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Tanvi-Spiceworks (Tanvi (Spiceworks)) September 10, 2026, 1:18pm 1 Today’s highlights include an insightful piece by Priya Singh on the challenges of AI in software development. While AI agents can speed up coding, they don’t necessarily accelerate the overall release process. Instead, the real bottlenecks shift to the review and validation stages, where human oversight is still crucial to keep pace with the rapid output of machines.

microsoft-office-365, microsoft-office, question, general-windows ode2joy (Ode2joy) September 10, 2026, 1:25pm 1 So today is the third day in a row I had a user reach out and say they’re having an issue converting a Word document to PDF using the built-in ‘Save a Copy’ function. When they select this option and change the format to PDF and click ‘Save’, it opens the PDF in their chosen reader, but the .pdf file does not appear in the folder they’d selected during the save process.

mike-eaton (Mike (Eaton)) September 10, 2026, 12:55pm 1 SpiceWorld veterans know all about the Passport to Prizes raffle. Attendees visit vendor booths to get a stamp and then turn in completed passport books for a chance to win cool raffle prizes at end of SpiceWorld. The prizes are at least $100. What prizes would you be excited to win? @kat-eaton

josh-dell (Josh (Dell)) September 10, 2026, 12:48pm 1 Not every health check needs a 40-page report. Sometimes a simple check tells you everything you need to know. A few examples: - Reviewing hardware alerts - Checking failed backups - Looking for unexpected reboots - Verifying storage capacity trends They’re quick. They’re easy. And they’ve caught more issues than many complex reviews. What’s one health check you never skip?

Josh-J-Spiceworks (Josh J (Spiceworks)) September 10, 2026, 12:00pm 1 Howdy, folks! Some of you might already be aware that I’ve not been the biggest fan of generative AI. I believe that machine learning has its place, and is extremely useful for certain things, but largely have not had much luck with using current LLMs to get meaningful work done without extensive coaching and editing.

robertkwild (robert k wild) September 10, 2026, 12:22pm 1 hi all, want to install hyper-v but couple questions before is it best to install on server 2025 datacenter gui or core (i think core as it uses less resources as no gui needed i think as you do most of the controlling/troubleshooting etc via your client?) how do you connect to it via your client, isnt it a role you need to add under “add windows features”?

Daniel-Blystone (Daniel Blystone) September 10, 2026, 11:48am 81 Digital Hosting Catastrophe Principal This is the super secret acronym for the idea that all things that are digitally hosted will eventually fail in a catastrophic manor and simply need a reboot to fix it.

sandeeo-kashyap (sandeep-kashyap) September 10, 2026, 12:23pm 1 Big strategic decisions get documented. Small day-to-day decisions usually don’t matter. But what about decisions like dropping a feature, changing a timeline, or choosing a vendor? They’re important enough to matter later, but often end up buried in emial, meetings, or document comments. How do you capture these before they get re-debated weeks later?

afroz-stellar (Afroz (Stellar)) September 10, 2026, 11:54am 1 As an IT admin or an ITAM, data disposal is a critical ask and needs to be executed in the right manner. A single overlooked device, if not wiped completely, can lead to an episode of data breach. The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report found that the global average data breach cost in the world was $4.99 million in 2026, up 12% compared to the year before.

afroz-stellar (Afroz (Stellar)) September 10, 2026, 12:04pm 1 What do you do when a critical PST file won’t open, and Outlook’s built-in ScanPST tool can’t fix it? In a hands-on review, MSPoweruser’s Keelan Balderson tests Stellar Repair for Outlook, covering both the desktop application and the newer browser-based Online PST file Repair by Stellar, to see how each handles a corrupted mailbox.