Disk2Vhd is a little Microsoft utility that does one thing and one thing well: convert physical computers to virtual disks.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/25/2018
The 2019 editions of Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Project Server and Skype for Business Server are now generally available, Microsoft announced on Monday.
Microsoft recently described its efforts around the Component Firmware Update (CFU) protocol, which is an open source project housed at the GitHub repository.
A new capability that allows IT pros to disable "basic authentication" when using the Exchange Online service is now available as a public preview, though there are a few caveats.
A new Azure Active Directory Connect Health feature lets IT pros resolve duplicate attribute sync errors.
Devices running Windows 10 version 1803 or 1809 that have lost sound have an updated Intel Smart Sound Technology driver to blame, Microsoft said in a community post last week.
Microsoft's aging peer-to-peer communications product, Groove Server 2010, will lose support on Oct. 13, 2020, the company warned last week.
Windows 10's "Known Folder Redirection" feature is to blame for the company's flawed Windows 10 version 1809 release last week, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
For the longest time, the open source community had a concept called "public package repositories." Microsoft never had the same -- until the PowerShell Gallery.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/11/2018
Microsoft recently unveiled some SQL Server servicing changes affecting SQL Server 2017 and newer editions, including the upcoming SQL Server 2019, which just reached the preview stage last month.
Last week, Microsoft gave notice that it's planning to no longer include basic printer drivers in Windows 10 feature updates, starting with Windows 10 version 1809 (also known as the "October 2018 Update").
Certain SSL/TLS certificates issued by former certificate authority company Symantec will soon become unsupported in Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer browsers.
Microsoft's latest server operating system reached the "general availability" stage this week, though the related hardware will take a few more months to be released by equipment makers.
Microsoft's second major Windows 10 release this year, and its sixth for Windows 10 overall, is now available.
As Microsoft detailed last week at its Ignite conference, a raft of improvements are coming to its Intune mobile management service, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) for client devices and Windows Autopilot for new device provisioning.
Microsoft last week announced a new method for shrinking the download size of Windows 10 feature updates, but only for those using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to upgrade x64 systems.
As part of its 2018 Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced it is bundling some of its existing security products into a single enterprise-grade solution.
Azure Automation can be an excellent PowerShell script orchestration tool, though it has just a limited number of PowerShell modules. Luckily, we can upload our own modules, too.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/27/2018
Microsoft is poised to make Windows Server 2019 generally available in October, the company announced Monday at the start of its 2018 Ignite conference.
To avoid issues that have affected some Windows 7 users, Microsoft will start releasing Windows servicing stack updates (SSUs) as part of its monthly update rollups starting next month.