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How to Rename a Windows Device

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith shows us two different approaches to renaming Windows devices.

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Migrate Windows Server 2003 File Servers using Windows Server Migration Tools

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Russell Smith shows us how to migrate Windows Server 2003 file servers using Windows Server migration tools.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Identify Folders with Blocked Inheritance Using PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us how to leverage PowerShell to identify, enable, and reset folders with blocked inheritance.

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FREAK Flaw Leaves Web Sites and Mobile Devices Exposed

Many web sites and mobile devices are at risk of electronic attack thanks to a newly discovered security vulnerability that dates back to the 1990s. Dubbed FREAK, this vulnerability was inadvertently caused by the lifting of strong encryption requirements for products exported from the United States over two decades ago. FREAK—for “Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT…

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Using PowerShell and WMI to Find Folders by File Type

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to use PowerShell and WMI to find file folders by type in this article by PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

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Replicating Hyper-V Virtual Machines to Microsoft Azure

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Aidan Finn provides step-by-step instructions for replicating Hyper-V virtual machines to Microsoft Azure.

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Google Announces Plans for Hybrid Wireless Service

Google plans to enter the US wireless market with a hybrid “Wi-Fi first” service that will seamlessly bridge Wi-Fi and cellular data connections, and provide voice, text and data capabilities across both. As with the firm’s fiber optic efforts, this “experiment” will start at a small scale and not immediately threaten the four big wireless…

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Leaked Slides Reveal Windows Server vNext Nano Server Role

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.

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Testing URIs and URLs with PowerShell

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

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

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What Would Steve Jobs Have Done With Microsoft?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

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

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Configure Single Sign-On to Enterprise Apps using Azure Active Directory

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

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.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: February 27, 2015

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

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…

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