Blog

The New-JobTrigger cmdlet in Windows PowerShell is a great way to set up scheduled jobs for better automation of daily tasks.

Jeff provides his must-learn skills for Windows System Administrators for a successful career, which include PowerShell and Microsoft Azure.

Find out about the differences between Azure Availability Sets and Affinity Groups, and when you should use which.

A recent leak reinforces an emerging view of Microsoft as being on the cusp of a new era of productivity. That is, while Microsoft is working to move its most successful traditional software products to popular mobile platforms and to the cloud, it is also working behind the scenes to effectively undercut those offerings with…

Learn how to access Azure Automation job history to troubleshoot problems with runbooks.

Aidan Finn explains how many cluster shared volumes (CSVs) you should have in a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server.

Learn about what’s new about Windows Server containers, which are coming soon to Windows Server 2016.

A controversial security expert who was removed from a United Airlines flight in April now claims that he had previously taken control of an airplane while in flight. But these claims are being challenged by other researchers, as are his methods, which seem to be aimed more at self-promotion than public safety. Chris Roberts, a…

PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks shows us how to test Active Directory user accounts with a custom function in PowerShell.

Aidan Finn shows us how to install the full user interface on Windows Server 2016, which is not the default option during installation.

Because I said so, that’s why, this week’s other news includes Microsoft’s complex new servicing plan for the many Windows 10 product editions, a rare win for Xbox One, Microsoft bricks leakers’ consoles, Azure comes out ahead of AWS and Google in new report, and Supreme Court may soon rule on Android’s illegal market gains….

Microsoft has pushed the notion of Windows as a Service. But this name has nothing to do with subscription services. Instead, it’s all about trust.