Microsoft released a new Insider preview build last night. Build 14342 most notably brings new features to Microsoft Edge and improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. At the bottom of the list of other changes and fixes in the new build announcement on the Windows Experience blog, Gabe Aul also announced that the Wi-Fi Sense feature has been removed. We have removed the … [Read more...]
docs.microsoft.com replaces MSDN
Microsoft introduced a new website network called docs.microsoft.com. The site is a new documentation services from Microsoft and is currently in a preview release. As the platform is refined and adapts to user feedback, more content will be added to the site. For now, the site docs.microsoft.com focuses on Enterprise Mobility documentation such as Advanced Threat Analytics, … [Read more...]
SharePoint Server 2016 released
Microsoft released SharePoint Server 2016 today. You can find the download for SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise and Standard in the Microsoft Volume License Service Center. The following descriptions are posted in the MSVLSC: SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise enables organizations to create web sites to share information with others, … [Read more...]
Microsoft fighting WSUS problems with Windows Update KB3148812
If you manage Windows Server Update Services for your organization, particularly with WSUS running on Windows Server 2012 R2, you might have been following the fun since last week's non-security update release of updates on April 19th. KB3148812 was released that day to "enable Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to natively decrypt Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) in … [Read more...]
Microsoft provides free resources for IT Pros to shift careers to the cloud
Last week, Microsoft announced an impressive collection of free resources that they are providing to IT professionals in order to help make the transition to an IT career in the cloud. The resources were presented on Microsoft's Server & Cloud Blog where they also quoted statistics like: There is a significant opportunity for IT professionals to adopt the cloud. IDC … [Read more...]