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Azure ExpressRoute is Microsoft’s solution for extending an on-premises network into the Microsoft cloud with a private connection. In this article, I’ll be explaining how you can migrate an Azure ExpressRoute connection without experiencing any downtime. There are two possible scenarios for the migration of an Azure ExpressRoute connection. Your first option is to migrate…

The fit-and-finish quality within Office 365 is sometimes less than desirable. Two recent changes in SharePoint Online make it easier for users to know when a document library is connected to Teams and to generate thumbnails for items stored in the library. Neither change is awe-inspiring, but both are examples of how to improve SharePoint’s fit-and-finish, which is a good thing.

How can I remove the Manage My Computer context menu from My Computer in 2000/XP/2003? In Windows 2000/XP/2003, when you right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, you will see an option called "Manage". By clicking on the Manage option will are opening the Computer Management console – a collection of the computer’s management…

How do I configure Active Directory Connector Connection Agreements (CA)? MSKB 296260 has the following information: In most ADC deployments, your configuration falls under one of the following scenarios; before you configure Connection Agreements (CA), determine which scenario applies to your situation: First scenario. The Exchange Server 5.5 mailboxes are associated with accounts in a…

Yammer and Office 365 take two very different approaches to collaboration, but both exist inside Office 365. Although slow in coming, Microsoft has finally given details about how Yammer and Office 365 Groups will connect to each other. AAD is the glue and SharePoint, notebooks, plans, and calendars are the common functionality available to both types of groups.

Despite constant assurances that the PC market will eventually right itself, PC makers sold far fewer PCs in the first quarter than they did a year ago. Researchers from both Gartner and IDC blamed a variety of factors for the ongoing collapse.

Microsoft Sentinel, the company’s security information and event management (SIEM) platform is getting a new GitHub integration. The new solution has been designed to help organizations continuously monitor GitHub developer repositories for potentially malicious events. For those unfamiliar with Microsoft Sentinel, it’s a scalable cloud-native SIEM service that uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze huge volumes…

Last week, Uber confirmed a major cybersecurity attack that compromised its internal communications and engineering systems. The company believes that someone affiliated with the hacking group Lapsus$ leveraged the MFA fatigue attack technique to compromise an Uber employee account. According to the New York Times, the hackers social engineered the company’s worker after discovering his…

In his first news post for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Paul Thurrott discusses the arrest of a British man in connection with of the Christmas Day 2014 DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

When working with Terminal Server or RDP you have the choice to use either the XP RDP, or the newer Windows Server 2003 RDP SP1 5.2 client (Download RDP 5.2). But there are still people who would like to continue working with the “old” Windows 2000 Terminal Server client, that can be found in the…