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Getting started with winget, the Windows Package Manager
Microsoft is adding Linux-like package management tools to Windows for scripted application installs from a searchable repository.
Microsoft’s Windows API unification project moves forward
Project Reunion 0.5 Preview provides a unified set of APIs and tools for building desktop apps that target a broad set of Windows 10 OS versions.
Microsoft paves the way to Windows APIs
Win32 Metadata project aims to enable automated projections of valid Windows API signatures for C#, C++, Rust, and other languages.
Rapid UI development with Flutter for Windows
Google’s cross-platform user interface tool arrives on Windows with support for Win32 and UWP
A guide to migrating off Windows Server 2008
With the OS reaching end of life, it’s time to migrate whatever old servers you have left, and it’s not a trivial job.
The end of the line for PHP on Windows
Microsoft will no longer build new releases of PHP for Windows. What does the Windows Web application development future look like?
Microsoft ports open source Java to Windows 10 on ARM
Initial changes by Microsoft’s Java Engineering Group and Red Hat will be upstreamed to the OpenJDK project
6 Windows desktop utilities every software developer needs
Screen capture, image management, clipboard enhancements, and other handy tools to enhance a developer’s daily workflow
Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT
With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate.
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Answering your Windows questions: February 2020
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis answer viewers' questions about the latest Windows 10 release and other Windows-related topics. If you have a question, post it as a comment.
Developing for Windows 10X and the Surface Neo
The wraps are slowly coming off a new generation of Windows
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Answering your Windows questions: January 2020
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis answer viewers' questions about the latest Windows 10 release. If you have a question, post it as a comment so it can be answered in a future episode.
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How to get maximum protection from MFA in Office 365
Follow these steps to ensure your multi-factor authentication for Office 365 is effective.
5 Microsoft developer tools and technologies to explore in 2020
What should Microsoft platform developers focus on in 2020? .NET 5, WinUI 3.0, AKS, WSL 2, and Azure Sphere, for starters
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Top tech stories of 2019
The new Apple Card, the battle for cryptocurrency dominance, cybersecurity skills shortage – just a few of the stories that made headlines in 2019. Watch as IDG TECH(talk) hosts Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp discuss the top tech...
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How to make the most of Microsoft’s new Compliance Score Console
This new Microsoft 365 feature can help you stay in compliance with regulations like GDPR and better protect data.
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How to protect the enterprise from holiday attacks
Attackers often take advantage of the holidays to launch attacks. Use these Microsoft settings to deter them.
Python and Windows get cozier
Microsoft makes it easy to install and use Python in Windows and in Visual Studio Code
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