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Yubico Shares Expertise on How To Get to Passwordless

This month, I chatted with Yubico experts Erik Parkkonen, solutions architect, and Derek Hanson, vice president of standards and alliances, on the passwordless goal for organizations and where we are at this point.

Microsoft Edge for Business Now Arriving Automatically

Microsoft this week announced that Microsoft Edge for Business was released for "all supported platforms, including mobile."

Microsoft Entra API-Driven Provisioning Preview Eases HR App Integrations

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a preview of "Microsoft Entra API-driven provisioning," which promises to ease HR data sharing with Microsoft's identity and access management solutions.

Microsoft Defender for Identity Adds More Certificate Abuse Detections

Microsoft Defender for Identity now has a new sensor to further detect certificate abuses by attackers, per a Wednesday announcement.

Microsoft Reissues August Security Patch for Exchange Servers

Microsoft this week announced that it reissued August security update packages for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019.

Microsoft To End Its Managed Desktop Service Next Year

Microsoft is planning to end the Microsoft Managed Desktop service on July 31, 2024, according to a note in this Microsoft Learn document landing page.

Microsoft Previews Strict Location Enforcement To Thwart Stolen Token Access

Microsoft on Friday announced a preview of a continuous access evaluation setting for the Entra ID Conditional Access service that will let organizations strictly enforce location polices for network access.

WSUS Users Now Must Use PowerShell To Import Updates

Users of Windows Server Update Services will now have to import updates for Windows devices using a PowerShell script, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.

Hotpatch Desktop Now Commercially Available for Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition

Microsoft announced this week that its Hotpatch feature now works with the "Desktop Experience" deployment option for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition on Azure and Azure Stack HCI."

Windows 11 Version 23H2 Coming via 'Enablement Package' in Q4

Microsoft this week gave advance notice on coming Windows 10 and Windows 11 product releases.

Microsoft's Security Service Edge Aims To Bridge Network and Identity Security

Microsoft's Entra product announcements on Tuesday elicited some questions, which were answered today by Alex Simons, corporate vice president of product management at the Microsoft Identity and Network Access Division.

Microsoft Adds Two New Entra Products, Renames Entra Azure Active Directory

Microsoft on Tuesday announced an expansion of its Microsoft Entra identity and access management product line, and also indicated that it is ending its Entra Azure Active Directory product name.

Microsoft Fixes Outlook and Teams Service Problems

Microsoft had service issues with Outlook on the Web on June 27, followed by Microsoft Teams issues on June 28.

Microsoft Intune Getting Driver and Mobile Controls for Windows Enterprise Devices

Microsoft Intune is getting driver management and mobile application management capabilities for Windows Enterprise edition devices, Microsoft announced this month.

Debunking FinOps: 6 Reasons Why You May Not Need It for Cloud

Cloud cost management is important, but adding FinOps into the mix might be more trouble than it's worth. Here's why.

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