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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 11

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

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

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Microsoft Has a New SKU of Windows 10 Designed for High-End Hardware

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

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

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Office 365 Alert Policies Automate Audit Monitoring

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

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.

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Microsoft Looks to Make Azure More Container Friendly With Container Instances

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

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

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Microsoft Releases The First Insider Server Build

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

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.

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Preview of Centralized Reporting for Azure Backup

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

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

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Microsoft to Close Surface Hub Manufacturing Plant in Oregon

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is closing the operational facility where the company was building its Surface Hub but I don’t believe this is the end of the line for this device.

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Configuring Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Compute Resiliency

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains how to customize the functionality of Compute Resiliency, which is a feature that increases tolerance of transient errors in Hyper-V failover clusters.

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How to Prioritize Your SharePoint Adoption Campaigns for Optimal Results

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Although every SharePoint adoption plan is different, there are 3 activities that are universal and essential to the success of every project plan — communication, training, and motivation. See what each campaign entails.

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EU Fines Google a Record $2.7 Billion for Antitrust Violations

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As we’ve seen before with Microsoft, Intel, and Apple, the EU is not shy about protecting competition. Now Google has learned this lesson as well.

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Nano Server Is Here Today. Gone… Pretty Soon

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s announcement to remove all the infrastructure features, such as scale-out file server and Hyper-V from Nano Server.

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What Is Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Compute Resiliency?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains Compute Resiliency.

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