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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft is adding security warning messages in Teams for organizations using default configurations, a move the company says is part of its Secure By Default initiative and aimed at increasing user awareness of potentially risky files and links without changing existing enforcement policies.
02/04/2026
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Microsoft announced a leadership shake-up Wednesday that will see Hayete Gallot return to the company as executive vice president of security, replacing Charlie Bell, who is shifting into a new role focused on Microsoft’s Quality Excellence Initiative.
02/04/2026
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Microsoft issued an out-of-band security update on Jan. 26 to address CVE-2026-21509, a Microsoft Office vulnerability the company said was being actively exploited at the time of disclosure.
02/04/2026
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Updated guidance helps organizations migrate storage workloads away from legacy TLS versions ahead of stricter security enforcement.
02/03/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Immutable backups can serve as a long-term safety net beyond ransomware protection, preserving critical data that may fall outside traditional backup retention windows and go unnoticed until it is too late.
02/03/2026
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The 2026 Cloud Security Report from Fortinet finds cloud security teams are less concerned about whether cloud platforms can be secured and more focused on whether their defenses can keep pace with the speed of change.
02/02/2026
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General availability of new filters helps users narrow Copilot search results by content source across Microsoft 365.
01/29/2026
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New management options simplify deployment and improve performance consistency for Windows remote desktop environments.
01/29/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
This step-by-step guide explains how to use Discrete Device Assignment to attach a physical GPU directly to a Hyper-V virtual machine, enabling hardware-accelerated workloads such as AI while bypassing deprecated RemoteFX technology.
01/29/2026
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Joey on SQL Server
A recent Exchange Online disruption tied to Microsoft network changes underscores how deeply businesses still rely on email -- and how few practical options organizations have to protect critical workflows when cloud services fail.
01/28/2026
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Microsoft on Monday unveiled Maia 200, a custom-built accelerator aimed at lowering the cost of running artificial intelligence workloads at cloud scale, as major providers look to curb soaring inference expenses and lessen dependence on Nvidia graphics processors.
01/28/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Drawing on lessons learned from Dragon NaturallySpeaking, this second installment examines where voice-based navigation and dictation in Microsoft Copilot may streamline workflows -- and where traditional input methods are likely to remain more practical.
01/23/2026
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Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption.
01/23/2026
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New native integration connects Kafka streams directly to Cosmos DB on Confluent Cloud, reducing complexity for event-driven and cloud-native applications.
01/21/2026
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New record-and-playback platform aims to reduce complexity and improve reliability in Windows driver development.
01/21/2026
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Change signals a shift away from legacy monitoring packs toward modern observability and Azure-based monitoring tools.
01/21/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft’s push to add real-time speech, dictation and conversational responses to Copilot revives long-standing questions about voice-driven productivity, drawing on lessons from legacy tools to assess where verbal interaction is likely to help -- and where it may fall short.
01/21/2026
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Microsoft released an out-of-band update Friday to resolve credential authentication failures affecting Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 connections that emerged after the company's January 2026 security update.
01/21/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
In Part 2 of this series, we'll learn how to use PowerShell to call the Stable Diffusion API directly, moving from a simple proof-of-concept script to a GUI-based tool for generating AI images on local hardware.
01/20/2026
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Microsoft released a pair of security and compliance updates this week designed to help IT administrators strengthen protections across Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise and simplify app governance in Teams.
01/20/2026
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Build a cloud-free AI image generation workflow by wiring Stable Diffusion into Windows PowerShell, using open source tools and local hardware to create images directly from scripts.
01/16/2026