WSUS simplifies updating Windows 10 computers over the network, but first, you need to modify some settings and add new Group Policy templates to insure successful installation of the updates.

Attacks on Microsoft Office files are increasing. A multilayered approach is your best protection against this malware.

Redmond is set to launch the next-generation Windows Server 2016. Microsoft promises to make administration more secure, which is a good enough reason to take a closer look at the new Privileged Access Management feature.

Classic security safeguards, like antivirus and firewall products, are imperative for system protection. To search proactively for network intruders, as well, Microsoft offers Advanced Threat Analytics – a tool that will help even less experienced admins.

With each version of Windows, Microsoft has expanded the built-in security functions. Windows 10 includes a number of new and interesting security features.

Although attacks on computers are numerous and varied, they are predominantly based on the same techniques. Microsoft closes these vulnerabilities on Windows computers using the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).

As system administrators, you're often called upon to advise business leaders on your company's technology pathways. The newest dilemma to grab our too-short attention spans is whether to entertain a Windows 8.x upgrade, to stay with Windows 7 until January 2020, or to exercise our right to downgrade from Windows 8 to an older operating system. That's right, downgrade.

With Windows 8.1, Microsoft tries to correct the mistakes made in Windows 8 that are still keeping users and companies from using the new operating system. Besides the half-hearted revival of the Start button and the ability to boot directly into the desktop, it includes some interesting features.

Users of Windows Server 2012 will benefit from numerous innovations, especially in the areas of virtualization, high availability, and storage. In this article, we show you some tricks that make handling the new system much easier.

In the old Hyper-V hypervisor from Microsoft, many features for professional use were missing. The new version 3.0 has been significantly improved and is slowly catching up to VMware.