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Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 20 years of industry experience and the author of over 25 books. He is the News Director for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, the major domo at Thurrott.com, and the co-host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Mary Jo Foley, What the Tech with Andrew Zarian, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows.

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Google’s Office 365 Competitor is Rebranded as G Suite, Adds New Functionality

Last Update: Nov 23, 2022

As part of a sweeping series of announcements aimed at business customers on Thursday, Google announced that it is rebranding its Google Apps offering as G Suite. But the mission remains the same: Chip away at the popularity of Microsoft’s productivity offerings, in particular Office 365.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because it’s that time of the quarter, this special edition of Short Takes will focus exclusively on Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings report.

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Real World SmartDeploy with Barry Weiss of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

After struggling for years with tools like Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Barry Weiss heard about a simpler and less expensive solution called SmartDeploy at a Microsoft conference.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: June 28

Last Update: Aug 31, 2022

Because baby steps are still forward steps, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s less-than-inclusive internal policies, a weird Windows Update prompt, more OneDrive, less Cortana, and much, much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly and annual earnings this week, I’m back with a new edition of Short Takes that looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly and annual earnings this week, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly earnings this week, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Ignite 2021 Special Edition

Because Microsoft is having its second Ignite virtual event in five months, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the news the software giant announced at this event. Or, at least some of it.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly earnings this week, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: December 4

Because it’s the most wonderful time of a less than wonderful year, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s 2020 holiday commercial, Salesforce wastes $27.7 billion, Microsoft’s controversy of the week, 1100 new Teams features, yet another way to update Windows 10, and so much more.

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