In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the different ways Azure can be managed from the command line, including Cloud Shell, which is currently in preview.

Because it’s important to curate images on the Bing home page, this edition of Short Takes looks at the new Skype on Windows, Microsoft’s case for Defender, Bill Gates nets $4.6 billion, and much more.

Aidan Finn shows you how to execute Azure Automation runbooks from your phone.

Aidan Finn explains how elements of the Azure App Service are executed in instances of an Azure App Service plan and what those plans are.

The European Union will introduce the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in May 2018. The intention is to deliver better protection for personal data, which is laudable. Like with many regulations, the problems arise in implementation. Office 365 holds a lot of personal data, so Office 365 tenants must cope with GDPR.

In a recent update, Amazon announced Amazon Macie, a new security service that uses machine learning to discover, classify, and secure data stored in Amazon S3 at scale.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains why you probably should not enable Untrusted Font Blocking in Group Policy.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how Progressive Web Apps could change the future of apps across all platforms.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains what Outlook Customer Manager is and how it integrates with Office 365.

Microsoft has acquired Cycle Computing which is a cloud orchestrator and should make it easier to tap into the raw power of Azure.

Microsoft must have been happy with the $18.9 billion run rate they achieved for commercial cloud products in fiscal 2017. But what segment makes the majority of this revenue? Microsoft is not saying, but given the number of Office 365 users, it seems like it is Office 365.

Microsoft is opening two new data regions in Australia and hopes to grab a large section of that growing market.

Aidan Finn explains how to use the Azure Portal to deploy Azure Automation, install additional PowerShell modules, and ensure that all PowerShell modules are up to date.