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Microsoft reported an 18% jump in revenue for Q3 to $49.4 billion, thanks to strong growth in its Office and Microsoft Cloud divisions.
04/27/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it's adding the ability for Microsoft 365 Web app users to switch their accounts within browsers, which will be available in the next few months.
04/27/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced some Azure Active Directory enhancements to help organizations shift away from using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
04/26/2022
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Microsoft on Friday described its efforts in upgrading its own employees' devices to Windows 11.
04/26/2022
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Microsoft's Azure DDoS Protection customers can launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) test attacks on their use of Azure services via Red Button's services, Microsoft announced on Friday.
04/25/2022
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IT leaders at large organizations want tools and automation support for their cloud migrations, according to a 2022 study published this week by Next Pathway.
04/22/2022
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The sales support of Microsoft Stores, which largely went online a couple of years ago, is now being presented as a new and free consultation service for small businesses, according to a Wednesday UK Microsoft announcement.
04/21/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
One of the pressing questions that I have been dealing with lately is that of when it is truly safe to dispose of outdated technology.
04/21/2022
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Ransomware attacks specifically targeting virtualization platforms is growing, according to threat intelligence firm Mandiant.
04/21/2022
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Microsoft's LinkedIn professional social network platform was the No. 1 mimicked brand by attackers when leveraging phishing attacks, according to security firm Check Point.
04/21/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release of its latest cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019, while also outlining a coming CU release-cycle change from quarterly to biannual releases.
04/20/2022
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Microsoft is ramping up its long-term plans to eventually remove Server Message Block 1 (SMB1) from future Windows operating system releases, according to a Tuesday announcement.
04/20/2022
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"Microsoft Purview" is new product branding announced on Tuesday by Microsoft, which combines the former Azure Purview data governance service with various Microsoft 365 compliance solutions.
04/19/2022
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Organizations are beset by ransomware and generally aren't well prepared for the attacks, according to a newly released Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) study.
04/19/2022
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The Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) service now works with SQL Server data, and can be applied using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), according to a Monday Microsoft announcement.
04/18/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Looking back at the time, sanity and money I saved by switching to Microsoft's cloud platform.
04/15/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a preview of dynamic administrative units, which facilitates matters for IT pros overseeing Azure Active Directory.
04/14/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has updated its "best practices" advice for securing domain controllers.
04/14/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" commercial release of "differentiated protection for priority accounts" for Microsoft Defender for Office 365 users.
04/13/2022
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The Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance now has a certification program for IT professionals.
04/13/2022
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It's Patch Tuesday yet again. And Microsoft is making it a memorable one with 128 vulnerability fixes – the most seen since October 2020.
04/12/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced that its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint security solution now supports older Windows Server products, namely Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.
04/12/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Was giving up the control of my self-hosted email worth it to hand Microsoft over the keys completely?
04/12/2022
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SQL Server 2022 is nearing a public preview release, Microsoft announced on Monday.
04/12/2022
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Microsoft's coming Windows 11 security improvements, announced last week, may be available for Windows 10 machines as well.
04/11/2022
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Security solutions companies CrowdStrike and Mandiant have formed a strategic partnership across some of their security products for organizations, per a Thursday CrowdStrike announcement.
04/08/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Here's an interesting thought experiment in an age of automation and remote work.
04/07/2022
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Microsoft is previewing the ability for IT departments using its Configuration Manager tool to give their Windows users a so-called "native inbox experience" when getting updates, according to a Thursday announcement.
04/07/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday described security enhancements coming in "a future release of Windows 11."
04/07/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday offered guidance on the so-called "Spring4Shell" vulnerability in the Spring Framework overseen by VMware, while also indicating that its own services were unaffected.
04/06/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Windows Autopatch, which lets Microsoft take over quality and security patching operations in organizations, including Windows operating system feature updates, plus driver updates.
04/05/2022
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In an effort to make Windows the "most accessible and inclusive" version of the OS, Microsoft on Tuesday outlined a few new upgrades and features, including a redesigned File Explorer.
04/05/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday profiled coming Windows 365 enhancements as part of an overall theme of supporting "hybrid work" scenarios.
04/05/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday described Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) as becoming a "single, cloud powered solution" for organizations, with new capabilities.
04/05/2022
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Microsoft on Friday announced the "general availability" commercial release of System Center 2022, its suite of management, configuration, deployment and analysis tools for enterprise organizations.
04/01/2022
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Google is pointing to government organizations' reliance on Microsoft technology as a serious security threat.
04/01/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the acquisition of Minit, a maker of process mining software for organizations.
03/31/2022
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The Spring Framework can be subject to newly a disclosed "zero-day" vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) that's deemed "Critical," according to a Thursday announcement by Spring developer VMware.
03/31/2022
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Software development and IT services company Globant appears to have confirmed getting hacked, and it likely was done by the Lapsus$ criminal gang.
03/30/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a public preview of the ability to use Azure Arc to manage Linux or Windows virtual machines (VMs) when using Azure Stack HCI.
03/30/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the "general availability" (GA) commercial release of Azure Front Door, its latest content delivery network (CDN) service for securing and supporting high-availability Web content and "global" applications.
03/29/2022
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The metaverse is coming and, with it, a new landscape for cyber threats.
03/29/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While there's no real reason why you would need to read a floppy disk, that shouldn't stop us from seeing if we can do it!
03/29/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced that Office 365 Government Secret, a new software-as-a-service offering for U.S. federal agencies and their partners, is getting ready for "availability starting mid-2022."
03/28/2022
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A new "Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework" was agreed to "in principle," as announced on Friday by the European Commission and the Biden White House.
03/25/2022
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Seven individuals connected with the Lapsus$ hacking group, including the suspected ringleader, were arrested on Thursday in the surrounding areas of London.
03/25/2022
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Microsoft announced this week that it has already started a phased rollout of its new "search highlights" feature for Windows 10 users, which also will be coming shortly to Windows 11 users.
03/25/2022
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Here's how Microsoft can make data migration easier on us.
03/25/2022
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Microsoft is continuing to add capabilities to its budding Windows Update for Business Deployment Service, introducing a "gradual rollouts" capability this week.
03/24/2022
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Okta issued a follow-up statement on Wednesday regarding an attack by the Lapsus$ group, indicating that 366 of its customers (about 2.5 percent) at maximum may have been affected.
03/23/2022