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Because it’s time to go back to school, this edition of Short Takes looks at the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Windows Mixed Reality, a digital personal assistant fail, and much, much more.

We all know that the cloud services have scalability and availability that is typically better than most businesses. However, that last mile of Internet connectivity is often the weakest link in your cloud connectivity chain.

Amazon just decided to wage war for the enterprise messaging market by announcing Amazon WorkMail, a new cloud-based mail service that will compete with Microsoft Exchange Online and Google Gmail.

This Week in IT, I look at what’s possibly in store for Windows 12, Bing Chat is now Microsoft Copilot and it’s generally available on a device near you! Plus, we navigate the twists and turns of Windows 10’s end-of-support maze, exploring the alternative options for those not ready to move on. I uncover the…

The Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform is a new customer care solution that the company introduced back in July 2022. It pulls upon Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Nuance AI to provide a full-featured contact center suite. In this article, we’ll explain how the Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform works and how organizations…

Microsoft has shipped Exchange 2019, the latest in a long line of enterprise-class email servers stretching back to 1996. The latest version runs on Windows Server 2019 and Microsoft recommends that you use Server Core. There’s fewer people using on-premises servers today, but those that do can install the best email server in the business.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at what’s new in Windows 10 version 1809 for business users.

Because nothing happens quickly in New Orleans, this edition of Short Takes on a ransomware attack. WannaCry, WannaCry, WannaCry. Why does it always have to be WannaCry?!

Microsoft Windows Secure Boot has a big problem. It’s no longer secure, and can’t be fixed—or so say a pair of security researchers who found the issue. Apparently, Microsoft created a secret backdoor, for internal QA use. But two Ring Of Lightning researchers uncovered the so-called “golden key.”

 In this blockbuster episode, Stephen and Paul are joined by Microsoft director Jeremy Chapman to discuss how organizations can effectively transition to remote work without compromising control. Transcript: Paul Thurrott (00:01): Welcome back everyone to the Microsoft 365 Knowledge Series. I’m Paul Thurrott, I’m here as usual with Stephen Rose, Senior Product Marketing Manager…