Orin Thomas

Working at Microsoft on things related to Windows Server, Azure Hybrid Cloud, & Azure & On-Prem AI Workload Operations. Author of 45+ Microsoft Press textbooks.

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

The new (3rd) edition of Windows Server Inside Out is now available. 864 pages and nearly 250,000 words, this is EVERYTHING I know about Windows Server. The last edition of this book (Server 2019) was published just after I'd started as an FTE at Microsoft and in 7 years working with the product, documentation and Advocacy teams I've learned endlessly more about the operating system and its functionality - all of which I've embedded in this textbook. It covers all supported versions of Windows Server up to Windows Server 2025 and includes everything from Securing Active Directory and Hardening Windows Server, to how to host and manage Hyper-V, integrate with Azure Services and how to host generative AI workloads like Ollama and Foundry Local. A big shout out to Jeff Woolsey, Dan Cuomo, Ned Pyle, Robin Harwood, Rob Hindman, Ben Armstrong, Theo Tran, Yash Shekar, Elden Christiansen, Rick Claus and countless others for all teaching me even more about a wonderful operating system that I'd already written a multitude of books on before I got a blue badge.

https://t.co/XbDyZdWldl

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

WSL containers bring Linux container development directly into Windows through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL containers provide a built-in way to create, run, and manage Linux containers on Windows without requiring additional third-party tooling. https://t.co/nb6O8tDsaJ

[Craig Loewen @craigaloewen]

WSL container's public preview starts today, you can try it out right away! Blog post here for more details:

https://t.co/RtZsioneN9

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

New Art of Andor by @PhilSzostak

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@dungeoncraft @YouTube How many days since your last TPK ;-)

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@StarWarsExplain @ChrisKempshall X-Wing novels still some of the best reads of the EU

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@SketchyFig So Galvatron will steal your chips at the beach?

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@mtaibbi The advances certainly don't match what they'd expect to earn in royalties.

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

@CliffordAsness Turchin's thesis about elite overproduction and political instability has a lot of explanatory power. If Trump had never gone into politics, it's likely that the same elite overproduction issues would have given rise to the same radical political phenomenon on the left.

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@draginol So you can give the Tywom a friend without having to actually put up with the Tywom?

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@SketchyFig So what does “show more categories” display?

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Windows Admin Center version 2606 is now generally available! https://t.co/k8PsUFEcls

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

@emollick "I want Claude!"
"We have Claude at home!"

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@Mattew_DIG Almost all devices with older certificates will continue functioning normally and receive automatic updates through the monthly Windows Update process. A minority of devices may instead need OEM firmware updates.

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

Best practices for deploying Secure Boot certificate updates. https://t.co/yqph7Eq8A9

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@donasarkar Fonzie would struggle to make them cool if he was visiting antarctica

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@OwlcatGames Congrats - thanks for giving us a great 40K RPG - love the TTRPG and was glad I got the artbook for this.

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@jsnover Did you ever take it off? :-)

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@SimonFurman3 One of my engineering professors used to say "Necessity is the mother of invention, and the father is a deadline"

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

The ability of Codex (and Code) to solve problems on my various Windows machines has saved me so much effort. Just one of the most annoying uses of time, and an example of a clear small win.

[Orin Thomas @orinthomas]

@esaagar The more Dad you get, the more WW2 you know.