Tip of the Day

Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!

(Azure DNS) Tip of the Day: Azure DNS: Getting ready for DNS Flag Day

Today's tip... DNS Flag Day was February 1, 2019. On this day, DNS providers stopped supporting...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/26/2019

Tip of the Day: Windows Server Domain Name System (DNS) Flag Day Compliance

Today's tip... DNS Flag Day was February 1, 2019. On this day, Domain Name System (DNS) providers...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/25/2019

Microsoft Azure portal January 2019 update

Today's tip... List of January updates to the Azure portal: New Azure portal home page Quick and...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/20/2019

Tip of the Day: IE 10 End of Support & Availability of IE 11 for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Server 2012

Today's tip... On January 28, 2019, we announced via an IT Pro blog that customers running Windows...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/19/2019

Tip of the Day: Windows Admin Center 1809.5 and Lenovo XClarity extension now GA

Today's tip... We are very excited to present a cumulative update to our Ignite release, which...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/13/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Migrate is now available in Azure Government

Today's tip... Azure Migrate now supports Azure Government as a migration project location. This...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/12/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Now Available—Register Today!

Today's tip... We're pleased to announce that AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals is now available...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/11/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: To infinity and beyond: The definitive guide to scaling 10k VMs on Azure

Today's tip... Every platform has limits, workstations and physical servers have resource...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/06/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Questions on data residency and compliance in Microsoft Azure? We got answers!

Today's tip... Questions about the security of and control over customer data, and where it resides,...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/05/2019

Tip of the Day: M365 with advanced security and compliance offerings

Today's tip... Available for purchase on February 1, 2019: Identity and Threat Protection Microsoft...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/04/2019

Tip of the Day: Microsoft Forms

Today's tip... Need a quick survey or feel like challenging folks with a quiz? If so, Microsoft...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/30/2019

Tip of the Day: Microsoft Edge: Making the web better through more open source collaboration

Today's tip... For the past few years, Microsoft has meaningfully increased participation in the...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/29/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Introducing the new Azure PowerShell Az module

Today's tip... Starting in November 2018, the Azure PowerShell Az module is available for full...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/28/2019

Tip of the Day: Networking in OpenShift for Windows Blog

Today's tip... Great article! It includes: A list of buzzwords (nice touch!) Multiple architecture...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2019

Tip of the Day: Free eBook for Remote Workers

Today's tip... Download eBook here: “Make remote workers your secret weapon” -...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/22/2019

Tip of the Day: Easy Form Filling in Microsoft Edge

Today's tip... The below blog details five ways this got easier! Autofill for address fields...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/21/2019

Tip of the Day: Using your Surface Headphones

Today's tip... If you bought yourself an earlier Holiday present already, you may be enjoying the...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/16/2019

Tip of the Day: Collaborate with AI Features in Word

Today's tip... We’ve all written a document that required a placeholder for more information or to...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/15/2019

Tip of the Day: One Year for EOS - Windows 7

Today's tip... What are you doing to plan for Windows 7 end of support? Soon after that, Office 2010...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/14/2019

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Final reminder: OMS portal moving to the Azure portal

Today's tip... Over the last 12 months, Operations Management Suite (OMS) monitoring, management,...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/14/2019

(Azure) Tip of the Day: New Azure Storage Explorer & AzCopy integration feature

Today's tip... You can now use AzCopy v10 (Preview) for uploading and downloading Blobs from Azure...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/14/2019

(Azure) Tip of the Day: Azure portal and the new account manager!

Today's tip... Microsoft's Identity Division has recently launched a new account manager, with Azure...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/09/2019

Tip of the Day: Using Azure Automation State Tracking and Azure Monitor to Detect and Alert on File Changes

Today's tip... Great demonstration on how to use Azure Automation State Tracking to detect when a...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/08/2019

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Microsoft acquires FSLogix to enhance the Office 365 virtualization experience

Today's tip... To help extend our virtualization capabilities and provide an even richer experience...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/07/2019

Subject Tip of the Day: Introducing Azure DevOps Server 2019 RC1

Today's tip... Late November, we were excited to share the first release candidate (RC) of Azure...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/02/2019

We're on our holiday break!

