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• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Mind Blown -- MS Buys LinkedIn

  MS Buys LinkedIn, with all kinds of synergies sought for. Overlaps in training, certification, and professional development are most interesting!

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Win10 Desktopshare 17-23% for May

  Windows 10 desktopshare stands at 17-23% depending on your source for numbers. Can that growth rate be sustained long enough for MS to hit 1 billion licenses by end of 2017?

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Windows 10 adoption on IT's docket for 2016

  Attendees at Citrix Synergy 2016 share their plans for Windows 10 adoption this year.

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  Avoid Win10 Upgrade Tricks

  MS has rigged Windows Update to incent, incite and perhaps even trick users into upgrading to Windows 10. Read about their known Win10 upgrade tricks!

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Automation tools make Windows 10 migration easier

  Companies conducting a large Windows 10 migration could use a tool that automates much of the heavy lifting when transferring users' content.

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• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Old Hardware Makes USMC Hit Win10 Update Snag

  The CIO for the US DoD has decreed that it would upgrade all service branches to Windows 10 by early 2017; the USMC has hit a Win10 update snag.

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Free Win10 Upgrade Ends 7/29/2016

  MS confirms that its free Win10 upgrade ends 7/29/2016 for Windows 7 and 8.1. Act soon to exercise it, and save an upgrade snapshot for later!

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  No Blocking Store Access in Win10Pro

  Now that Build 1511 has reached CBB status, admins can no longer use group policy for blocking Store access in Windows 10 Pro. Deal with it!

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  US Govt Sites Show OS Use on Web

  Analytics.usa.gov shows how user OSes break out for government websites, with interesting trends for OS use on web, especially Windows 10.

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Driver Update Controls: Win10 14328

  The next release of Windows 10 includes driver update controls via Group Policy, shown in a new item added to Insider Preview 14328.

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  Uninstall QuickTime for Windows NOW!

  Apple quit providing security updates for QuickTime on Windows PCs. Discovery of 2 zero day exploits makes it time to uninstall QuickTime for Windows NOW.

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Updating Win10 CBB

  Right after Microsoft moved the build for the Current Business Branch (CBB) to 10586, they started updating Win10 CBB with a cumulative update.

• April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16

  Meet the Windows 10 Tech Bench

  The Windows 10 Tech Bench provides resources, image files, and info for IT pros. It's a professional alternative to the Media Creation Tool.

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Windows 10 upgrade offer spurs spike in adoption

  More businesses plan to take advantage of Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade offer before it expires in July, but IT pros still have concerns about cost and privacy.

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  Win10 CBB Update 1 Is Here!

  Microsoft has announced the first update to its Current Branch for Business release for Windows 10 (Win10 CBB Update 1).