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Microsoft Provides a Much More Complete Look at Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft gives us a more complete look at Windows 10 at a press event held on the Microsoft campus. Paul Thurrott summarizes the highlights.

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Generate Office 365 Reports using PowerShell

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Russell Smith shows us how to generate reports in Office 365 using PowerShell in this step-by-step tutorial.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Enumerating Members of Large Active Directory Groups

Last Update: Jun 06, 2025

Jeff Hicks shows us how to use PowerShell to enumerate members of very large Active Directory groups.

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Microsoft: Windows 10 will be Free Upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 Users

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

At a Microsoft media event held at Redmond this morning, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be be a free upgrade for any users running Windows 7 or Windows 8 for a full year after the launch of Windows 10.

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Enabling Auto-Scaling for Azure VMs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Enabling Auto-Scaling for Azure VMs

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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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