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Microsoft on Wednesday listed 25 dead or ineffective administrative template (ADMX) policies for Windows 10 or Windows 11, urging IT pros to stop using them.
01/20/2022
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Microsoft this week explained what hoops IT pros must jump through if they plan to use Group Policy with administrative template (ADMX) files to set policies for both Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients.
01/19/2022
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Windows 11 SE PCs for the education market are now starting to become available worldwide.
01/18/2022
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Microsoft is looking to bolster its gaming and metaverse efforts with the purchase of California-based Activision Blizzard Inc.
01/18/2022
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Microsoft's January security patches, released on Tuesday, reportedly are causing multiple problems for organizations, particularly on the Windows Server side.
01/14/2022
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Microsoft this week announced product improvements that would benefit so-called "frontline workers," while also publishing new survey results about their work attitudes.
01/13/2022
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To try to peel back this mystery, taking a look at the history of Microsoft's free online Web apps can help provide insight.
01/12/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday released January security patches addressing near 100 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) in various software products.
01/11/2022
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Microsoft on Monday shared its proof-of-concept security research efforts in uncovering macOS vulnerabilities in the operating system's Transparency, Consent and Control (TCC) technology.
01/11/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced that a continuous access evaluation (CAE) capability in the Azure Active Directory identity and access management service has reached the commercial-release ("general availability") stage.
01/10/2022
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Let's take a look at some of the hardware highlights that aim to increase your productivity, whether in the office or working from home.
01/10/2022
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Microsoft on Friday announced Azure Virtual Desktop support for virtual machines with "Trusted Launch" protections.
01/07/2022
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Microsoft last month offered some general insights on how to secure networks against human-operated ransomware.
01/07/2022
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Even with a brand-new OS, some tweaking may be needed to get it running how you want. Here's how.
01/06/2022
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Microsoft this week issued unscheduled ("out-of-band") patches for Remote Desktop issues affecting supported Windows Server products.
01/05/2022
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Microsoft updated its Dec. 11 Log4j vulnerability tools guidance on Monday, offering advice on detecting and addressing possible "Log4Shell" exploits.
01/05/2022
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Microsoft and chip manufacturer Qualcomm are teaming up to bring the metaverse to more consumers and enterprises.
01/05/2022
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New Windows 11 PCs, powered by Microsoft's Pluton security chip, will start releasing this year, Microsoft announced during this week's CES 2022 event.
01/05/2022
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning on Tuesday that it intends to take legal action against companies that disclose customer information because they failed to address an exploited vulnerability in a Log4j software component.
01/04/2022
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Microsoft on Saturday offered a script to fix a so-called "Y2k22 bug" that caused e-mails to build up within Exchange Server 2019 and Exchange Server 2016 transport queues.
01/03/2022
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It's that time of year again to make some bold proclamations on what our tech future has in store for us.
12/29/2021
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Take a look back at the best columns from our experts that broke down some of the bigger Microsoft stories and provided invaluable IT tips and advice.
12/28/2021
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Let's take a look back and see how I did with my tech predictions made 12 months ago.
12/22/2021
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Even during a year where Microsoft dropped a new OS, security issues, highlighted by the "PrintNightmare" spooler vulnerability, dominated the conversation.
12/21/2021
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Let's take a look back at our year of vulnerability exposures, reactionary patches and losing sleep over what security hole would emerge tomorrow.
12/20/2021
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Microsoft added a preview solution in Microsoft Sentinel that helps IT pros find signs of Log4j exploits, according to a Thursday announcement and Twitter post.
12/17/2021
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Brien breaks down his initial thoughts and ideas on how Microsoft Loop can be used in productivity.
12/17/2021
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Microsoft indicated plans to make its open source Windows Terminal app the default command-line console in Windows 11, along with opening the operating system up to using other consoles by default.
12/16/2021
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CrowdStrike on Thursday presented advice for organizations attempting to address a security vulnerability in the Log4j Java logging framework used in Apache Web servers, currently undergoing widespread exploitation.
12/16/2021
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Log4j, a widely used open-source Java logging library, has a critical-remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that is currently being leveraged in malicious attacks.
12/15/2021
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Brien walks you through getting started in the latest Microsoft 365 feature, currently in preview.
12/15/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday released security patches for 67 common vulnerabilities and exploits, even as organizations are scrambling to address a Log4j flaw in Apache servers that's under active exploit.
12/14/2021
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A CrowdStrike survey, announced last week, depicted organizations struggling with security issues, and losing trust in "legacy" software vendors such as Microsoft.
12/14/2021
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More Microsoft Defender product news arrived this week, including the availability of a Microsoft Defender for Business preview, plus the introduction a newly formed product called "Microsoft Defender for Containers."
12/10/2021
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Brien breaks down how our metaverse future will change how we interact with technology in the coming years.
12/10/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new tool for IT pros that lets organizations keep using Internet Explorer (IE) technologies for their Web sites and Web apps via the Microsoft Edge browser.
12/10/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a public preview of Azure Orbital, its groundstation-as-a-service offering for communicating with satellites and processing satellite data using Azure resources.
12/09/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the availability of a new "Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center," which lets anyone direct Microsoft's attention toward drivers with suspect behaviors.
12/08/2021
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A full post-mortem from AWS is still to come, but in the meantime, IT pros should start bolstering their cloud disaster recovery strategies now -- before the next outage.
12/08/2021
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With something so abstract as digital space, our ideas of what it can be may differ from one another.
12/08/2021
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Certified Secured-core server hardware products are now available for running Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server 2022 software implementations, according to an announcement on Tuesday.
12/08/2021
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Microsoft's New Commerce Experience subscription model for Cloud Solution Provider partners will get implemented in January, bringing a 20 percent price increase for customers opting for monthly subscriptions.
12/07/2021
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Microsoft on Monday announced that it has seized control of multiple Web sites used by the Chinese hacking group NICKEL.
12/07/2021
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Microsoft Teams users lacking good Internet connections for meetings are getting some enhancements, according to a couple of recent Microsoft announcements.
12/06/2021
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Microsoft will finally better respect IT pro decisions about macros, ActiveX content and Office add-ins in e-mailed Office documents, according to a new security policy that'll be arriving in "early February 2022."
12/06/2021
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Keep your accounts and data secure before discarding your old machine.
12/06/2021
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Microsoft is rolling out a somewhat more streamlined approach for managing devices that use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, according to a Thursday announcement.
12/03/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the availability of Microsoft Teams Essentials, a new collaboration product for small businesses.
12/02/2021
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Microsoft Loop components are starting to become available to Microsoft 365 "commercial customers" using Microsoft Teams.
12/01/2021
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Does the advice of keeping redundant data backups still hold true today?
12/01/2021