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Based on user feedback and a horrible year of change management missteps, Microsoft is changing the way it handles major updates for Office 365. The plan seems like it might work and let’s hope that it does. No one wants to experience the same kind of update surprises we have seen in 2017.

I have known about Azure File Sync for quite a while under NDA and have been itching to start talking about it. It’s a killer service that an incredible number of businesses could benefit from.

Microsoft’s Ignite conference kicks off next week and here is what you should be looking for at the big event.

Because it’s that time of the year again—by which I mean Microsoft Ignite—this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s first store in London, an undersea data cable, Uber’s London problems, and so much more.

Office 365 audit logging generates a lot of data – sometimes too much. The trick is to know what events are recorded and what applications capture. Some pretty strange audit events turn up in the log, but everyone should relax because they are just traces of the system doing its own thing.

The new SharePoint Communication Site is an excellent tool for setting up a Modern Workplace Community. Your adoption of Office 365 is going to thrive with this solution.

Because Jamon Iberico is God’s perfect food, this edition of Short Takes looks at a surprisingly contentious and controversial week for Microsoft.

Microsoft has announced a new SKU of Windows 10 Pro for workstations and it will arrive this fall with the Fall Creators update.

No one likes looking at a stream of audit events flowing by, especially when an Office 365 tenant generates so many events. Alert policies allow tenants to define patterns of activity that indicate suspicious or harmful behavior. There’s goodness here, as long as you have Office 365 E5 subscriptions.

Microsoft is rolling out a new container service that is being pitched as the easiest way to launch and manage containers in the cloud.

Microsoft has released today the first Insider build of Windows Server, a pre-release version of the platform that allows you to test new features before they ship in a final product.

Aidan Finn discusses the preview that has been launched to allow you to centrally visualize and report on your usage of Azure Backup.