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Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Microsoft Loop app in public preview later this month. Microsoft Loop has been available in private preview since November, allowing users to collaborate with their colleagues across Microsoft 365 apps. Microsoft Loop is based on Microsoft’s Fluid Framework, and it has three main structural elements: Loop components, Loop…

Cloud Discovery, Application Proxy, passwordless authentication, and more Azure Active Directory features coming to Microsoft 365 Business in April.

MC650424 – The Mail and Calendar apps for Windows are being replaced with the new Outlook for Windows. At the end of 2024 Microsoft will be ending support for the Mail and Calendar apps for Windows. The new Outlook for Windows helps people be more productive and in control of their inbox. Microsoft is excited…

As you already know by now, in Windows Server 2008, Server Core installation does not include the traditional full graphical user interface (GUI). Read more about Server Core on my “Understanding Windows Server 2008 Server Core” article. Once you have configured the server, you can only manage it locally at a command prompt, or remotely using…

Microsoft introduced the Safe Attachments feature as part of its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) offering in 2015. ATP is an option for Exchange Online Protection (EOP). It is included in the Office 365 E5 plan and can be licensed as an add-on for $2/user per month for other Office 365 plans. Now Safe Attachments can handle dynamic delivery and the improvement is noticeable.

This step-by-step how-to post will instruct you on how to resize an Azure virtual machine, including changing the size within a series or switching the virtual machine to another series.

Many companies want to get the most out of their tools. To maximize how your company uses Office 365 focus on teamwork training.

The Art and Science of Sizing Exchange 2003 (Part 2) Storage is the most critical component of an Exchange back-end server and it’s usually the cause of performance degradation. If your users are complaining about frequent Outlook messages saying that it’s trying to retrieve data from the Exchange Server, that’s probably a storage bottleneck. A…

Microsoft has released version 4.5.0 of the Teams PowerShell module. This update doesn’t bring any big changes but it includes a set of bug fixes and enhancements for IT administrators. The Microsoft Teams PowerShell module was released in April 2019. It allows IT admins to manage users, Teams, policies, and configuration through PowerShell. For instance,…

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.