Collaborate Disseminate
This month, Microsoft patches a remote code execution vulnerability for CredSSP, helps Intel distribute microcode updates to protect against Spectre Variant 2, and Office 2016 gets updated to version 1803.
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Redstone 4 will be finalized later this month, so I decided it was time to spin up the latest insider build to see if Timeline is a useful feature or just a marketing gimmick.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to get started with the Chocolatey package manager for Windows.
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to use the file resource and manage permissions on files and folders.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you to install modules on your Puppet master and how to open and edit the main site manifest using Secure Shell.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the Chocolatey package manager for Windows, what it does, and how it can simplify software deployment on servers and end-user devices.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to log in to Puppet master using Secure Shell, accept the certificate from the Windows Server node, and how to test connectivity between agent and master.
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to disable Fast Startup, explains what it does, and discusses why you might want to disable it.
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This month is all about Redstone 4, always-connected PCs, and changes to the SKU lineup and licensing.
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Puppet Enterprise Master in Azure and provision Windows Server so that it bootstraps with the Puppet agent installed.
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