Because hazy, hot, and humid doesn’t even begin to explain the weather in Orlando, this edition of Short Takes looks some of the other news that came out of TechEd, er ah, Microsoft Ignite this week.
Microsoft is working on a new skills kit for enterprise customers that will make it easier to integrate the digital assistant into your workflow.
Because half the planet is waiting for their new iPhone to arrive this morning, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft coming victory in the cloud and its coming defeat in advertising, Microsoft Managed Desktop, another Google betrayal, and much, much more.
Because Microsoft can’t stop punching Windows 10 in the face, this edition of Short Takes looks at a foolish new ad in Windows 10, Microsoft v. Salesforce, an October Microsoft event, Apple’s new iPhones, and much, much more.
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell shows you how to stop Windows 10 updating device drivers automatically via Windows Update regardless of which edition of the OS you are running.
In this blog post, Russell looks at the story behind Windows Defender Application Control in Windows 10.
Because just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s continued concessions to the customers that matter most, an Office 365 throttling issue, weather v. Microsoft, and much more.
With the Windows 7 support window quickly coming to an end, Microsoft is throwing everything it has to make sure you will upgrade before time runs out.
When Microsoft announced Windows 10 and said that they were going to move Enterprise customers to a rapid update cycle, IT Admins from around the globe likely choked on their morning coffee. Microsoft’s ambitious task of modernizing the corporate world has been met with significant headwinds and the company is once again changing its stance…
In this Ask the Admin, Russell explains how you can defer Windows 10 Feature Updates by up to 18 months.