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Join Russell Smith, Editorial Director of Petri.com, to take a look at the most important news for IT pros in the past week. This Week in IT is a podcast for IT Pros that covers all the latest developments on Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. The show is enterprise focused for IT Pros who are looking to make the most of Microsoft solutions and products.
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This Week in IT Episodes
Microsoft Ignite: Windows 11 Gets Administrator Protection and Hotpatch Features
This Week in IT at Ignite, Microsoft announces big changes coming to Windows security, including a new Administrator Protection feature, hotpatching, and changes to help prevent and recover Windows when software updates go wrong. Thanks to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT! Episode overview Microsoft announced significant updates to Windows security...
Microsoft Teams and Loop Get Closer Integration
This Week in IT, Microsoft announces integration between Microsoft Teams and Loop for recurring meetings, VMware Workstation is now free for everyone, and misconfigured Power Pages could leak your data. Thanks to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT! Links and resources Episode overview This week’s IT news highlights Microsoft’s integration of...
Windows Server 2025 Is Here – But Should You Upgrade?
This Week in IT, Windows Server 2025 is finally here but is it worth upgrading from older versions? Thanks to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT! Links and resources Episode overview The release of Windows Server 2025 brings numerous updates and improvements, particularly in security and Active Directory functionalities.
Microsoft Teams Gets a Slack-Like Makeover
This Week in IT, Microsoft is about to make one of the biggest changes to Teams in the app’s history, making it work more like rival Slack. Plus, there are a whole load of new features coming aimed at making it easier to organize and find conversations. Thanks to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of...
Intel Lunar Lake vs Snapdragon X Elite
This Week in IT, Intel and Qualcomm are at each other’s throats over performance claims but if you’re in the market for a new PC, especially a Copilot+ PC, which should you opt for? Links and resources Episode overview This week’s IT update discusses the performance claims between Intel and Qualcomm, focusing on the choice...
Windows 11 24H2 Bugs Out and Microsoft Announces Third-Party Passkey Provider Support
This Week in IT, the initial rollout of Windows 11 24H2 isn’t going as smoothly as it could with users reporting numerous issues, plus Microsoft announces that support for third-party passkey providers is coming to Windows 11 Insiders soon. Links and resources Episode overviewHere’s a summary of the document: This Week in IT covers issues...
OneDrive New AI Features and IT Pro Controls
This Week in IT, Microsoft announces updates to OneDrive, including new AI-powered search, and new features coming for Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. Links and resources Episode overview Microsoft announced new features for OneDrive and Microsoft 365 Copilot at its recent event, including AI-powered search, a refreshed mobile app, and updates to the OneDrive desktop experience.
Windows 11 2024 Update – Everything You Need to Know
This Week in IT, Microsoft finally releases the Windows 11 2024 Update, the first version of the OS to include major architectural changes for two years. Plus, there’s a slew of announcements for Copilot+ PCs. Links and resources Episode overview The latest episode of “This Week in IT” covers the release of the Windows 11...
Windows Server Update Services – The Beginning of the End
This Week in IT, Microsoft announces the deprecation of WSUS in Server 2025, Intune gets MDM controls for Apple Intelligence, Entra Internet Access is now GA, and the replacement for the Remote Desktop Client is now GA across all platforms. Links and resources Episode overview This week in IT, Microsoft announced several updates including the...
Microsoft’s Copilot Event – Wave or Tsunami?
This Week in IT, Microsoft announces updates to its AI solution Copilot, including a rebranding of the main product name and M365 Chat, general availability for Copilot in Excel, new Copilot pages, and much more… Links and resources Episode Overview Microsoft has announced several updates and rebranding efforts for its AI solution, Copilot, under the...
Windows Zero-Day, VMware Worries, and Oracle’s AWS Affair
This Week in IT, Microsoft fixes some critical issues in this week’s Patch Tuesday, new research shows businesses increasingly concerned about Broadcom’s pricing strategy and business model for VMware, and Oracle partners with AWS to offer multi-cloud features. Links and resources Episode Overview This week’s IT updates cover critical Windows vulnerabilities, Broadcom’s VMware pricing concerns,...
Windows Control Panel Is Dead and Alive
This Week in IT, the Windows Control Panel is back from the dead, LinkedIn is moving from CentOS, Microsoft will discuss Windows security at an upcoming conference, and I have some updates on Microsoft 365. Thank you to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT. Download Purple Knight for free. Links and...