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Cloud Hosting Offers Mac Users a Full Windows Desktop for POHODA Accounting Without Local VMs
{ "title": "Cloud Hosting Offers Mac Users a Full Windows Desktop for POHODA Accounting Without Local VMs", "content": "Mac users who depend on the Czech accounting package POHODA have long been...
Hitachi Vantara VSP One SDS Lands on Azure Marketplace, Promises Up to 40% Storage Savings
Hitachi Vantara has made its Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) available directly within the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, a move aimed at simplifying hybrid cloud...
August 2025 patch KB5063877 ends Windows Server 2019 cluster crashes tied to BitLocker CSVs
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update, KB5063877, resolves a critical bug that caused Cluster Service crashes on Windows Server 2019 nodes using BitLocker-encrypted Cluster Shared Volumes...
ProRail's Four-Month Sprint to SAP S/4HANA on Azure: What Other Public Sector Orgs Can Learn
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail has migrated its legacy SAP systems to a cloud-based SAP S/4HANA platform on Microsoft Azure, completing the core transition in just four months with partner...
Microsoft Tests Cloud-Based Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11 to Prevent Mass Outages
Microsoft has begun rolling out Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) to Windows Insiders, a cloud-assisted remediation feature designed to automatically fix unbootable Windows 11 PCs without manual...
Microsoft Account Lockout Nightmare: Why Cloud-Only Backup Is a Recipe for Disaster
Mike Kaganski, a LibreOffice developer, spent a week locked out of his Microsoft account after sending what seemed like an innocuous email about code bugs. The suspension cut off access to his files,...
Microsoft Opens Gated Preview for Windows 365 Reserve: 10-Day Cloud PCs for Emergencies
Microsoft has started inviting organizations to trial Windows 365 Reserve, a new managed Cloud PC service that gives each licensed user up to 10 days of temporary desktop access per year. The...
Windows 11’s Hidden, Deprecated Backup Tool Still Outperforms Modern Alternatives for Full System Images
Microsoft has spent years nudging Windows users toward its modern, cloud-first backup and sync tools, but for one crucial capability—creating a complete, bit-for-bit system image—the best...
Sure’s Azure Stack Hub in Channel Islands: Real Capacity, Licensing, and Data Sovereignty Demystified
Channel Island enterprises now have a managed Azure Stack Hub service hosted locally by Sure, a move that promises data residency, Azure-consistent tooling, and on-island support. This hybrid cloud...
Deprecated but Indispensable: Why the Windows 7 Backup Tool Still Matters for System Imaging
Windows 11 carries a ghost from 2009—a backup utility that Microsoft officially retired in Windows 8 but left lurking in the Control Panel. And while Microsoft recommends moving on, this deprecated...
Microsoft Opens Windows 365 Reserve Preview: 10-Day Emergency Cloud PCs for Instant Endpoint Recovery
Microsoft has launched a gated public preview of Windows 365 Reserve, a new service that provisions on-demand Cloud PCs to keep knowledge workers productive when their primary devices fail. Announced...
Microsoft Opens Gated Preview for Windows 365 Reserve, Offering 10-Day Temporary Cloud PCs for Device Outages
Microsoft has quietly launched a gated public preview of Windows 365 Reserve, a new standalone subscription that provides each covered user up to 10 days of temporary Cloud PC access per year. The...