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Microsoft Edge – Performance vs. Battery Life

Despite Microsoft’s claim that its Edge browser in Windows 10 is faster than Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, putting Edge through its paces in several different benchmark tests shows that it is slower in those that simulate real-world usage.

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How to Connect Existing Office 365 Groups with a Microsoft Team

In this how-to article I show you how easy it is to connect an existing Office 365 Group to a team within Microsoft Teams.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 2, 2015

Because the altitude is getting to me, this week’s other news includes Microsoft’s new social networking features for email, and a whole lot more.

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What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft announced Windows Server 2012 R2 this morning at Microsoft TechEd 2013. Check out this early glimpse into what Server 2012 R2 has to offer.

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Security

SQL Server Essentials: How to Create a Simple Backup Job in SQL Server

Last Update: Jul 24, 2023

Creating backups is one of the most important duties of an SQL Server database administrator, and there are a number of different ways to back up your most important databases. In this article, I’ll explain how to create a simple SQL Server backup job using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The different ways to create…

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Transforming Exchange Distribution Groups to Office 365 Groups

Microsoft has made a big thing about the one-click option in the Exchange Online Administration Center (EAC) to convert a traditional email distribution group to an Office 365 Group. However, the option only works for groups that consist of Exchange Online mailboxes.

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Wrapping Up Ignite: More Office 365 Snippets

Tony Redmond explores some things he found out or explored during the week, including a solid DLP roadmap for Office 365, how BMC Remedy creates incident tickets from DLP audit events, that Veeam now offers a backup for Exchange Online, how QUADROtech’s ADAM plans to drag public folders into the 21st century, and more.

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Everything You Need to Know About Office 365 – July 2018

The month of July had quite a few Office 365 announcements, here’s a wrap-up of what was announced.

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What The ?S#& is Microsoft Syntex?

What The ?S#& is Microsoft Syntex?

Last Update: Jul 14, 2023

Understanding the new Microsoft Syntex announcements at BUILD   Thank you to our episode sponsor Specops. For a Specops free security audit, click here: https://password.specopssoft.com/unplugit   Transcript Stephen Rose  This episode of UnplugIT is brought to you by Specops Software. Specops is an easy to use password management and authentication solution for your active Active Directory….

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Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS): A 2022 FAQ

Last Update: Feb 03, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is without a doubt the world’s leading cloud services provider, and it’s still racing ahead of Microsoft’s Azure cloud and the Google Cloud Platform. However, not everyone may be familiar with AWS and its various services. In this article, we’ll try to answer some of the most common questions you may…

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