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M365 Changelog: *Retirement Milestone* Microsoft Edge Legacy support ending today

Last Update: Jun 27, 2023

MC243845 – As communicated in MC220490 (August ’20), Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop application support ends today, March 9, 2021. Microsoft Edge Legacy will no longer be supported and will not receive new security updates.   Additionally, we announced in MC237900 (February ’21) that we will remove the now out of support Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop application…

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Patch Tuesday – May 2021

This month Microsoft has released quite a low number of security patches for Windows. But there are still some nasty bugs that need your attention. Including a wormable bug in http.sys, a vulnerability in IE11, and a wireless networking flaw that could let an attacker disclose encrypted information. Windows and Windows Server This month’s cumulative…

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Datacenter networking servers

What is Active Directory: The Ultimate Guide

Last Update: Mar 13, 2024

Active Directory is Microsoft’s on-premises identity and access management (IAM) service. In this article, learn how Active Directory (AD) makes it easier for IT to manage an organization’s IT resources. Active Directory is especially useful for companies that have to manage lots of endpoints and servers. What is Active Directory and why is it used?…

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Windows – A Year in Review

It’s been another busy year for Windows and here is a summary of the most important events from the last twelve months.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: March 8

Because Punxsutawney Phil is a lying liar who lies, this edition of Short Takes looks Windows 10 stumbling to 800 million active devices, an open source Windows Calculator, Microsoft’s two new datacenters in Africa, and so much more.

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Get Users Working Faster with Windows 10 Autopilot White Glove Provisioning

Part of Microsoft’s modern management initiative for Windows 10, Windows Autopilot is a suite of technologies designed to simplify the setup process for new and existing devices.

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Surface Book 2 – 15in: One Year Later

It has been more than a year with the Surface Book 2 and in that time, I have taken the machine on many road trips and used it as a daily driver; here’s how it stood up during the past 365 days.

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Windows Server vNext Technical Preview Due in May

When Microsoft announced the Windows 10 Technical Preview last October, it was accompanied by the first-ever Windows Server vNext Technical Preview release as well. Since then, however, development of these systems has diverged, and Microsoft hasn’t ever delivered another Server Technical Preview release. But that’s finally going to change: a new Server Technical Preview build…

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Update on Nano Server and Semi-Annual Release

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s recent announcements about the end of infrastructure roles for Nano Server and the twice-yearly updates to Windows Server.

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Microsoft 365 Overhauled with New Features and Tiers

At Ignite 2017, Microsoft announced a significant update to Microsoft 365 that brings with it new features and two new tiers of the service.

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