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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Windows Server Essentials can help small businesses manage File History, users recover files, and how it compares to other backup options.

Microsoft has released a new version of SharePoint and with it comes a couple new features to help you recover from an outage.

It’s the end of the month and if you missed any of the Azure announcements, we have you covered.

In this post, Aidan explains what Standard SSD Managed Disks is and how you can utilize the service.

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Server 2019 release improves its support for hybrid cloud scenarios.

Just before Microsoft’s Ignite conference got started this week, version 1809 of the Windows Admin Center and SDK reached general availability. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at some of the new features.

The Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a web portal for managing local or remote servers via a gateway that uses PowerShell Remoting and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) over WinRM. WAC will eventually replace Server Manager, and going forwards, is where Microsoft will make future investments in Windows Server GUI management.

Curious what new features Microsoft SQL Server 2014 offers? We’ve updated this guide with the latest info to help you decide if you’re due for an upgrade.

Windows Server 2019 is all about improved support for hybrid cloud scenarios, hyper-converged infrastructure, and security. In this Ask the Admin, Russell looks more closely at these features in Windows Server 2019.

September was Ignite month – I will get to that in a moment. That means there should be lots of news. And this should be a post full of Azure announcements. But will it be?