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Microsoft is planning to end its Kaizala messaging service next year, as described in a Friday lifecycle announcement and partner announcement.
08/29/2022
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An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception.
08/29/2022
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Microsoft last week announced the release of SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate (RC) 0.
08/29/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the rollout of Adoption Score, a service that tracks Microsoft 365 use in organizations that was formerly called "Productivity Score."
08/26/2022
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Microsoft this week reminded developer partners about certain "memory mitigation requirements" to be met for PCs and software that use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
08/25/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday described "MagicWeb" attacks by an advanced persistent threat group called "Nobelium," advising organizations using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to take hardening steps.
08/25/2022
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the Viva Engage app is now "generally available for customers worldwide."
08/23/2022
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Azure Communication Services now supports the Microsoft Teams collaboration service at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
08/22/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Like anyone else, I perform regular, automated point-in-time backups of my production Hyper-V virtual machines. In addition to those backups, I also regularly create air gapped backups.
08/22/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a public preview of Azure Workbooks for Update Compliance, which gives organizations a dashboard view on the status of Windows updates and drivers in client devices.
08/19/2022
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Microsoft this week announced public previews of Network Protection and Web Protection capabilities for Linux and macOS devices in its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution.
08/18/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a public preview of Microsoft Dev Box, which lets developers create provisioned workspaces for specific projects.
08/17/2022
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Microsoft this week announced it had taken actions to cripple the Russia-based SEABORGIUM cybercriminal group.
08/17/2022
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Developers using the Ubuntu 22.04 ("Jammy") operating system can now install .NET 6, Canonical and Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
08/17/2022
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it had no details to share about Skype for Business Server "vNext," which is a "subscription-only" version of the product designed for customer premises installations.
08/16/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
You might not be able to stay hidden from your employer's watchful eye, but you do have some control on the amount of visibility.
08/15/2022
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Microsoft announced last week that it has paid out $13.7 million to 335 researchers in the last year through Microsoft Bug Bounty Programs.
08/15/2022
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Microsoft took more than two years after disclosure to patch a vulnerability in the Windows Support Diagnostic Tool, dubbed "Dogwalk," which was described this week as being under active exploit.
08/12/2022
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Microsoft has created a new "guided hunting notebook" for Microsoft Sentinel users that's designed to detect so-called "low and slow" password spray attacks, according to a Thursday announcement.
08/11/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Filter your search queries to locate what you're looking for.
08/11/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a couple of perks at the preview stage for IT pros overseeing Microsoft 365 apps in organizations.
08/10/2022
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After a lighter-than-usual past few months, Microsoft is back in the triple digits for its monthly security update, with 121 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) fixes.
08/10/2022
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Microsoft Entra Verified ID, a new service that promises a more deliberate way for individuals and organizations to share identity information, is now released at the "general availability" stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
08/09/2022
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Microsoft recently rolled out a new security policy for Windows 11 that aims to curb the growing ransomware threat by blocking some brute-force attacks.
08/09/2022
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Microsoft appears to be deliberately trying to confuse the public on Office 2016 and Office 2019 connections to Microsoft 365 services.
08/08/2022
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From cloud security to multicloud management, this IT industry expert provides great insights into where the cloud is and where it's headed.
08/08/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday declared that some Universal Print capabilities that have been available to Windows 11 users are now also available for certain Windows 10 users.
08/08/2022
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Microsoft this week described an Azure Threat Research Matrix for documenting tactics, techniques or procedures (TTPs) used against Azure services, including the Azure Active Directory service.
08/05/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
However, just don't expect the Microsoft Ignite of past years.
08/05/2022
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Microsoft this week began further explaining its Windows Update for Business Deployment Service, with a focus on Safeguard Holds.
08/05/2022
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has optimized a version of Microsoft Teams for Apple Mac devices that are using Apple silicon.
08/04/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" commercial release of the Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting service.
08/03/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced the release of a new Outlook Lite application for so-called "lightweight" Android mobile phones.
08/03/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced three new enterprise-grade security products, which are now commercially released.
08/02/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced the "general availability" commercial released of Viva Goals, plus a preview release of Viva Sales.
08/02/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday outlined its Microsoft Store on Windows plans, and how its app distribution scheme will work with the various management tools used by organizations.
07/29/2022
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Threat actors are adjusting their tactics and moving away from macro-based attacks after Microsoft's policy of blocking VBA macros in Office, according to a report released this week.
07/29/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the release of its "first preview build" of Windows 10 version 22H2, namely build 19045.1865.
07/28/2022
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Microsoft's New Commerce Experience (NCE) subscription model offers less flexibility for commercial customers by steering them toward annual commitments, but it's maybe even worse for Microsoft's Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) partners.
07/28/2022
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Microsoft Viva Engage will start appearing for Microsoft Teams subscribers from "the end of August to the end of September," Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
07/28/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced improvements to its Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) preview, which promises to provide an alternative to federated-based authentication methods.
07/27/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The metaverse won't take over your entire PC usage. But it can be used to greatly enhance your experience, when used in the correct context.
07/27/2022
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Microsoft announced last week that a private preview of its Unified Update Platform (UUP) for on-premises environments is available for testing by commercial organizations.
07/26/2022
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Microsoft on Monday reminded organizations using the Office 2016 and Office 2019 productivity suites that those products will lose connections to Microsoft 365 apps and services, starting in Oct. 2023.
07/25/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the gradual end of its Windows Information Protection (WIP) service, which is designed to keep users of Microsoft 365 apps from inadvertently disclosing organizational information.
07/22/2022
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Microsoft this week indicated that fixes for Microsoft Access problems, which were caused by a botched July 12 "patch Tuesday" security patch release, will be arriving soon.
07/22/2022
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Microsoft this week said they are once again reverting back to blocking Visual Basic Application (VBA) macros in Office.
07/22/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the "general availability" commercial release of its cross-tenant access settings for external collaborations feature, which is part of its Azure Active Directory External Identities service offering.
07/22/2022
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Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft 365 apps went down for some users on Wednesday night, lasting maybe six hours.
07/21/2022
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its HyperClear technology used with its Hyper-V hypervisor offers protections against new speculative execution side-channel attack methods that were disclosed last week by AMD and Intel.
07/21/2022