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Microsoft’s new AI certifications—Is it still worth pursuing conventional IT certs?
Microsoft is transforming its certification portfolio to align with the growing demand for artificial intelligence expertise, introducing new AI...
The new browser war – Does AI and ‘fair use’ kill the open web?
In my previous post, I covered Microsoft’s new Edge Copilot Mode, introducing only one significant change. However, shifting Copilot...
What is Microsoft Sovereign Cloud?
Microsoft recently announced Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, which is aimed at European customers. The main goal is to provide more...
Skype & Co. R.I.P. – The long list of Microsoft apps and services being deprecated in 2025
In 2025, Microsoft will discontinue a long list of products and services. In recent days, the announcement of Skype’s...
Microsoft’s industry-specific small language models (SLM)
Microsoft is introducing a new type of small language model (SLM) designed specifically for business scenarios. A recent announcement...
Disable connected experiences that analyze your content in Microsoft 365 (MS Office)
A warning is circulating on social media regarding Microsoft utilizing customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications—such as Word,...
Microsoft Office 2024 (LTSC): new features, pricing, and the stability tax
Microsoft has officially announced Office LTSC 2024, the newest iteration of its Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) suite. This article...
OpenAI, The New York Times, and a hypocritical blog post
OpenAI is nervous. Very nervous. Their latest blog post is proof. They have realized that the ongoing lawsuit with...
New wiki doc about free Microsoft eBooks and new free VMware eBooks
Paolo Maffezzoli created a new wiki doc that lists free eBooks from Microsoft that are of interest for system...
Interview with Ben Armstrong at Ignite Australia 2017
Paul Schnackenburg interviewed Ben Armstrong, principal program manager on the Hyper-V team at Microsoft, talking about containers in Windows...
Windows 10 S – A Chromebook alternative?
Microsoft has finally announced a competitor to Chromebooks or devices that can run Chrome. Windows 10 S aims to...
Microsoft Ignite 2017 Australia
This article will look at the recent Ignite conference here on the Gold Coast of Australia and the different...
Fundamentals of Azure, Second Edition – Get your head in the cloud
Microsoft Press released a new free eBook: Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure, Second Edition. If you read the...
Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS cloud professionals
Keith Mayer and Gerald Ti (both Technical Evangelists at Microsoft) posted a great series of videos that introduce Microsoft...
New free eBook – Windows 10 IT Pro Essentials Support Secrets
Microsoft Press released a free new eBook, Windows 10 IT Pro Essentials Support Secrets.
Five new free eBooks from Microsoft Press
It's time for me to update our list of free admin eBooks. Five new eBooks made it into the...
Interview with Michael Niehaus about Windows 10 deployment
I interviewed Michael Niehaus, Director of Product Marketing at Microsoft, at Ignite Australia 2015 about Windows 10 deployment.
Did Microsoft’s public cloud just overtake Amazon AWS?
According to Wikibon, a community of business technology practitioners, Microsoft’s cloud (Azure + Office 365) overtook Amazon AWS in...
Windows 10 Enterprise vs. Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Enterprise comes with quite a few interesting features that Windows 10 Pro lacks. In this post, I...





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