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On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, we dive into the details you need to know about to make sure your applications are ready for Windows 10.

Microsoft dug themselves out of a pit of pain last Friday when they reversed the decision to nix some popular partner benefit just before the Inspire conference in Las Vegas. However, the world is changing and the cloud is where the action is. Microsoft pays to deliver services from the cloud and that cost must be either absorbed internally or transmitted to partners. That simple fact makes it sure that difficult conversations await in the future.

Microsoft is rolling back changes to its partner program and will keep IUR benefits…for now.

On this episode of the Enterprise Dish, Microsoft provides guidance on 19h2, big changes to the partner program, and we dish on the 4th.

Generation 2 virtual machines (VMs) have been available in Hyper-V since Windows Server 2012 R2 and they provide several important features that weren’t supported by generation 1 VMs, some of which are now available in Azure VMs.

Microsoft’s decision to make its partners pay commercial rates for software licenses might seem logical at first glance, but it’s not helpful in a world where cloud technologies change so often. The problem I have is that anything that might prevent partners acquiring knowledge about Microsoft technologies is a bad thing for customers who depend on those partners. It should be interesting to see if any spirited debates happen at next week’s Inspire conference.

Microsoft is once again changing up how it will service Windows 10; while these updates are not as significant, they do move the cheese a little bit again.

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Ransomware continues to expand its threat model and Rick has a few tips that can help keep you out of the headlines.

On this edition of the Enterprise Dish, Nic Fillingham joins us as a new presenter and we dive deep into what is Microsoft 365 and how you can begin your migration journey.

This week, we were hanging out at ShiftHappens and while the conversations about technology run deep, one thing you don’t hear all that often is what it takes to host a successful conference.

If you are moving SQL database instances into Azure, you’ll want to look at the updated Database Migration Assistant from Microsoft. The assistant can move your data, and give you an assessment of potential issues.

Because I’m not as funny as I think I am, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre Modern OS announcement, a Microsoft retail store in London, Bing’s 10th anniversary, falling smartphone sales, and much, much more.