
Saying good-bye to Enterprise Windows
After nearly a decade of examining and advocating for Microsoft's enterprise tech, J. Peter Bruzzese is passing on the torch to a new columnist

In five years, SaaS will be the cloud that matters
To help IT make the mental shift, the cloud industry uses analogs to the datacenter's divisions—but ultimately they'll merge into simply 'services'

How to get started with Microsoft Teams
In its first release, admin setup is easy but user distribution requires more work

Office 365 opens a window into data governance
A new dashboard will let IT more easily monitor, retain, and manage data across Office 365 -- not email alone

How to make a SharePoint site multilingual
Translation is not a detail you add to a SharePoint site after deployment, especially because the tools that SharePoint provides can be tricky to use

Windows Server Essentials: Still big for small businesses
Office 365 is a great tool for small businesses, but many still need local servers and joint cloud/on-premises administration

How to admin Yammer in Office 365
Love it or hate it, Yammer is a tool that admins need to reckon with, and there's an admin center to do exactly that

Microsoft's cloud dominance comes with a security risk
Microsoft and third parties are layering on more security technology to keep vulnerabilities harder to exploit at scale

The hidden power of the Office 365 admin center
Don't let the initially simple interface fool you: Office 365's admin capabilities equal those of on-premises Exchange, SharePoint, and more
Down and dirty with Windows Nano Server 2016
Nano Server is a very fast, powerful tool for remotely administering Windows servers, but you need to know what you're doing

Tutorial: The joys of Windows Server's group policies
Three examples show the power of GPOs that every Windows admin should be using
Beyond the console: 3 supplements for Office 365 admins
There are times you need to use a different tool to manage Office 365. Here are three you should know
The other Office 365 is available for your school
For collaborative classroom use by teachers and students, Microsoft has a special edition of Office 365

The top 7 new Hyper-V features in Windows Server 2016
Even as the action shifts to the cloud, there's plenty going on in virtual servers

Microsoft’s cloud-based operations manager tackles security
The newest OMS component provides security analysis and threat detection across cloud and on-premises systems
HoloLens points the way to the augmented reality future
Virtual reality is fine for games, but the true game-changer will be the interaction between the real and virtual worlds

The ascent from virtualization to the cloud
The virtualization era featured VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. In the cloud era, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google lead -- but Microsoft has the only real hybrid option

Five years on, Office 365 shows its strengths
With the core tools largely toughened, Microsoft is building out new capabilities in video and community sites

The cloud switch is on: From migration to management
As more IT shops migrate to cloud services like Office 365 and Azure, they face a new challenge: how to manage it all

The upside of overhyped security threats
Check your Office 365 security settings before you cave in to (or blow off) security vendor FUD
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