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Russell Smith shows us how to easily back up and restore Group Policy Objects with the help of PowerShell.

As part of its normal monthly Patch Tuesday, Microsoft this week patched the widely publicized FREAK flaw in all supported Windows versions. Overall, the software giant issued 14 separate security bulletins—all but two of which are for Windows—and fixed over 40 vulnerabilities. When the FREAK—for “Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys”—vulnerability was first disclosed a few…

Daniel Petri shows us an alternative method for managing local Active Directory groups, this time with the help of the “This group is a member of” Group Policy control.

Russell Smith walks us through improvements to his script used for automating domain controller deployment in Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft is suing Kyocera, a Japanese consumer electronics maker whose Android products it says are infringing on seven Microsoft patents. Kyocera is one of only a handful of Android device makers to refuse to license Microsoft’s relevant patents, following firms such as Motorola and Barnes & Noble, the latter of which eventually settled. “Among [the]…

Aidan Finn dishes out five reasons why he’s smitten with Microsoft Azure RemoteApp.

Jeff Hicks shows us an alternative way to create ZIP archives with PowerShell that doesn’t rely on using .NET compression classes.

Google quietly revealed last week that its unpopular Google+ social networking service is going to be split into multiple separate services, including Google Streams, Google Photos and Google Hangouts. The move follows a difficult few years for Google+, which was once seen as a connective layer across many of Google’s services for individuals. “The rumors…

Because Van Halen with Gary Cherone was most certainly NOT Van Halen, this week’s other news includes a super FREAKy revelation that Windows is also vulnerable to a decades-old encryption hack, news that’s not from Barcelona, Microsoft is looking to buy a social media news reader, Hillary Clinton was an email admin, and thieves are…

Blair Greenwood shares her list of top SQL Server experts on Twitter to follow on Twitter to make your SQL Server learning experience easier.

Daniel Petri walks us through the steps on managing local Active Groups with the help of Group Policy Restricted Groups.

An all-star lineup! Smartphones, tablets, hololens, fitbit…what’s up with all this technology?! Are we in tech overload? With all these advances in tech, let’s stroll down memory lane and look at how has technology has shaped our lives. What couldn’t you live without that you didn’t have growing up? We’ll be joined by an all-star line-up…