In this guide, we’ll show you how to install the Active Directory PowerShell module on almost any version of Windows. Installing the Active Directory (AD) module in PowerShell offers IT pros convenient and secure remote access to administer their AD environments, all without having to interactively log into their domain controllers. Microsoft does not recommend…
Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based technology that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008, and provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform. It provides scalability and high performance by supporting features like guest multi-processing support and 64-bit guest and host support; reliability and security through its hypervisor architecture; flexibility and manageability by supporting…
Last Update: Jun 15, 2023
In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions, the…
Last Update: Jun 15, 2023
We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees;…
What Is Windows Server 2022? Windows Server 2022 is Microsoft’s latest version of Windows Server in the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). They release new versions on this channel about every three years or so. The most recent version before Windows Server 2022 was Windows Server 2019. These releases receive ten full years of technical support…
Haven’t tried Windows 10 yet? Daniel Petri shows us how to install the Windows 10 Technical Preview in this step-by-step tutorial and deep-dive into the Windows 10 install process.
Last Update: Jun 15, 2023
This week at Ignite, I caught up with Steve Dispensa, Microsoft VP of Product for Enterprise Management and Windows Commercial. I asked Steve about the features coming in Intune Premium, including some of the technical details of how Endpoint Privilege Management works in Windows and how it compares to third-party solutions. Also, what challenges Remote…
Last Update: Jun 15, 2023
We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees;…
In late October, Microsoft released a compliance assessment report written by Cohasset Associates to compare Microsoft 365 services against the requirements of U.S. financial regulations. The report covers SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business Online, but excludes Stream, OneNote, and Planner because these apps do not support retention…
This Week in IT, I look at how Loop and Planner use ‘roster containers’ (aka lightweight Planner plans), an alternative to Microsoft 365 Groups, which now support sensitivity labels. Plus, Microsoft Stream brings support for collaborative notes in Teams meetings, Intune Remote Help now works on Android, and Loop users can add Jira and Trello…