Jeff James

Looking for a way to play DVD or Blu-ray discs using Windows 8? Learn a number of options for playing DVDs on Win8 with our latest Ask an Admin article.

VMware takes the wraps off their vCloud Hybrid Service, a cloud IaaS offering designed to compete with similar services from Amazon and Microsoft.

Like Daft Punk? Check out this fan’s video, which sets “Aerodynamic” to music — via eight floppy drives.

Wish you could drop UAC in Win8? We got you covered: Learn four easy ways to disable User Account Control in Windows 8 in this helpful tutorial.

What are the limitations of Virtual Machines (VMs) created in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V? Read on to find out!

We asked for our readers’ opinions about Windows 8, and boy, you gave it to us. Check out what other IT pros thought – for better or worse.

Wondering what to do with the new Windows Azure IaaS service? Discover how to spool up a Minecraft server with Azure IaaS in this tutorial with John Savill.

We asked readers for feedback, and boy, did you deliver. Read on to see some survey results and to welcome a few new authors to the Petri family.

What does Microsoft have in common with legendary linebacker Dick Butkus? Discover the connection in our MMS 2013 recap.

Check this out: HP puts the private cloud on display with their ‘Serverquarium’ exhibit at MMS 2013.