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The Sams Report EP 59: Should Microsoft Build An Android Flagship

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the fixing broken updates, Band hitting the end of the road, Google announced a few things and should Microsoft build a proper Android phone.

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The Sams Report EP 58: The Microsoft Pivot

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the big week of Ignite, the Microsoft pivot that is occurring, and placeholders are making a return in a big way.

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Google’s Office 365 Competitor is Rebranded as G Suite, Adds New Functionality

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As part of a sweeping series of announcements aimed at business customers on Thursday, Google announced that it is rebranding its Google Apps offering as G Suite. But the mission remains the same: Chip away at the popularity of Microsoft’s productivity offerings, in particular Office 365.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: September 23

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Because I’m sick and have to fly again on Sunday, this edition of Short Takes focuses on a massive Microsoft stock buyback, a UK consumer watchdog that hates Windows 10, Microsoft goes green, Yahoo reveals massive hack, over half of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users are idiots, and more.

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The Sams Report EP 57: Hardware Is Hard

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including the on-going problems with Microsoft hardware, Skype Teams, Ignite, and good riddance to an annoying pop-up.

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Everyone Has Something to Steal

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

[Sponsored] With the increasing sophistication of hackers, and the rising black market price of sensitive data IT has a huge target on its back which means a SIEM solutions are critical.

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Microsoft Azure Outage — Was it a DNS DDoS?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Azure recently experienced a nasty outage, lasting several hours. It seems to have been centered around DNS, but had wide side effects. Microsoft’s cloud platform took something of a beating. By the sound of it, a DDoS could have been to blame. Or not. Redmond isn’t saying…

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The Sams Report EP 56: Surface Dreams And Redstone Hints

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including Surface AIO dreams, Band debacles, a new build of Windows 10 with a few hints tucked away and a lot more in the world of Microsoft

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The Sams Report EP 55: Hardwaring In October, Consoles All Year Long

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including a hardware event for October, changes in Windows Insider provisioning, Scropio, Sony and it’s impossible to avoid those iPhones.

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External Access for Office 365 Groups

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has put a huge amount of emphasis on Office 365 Groups as the basis for team-based collaboration for its cloud service. Collaboration often requires input from external people and that hasn’t been possible until now. The announcement of external user support for Office 365 Groups is welcome, even if it is restricted in part.

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The Sams Report EP 54: Redstone Turns A Little Blue

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

On this episode, I cover all of the Microsoft news this week including a couple new discoveries for Redstone 2, Outlook deployments, Windows as a Service gets a new price point, and a lot more.

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Microsoft Adds VMware Support to System Center DPM

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

This post will discuss the recent announcement that Microsoft has added support for backing up VMware virtual machines using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 R2.

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