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MC411428 – When all holds and retention policies are removed from an inactive mailbox, it becomes soft-deleted and remains in Exchange for a period of time to allow for recovery before permanent deletion. Based on customer feedback, and to maintain consistency with other solutions, Microsoft will be changing this period to 30 days (from current…

As Windows Mobile 10 rolls towards RTM, Russell Smith looks at one of the latest builds and gives his impressions.

MC762506 – The cloud.microsoft domain was provisioned in early 2023 to provide a unified, trusted, and dedicated DNS domain space to host Microsoft’s first-party authenticated SaaS products and experiences. This post is to inform admins that the following Microsoft products and scenarios are now available at the cloud.microsoft domain, in parallel with the previous domains. A full…

Joseph Finney explains why there are so few popular desktop apps in the Windows app store.

MC761227 – Note: If your organization does not use Teams phone devices, you can disregard this message. Coming soon: OnMicrosoft Teams certified non-touch phones (physical button phones without touch experience), users will have advanced calling and contact management features. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 388494. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide,…

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains what hyper-convergence is and how it can help simplify your IT systems.

Microsoft has decided to stop bundling its Microsoft Teams app with the Office productivity suite globally. This unbundling offers businesses the opportunity to purchase more cost-effective Microsoft 365 subscription plans that do not include Teams. Slack filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft before the European Commission in July 2020. The company alleged that Microsoft is…

Cloud-schmoud. Discover what to expect from Hyper-V in 2014, including Hyper-V Network Virtualization, Windows Azure Pack, and more!

MC738647 – Updated March 20, 2024: Microsoft has updated the Teams Room on Windows update version below. Thank you for your patience. The new Microsoft Teams available on Teams Desktop is also coming to Microsoft Teams Rooms on Microsoft Windows. With the new Teams app, all Teams Rooms devices can now use the performance gains…

I decided to write this article after I bought myself a brand new, state of the art, laptop from Dell. I’m talking about 2.33 GHz Core Duo, 4 GB of fast RAM, a 7200 RPM SATA hard disk, and all the other necessary hardware. And yet, when I booted up the pre-installed Windows Vista Ultimate…