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Last week, Microsoft announced the release of the Windows Server vNext Insider build 25151. This new preview build of the Server OS comes with a couple of new features and changes, including support for the legacy Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) product and more. LAPS, which was previously available as a separate download, has now…

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;…

Learn the basics of Microsoft Azure’s VNet-to-VNet Virtual Private Network (VPN) functionality in this handy primer by Aidan Finn.

Learn how to install the new Azure PowerShell 1.0 Preview cmdlets and sign in to Azure Resource Manager.

Learn how to control the properties users can select when provisioning resources in the Azure cloud.

It was a big week for the Microsoft ecosystem as the company held its annual Inspire partner conference. Like last year, Inspire was a 2-day virtual event because of the pandemic. But the absence of the traditional weeklong live gathering did not stop Microsoft from doling out the news that will impact much of the…

Aidan Finn provides step-by-step instructions for replicating Hyper-V virtual machines to Microsoft Azure.

New machine-learning backed password spray attack detection spots twice the number of compromised accounts.

MC256838 – Updated September 03, 2021: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Azure B2B Integration with SharePoint Online and OneDrive is now generally available. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81955 When this will happen Microsoft will begin rolling this out in late October (previously late July) and…

Microsoft has announced that Cloud Foundry on Azure is now generally available to all users of Azure and there is new support for Pivotal Cloud Foundry too.