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Microsoft on Thursday announced an agreement to buy Metaswitch Networks for an undisclosed price.
05/14/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the establishment of a new monthly update channel plus plans to rename existing update channels for organizations using the Microsoft 365 Apps service, formerly known as "Office 365 ProPlus."
05/13/2020
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An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.
05/13/2020
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Microsoft released its May security patch bundle on Tuesday, addressing about 111 common vulnerabilities and exposures.
05/12/2020
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A "new" Yammer collaboration service application has been released at the public preview stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
05/11/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Beyond just crunching budgets, Microsoft's recent Excel overhaul will give it the intelligence to recognize over 100 new data categories and process information in ways that were previously unimagined.
05/11/2020
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IDC recently published its April IT-spending forecast data and estimated there will be an average 5.1 percent decrease in such spending to $2.25 trillion in 2020.
05/11/2020
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Microsoft on May 1 gave advance notice that it's planning to turn on certain Microsoft Threat Protection capabilities next month for eligible customers that "visit" or use the Microsoft 365 Security Center portal.
05/07/2020
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Microsoft this week announced three new features for assessing Azure AD Conditional Access policy settings, which have all reached "general availability" (GA).
05/07/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft Planner is an indispensable tool, but it still has room for improvement. Here are the features that Microsoft should add to make Planner even better than it already is.
05/07/2020
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Microsoft has announced that some of its new Surface PCs, docking stations and accessories will be available as early as this month.
05/06/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that the ability to apply "sensitivity labels" to Office documents using the Microsoft Information Protection service is now at the "general availability" stage when labeling files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive.
05/06/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday described a few more details about its coming Microsoft Search in Bing switching capability for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise subscribers.
05/05/2020
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A preview of an updated Azure VMware Solution was announced this week, marking another step in Microsoft and VMware's joint effort to run VMware virtualization technology on the Azure cloud.
05/05/2020
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Microsoft last week announced the "general availability" commercial release of the Microsoft 365 Records Management service.
05/05/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
When a simple keyword search can't find the e-mail you're looking for, it's time to break out one (or a couple) of Outlook's many search operators. Here are a few of the most useful ones.
05/05/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that coming Windows 10X-based devices will initially launch as single-screen devices.
05/04/2020
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Microsoft offered an overview of its recent Azure Active Directory release milestones, including free single sign-on access (SSO) for all of its online services subscribers, per a Thursday announcement.
05/04/2020
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For an astronaut in training, parachuting out of a disabled spacecraft ranks high on the list of skills you hopefully never have to use in real life.
05/01/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced that its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service has been revamped as an Azure service with a so-called "spring update" release, which is now available at the preview stage within the Azure Portal.
04/30/2020
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The coronavirus pandemic drove a 70 percent usage spike for Microsoft Teams in just one month, as the collaboration platform has become the centerpiece of many newly-remote employees' workdays.
04/30/2020
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Microsoft and Red Hat this week announced an expansion of their integration work as part of this week's Red Hat Summit 2020 event, which went virtual.
04/29/2020
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The money-printing machine that is Microsoft kept right on chugging in one of the toughest financial quarters in decades.
04/29/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Reports of a Windows 10 successor in the wild have been greatly exaggerated. Brien digs into what's really going on with the rumored "Windows 12."
04/29/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the "general availability" (GA) commercial release of Windows Server containers for use with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
04/28/2020
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Organizations are tapping multiple cloud services for the most part, according to a recent industry study involving 750 enterprise and small-to-medium business (SMB) participants.
04/28/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As business restrictions slowly begin to lift, IT pros face a new landscape similar to the BYOD boom -- but instead of new devices, they'll be dealing with new logistics.
04/27/2020
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Microsoft this week explained how the machine password mechanism for Windows systems works, and the effects when people have shifted to working remotely.
04/24/2020
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The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) released its "Cyberstates 2020 Report" this month, painting an overall positive picture for U.S. technology jobs growth.
04/23/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday explained that it is implementing its own version of Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) identity and access protections for certain Office 365 and Azure Active Directory users.
04/22/2020
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A new software-defined platform addresses a common problem facing organizations that are adopting Kubernetes: a lack of reliable data and app services.
04/22/2020
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SharePoint Online tenancies are getting a few new features that are "rolling out" this month, according to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.
04/21/2020
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Microsoft has brought its "new" Yammer App into Microsoft Teams and is calling it "Communities," according to a Monday announcement.
04/20/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
There's no perfect solution (yet) for Outlook calendar clutter. In the meantime, though, here's a workaround to make Outlook hide any meetings that you haven't accepted.
04/20/2020
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The coming Windows 10 "May 2020 Update" is possibly at its final build (19041.207), and is currently available for Windows Insider Program testers using the "Release Preview ring."
04/17/2020
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an alert on a vulnerability in Pulse Secure virtual private network (VPN) products -- yet again.
04/16/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the commercial release of a more simplified Azure Active Directory registration process that adds multifactor authentication (MFA) and self-service password reset features for end users.
04/16/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Problem: Mounting a Hyper-V virtual hard disk outside of the VM breaks the VM. Solution: PowerShell.
04/16/2020
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Microsoft announced new extended end-of-life dates for Windows 10 and Windows Server versions 1809, System Center Configuration Manager version 1810 and SharePoint Server 2010, among others.
04/15/2020
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Microsoft has released its April security patches, addressing about 113 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs).
04/15/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Office 365 Groups will get renamed as "Microsoft 365 Groups" sometime "over the upcoming quarters."
04/14/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Occasionally, Hyper-V's error alerts raise more questions than answers. Here's how to clear up these mystery errors.
04/14/2020
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Microsoft last week described a new Business Continuity Dashboard for Power BI users that can be used to gauge how an organization is functioning given the relatively recent shift toward relying on remote workforces.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft announced last week that IT pros soon will be getting updates to Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tools that will give them greater control over Windows 10's Reserved Storage feature.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft recently announced an update to a "proof-of-concept" Office 365 Network Onboarding Tool, which is designed to help organizations check the effectiveness of their connections to Office 365 services.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft's brick-and-mortar consumer stores temporarily closed back in March as a coronavirus precaution, but many of its employees still continue to work via remote connections from their homes.
04/10/2020
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In-Depth
Microsoft recently offered a Q&A session on Project Cortex, its emerging "knowledge network" solution for Microsoft 365 users.
04/09/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
In the second part of this series, Brien shows how to import a .CSV file into a PowerShell array, including two methods for zooming in on just the specific data you need and filtering out the rest.
04/09/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced Windows 10 preview build 19603, which adds easier access to installed Linux distro files using Windows File Explorer.
04/08/2020
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Subscribers to Microsoft 365 Business (which is being renamed this month to "Microsoft 365 Business Premium") will be getting Azure Active Directory Premium P1 licensing at no additional cost.
04/07/2020