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What’s new with Windows Desktop Management and Deployment
Device Analytics One of the biggest pain points when moving to a new operating system such as Windows 10 is application compatibility. Another is how to pilot the new OS with actual end users. Microsoft has had a service in Azure called Windows Analytics that helps...
Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct – Technology Overview
Recently we had a partner express interest in deploying a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster using a relatively new (and evolving) technology called Storage Spaces Direct, and I was tasked with making that happen. While I am well versed in many Microsoft technologies, this...
A Passwordless Future
Wouldn't it be nice to increase security, reduce password reset calls to the help desk, reduce successful phishing attacks, and move to a password policy that requires a password change once a year? This is exactly what Microsoft IT has done. How is that even...
10 reasons you should upgrade to Windows 10 today
Remember how much you loved Windows 7—it was user friendly, it had great security and management features, it had arguably the best user interface Windows had introduced yet. Then Windows 8 came along. It became a running joke in the IT world—all you had to do was...
XenApp—What you need to know about 6.5 EOL, 7.15, and LTSR
Which version of XenApp are you currently using? If it’s 6.5, the time to upgrade is now. Citrix announced the end of life for XenApp 6.5 will be June 30, 2018. To avoid any lapses in support, you must create and implement a plan to migrate your current Citrix...
What’s New in Office 365 – October 16th, 2017
Most people barely have time to keep up with their own job duties, let alone all of the changes coming to their Office 365 environment. In this series, we'll highlight some changes and new features coming to Office 365. These are a few things we picked up last week....