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Are the GUI management tools still relevant for Windows Server? Russell Smith explains how we’re moving away from the traditional GUI in lieu of PowerShell.

Microsoft has announced that its Authenticator app for iOS is now compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140) security standard. The company says FIPS 140 compliance support is available for customers running Microsoft Authenticator version 6.68 and higher on iOS devices. Microsoft Authenticator is a popular two-factor authentication solution that helps users to secure…

  In this article, I’m going to show you how to audit security in Microsoft 365 with Access Reviews in Azure Active Directory (AAD). I’ll show you how to set up and run Access Reviews from the Azure management portal and using the Microsoft Graph and PowerShell. Azure Active Directory enables core collaboration with users…

To tune down the madness of March 2022, Microsoft’s offerings to the Power Platform community span changes to the model-driven app experience, an introduction “GPT-3” (what runs the “Ideas” in Power Apps), and some previews of some new independently made app connectors. March has been a great month to be a low/no-code developer, so let’s…

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Code Optimizations for Azure Monitor. The new AI-powered service enables customers to detect CPU and memory usage performance issues with their .NET apps and services. Microsoft first introduced the Code Optimizations feature (previously called Optimization Insights) in a limited preview back in March 2022. It’s part of the…

Windows Autopatch, an enterprise service that launched in public preview back in May, is now generally available for customers with Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 licenses. Microsoft’s new managed service enables IT Pros to automate the planning and deployment of Windows and Office updates. Essentially, Windows Autopatch uses deployment tools such as Windows Update for…

Microsoft has a new cloud service and if you read between the lines, this is the future of the company.

Satya Nadella announced a series of Microsoft Cloud expansions in Europe today. Key among them are “multiple” datacenters for just the U.K.

One of the most discussed products at VMworld was Docker. So what is Docker? Jeff James gives us an overview.

Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E5 plans offer a huge range of benefits and services. Knowing the differences between the two plans makes it easier to decide which one is right for your organization. In this article, I will compare the Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5 plans so you can make the right decision…