Author Archives: Russell Smith

Patch Tuesday — April 2018

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Russell Smith

This month’s Patch Tuesday fixes 63 CVE vulnerabilities, 17 of which are critical for Windows 10.

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Microsoft Announces New Project VAST Security Visualization Tool

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Russell Smith

With a little help from Power BI and Azure Log Analytics, Microsoft’s new Project VAST promises to make it easier to identify important security events.

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Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop HTML5 Client Preview

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Russell Smith

At last year’s Ignite, Microsoft announced that it was developing an HTML5 web client for Remote Desktop Services. At the end of March, Microsoft made a preview available.

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How to Install the Windows Admin Center in Server Core

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Russell Smith

Installing Windows Admin Center in Windows Server 2019 Server Core is covered.

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Redstone 4 Brings Better WebM Support in Edge

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Russell Smith

Microsoft adds support for embedded WebM video content in Edge.

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Focus Assist Replaces Quiet Hours in Windows 10 Redstone 4

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Russell Smith

In Redstone 4, Quiet Hours has been renamed to Focus Assist and brings several improvements.

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Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 6: Installing, Updating, and Removing Software

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Russell Smith

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage Puppet, Windows Installer, and Chocolatey.

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Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 5: Managing Local Users and Groups

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Russell Smith

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage local users and groups using Puppet.

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Enable Unauthenticated Access to a Windows File Share

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Russell Smith

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how unauthenticated access to Windows file shares works.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows — March 2018

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Russell Smith

Windows 10 Redstone 4 reaches RTM and Microsoft announces the availability of a preview version of Windows Server 2019.

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