Orin Thomas
@orinthomas
Working at Microsoft on things related to Windows Server, Azure Hybrid Cloud, & Azure & On-Prem AI Workload Operations. Author of 45+ Microsoft Press textbooks.
Azure Course Blueprints techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurearch…
List of recent product name changes that are part of (or are related to) Microsoft 365. m365maps.com/renames.htm
Edit and update firewall policies with Azure Firewall Draft and deploy. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetw…
More countries have produced a nuclear bomb than mass-produced a jet engine. h/t @_brianpotter
Right now, AI adoption in organizations is constrained by the need to figure out how to integrate AI with the complex & often poorly-understood processes inside companies But ChatGPT agent suggests that The Bitter Lesson of AI may come for real work, too. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefult…
🔗 Learn how to securely connect to Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters from anywhere, no firewall changes needed! Use Cluster Connect to access the apiserver for remote debugging, custom locations, and more. Supports Entra ID & service account auth. 🛡️☁️ Learn more here:…
Azure private subnets overview learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vi…
We updated our blog with expanded analysis and threat intelligence from newly observed activity by Storm-2603 leading to the deployment of Warlock ransomware. msft.it/6011s132J
Update: Microsoft has released updated analysis of Storm-2603 and Warlock ransomware. Customers should apply the on-premises SharePoint Server security updates immediately and follow the detailed mitigation guidance in our blog: msft.it/6040s130q
We updated our blog with expanded analysis and threat intelligence from newly observed activity by Storm-2603 leading to the deployment of Warlock ransomware. msft.it/6011s132J
Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake is in public preview! microsoft.com/en-us/security…
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Interesting corporate path dependency on AI is whether you are an Amazon, Microsoft, or Google shop. It is easier for IT/Legal to get AI access through your cloud provider, and that creates real constraints over which models you can access, and when. I see diverging pathways.
Docker MCP Toolkit now natively supports LM Studio as an MCP client 👾🐳
🚀 LM Studio now works out of the box with the Docker MCP Toolkit! Skip the messy configs—connect MCP servers in one click to LM Studio. 🛠️ Build agents easily & securely with Docker. 🔗 bit.ly/46mleAZ #DockerAI #MCP #DevTools #LMStudio
Identify Which Process is Blocking a File in Windows - techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalk… @orinthomas
Windows Server management overview learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-…
Microsoft has released a security update for SharePoint Server 2019 in addition to SharePoint Subscription Edition. We are actively working on updates for SharePoint 2016. See updated customer guidance and detection details:
Microsoft has released security updates that fully protect customers using SharePoint Subscription Edition and SharePoint 2019 against the risks posed by CVE-2025-53770, and CVE-2025-53771. These vulnerabilities apply to on-premises SharePoint Servers only. Customers should apply…
The somewhat obvious implication of this is that Marketing to AIs will become a thing, kind of like how @tylercowen is writing for AIs
🚨New from us: Given they are trained on human data, can you use psychological techniques that work on humans to persuade AI? Yes! Applying Cialdini's principles for human influence more than doubles the chance of GPT-4o-mini agrees to objectionable requests compared to controls
Critical apps on Azure? 🛡️ Stay ahead with Azure Monitor—track performance, availability & resilience in real time. Get alerts, analyze logs, and visualize metrics across your stack. #AzureMonitor #CloudOps #DevOps #AzureFunctions Learn more: msft.it/6016S7unI
Troubleshooting Azure ExpressRoute? 🌐 From BGP peering to ARP tables, get step-by-step help to fix connectivity issues across customer, provider & Microsoft zones. Diagnose, verify, and escalate smartly! #Azure #ExpressRoute #CloudNetworking Learn more: msft.it/6019S7uRX
The marginal cost of compute is going to zero. The marginal cost of energy is going to zero. Plan accordingly.