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Going Carbon-Neutral? Microsoft Has a Tool for That

From Microsoft's "sustainability cloud" to multiple Microsoft 365 emissions dashboards, there are plenty of tools available to businesses to start measuring -- and reducing -- their carbon footprints.

Smaller Companies Shine at KubeCon North America 2022

Tom goes to the Motor City and finds not all of the cool Kubernetes innovation is coming from major players.

KubeCon 2022: What It's Like to Attend an In-Person Tech Event Post-Pandemic

Tom, who's a sucker for a good auto museum, finds an upbeat, engaged live crowd with plenty of interesting exhibits and attractions in the Motor City.

Ignite Fall 2021 Recap: Security, Endpoint Manager, Azure (and More Security)

Paul details his personal, totally subjective highlights of the recent conference, which he found to be more substantial than some predecessors.

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Ignite In Depth: New Azure Virtual Network Manager Public Preview

The point of AVNM is to give you a centralized way to manage connectivity and security policy, scoped to subscriptions or management groups for your entire Azure estate.

First Look: Hands-On with Windows Terminal

Tom Fenton goes under the hood of Windows Terminal (currently only available in Preview Mode).

A Look at the New Azure Releases & Improvements Revealed at Build 2019

From hyperscale database engines and improvements in ML.NET 1.0, to the preview of Azure Blockchain Service and new flavors of Azure SQL Database, here's a glimpse at what was announced at the Microsoft developer conference.

3 Best Practices for Successful Backup and Disaster Recovery

Here's what to keep in mind when planning your organization's backup and DR capabilities.

What to Expect with Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2

Released with the Windows 10 Insider Preview, the new architecture looks to deliver a faster file system performance, among other new and improved features.

6 Lessons Learned During a Real-World Azure Migration

Paul Schnackenburg walks through an implementation of public cloud computing for a small business IT infrastructure and shares what lessons were learned along the way.

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Under the Hood: Intel Turbo Boost, Part 2

Tom Fenton shares the results of some tests he conducted with Turbo Boost enabled and disabled on a CPU.

The Dell UltraSharp U3219Q Monitor with Built-in KVM Switch

With enough real estate to work with multiple documents, you can attach multiple different computers and VDI clients, as well as wireless and wired keyboards and mice with no issues.

Under the Hood: Intel Turbo Boost

Tom Fenton takes a look at what the technology is and when it will come into play on a CPU.

Go Beyond OCR with Amazon Textract

The new machine learning service is designed to identify usable data without the need for custom coding.

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Disaster Recovery to the Cloud: The Difference Between Backups and DR

Although the cloud is well known for its potential use as a backup target, public clouds are increasingly being used as a disaster recovery platform.

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Take a Spin with Azure Sentinel -- a SIEM in the Cloud

Paul Schnackenburg takes a look at the public preview of the new Microsoft cloud-based Security Information and Event Management service..

The Dell U3818DW Monitor with Built-in KVM Switch

If you work with multiple computers and you're looking to declutter your desktop, you might want to investigate using a monitor like Dell's 38-inch curved display.

Decoding the Latest Generation of Intel CPUs

Here's what the naming scheme means for the 2nd-Gen Xeon CPUs Intel released at the beginning of the month.

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Intel Releases GA of 2nd-Gen 'Cascade Lake' Xeon CPUs

Support for Optane DC Persistent Memory is one of many new features in Intel's latest generation of chips.

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A Look at Security in the Microsoft Cloud, Part 2: Azure Deployments

The foundational services, technologies and tools you can use to secure your Azure platform.

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