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Maximizing Value and Compliance: The Essential Role of SAM Advisory Services in Large Enterprises

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In an era where software governs critical business operations, managing digital assets efficiently is more important than ever for large enterprises. Software Asset Management (SAM) is not just about keeping track of what’s installed; it’s about understanding your software environment to control costs and ensure compliance. This complexity has grown with the advent of cloud … Read more

7 Step Software Renewal Checklist

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Software renewals are a great opportunity to review your goals and to determine the best path forward for your company. Decisions about software support, maintenance, and renewals are not simply about licensing or cost saving; they are also business decisions. Effective management of your renewals allows you to renegotiate your contract for more favorable terms … Read more

How to repair Windows 10 (and 11) in 4 steps

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When Windows 10 gets wonky, try this series of repair techniques — in this order — to attempt to set things right. Sometimes a Windows 10 system starts misbehaving to the point where repair is needed. This often takes the form of worsening performance or stability, and can originate from damage to, loss of, or … Read more

Planning to update to Windows 11? A checklist before you do

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With the Oct. 5 launch date less than a month away, it’s time to think about when Windows users should move from 10 to 11. (Helpful hint: Don’t rush.) The date has been announced: Microsoft will start offering Windows 11 on Oct. 5 to computers that fully meet its hardware requirements. But should you update? With Windows … Read more

The uber-importance of software documentation

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It doesn’t matter how great your software is if nobody understands how or why they should use it. Which is more important, software or the documentation that makes that software more usable and useful? Framed that way, it would be reasonable to assume both creators should make roughly the same, given similar seniority/geography/etc. Reasonable, but … Read more

Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?

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Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 11 as they roll out to Windows Insiders. Now updated for Insider Preview Build 22000.65, released on July 8, 2021. In late June, Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Windows 11 and is now releasing early preview builds to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Not everyone, … Read more

What enterprise needs to know about Windows 11

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We’ve collected some of the most salient points about the upcoming Windows 11, the ones enterprise IT admins will most need to know. So much for that promise. You know, the one Microsoft made six years ago when it told customers that Windows 10 was “the last version of Windows” they’d see. Instead, Windows 10 … Read more

Microsoft: All things must end … even Windows 10

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Support for the OS ends in four years. And while that date raised eyebrows this week, it’s important to remember that before Windows 10’s 2015, launch, Microsoft declared it would only offer updates for 10 years — until October 2025. Microsoft will shut down support for Windows 10 in just over four years, in October … Read more

Microsoft’s plan to remake Windows — what that might mean

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In two weeks, Microsoft, plans to unveil the “next generation” of Windows. But isn’t Windows 10 supposed to be the last generation of the ubiquitous OS? Oh, great. Microsoft is going to upend Windows again. Just great. Come June 24, according to Microsoft, the company will unveil or display or reveal all or something or … Read more

When Windows bug fixes go bad, IT can now roll back individual changes

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Microsoft this week unveiled ‘Known Issue Rollback,’ which allows IT admins roll back individual non-security elements of an update if the change breaks something. Microsoft this week announced a new enterprise-only flexibility in Windows servicing that lets IT professionals roll back individual non-security elements of an update when a change breaks something. The feature, dubbed … Read more