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Microsoft Releases December 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and 10

Dec 13, 2023
Rabia Noureen

Microsoft released its monthly Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 yesterday. The company rolled out 33 new patches to fix several vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, Windows Defender, and other components. The December Patch Tuesday release is usually small, and this month follows suit with fewer security patches compared to recent months….

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Azure Virtual Machine Announcements from Build

Jun 02, 2017
Aidan Finn

Aidan Finn goes over several announcements Microsoft made regarding Azure virtual machines at the recent Build conference.

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Deploy a Remote Desktop Services Farm in Azure

Jan 31, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how to quickly deploy a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farm in Microsoft Azure.

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates are Now Available on Windows 11 and Windows 10

Aug 08, 2023
Laurent Giret

Microsoft has released today the August 2023 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, Microsoft fixed 86 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, and other components, and you can also expect the usual bug fixes and quality improvements. After the July Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 version 22H2 enabled the new “Moment…

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Microsoft’s December 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates Fix 52 Windows Vulnerabilities

Dec 14, 2022
Laurent Giret

Microsoft released its monthly “Patch Tuesday” updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 yesterday. In December, the company released a total of 52 patches to fix vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, and other components. There are also several notable changes on the quality and experience updates front. There are minor new features for both Windows 11…

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In Defense of the Server GUI

Dec 17, 2015
Aidan Finn

The role of the GUI in Windows Server has been under attack. Aidan Finn explains why he and customers do not accept the dogma.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows — June 2018

Jun 29, 2018
Russell Smith

This month sees Microsoft hold its first virtual Windows Server Summit with lots of news about upcoming features. Plus, Sets disappear from the latest RS5 Insider build and Microsoft is using AI to drive the Windows 10 April 2018 Update rollout.

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What Does IBM’s Acquisition of Red Hat mean for the Hybrid Cloud?

Nov 13, 2018
Michael Otey

A lot is changing in the world of Hybrid Cloud and IBM is making a big play to win the segment by purchasing Red Hat.

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Windows Containers: Understanding Images and Layers

Sep 04, 2019
Russell Smith

While it is easy to grasp the basic idea of how containers work and how they differ from virtual machines (VM), understanding container images and layers is a bit more complicated.

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Why Is Microsoft Releasing SQL Server on Linux?

Mar 15, 2016
Aidan Finn

Aidan Finn provides his take on why Microsoft’s is releasing its SQL Server platform to the open source Linux platform.

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