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Orca Security Discloses How It Breached Azure Synapse Customer Accounts

Orca Security on Tuesday published its findings on a security hole in Azure Synapse, as well as Azure Data Factory, that permitted access to customer tenancy accounts on Microsoft's shared "cloud" infrastructure.

Cloud Security Top Concern at RSA Conference

Security experts attending this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco said their top concern for their enterprises is cloud security.

Microsoft Adding Azure Active Directory External Identities Perks

Microsoft this week announced some External Identities enhancements for Azure Active Directory users.

VMware MegaDeal: Broadcom Acquiring Virtualization Pioneer for $61 Billion

Chipmaker Broadcom announced Thursday its plans to acquire virtualization pioneer and multicloud leader VMware for $61 billion in a landmark tech deal surpassed in value only by Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC in 2016 and Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard earlier this year.

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Meta Taps Latest Azure Virtual Machines for AI Research

Meta, formerly known as "Facebook," is using the latest Azure virtual machines (VMs) with graphics processing unit (GPU) compute power for its "large-scale AI research workloads," Microsoft announced on Wednesday.

Nadella Highlights AI and Cloud Native Apps at Build Event for Developers

The Microsoft Build keynote talk by CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday stressed Microsoft's role as a builder of platforms that other organizations can use to build their own platforms.

Microsoft Build 2022: 10 Key Products Hitting General Availability

Microsoft's annual Build conference for developers kicked off on Tuesday as a virtual event with the usual deluge of product announcements.

Azure Virtual Desktop Users Get Teams Backgrounds and Windowing

Users of the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) service now have access to some basic Microsoft Teams functionality.

Microsoft Promises To Ease Unfair Europe Cloud Practices

Microsoft on Wednesday outlined concessions to European regulators and to European service providers that will be coming via the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partner program.

IT Pros Describe Azure Virtual Desktop Practices and Gripes in New Study

Use of the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) service is poised for growth, according to a recently published industry study that surveyed IT pros.

Should You Use OneDrive as a PC Backup Target?

As with most things in the enterprise tech space, the answer is a bit nuanced.

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Microsoft Defender for Business Standalone Commercially Released

Microsoft on Monday announced the "general availability" commercial release of the "standalone" edition of Microsoft Defender for Business, a security solution for small-to-medium organizations.

Microsoft Beats Q3 Financial Estimates

Microsoft reported an 18% jump in revenue for Q3 to $49.4 billion, thanks to strong growth in its Office and Microsoft Cloud divisions.

Azure DDoS Protection Users Can Validate Compliance via Red Button Attack Services

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.

Study Highlights IT Concerns When Planning Cloud Migrations

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.

Microsoft Purview Rebrand Promises Unified Data Governance and Compliance

"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.

Microsoft Previews Dynamic Administrative Units with Azure Active Directory

Microsoft this week announced a preview of dynamic administrative units, which facilitates matters for IT pros overseeing Azure Active Directory.

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Microsoft Offers Cloudy New Advice on Securing Domain Controllers

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has updated its "best practices" advice for securing domain controllers.

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Getting Cloud Add-On 'Premium' Capabilities To Remote Support Work

Microsoft on Tuesday described Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) as becoming a "single, cloud powered solution" for organizations, with new capabilities.

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Google: Microsoft Tech Is Bad for Government Security

Google is pointing to government organizations' reliance on Microsoft technology as a serious security threat.

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