Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Part 2

Last blog we talked about several features that were released in the Windows 10 Anniversary update.  We will be covering several more features in the update, as well as things we didn’t like about the update.   Action Center Upgrade   The Action Center is a notification hub that was...

Windows One Core

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella explained the future of Windows platform is to have one unified operating system on all devices.  This means Windows 9 will be on desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile devices, and the Xbox One.  Currently Microsoft is slightly fragmented by having their mobile platform Windows Phone, and their...

Thoughts on Windows Updates for Servers

Over the past 15 years of working with Windows Servers, I have seen and heard of many different approaches to the Windows updates Microsoft provides on “Patch Tuesdays”.  Some companies set their servers to download and install patches as soon as they become available.  Some roll out patches to development...