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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare's Azure API for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) is getting support for additional data types, and is now renamed as "Azure Healthcare APIs," Microsoft announced this week.
08/06/2021
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it's planning to replace the OneNote for Windows 10 app with a new OneNote app.
08/05/2021
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Microsoft this week announced emerging efforts to better explain Azure virtual machine failures for customers via coming root cause analysis (RCA) reports.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday described a newly added capability for IT pros overseeing Windows 10 machines, permitting them to block or allow device installations via Group Policy settings.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft is expanding its participation in the Eclipse Foundation to become a Strategic Member, the company announced this week.
08/04/2021
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Microsoft last Friday announced the "general availability" commercial release of Windows Autopilot for use with HoloLens 2.
08/04/2021
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Ivanti on Monday announced the acquisition of risk assessment solutions company RiskSense with the aim of enhancing the Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence product.
08/03/2021
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Microsoft is now rolling out Windows 365, its newest desktop-as-as-service product, for use by organizations in production environments.
08/03/2021
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Vadim Vladimirskiy, Nerdio's founder and CEO, tells us that Windows 365, Microsoft's newest desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering, is managed by Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and follows a one-to-one virtual machine approach.
07/30/2021
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IT pros were most worried about possible increases in cybersecurity attacks with the shift toward remote work in 2020, according to a survey conducted by Netwrix.
07/30/2021
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What happens if a space capsule lands in an area that is experiencing big waves? Astronaut-in-training Brien walks you through the steps of escape.
07/30/2021
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Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Premium edition of Azure Firewall, its managed, cloud-based network security service.
07/29/2021
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Microsoft has published a timeline signaling an end to its semiannual channel (SAC) updates for its supported Windows Server products.
07/28/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Suplari, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for assessing supply-chain spending.
07/28/2021
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Microsoft will soon make it possible to use Azure Active Directory to authenticate and authorize an application's access to Azure Relay resources.
07/27/2021
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Microsoft is continuing to advance its cloud-based security services with a couple of previews announced this week, plus a product release.
07/26/2021
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Kaseya announced this week that it is using a "universal decryptor key" for customers that were affected by a REvil ransomware attack reported on July 2.
07/23/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to end the online Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education in the "first quarter of 2023," per a Microsoft document on the topic.
07/22/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday issued a security advisory about an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (CVE-2021-36934) present in Windows 10 client operating systems.
07/21/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of CloudKnox Security, a maker of "cloud infrastructure entitlement management" solutions for organizations using various cloud services.
07/21/2021
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Microsoft on Monday released a preview of SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, it's newest server product.
07/20/2021
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As of July 13, SQL Server 2016 no longer has mainstream support. Your next steps as a DBA include understanding Microsoft's support model, knowing the risks of upgrading and then biting the upgrade bullet.
07/20/2021
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The Biden administration released a statement on Monday naming the People's Republic of China as responsible for widespread cyberattacks that notably targeted Exchange Server users.
07/19/2021
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Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in the Windows print spooler service and is recommending that IT pros disable it, if possible, as an interim measure, although doing so eliminates the ability to print.
07/16/2021
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Microsoft announced improvements to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva apps as part of its Microsoft Inspire event for partners.
07/16/2021
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Microsoft's Azure cloud platform took center stage during Wednesday's kickoff keynote of the company's annual Inspire partner conference, the second Inspire event to be held online.
07/14/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service for business users called "Windows 365," enabling remote access to Windows 10 or Windows 11 desktops and applications.
07/14/2021
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The July security patch tally seems like a rerun of the hefty bundles that were seen last year.
07/13/2021
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Microsoft on Monday announced the launch of Inside Azure for IT, a new learning site "for cloud professionals of all skill levels."
07/13/2021
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it is acquiring RiskIQ, a San Francisco-based provider of software-as-a-service security solutions for organizations.
07/12/2021
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Microsoft is previewing the use of the Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management (PIM) service within Azure Lighthouse, per a Thursday announcement.
07/12/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday issued "clarified guidance" for organizations addressing a zero-day Windows printer spooler vulnerability dubbed "PrintNightmare."
07/09/2021
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The Salesforce for Microsoft Teams app is now released at the "general availability" commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced this week.
07/09/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The next phase of Microsoft's Teams push is tight integration between the collaboration platform and Windows 11 -- whether users want it or not.
07/09/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" commercial release of "Windows diagnostic data processor configuration," a possible data privacy or data compliance assurance capability for organizations.
07/08/2021
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of an "out-of-band" fix for a Windows print spooler vulnerability dubbed "PrintNightmare."
07/07/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's Windows 11 unveiling was packed with information but, in some key ways, it left Brien with more questions than answers.
07/07/2021
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A ransomware attack leveraging a zero-day vulnerability in Kaseya's VSA management solution may have affected about 60 managed service providers (MSPs) and almost 1,500 of their business customers.
07/06/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday described its discovery of a side-channel attack on Netgear DGN-2200v1 wireless home DSL routers that enabled authentication bypass.
07/06/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft hasn't said so, but Windows 11 might be shaping up to become the great unifying OS that Windows 10 should have been.
07/05/2021
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Microsoft this week described some Universal Print details coming this year to the next Windows 10 feature update release (21H2), as well as the new Windows 11 operating system.
07/01/2021
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An "Important"-rated Windows print spool vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675), addressed by Microsoft via its June 8 security patch bundle, has emerged more recently as being subject to active attacks.
06/30/2021
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Microsoft plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, "starting July 30, 2021."
06/30/2021
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Microsoft has announced its first Windows 11 preview, along with hardware and system requirements, plus some tips for organizations considering a move to the new client operating system.
06/29/2021
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Microsoft offered more information about its coming Windows Server 2022 product in a session titled, "Windows Server 2022, Best on Azure."
06/25/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien's solution to cooling down his overheating PC works well, but probably won't scale to datacenter hardware. Enter Microsoft's inventive new datacenter cooling project.
06/25/2021
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Microsoft has confirmed rumors that it will move forward from Windows 10, announcing that it will release Windows 11 in time for the 2021 holiday season.
06/24/2021
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Microsoft warned users of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager in conjunction with Windows Server Update Services about a "known issue" that blocks the installation of a June Windows security patch.
06/24/2021
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Microsoft is planning to end its Cloudyn cost assessment solution for cloud services on June 30.
06/23/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
In Part 1, Windows Reliability Monitor detected a hardware issue on Brien's Surface Book 2. Here's how he fixed the problem.
06/23/2021