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Hyper-V Licensing Considerations

Many organizations virtualize their servers to help save money on hardware costs. What you may not realize is though, is that virtualization can save you a bundle on licensing costs too. In this article, Brien Posey explains why.

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Fixing “Windows cannot connect to the domain” Errors

Daniel outlines the 2 methods available to use in order to repair “windows cannot connect to the domain” errors.

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How can I install Intelligent Message Filter on Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2?

Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter is a product developed by Microsoft to help companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), or spam, received by users. IMF used to be a stand-alone tool downloadable from Microsoft, however now IMF is an integral part of Exchange Service Pack 2 (SP2). As usual, one should read the…

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – February 2019

This month sees Microsoft release Windows Server IoT 2019, an official Timeline extension for Google Chrome, Windows Defender ATP comes to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, and support for Linux files in File Explorer in Windows 10 19H1.

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With Windows as a Service, Microsoft is Forced to End Feature Support Early for Some Hardware

Microsoft is making changes to its support policy for Windows 10 as some vendors are no longer updating hardware that was initially supported when Windows 10 was released.

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Microsoft Ends Support For Its Divisive OS, Windows 8

Support for Windows 8 is coming to an end, which marks the closure of an era for an operating system that cost two executives their jobs and significantly hurt the company’s mobile initiatives.

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New Report Shows 47% of Enterprise Windows 10 PCs Could Be Impacted by Internet Explorer’s Retirement on June 15

Last Update: Jun 15, 2022

Microsoft is finally ending support for its Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) web browser on June 15. This change will impact certain versions of Windows 10 that follow the semiannual channel release update cycle. “The Internet Explorer (IE) 11 desktop application will end support for Windows 10 semi-annual channel starting June 15, 2022,” the company explained…

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Basic Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) Scripting

ADSI is a set of COM objects that are used to programmatically manipulate a namespace. A namespace could be anything from the Active Directory to an application such as MS Exchange Server. Since ADSI is based on COM, it may be scripted using any language with COM bindings (any language that supports accessing the COM…

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July Patch Tuesday Updates Fix 84 Vulnerabilities and LDAP Gets TLS 1.3

Microsoft released the July 2022 Patch Tuesday updates yesterday for all supported versions of Windows. Even though you may want to lay back and relax during the summer, Microsoft fixed no less than 84 vulnerabilities this month, so you may not want to skip the company’s latest patches.   Critical Windows vulnerabilities in July Patch…

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(Updated) Reminder: Basic Authentication deprecation in Office Apps

Last Update: Jun 24, 2023

MC499030 – Updated April 6, 2023: Microsoft has updated the timing for this change below. Thank you for your patience. This is a reminder that Microsoft 365 Apps are disabling server sign-in prompts using Basic authentication in Office Apps (originally communicated in MC454810, November ’22). Microsoft is making this change because basic authentication is a…

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