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[Sponsored] Overcoming Remote Desktop Challenges with Remote Desktop Manager

In today’s corporate environment IT administrators typically need to manage many different remote systems but it’s important to know the gaps in these offerings too.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – March 2020

Microsoft announces that it will pause Windows 10 optional updates starting in May and extend security updates for some Windows 10 version 1709 SKUs to October. There are also details on new features coming to Edge, an update to Microsoft Emulator for Windows 10X, and news that Microsoft Search integration with Windows 10 is being delayed until Q4 2020. Additionally, I provide some tips on working at home.

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Top Performance Tuning Tips for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Kick your Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V performance up a notch! Check out our top tips to fine-tune the performance of your Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

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The Best Hyper-V Training Resources

Looking to brush up on your Hyper-V skills? Aidan Finn serves up a comprehensive listing of some of the best online and offline Hyper-V learning resources.

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Has Microsoft Changed their Image?

The recent Windows 10 media event has tech enthusiasts excited about Microsoft. Is this the event that will change the perception of Microsoft going forward? Aidan Finn gives his take.

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How the Focused Inbox Replaces Clutter Inside Office 365

The Focused Inbox is the keynote feature of the Outlook for iOS and Android mobile clients. All other clients in the Outlook family have used the Clutter feature, which processes mail on the server and removes unimportant items into the Clutter folder. Now Microsoft is dropping Clutter and introducing the Focused Inbox across the entire Outlook family. Rationalization and commonality is good, especially when features that really work are made available to all clients. Here’s how the changeover will occur.

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Windows

How to Install Hyper-V on Windows Server Core

If you want to use Hyper-V on Windows Server Core, you’ll have to do that without a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which requires some knowledge about the different Hyper-V installation options? We’re going to explore them all in that guide, and we’ll also explain why you may find Windows Server Core to be a great…

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MJFChat: Bye, bye Windows 10X

Last Update: Jun 15, 2023

We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees;…

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Teams Won’t Replace Email but It Can Reduce Email Traffic

Some observers say that Teams will replace email. Well, Teams won’t because email still has so many advantages over what Teams offers. But Teams has its own capabilities that will lead it to take some of the traffic currently carried by email. Because of its internal focus, the traffic that moves to Teams is in-house chats, and Teams is a good place for those conversations to be.

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PowerShell

Filtering with PowerShell Where-Object: Easy Examples

Last Update: Oct 16, 2023

In this article, I’ll explain how to use the PowerShell Where-Object cmdlet to filter objects and data. I’ll provide a series of easy examples showing you how to filter files by name or date, how to filter processes by status or CPU usage, and more. When using PowerShell, you will often receive an extremely large…

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