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Microsoft 'Critical' Flaw Total Drops 47 Percent

Last year saw a significant decrease in "critical" security flaws in Microsoft software and a drop in overall vulnerabilities, according to a report released Friday by security firm BeyondTust.

Active Directory Defaults Subject to Relay Attacks, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft on Wednesday advised organizations using Active Directory to take a couple steps to protect against Kerberos resource-based constrained delegation relay attacks.

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.

Microsoft Bringing Inactive Account Removals and Default Security to Azure Active Directory Users

Microsoft announced a couple of Azure Active Directory security enhancements this week.

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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.

Microsoft Warns of Evolving Web Skimming Techniques

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team is warning that Web skimming attacks are becoming more sophisticated and are able to hide malicious scripts from traditional security defenses.

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 Issues Updates To Fix Authentication Problems Caused by Its May Patches

Microsoft on Thursday declared that authentication problems associated with its May monthly updates have been resolved via newly released updates.

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.

Windows 365 Subscribers To Get Citrix HDX Option This Year

Microsoft and Citrix announced plans to make Citrix's "high-definition user experience" (HDX) technologies available as an option for Windows 365 desktop-as-a-service users.

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.

Report: Paying Ransomware Attackers Doesn't Ensure Data Recovery

Paying the demands of ransomware attackers for hijacked organizational data does not come with a guarantee that organizations will recover that data.

Veeam Bolstering Capabilities to Microsoft 365 Backup Solution Offering

During the VeeamOn conference this week, backup and recovery company Veeam revealed a handful of new features to its solution portfolio.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 'Troubleshooting Mode' Previewed

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a public preview of "troubleshooting mode" for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, which is used to protect devices.

Simpler Policy Options Coming This Summer to Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Organizations using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will be getting enhancements to preset security policy options, starting this summer, according to a Tuesday Microsoft announcement.

Microsoft 365 Frontline Licensees Getting New Default Apps Setup

Microsoft on Monday announced a rollout of a new default prepinned apps policy for users of Microsoft Teams with "frontline worker" types of licensing.

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Microsoft Viva Goals Released at Private Preview Stage

Microsoft on Monday announced the availability of a "private preview" of Microsoft Viva Goals, an objectives and key results (OKR) solution.

Windows Authentication Problems Seen After Applying Microsoft's May Patches

Microsoft this week acknowledged possible authentication problems caused by its May security updates, which were released on Tuesday.

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