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Microsoft Floats Early Requirements for Using Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft last week described coming Microsoft 365 Copilot software requirements, but stopped short on nuances and pricing details.

Microsoft Releases Private Preview of Azure Quantum Elements with Copilot AI Capabilities

Microsoft this week described some of its advances in quantum computing, along with new resources for accelerating scientific and industry research.

Microsoft Advises App Developers About 'nOAuth' Attack Route

Microsoft this week addressed findings by security researchers at Descope, who reported a "nOAuth" attack route that's present in some applications leveraging the Azure Active Directory service.

Microsoft's Early June Service Outages Due to DDoS Attacks

Microsoft ascribed its "early June 2023" service outages as being caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by a "Storm-1359" threat actor, per a Friday announcement.

Dynamics 365 ERP To Get Copilot AI Capabilities

Microsoft on Thursday announced the addition of new artificial intelligence "Copilot" capabilities in Microsoft 365 Dynamics enterprise resource management solutions.

Azure Firewall Gets Easier Product Upgrades and Structured Logs

Microsoft this week announced a couple of Azure Firewall improvements.

FTC Blocks Microsoft Activision Acquisition

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday issued a temporary halt to the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft on Monday.

Exoprise Adds Real-Time Alarms, Active Tests and macOS Device Support

Exoprise has bolstered its Service Watch product with three enhancements for IT departments that need to support workforces using software-as-a-service apps.

Microsoft June Security Update Targets 6 'Critical' Holes

Microsoft's monthly cumulative security update arrived on Tuesday with 69 bulletins to address vulnerabilities across the company's product and service line.

Windows 11 To Get Multi-App Kiosk Mode and Updated Windows Subsystem for Android

Microsoft on Monday announced that organizations using Windows 11 with a "Windows Configuration Update" now have access to two new features.

Azure Portal Goes Down on June 9

Microsoft acknowledged an "issue impacting the Azure Portal" in a June 9 Twitter post.

Microsoft Floats AI Customer Commitments

Microsoft on Thursday announced three "customer commitments" toward organizations that may use its budding artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Microsoft Planning To Hobble Classic Exchange Admin Center This Month

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it'll deprecate the "classic" Exchange Admin Center management portal on June 20, 2023.

Microsoft Releases ID Governance Service plus SLA Performance Preview

Microsoft described a few of additions to its Microsoft Entra identity and access management products this week.

OpenAI Services Released for Government Users

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that Azure Government users now have access to the AI-based Azure OpenAI Service.

Traditional IT Operational Roles To Decline in 5 Years, Says IDC

IT professionals overseeing operations in organizations increasingly will need developer expertise associated with cloud services as well, according to an IDC study, announced on Monday.

Microsoft Ordered To Pay $20M for Child Privacy Infractions

Microsoft was ordered to pay $20 million and take measures to assure child privacy under the terms of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), per a Monday U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announcement.

Microsoft Outlook Service Down After Bad Software Update

Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and the Outlook on the Web App, were disrupted on Monday, June 5 due to a problematic Microsoft service update.

Microsoft To Kill Cortana in Windows

Microsoft is ending support for Cortana -- the company's voice-activated virtual assistant -- in Windows 10 and 11.

Microsoft Teams Gets AI Powered Designer and Expanded Communities Support

Microsoft on Thursday announced new and updated features coming to its free version of Teams, including integration with its AI Designer tool.

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