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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage Puppet, Windows Installer, and Chocolatey.

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install and configure Active Directory using Puppet.

In the final part of this two-part article, Russell shows you how to install Puppet 5 on Red Hat Linux.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell show’s you how to enable the flag on a folder and explain why you might need this feature.

As a companion to my series on managing Windows Server with Puppet Enterprise, this short two-part article will guide you through installing your own Puppet 5 server on Red Hat Linux in Hyper-V.

Russell explains that Azure Automation Desired State Configuration (DSC) is comprised of Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC.

In this week’s episode, Stephen Rose and Paul Thurrott talk about mental health in IT and their own personal journeys discovering and managing mental health issues. Whether you think you might be neurodivergent or just want to understand the challenges and benefits for those whose brains are wired differently, check out their interesting chat. Transcript…

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 6 packs a new CPU and a new color but is it the same old Pro or has Microsoft changed the game again?

Microsoft has started rolling out a new feature to the Outlook mobile app (iOS & Android) that allows you to create a To Do easily and efficiently from an email.

Because Windows Vista is finally dead, this edition of Short Takes looks at the last stand for an unfairly maligned Windows version, the Creators Update, and upcoming Microsoft hardware events.