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Everything You Need to Know About Windows — May 2018

This month I look at Windows 10 April 2018 Update woes, Progressive Web Apps in the Microsoft Store, new productivity features, and new security features in the next version of Windows.

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Enabling HTTPS on Windows Server 2008/2012 Certificate Authority for Web Enrollment

In this post, find out how to enable HTTPS on Certificate Authority for Web Enrollment on Windows Server 2008/2012, how to create a digital certificate template, and more!

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Is the Pro Edition of Windows 8 Sufficient for Your Small Business?

Does your SME need a push? Learn about the differences between Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise, including deploying in-house modern UI apps and more.

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How to Install a Replica DC in an Existing AD Domain on Windows 2000

Need a second Domain Controller for an Active Directory domain on a Windows 2000 Server? Daniel Petri shows you how it’s done.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2020

In January we finally said goodbye to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Microsoft made its new Edge browser generally available, fixed a search bug in File Explorer, and started rolling out Calls in Your Phone for Windows 10 19H1 and newer.

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Edge Transport Server Security, Part 2

In the first article in this series, I talked about the edge transport server’s role within an Exchange server organization, and I talked about the firewall port requirements associated with an edge transport server. In this article, I want to conclude the discussion by talking about some more techniques that you can use to ensure…

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How to Enable IMAP Access to Exchange Mailboxes

Virtually every modern email client supports the IMAP protocol. In this article, Microsoft Exchange expert Tom Finnis looks at the main reasons for implementing IMAP support on your Exchange Server and explains how to configure it with Exchange 2003 and 2007.

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Managing Windows Server 2008 Disk Quotas, Part 2

In the previous article in this series, I introduced you to the concept of quota template. Now that I have shown you how to create or modify a quota template, I want to wrap up the series by showing you how to actually implement a disk quota in Windows Server 2008. Implementing Disk Quotas By…

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because Microsoft announced its most recent quarterly earnings this week, this edition of Short Takes is going to obsess over the results, with a deeper dive into key parts of the business.

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NoMas Tool

The NoMAS Tool Abstract Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) can provide you with a useful tool called NoMAS. In this article I want to cover what the NoMAS tool is and under what circumstances you might want to use it. Note: This article is published with permission from www.msexchange.org What Is NoMAS? Well, I guess…

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