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Microsoft kicks off its Build 2022 developer conference today, and Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay announced several new features and developer-themed updates coming to Windows 11. Following some recent leaks, the company is finally planning to add support for third-party widgets to Windows 11 later this year. Currently, Windows 11 does not support third-party…

Microsoft has released a big update for its new Windows 11 OS, which brings a bunch of improvements to the taskbar and much more. The first new feature that the company highlighted today is a mute/unmute button for Microsoft Teams calls in the taskbar. The latest Windows 11 update also includes a new feature that…

Windows 10 feature updates could become once yearly, and Microsoft Ignite brings announcements for Edge and Windows Virtual Desktop.

Windows Server 2019 is all about improved support for hybrid cloud scenarios, hyper-converged infrastructure, and security. In this Ask the Admin, Russell looks more closely at these features in Windows Server 2019.

Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Lumenisity, a UK-based maker of hollow core fiber (HCF) cable for global networking infrastructure. The company plans to leverage the HCF technology to bolster its global cloud services infrastructure. Microsoft notes that Lumenisity was founded back in 2017. It’s basically a spin-off of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at…

Microsoft announces that it will pause Windows 10 optional updates starting in May and extend security updates for some Windows 10 version 1709 SKUs to October. There are also details on new features coming to Edge, an update to Microsoft Emulator for Windows 10X, and news that Microsoft Search integration with Windows 10 is being delayed until Q4 2020. Additionally, I provide some tips on working at home.

Aidan shares his tech highlights from 2016.

Microsoft is making big changes to its Windows org by changing up the leadership and also changing the internal priorities as well.

Microsoft is releasing today a major update for Windows 11 version 22H2. This update introduces a new search box in the taskbar that integrates the new AI-powered Bing that Microsoft started testing earlier this month.  Despite Windows 11 now receiving major updates once a year (the latest one being the version 22H2 released last fall),…

In this first of three posts, Elias Khnaser introduces Citrix XenDesktop 5, explains what Desktop Virtualization is and why it is becoming more prominent.