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Some Microsoft PowerPoint slides leaked over the weekend reveal a new “Nano Server” role in Windows Server vNext. Editorial Director Jeff James gives us his take on the news.

Learn how to test URIs and URLs with PowerShell in this how-to article by Windows PowerShell Microsoft MVP Jeff Hicks.

In this opinion post, Petri Contributing Editor Aidan Finn wonders what Steve Jobs would have done with Microsoft.

Want to setup single sign-on (SSO) for enterprise apps using Azure Active Directory? Russell Smith walks us through the process in this helpful tutorial.

Because you accept no substitutes, this week’s other news includes Microsoft at Mobile World Congress next week, Microsoft finally decides to replace IE with something that works, the salacious tale of a Microsoft employee’s expense account, why on earth is the PlayStation 4 so popular, and Apple is about to invent the Surface, er, iPad…

Russell Smith serves us three helpful ways to connect to the Office 365 Reporting Service from Excel for easier report viewing.

Russell Smith shows us how to delete Office 365 users and change account properties with Windows PowerShell.

Aidan Finn walks us through enabling Hyper-V to Azure DR replication by configuring a Hyper-V host or cluster to replicate to ASR.

Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks shows us how to pull data from log files using PowerShell and the Get-Content and Import-CSV cmdlets.

Gemalto this week admitted that it had indeed been hacked. But the world’s biggest maker of SIM cards says its encryption keys were never stolen or compromised.

Michael Simmons continues his SQL Server journey by reviewing key terms and concepts, along with a primer on SQL Server Management Studio.

Aidan Finn discusses how to choose the best Microsoft Azure disaster recovery replication methods for your work environment.