. You can learn more about Nano Server in Aidan Finn’s article, Microsoft Announces Nano Server. And be…