Microsoft is Finally Building a Native Package Manager in Windows


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How to Use Windows Package Manager


Microsoft recently announced at Build 2020 that it is working on a native open-source package manager for Windows. Due to hit general availability in May 2021, Windows Package Manager is now accessible on GitHub and for Windows Insiders in preview. In this article, I will show you how to use Windows Package Manager (WPM) to […]

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Getting Started with Docker in Windows


The advent of containers within the computing world opened up a whole new environment for testing, constrained environments, and on-demand compute scaling. First introduced on Linux systems, demand for this same ability on Windows was quick to materialize. The most commonly used Windows container software is Docker for Windows. In this article, we talk about […]

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How to use the DISM Tool to Manage Windows Features


The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command-line tool and associated Powershell module are powerful tools to manipulate Windows image .wim files, virtual hard disks .vhd files, and control of Windows features and drivers. Even more powerful is the ability to service offline images. In the past, there were many utilities that were used, but […]

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Patch Tuesday – April 2020


This month Microsoft patches three Windows 10 zero-days, including a patch for two RCE flaws discovered last month in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. There are also important updates for vulnerabilities in the OneDrive desktop app for Windows, the DNS client service, and in the way that Windows handles token relationships.

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Windows 10 Passes 1 Billion Monthly Active Users


Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system has passed a significant milestone, the OS is running on more than 1 billion PCs around the globe. This is a considerable benchmark for the company and shows that customers are migrating from Windows 7 to 10 but you can expect this number to continue to climb higher.

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