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Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Domain vs. Workgroup
In a recent article, Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Connect Client PCs Without Using A Domain, I described how it’s actually possible to configure PCs to connect to Windows Server 2012 Essentials...
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STB News Bytes – Delivering the Cloud OS
Fresh off the BUILD conference, I joined Windows Server Lead Architect Jeffrey Snover and Computerworld’s Jon Hassell for an impromptu conversation about Microsoft’s Cloud OS offerings. In this video,...
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Surprisingly Strong Quarter Suggests Microsoft Transition is On Track
For the naysayers writing the obituaries of the PC industry and Microsoft over the past several weeks, the firm’s surprisingly strong quarterly results—including record revenues of $20.49 billion—must...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Preview
Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 is one coming release you may not have heard much about this week during TechEd. Arriving as part of the coming wave of what I call “Cloud OS v.Next” products and...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Update Rollup 2
Microsoft this week issued its second Update Rollup for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Like the previous Update Rollup, UR2 is a collection of previously-released updates for Microsoft’s small...
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Microsoft’s Vision for the Replaceable PC
Looking again at some forward-leaning TechEd 2013 content, this week I’ll examine Microsoft’s vision for the “replaceable PC.” On the face of things, the technologies that enable this movement are...
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Microsoft Releases Server R2 Previews
Coincident with the start of Tech Ed Europe, Microsoft on Tuesday made preview versions of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 available for download. These solutions...
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Assessing the Ballmer Years
With Steve Ballmer abruptly and unexpectedly announcing that he will leave his CEO position at Microsoft within the next 12 months, analysts closeted and otherwise are coming out of the woodwork to...
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Coming in April 2014: BUILD 2014
When you think about all the rumors about Windows Phone 8.1, the “Threshold” wave of products, and the expected changes we’ll be seeing in Windows next year, the just-announced date for the developer...
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Microsoft Muddies the One Windows Waters
Well, here we go again. During yesterday’s post-earnings conference call, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that the firm was preparing to streamline Windows from three separate operating systems into...
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