Tip of the Day will be on our holiday break. We'll return in the new year with new tips for you....

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/24/2018

Tip of the Day: Emoji8

Today's tip... Interested in Machine Learning? Here’s a fun way for you and your potentially...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/19/2018

Tip of the Day: Products Reaching End of Support for 2019

Today's tip... Ever wonder where you can find out what products are scheduled to reach end of...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/18/2018

Tip of the Day: Desktop App Assure

Today's tip... Are you nervous about the upcoming end of servicing for Windows 7? Do you have an...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/17/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Leverage Azure Security Center to detect when compromised Linux machines attack

Today's tip... When an attacker compromises a machine, they typically have a goal in mind. Some...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/12/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Get started with Power BI service (app.powerbi.com)

Today's tip... This tutorial helps you get started with Power BI service. For an understanding of...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/11/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Simplified restore experience for Azure Virtual Machines

Today's tip... Azure Backup now offers an improved restore experience for Azure Virtual Machines by...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/05/2018

(Compute) Tip of the Day: Avere vFXT for Azure for HPC workloads now generally available

Today's tip... We are very excited to share the general availability (GA) of Avere vFXT for Azure....

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/05/2018

Tip of the Day: Cross-channel emotion analysis in Microsoft Video Indexer

Today's tip... Many different customers across industries want to have insights into the emotional...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/04/2018

(Cloud Security) Tip of the Day: Control and improve your security posture with Azure Secure score

Today's tip... Secure score is a security analytics tool that provides visibility of your...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/03/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: What's new in PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell

Today's tip... At Microsoft Ignite 2018, PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell became generally available...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/28/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Active Directory Integration with Azure Files in preview

Today's tip... Azure Files Azure AD Integration for SMB access using Azure AD Domain Services is now...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/27/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Firewall now generally available

Today's tip... Azure Firewall is a managed cloud-based network security service that protects your...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/26/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Announcing New Module 'Az'

Today's tip... In August 2018 we released a new module, 'Az', which combines the functionality of...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/21/2018

Tip of the Day: Windows Server Upgrade Center - Step-by-step guidance for modernizing your datacenter

Today's tip... Does your customer have questions about upgrading to newest Windows server OS?...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/20/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Serial console for Azure VMs now generally available

Today's tip... For those new to serial console, you’ll likely recognize this scenario: You’ve made a...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/19/2018

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Remote Desktop web client preview updated with SSO

Today's tip... As announced at Microsoft Ignite , a new web client is being developed to provide...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/14/2018

Tip of the Day: Long Awaited Updates to the Windows Hello for Business Documentation

Today's tip... After 182 file changes, 125 additions, 52 edits, and 5 deletes—the long awaited...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/13/2018

Tip of the Day: Top 10 Networking Features in Windows Server 2019

Today's tip... We here at the Tip-of-the-Day city desk would not be fulfilling our journalist...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/13/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Immutable storage for Azure Storage Blobs now generally available

Today's tip... Financial Services organizations regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/07/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Five habits of highly effective Azure users

Today's tip... There’s a lot you can do with Azure. But whether you’re modernizing your IT...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/06/2018

Cloud) Tip of the Day: Programmatically onboard and manage your subscriptions in Azure Security Center

Today's tip... Securing your Azure workloads has become easier with the release of Azure Security...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/05/2018

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure CycleCloud – the simplest way to execute HPC on Azure

Today's tip... We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure CycleCloud, a tool for...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/31/2018

Tip of the Day: Windows Hello Setup on Lock Screen

Today's tip... Set up Windows Hello faster and more securely in Windows 10 April 2018 Update! No...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/30/2018

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