How to Manage Azure VMs running Windows Server using the Windows Admin Center.


The Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a web portal for managing local or remote servers via a gateway that uses PowerShell Remoting and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) over WinRM. WAC will eventually replace Server Manager, and going forwards, is where Microsoft will make future investments in Windows Server GUI management.

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What Exactly Is Microsoft Endpoint Manager?


Looking at a recently-announced product called “Microsoft Endpoint Manager”. While the product name and management interface may be shiny and new, you’ll probably recognize the underlying products as some of the same familiar products that device administrators have known for years. We’ll break down what’s included and some changes that may benefit and impact current and future deployments.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – October 2019


Windows 10X is coming to new foldable dual-screen devices and clamshell laptops, robots are invading Windows 10, all businesses can buy Windows 7 Extended Security Updates starting December 1st, and Server Core is now in fashion thanks to Windows Admin Center.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – April 2019


This month sees yet more changes to Microsoft’s Windows 10 servicing schedule, problems for users after April’s Patch Tuesday quality update, the new version of Edge released for Insiders, and new minimum disk space requirements for upgrading to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

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Disaster Recovery Features in Windows Server 2019


Microsoft has released a new version of SharePoint and with it comes a couple new features to help you recover from an outage.

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Hybrid Cloud: Microsoft Azure vs Amazon AWS


A closer look at how Amazon and Microsoft are attacking the hybrid cloud markets with each having a slightly different approach.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – November 2018 Edition


It’s the end of the month and if you missed any of the Azure announcements, we have you covered.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – September 2018 Edition

Septemeber was full of Azure announcements from Ignite, Aidan breaks all the news down so that it is easier to digest.

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