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The Microsoft Security Response Center issued a "coordinated disclosure" notice on Wednesday for users of the Azure Container Instances (ACI) service, promising that "no unauthorized access to customer data" had occurred.
09/10/2021
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Latest analysis shows how prevalent phishing attempts are -- and how important it is to have proper e-mail reporting and comprehensive e-mail training.
09/10/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant can help identify and address basic fixes in just a few easy steps.
09/10/2021
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Microsoft shared more information about remote work trends, while also indicating that its planned Oct. 4 Redmond, Wash. headquarters reopening is getting indefinitely delayed.
09/09/2021
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Microsoft this week outlined perks for IT pros with the coming Windows 11 operating system, suggesting that deployment and management will be similar to Windows 10.
09/09/2021
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PCs the world over have been running Windows 10 for years, but there are still a few undiscovered ways that users can take better advantage of the operating system -- as well as its successor.
09/09/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Clipchamp, a developer of browser-based video production tools.
09/08/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced new PowerShell 5.1 cmdlets for analyzing the scanning performance of the Microsoft Defender Antivirus service.
09/08/2021
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The Microsoft Security Response Center warned of active attacks leveraging a remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer's Trident engine (MSHTML), per a Tuesday Twitter post.
09/07/2021
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A top Veeam technologist shares what critical first steps IT must take during a ransomware attack. Above all else: Don't pay the ransom.
09/07/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Progress isn't a straight line. In fact, when it comes to Microsoft operating systems, it's more up-and-down.
09/07/2021
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Organizations could be more subject to ransomware attacks on weekends and holidays, according to an alert issued this week by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
09/03/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday announced that "commercial previews" of Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 21H2 are available for testing by organizations opting into the Windows Insider Program for Business.
09/02/2021
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Windows Server 2022 was announced by Microsoft as reaching the "general availability" stage, meaning it's deemed ready for deployment in production environments.
09/01/2021
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Now that you've accessed the Microsoft Office Setup files, here's how to use them to perform a custom deployment.
09/01/2021
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Windows 11, Microsoft's next-gen desktop operating system, will begin rolling out on Oct. 5, Microsoft announced Tuesday.
08/31/2021
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Microsoft warned thousands of Azure Cosmos DB users last week that their data may have been exposed through a recently discovered security flaw in Jupyter Notebook.
08/30/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
If you'd rather automate and customize the Microsoft 365 deployment process instead of doing it from the management console, here's how.
08/30/2021
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Microsoft further described Windows 11 hardware requirements, providing an update on questions about possible seventh-generation processor support.
08/27/2021
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The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Mac security solution is now starting to get "native" agent support for running on Apple M1 chip-based devices, Microsoft announced this week.
08/27/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft developed Windows 10 S Mode with good intentions, but not with IT pros in mind. Here's how to turn it off -- but beware. Once you disable S mode in Windows 10, there's no going back.
08/27/2021
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Big tech companies pledged money and efforts following an Aug. 25 Biden administration meeting on U.S. cybersecurity initiatives, as described in this White House announcement.
08/26/2021
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Microsoft this week described QUIC, an Internet transport layer protocol alternative to the venerable Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), in an announcement.
08/26/2021
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Office 365 has a lot of moving parts, with Microsoft constantly adding new features and deprecating others. It can be a lot for IT teams to keep track of.
08/26/2021
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The Exchange team at Microsoft posted an announcement on Wednesday acknowledging "ProxyShell" threats and urging organizations to keep Exchange Server up to date with the latest cumulative updates and security updates.
08/25/2021
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As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data. Here are some third-party alternatives.
08/25/2021
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Business and government application developers inadvertently exposed a total of 38 million records because of Microsoft's design of its Power Apps application-building service.
08/24/2021
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Security researchers are seeing the appearance of LockFile ransomware deployments after attackers gained access to Exchange Server via a so-called "ProxyShell" vulnerability.
08/24/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
It's hard for Brien to get excited about Microsoft's new operating system when it still misses the mark in these three important areas.
08/23/2021
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The Azure Virtual Desktop service now offers the choice of using the Windows 11 operating system at the preview stage.
08/20/2021
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Windows Server 2022 reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage on Aug. 18, and a possibly working ISO is now at the Microsoft Volume License Service Center.
08/20/2021
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is releasing Cloud Katana as an open source code project for assessing "security controls in the cloud and hybrid cloud environments."
08/20/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to increase subscription costs for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 business users, starting on March 1, 2022.
08/19/2021
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Microsoft explained "PetitPotam" NTLM relay attacks in a Wednesday announcement, while also suggesting that its Microsoft Defender for Identity product was capable of identifying such attack attempts.
08/18/2021
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Zinstall Director Tony Bergman answers questions about system migrations, including moves to the newly emerging Windows 11 client operating system.
08/18/2021
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Microsoft's unique cloud instance for U.S. government agencies and their solution providers known as Azure Government Top Secret became generally available this week, the company announced.
08/17/2021
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Security researchers last week described ransomware perpetrators incorporating Windows "PrintNightmare" exploits in their attacks.
08/16/2021
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Recent scanning for a "Critical" remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-34473) in Exchange Server, dubbed "ProxyShell," has been detected by security researchers.
08/13/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday published a "Security Update Guide" notice on another Windows print spooler vulnerability, namely CVE-2021-36958.
08/13/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a "standalone" servicing stack update (SSU) for Windows 10 systems to address a patching problem that had affected some organizations trying to apply a June security update.
08/12/2021
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Peer5 with the aim of improving "large-scale live video streaming" in Microsoft Teams.
08/11/2021
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Microsoft released August security updates to address 44 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in various Microsoft software products.
08/10/2021
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Microsoft is previewing early detection capabilities for spotting ransomware campaigns using its Azure Sentinel security information event management (SIEM) solution.
08/10/2021
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Microsoft this week unveiled survey results regarding IT new hires and their prospects at companies.
08/06/2021
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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare's Azure API for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) is getting support for additional data types, and is now renamed as "Azure Healthcare APIs," Microsoft announced this week.
08/06/2021
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it's planning to replace the OneNote for Windows 10 app with a new OneNote app.
08/05/2021
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Microsoft this week announced emerging efforts to better explain Azure virtual machine failures for customers via coming root cause analysis (RCA) reports.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday described a newly added capability for IT pros overseeing Windows 10 machines, permitting them to block or allow device installations via Group Policy settings.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft is expanding its participation in the Eclipse Foundation to become a Strategic Member, the company announced this week.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft last Friday announced the "general availability" commercial release of Windows Autopilot for use with HoloLens 2.
08/04/2021