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Microsoft announced on Friday that Bill Gates is no longer part of Microsoft's board.
03/16/2020
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In-Depth
New to working remotely? Here are pointers for setting up your new workspace for teleconferencing, managing your time when your office is also your home, and how not to be a VPN hog.
03/16/2020
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert on Friday outlining virtual private network (VPN) best practices for organizations supporting remote workforces.
03/13/2020
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Microsoft is cancelling the in-person portion of Microsoft Build, and moving its biggest developer conference online due to public safety concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus.
03/13/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday published an "out-of-band" security bulletin describing patches for newer Windows systems that are subject to a "Critical"-rated vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1.1.
03/12/2020
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Microsoft issued Security Advisory ADV200005 on late Tuesday about a "Critical"-rated Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1.1 vulnerability.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft and an international consortium of partners launched a counterstrike against the Necurs computer malware network this week in what they hope will be a devastating disruption.
03/11/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Here's how to let outside users access your company's SharePoint Online team sites without buying them Office 365 licenses.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft has named its first chief scientific officer: Eric Horvitz, who joined Microsoft in a research role in 1993 and was most recently in charge of Microsoft Research Labs.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft released its March security patches on Tuesday, which address about 115 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in total.
03/10/2020
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AMD processors have "cache way predictors" that can leak information when subjected to attacks, according a paper (PDF) by university researchers.
03/10/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
It's still early days for the Fluid Framework, but its preview does give an idea of the future that Microsoft is envisioning for Office collaboration and file creation.
03/09/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Is this the universal Office application that Brien has been waiting for? The Fluid Framework preview gives a few hints about Microsoft's plans for the new technology and for the Office suite as a whole.
03/06/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new Crisis Communication App to help keep track of employees and their work status during emergencies.
03/05/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a public preview of a Backup Reports capability that's accessible from the Azure Portal.
03/04/2020
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
03/04/2020
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In-Depth
Can your organization support remote work for all employees? How can you insulate your projects against supply chain delays? Joey walks you through all the bases your IT team needs to cover during the coronavirus pandemic.
03/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's forthcoming operating system for dual-screen devices seems to borrow heavily from predecessors, from Windows 10 all the way back to Windows CE.
03/04/2020
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Microsoft and Cisco are claiming Internet of Things (IoT) interoperability between their respective cloud and IoT device networking products.
03/03/2020
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Microsoft is working on Server Message Block (SMB) over QUIC technology for use with "Windows, Windows Server, and Azure Files," according to a Monday announcement.
03/02/2020
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Microsoft on Monday announced a private preview of its Universal Print service, which eliminates the need to maintain print servers on-premises or install printer drivers.
03/02/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
A tour of the new Windows 10X emulator for Surface dual-screen devices shows a bare-bones user interface that nevertheless brings flashbacks to Windows Phone.
03/02/2020
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It's going to be a much leaner year for the PC and smartphone markets due to the coronavirus and its effect on global supply chains.
03/02/2020
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Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to end three certification programs on June 30, 2020, and that separate exams for Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019 won't be available.
02/28/2020
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Microsoft plans to update the user experience associated with its Cortana personal assistant software with the coming spring feature update of Windows 10, according to a Friday announcement.
02/28/2020
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Brien's lunar training often puts him in situations where gravity, as we Earthlings know it, doesn't exist.
02/28/2020
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The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser is getting the ability to block potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), Microsoft announced on Thursday.
02/28/2020
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Applications that use IBM Power processors in "on-premises" datacenters can now be moved to Microsoft Azure datacenters via a "Skytap on Azure" service, according to Thursday announcements by both Microsoft and Skytap.
02/27/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday warned investors that supply chain impacts from the coronavirus health emergency will put a damper on its third-quarter results.
02/26/2020
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Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement that it didn't actually remove Server Message Block 1 (SMB1) from Windows releases.
02/26/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday offered more details on its plans to end Basic Authentication in Exchange Online, which will cause pain for some organizations.
02/26/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Earlier this month, Microsoft released a public preview of Windows 10X, a spinoff of the Windows 10 operating system that's designed to run on the forthcoming multiscreen Surface devices. Here's how to take it out for a spin.
02/26/2020
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Microsoft this month announced that its free Mover cloud-to-cloud migration tool is "now available to Microsoft 365 customers worldwide."
02/25/2020
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Microsoft announced that its Azure Sphere solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices have reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage.
02/24/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
To test the Windows 10X emulator, Brien needed to figure out how to configure Hyper-V to run on a Windows 10 virtual machine. Here's how he made it work.
02/24/2020
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Google's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory is now a "generally available" service, according to a Thursday Google announcement.
02/21/2020
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Dell's RSA security solutions businesses, including the RSA Conference, were bought by a consortium of companies for about $2 billion, according to Tuesday announcements.
02/21/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's Windows Insider program is invaluable for IT pros who want to test drive new Windows 10 features before the update rolls out to their entire organization. If you haven't already signed up to be an Insider, here's how to do it.
02/21/2020
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The announcements included a few "general availability" announcements, product enhancements and some partner collaborations.
02/20/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced the worldwide "general availability" of its new Office App for both Android and iOS phones.
02/19/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Put this tip in the "easy but valuable" category.
02/19/2020
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Fresh off its acquisition by Insight Partners last month, Veeam is now rolling out what it's calling "the biggest release" in the company's history.
02/19/2020
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Microsoft's February security updates came with plenty of technical bumps.
02/18/2020
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A recent report documents how widespread the use of HTTPS connections is becoming in malware circles, especially for communicating back to command-and-control servers.
02/18/2020
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Mismanaged security certificates have resulted in "unplanned downtime and outages," per 73 percent of respondents in a recently published Ponemon Institute study, which polled IT security personnel.
02/14/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced previews of two new Office document security protections for Office 365 E5 subscribers that aim to block malicious payloads.
02/13/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Natively integrated into Windows Server, the Best Practices Analyzer is a key tool for assessing how much (or how little) your Hyper-V configurations align with Microsoft's recommendations.
02/13/2020
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This week, Microsoft announced a bunch of product enhancement milestones for users of Office 365 applications.
02/12/2020
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Participants in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for out-of-support Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 machines faced new installation requirements on Tuesday.
02/12/2020
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All told, Microsoft is addressing 99 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in this February security bundle.
02/11/2020