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My PowerShell Troubleshooting Toolkit Expanded

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Jeff Hicks returns to his PowerShell troubleshooting toolkit in this insightful how-to article.

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All Eyes on Redmond with Windows 10 on the Horizon

Learn why you should tune into this week’s Windows 10 event, along with Paul Thurrott’s thoughts on why he thinks the new OS from Microsoft will be its best yet.

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Create and Manage Azure Active Directory Administrative Units

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Azure Active Directory Administrative Units are a great way to limit the scope of administrative roles. Learn how to create and manage them in this how-to article by Russell Smith.

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British Man Arrested in Connection with Xbox Live, PSN Attacks

In his first news post for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Paul Thurrott discusses the arrest of a British man in connection with of the Christmas Day 2014 DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

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Paul Thurrott Joins the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Launches Thurrott.com

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

We’re happy to announce that SuperSite for Windows founder Paul Thurrott has joined the Petri IT Knowledgebase in addition to launching an all-new tech site at Thurrott.com.

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Use PowerShell to Create and Assign Licenses to Office 365 Users

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Russell Smith walks us through how to use PowerShell to create and assign licenses to Office 365 users in this helpful tutorial.

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How to Prevent Forwarding or Replying to all Recipients in Outlook

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Here’s a helpful tip for when you want to restrict replying or forwarding to all recipients for your email items in Microsoft Outlook.

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A Cipher Best Practice: Configure IIS for SSL/TLS Protocol

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

Daniel Petri shares a tool that makes it easy to configure protocol orders and ciphers without the need for manual and tedious work.

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Episode 8: January 15, 2015 Guest: Stefanie Holland

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Security breaches, cloud privacy and data loss have been a hot topic of concern for many business in 2014 for not only IT departments but also the legal departments of these businesses. How is the business impacted and what legal concerns do they need to be aware of? Join us as we chat with our special…

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Saving Money with Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Land your next job promotion by following this helpful advice from Aidan Finn for reducing the cost of virtual machines running in Azure.

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Open a Command Prompt in Full Screen in Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Daniel Petri shares a quick tip on how to easily open a command prompt in a full-size window in Windows 10.

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The Perils of Working from Home

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith shares some practical advice if you’re considering to work from home before you decide to make the move permanent.

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