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Microsoft has announced today that the Windows Admin center has reached general availability and that with the release of Server 2019, it’s about to become much easier to manager Windows desktop and Server.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at three different ways you can migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Microsoft unveiled a slew of updates for its Azure services at the annual Build developer conference. The Redmond giant has also announced a new cloud data platform called “Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform” in an effort to consolidate its existing database, analytics, and governance services. Microsoft highlights that its Intelligent Data Platform will enable organizations to…

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Microsoft’s Role-Based Access Control can help you manage administrator access to its Mobile Device Management service.

To say that September was a busy month for Office 365 is a bit of an understatement.

Microsoft has launched a public preview of its Microsoft Dev Box managed service. The new cloud-based offering provides developers easier access to a preconfigured virtual developer workstation without having to set up their physical machines. The Dev Box service was first announced at Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference in May. It’s designed for developers who…

Microsoft announced September 22nd that Azure Virtual Desktop now supports Azure Active Directory (AD) joined virtual machines (VM). With this update you can now: Join Azure Virtual Desktop VMs directly to Azure AD Connect to VMs from any device with a username and password And automatically enroll VMs with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) Before the…

Microsoft has released the KB5014668 update for Windows 11, a new optional patch that fixes the Wi-Fi hotspot feature broken by the June Patch Tuesday updates. This release also brings a new Search Highlights feature to Windows 11 PCs as well as several other bug fixes. The Search Highlights feature first made its debut on…

MC541152 – To assist in the implementation of security best practices, Microsoft is introducing new way to assign administrative privileges in the Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Purview Records Management solutions that will provide admins the least privilege access required for their job duties. With this change, organizations can leverage Administrative Units in…

MC338712 – In this age of hybrid work, where personal and work boundaries are collapsed, Microsoft 365 users wear multiple hats during their workday and need a way to quickly switch contexts in order to stay productive. With the multi-account and account switching feature support, users will be able to sign into multiple work (Azure…