Microsoft published a Windows Ink demo as the feature we saw at the Build conference is released to the Windows 10 Insiders fast ring today. The new pen experience is coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update this Summer. If you're an Insider, you can see the feature across apps like Maps, Edge, Office, Sticky Notes, and others with the cool new straight-edge … [Read more...]
Free ebook from Microsoft introduces Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Looking to get a head start on Windows Server 2016? This ebook can help guide you through the Technical Preview of Microsoft's upcoming Server OS update. It is written by John McCabe and available as a PDF (standard or mobile). It is 176 pages and covers a lot of the new features in Server 2016. Regardless of whether you have checked out the Server 2016 Technical Preview, this … [Read more...]
Protect your organization from ransomware by blocking macros in Office 2016 through Group Policy
Microsoft has updated the available Office 2016 Administrative Templates for Group Policy configuration. The updated admx files include new settings to block macros from running in Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations that originated from the Internet. Microsoft has provided this updated mitigation to provide control to a popular vector that malware, … [Read more...]
Ready to see Bash on Windows? Upgrade Windows 10 Insider Preview to Build 14316
The Fast Ring of Windows 10 Insider Preview received a new release today bringing the OS build version to 14316. This preview brings some of the new features that were demonstrated at Microsoft's Build developers conference, most prominently the ability to run native Bash on Windows and improvements to Cortana. To run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you have to enable the … [Read more...]
Highlights of Microsoft Build 2016
Microsoft held their annual developers conference this week. While this was Build and the focus is on developers, there was still quite a bit of Windows 10 details revealed for IT and general consumers. It started Wednesday with a keynote address and ran through Friday with a variety of technical sessions. While the keynote usually holds the largest revelations of new products … [Read more...]