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Because “Linux user” is perhaps the ultimate personal technology oxymoron, this week’s other news includes the scary possibility of Microsoft open-sourcing Linux, the continued success of Windows XP one year after its death, the EU’s problem with US technology giants, the reality of Android malware, and a missed opportunity for Microsoft goes to Sony. Microsoft…

When working with SQL Server databases, the SQL COALESCE expression is commonly used to detect null values and provide a fallback or default value when dealing with nullable columns or expressions in SQL queries. It’s like a syntactic shortcut for the CASE expression, and it’s typically used to make subsequent calculations easier. In this article,…

The signs are that Office 365 will store more encrypted content as time goes by. But ISV products might not be able to process that content because they cannot decrypt it. All of which creates the prospect that you might archive or move data somewhere only to discover later that it is inaccessible. And that’s a bad thing.

Teams is the poster child for Office 365 right now, so it’s only right that Microsoft has refreshed the Teams UI a year into the app’s life. The changes look pretty good and are useful, even if the Who Bot might not be able to unpick the complexities of the organization you work for.

Because quarterly earnings are in the air, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Microsoft’s earnings announcement this week.

Shane Young dives into the different PowerShell for SharePoint Online and Office 365 cmdlets available, how to get them installed, and then the tricky part of connecting.

Splish, splash. EMC has announced their “Data Lake 2.0” strategy, and it’s time to get your Isilon’s enterprise bits to get all wet.

Russell Smith discusses Microsoft’s Drawbridge research project and how it could change they way we virtualize applications in Windows Server.

Microsoft has introduced several new features to its Microsoft Intune admin center. The company highlighted that these updates should help IT admins boost security and improve Defender Firewall management. Microsoft announced that Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Application ID tagging support is now available with Intune Firewall Rules policy. It enables customers to scope firewall…

Microsoft yesterday announced the launch of Adaptive Protection support in Microsoft Purview. The new solution leverages machine learning to help organizations detect potential malicious activities and mitigate insider risks with data loss prevention (DLP) controls. Last year, Microsoft announced a new product rebranding to bring together its Azure Purview data governance service with Microsoft 365…