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Microsoft this week issued an alert noting that domain name system (DNS) problems are occurring for Azure customers who had upgraded Canonical Ubuntu on Azure virtual machines.
08/30/2022
Posey's Tips & Tricks
While Microsoft does not make it easy, you can roll back a bad update (in certain situations).
08/30/2022
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Microsoft is planning to end its Kaizala messaging service next year, as described in a Friday lifecycle announcement and partner announcement.
08/29/2022
Joey on SQL Server
An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception.
08/29/2022
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Microsoft last week announced the release of SQL Server 2022 Release Candidate (RC) 0.
08/29/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced the rollout of Adoption Score, a service that tracks Microsoft 365 use in organizations that was formerly called "Productivity Score."
08/26/2022
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Microsoft this week reminded developer partners about certain "memory mitigation requirements" to be met for PCs and software that use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
08/25/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday described "MagicWeb" attacks by an advanced persistent threat group called "Nobelium," advising organizations using Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to take hardening steps.
08/25/2022
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the Viva Engage app is now "generally available for customers worldwide."
08/23/2022
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Azure Communication Services now supports the Microsoft Teams collaboration service at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
08/22/2022
Posey's Tips & Tricks
Like anyone else, I perform regular, automated point-in-time backups of my production Hyper-V virtual machines. In addition to those backups, I also regularly create air gapped backups.
08/22/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a public preview of Azure Workbooks for Update Compliance, which gives organizations a dashboard view on the status of Windows updates and drivers in client devices.
08/19/2022
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Microsoft this week announced public previews of Network Protection and Web Protection capabilities for Linux and macOS devices in its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution.
08/18/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a public preview of Microsoft Dev Box, which lets developers create provisioned workspaces for specific projects.
08/17/2022
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Microsoft this week announced it had taken actions to cripple the Russia-based SEABORGIUM cybercriminal group.
08/17/2022
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Developers using the Ubuntu 22.04 ("Jammy") operating system can now install .NET 6, Canonical and Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
08/17/2022