Windows Insider Archives - Thomas Maurer

New Windows Server vNext Preview Build 20201

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:50:19 +0000

The Windows Insider and Windows Server team just announced a new Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core installation options for Datacenter and Standard editions. The new Windows Server vNext Preview build has build number 20201 and adds a couple of new features and enhancements. …

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Run Hyper-V on Windows 10 on ARM and the Surface Pro X

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:55:55 +0000

Here is a quick blog post on how you can run Hyper-V virtual machines (VM) on Windows 10 on ARM and the Surface Pro X. I am running the Surface Pro X as my daily driver for a couple of months. It is a fantastic device and combines a light designed and the Surface Pro …

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Azure Unblogged – Microsoft Feedback and Customer engagement programs

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:01:53 +0000

You might have seen that I started a video series called Azure Unblogged, in which I talk to people in Microsoft and the Microsoft community about different products, services, stories, and much more. This week I am releasing a video on Azure Unblogged in which I had the chance to talk to Holly Lehman (Program …

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Reset and Reinstall Windows 10 from the Cloud

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:08:35 +0000

In the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build you have a new feature called Windows 10 Cloud Reset. This new feature helps you to reset and reinstall your Windows 10 machine from the cloud. The feature first showed up in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18970 which are preview releases of Windows 10 20H1. If …

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Windows Insider MVP Award

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:38:07 +0000

I am proud to share with you today, that I received the Windows Insider MVP Award from Microsoft, for my contributions in the Windows community in the past year. The Windows Insider MVP award is an additional award to the Microsoft MVP award. It was created and announced in 2016, and is focusing on Windows and …

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Windows Sandbox – Isolated Windows Desktop

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:30:42 +0000

Today Microsoft announced a new feature called Windows Sandbox. Windows Sandbox is built based on Windows Container technology, which allows you to spin up an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software. The software you run and install in the Windows Sandbox does not affect the host. If you shut down the …

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Windows Insider – Insiders2Campus visit in Redmond

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:07:49 +0000

If you have been following on social media in the last couple of days, you might have seen that I had the chance to speak at different conferences and events like SCOM Day in Gothenburg and Cloud Camp in Dublin. I also had the possibility to visit the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, and meet with …

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Windows 10 adds WebP support for Microsoft Edge

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:54:10 +0000

Today Microsoft released a new Windows 10 insider Preview build 17692. After updating to this build you will be able to automatically download the WebP Extension for Microsoft Edge. This means Microsoft Edge now supports the Google Image format called WebP. WebP is Google’s alternative smaller image format to that of JPEGs or PNGs. This is …

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Sneak Peak of Windows Server 1803 (RS4) – Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17074

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:25:39 +0000

Yesterday, Microsoft announced a new Windows Server Insider Preview Build (17074) which will be released as the next Semi-Annual Channel release for Windows Server. This release will likely be called Windows Server 1803 (Codename: Restone 4), which is aligned to the Windows Client releases. Microsoft talked about improvements in the next Windows Server releases and …

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Tar and Curl on Windows 10

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:08:41 +0000

Today Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17063 which includes a lot of great new features like Timeline, Activities, Microsoft Edge, Windows Subsystem for Linux improvements and much more. But Microsoft also included something for IT Pros and Developers. After the OpenSSH client and the OpenSSH server. Microsoft brings two new command-line tools for …

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