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Public previews of two Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management service products were announced on Thursday by Microsoft.
05/13/2022
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Organizations using Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Conditional Access service can set policies to require reauthentications by end users via a newly announced preview capability.
05/11/2022
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Microsoft on Monday described the human-operated ransomware industry, offering detailed tips for IT pros, plus security product mentions.
05/10/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly batch of security fixes, consisting of 74 targeted holes, which may look like a relief for some after last month's massive 128 total.
05/10/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced an expansion of its security services for organizations.
05/09/2022
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A Windows management expert explains how much automation is too much, and why one of the most useful features in Microsoft Intune is so hard to get hold of.
05/09/2022
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Microsoft announced last week that a preview of its Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (VC) attestation solution can now tried by anyone with an Azure AD account.
05/09/2022
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Microsoft indicated in a Thursday announcement that it will require the use of Microsoft Accounts (MSAs) for "personal use" of the Windows 11 Pro edition operating system on initial setup.
05/06/2022
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Microsoft on World Password Day described passwordless milestones for a bunch of its products, per a Thursday announcement.
05/06/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
It's time to try to address an issue that has gone ignored for too long.
05/06/2022
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In a show of solidarity, Microsoft, Google and Apple announced on Thursday a joint commitment to increase support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
05/05/2022
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is able to detect file transfer utilities used by ransomware attackers, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
05/05/2022
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Microsoft this week again appealed to organizations using Exchange Online to move away from using "Basic Authentication," reminding them that support for it will get dropped, starting on Oct. 1, 2022.
05/04/2022
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Microsoft announced this week that Microsoft Authenticator, its authentication application for Android and iOS mobile devices, can now generate strong passwords.
05/04/2022
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Microsoft is changing how its Update Compliance service works with Window 10 or Windows 11 PCs, and gave notice that it will be requiring the use of the Azure Active Directory service before year's end, per a Tuesday announcement.
05/03/2022
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Microsoft recently announced that its Edge browser will be receiving support for virtual private networks (VPNs).
05/03/2022
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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.
05/02/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it's adding the ability for Microsoft 365 Web app users to switch their accounts within browsers, which will be available in the next few months.
04/27/2022
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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.
04/25/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Looking back at the time, sanity and money I saved by switching to Microsoft's cloud platform.
04/15/2022
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Identity security company Illusive this week announced a new identity risk management platform and an annual report on the state of identity-based security risks for organizations.
02/25/2022
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Microsoft this week announced that a data export capability for Log Analytics in Azure Monitor is now commercially released, having reached at the "general availability" (GA) stage.
02/24/2022
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Microsoft this week announced Microsoft Defender for IoT version 22.1 at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage.
02/24/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a bunch of security product enhancements at the preview stage.
02/23/2022
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More than two thirds of enterprises experienced at least one ransomware incident last year, according to security vender Veeam.
02/23/2022
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Getting a bird's eye view can help to quickly spot trouble areas.
02/23/2022
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The Nerdio Manager for MSP (Managed Service Provider) 3.0 solution is now integrated with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), supporting the central management of customers' virtual and physical desktops by MSPs, according to a Tuesday Nerdio announcement.
02/22/2022
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Microsoft this week offered a hint that it plans to impose a Microsoft account requirement on new installations of the Windows 11 Pro edition.
02/18/2022
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This week Microsoft released a warning that it's seeing an increased number of phishing attempts aimed at web3 -- a term used to describe the decentralized environment created on the blockchain.
02/18/2022
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Microsoft and LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft) announced on Thursday that LinkedIn's Glint employee feedback and assessment solution will become a part of Microsoft's Viva "employee experience platform" sometime in 2023.
02/17/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a preview of a "continuous release" software update branch for its Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows solution.
02/17/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" commercial release of its Hotpatch capability for virtual machines, which just works with the Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition product.
02/16/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced previews of Android-based apps for U.S. users of Windows 11, among other enhancements.
02/15/2022
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Chip maker Intel announced on Tuesday its plans to acquire Israel-based Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion.
02/15/2022
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it now plans to open its Washington state campus on Feb. 28, since pandemic conditions have improved.
02/15/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced the availability of Azure Active Directory certificate-based authentication at the public preview stage.
02/14/2022
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The time is ripe for organizations to implement "phishing-resistant multifactor authentication" via FIDO standards, says advocate Andrew Shikiar.
02/14/2022
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Looking to target small business "Google G Suite legacy free edition" users, Microsoft announced a Microsoft 365 Business productivity suite limited-time promotional offer this week.
02/11/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While it may seem like your data is gone for good, not all hope is lost.
02/11/2022
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Intel announced on Friday that it is kicking off a new initiative to develop technologies for the blockchain ecosystem.
02/11/2022
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Microsoft this week announced that cross-tenant access settings for external collaboration are now available in public preview for Azure Active Directory users.
02/10/2022
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The Microsoft 365 Defender portal now supports some lagging Microsoft Defender for Identity capabilities that have reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced this week.
02/10/2022
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Organizations using the Windows 365 service's Enterprise edition soon will be getting the ability to create Azure Active Directory joins for Cloud PCs, according to a Wednesday Microsoft announcement.
02/09/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Collaborating with others outside your organization will be less burdensome and more secure.
02/09/2022
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Microsoft released February security patches on Tuesday, addressing perhaps around 50 or so common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs).
02/08/2022
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Microsoft reiterated on Friday that a flaw in an application installer component used with its MSIX app packager has been abused by malware, and temporary measures should be followed until there's a fix.
02/08/2022
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The proposed $40 billion sale of chip-designer Arm to Nvidia was shut down by the two parties, citing regulatory objections.
02/08/2022
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it will be bringing a new default for Windows Office users that is said to "block Internet macros by default."
02/08/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The new security benefits will be much appreciated for us who live in Microsoft's communication platform more and more these days.
02/07/2022
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Microsoft Viva hit its one-year anniversary since its debut, and now is used by "more than 10 million monthly active users," according to a Friday Microsoft announcement.
02/04/2022