One of Microsoft’s most familiar cloud identity product names is changing.
Azure Active Directory is becoming Microsoft Entra ID.
For administrators, the immediate question is obvious:
What actually changes? Continue reading
Anyone who has administered Windows computers knows how much work traditional device deployment can involve.
Receive a computer. Create or maintain an operating-system image. Install Windows. Install drivers. Add applications. Join the domain. Apply policies. Configure the device. Finally, deliver it to the user.
Microsoft’s modern-management strategy introduces a different approach through Windows Autopilot. Continue reading
Managing computers has traditionally been closely tied to the corporate network.
Configure Active Directory, join the computer to the domain, apply Group Policy and use on-premises management infrastructure.
That model remains important, but the definition of a corporate device is changing.
Employees use laptops, smartphones and tablets. They connect from outside the office. Some devices belong to the company while others belong to the employee. Continue reading
icrosoft has spent years moving enterprise services to the cloud.
Exchange moved to Exchange Online.
SharePoint moved to SharePoint Online.
Office became increasingly cloud-connected through Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
Identity became cloud-connected.
Device management entered the cloud through Microsoft Intune.
Now Microsoft is taking another major step:
Windows itself is moving to the cloud.
On July 14, 2021, Microsoft announced Windows 365, a cloud service designed to stream a complete Windows environment to a device. Microsoft calls this new category a Cloud PC Continue reading
Microsoft 365 is bringing Microsoft’s productivity, operating system and management technologies closer together. Here’s why the announcement represents more than another Microsoft product name. Continue reading
If you are using Windows 10 Insider Preview (previously known as Technical Preview) in your computer, here is a good news for you.
Microsoft has released a new update Build 14328 of Windows 10 to public which comes with many bug fixes and improvements. This is the 12th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after the November Update build 10586 (Threshold 2). This new build also comes via new “RS1” (RedStone1) development branch. Continue reading