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In an unlikely pairing, Amazon has allegedly inked an agreement with Microsoft to buy over 1 million seats of the cloud-based productivity suite.
10/17/2023
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Organizations using Microsoft Intune with its Endpoint Privilege Management capability now can have better control over Windows 365 user privileges, per a Monday Microsoft announcement.
10/17/2023
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OS deployment expert Michael Niehaus shares what Windows 11 does right, where it's still lacking and what we should expect from Microsoft in the future.
10/17/2023
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The LinkedIn careers site, owned by Microsoft, announced personnel cuts of "approximately 668 roles" on Monday.
10/16/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Learn how to pass spreadsheet values as parameters to a PowerShell script for more dynamic and functional automation.
10/16/2023
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Microsoft this week announced Viva product enhancements, including the general availability of Viva Amplify, the debut of a new Skills product, plus Copilot artificial intelligence perks.
10/13/2023
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The deal was able to be closed after concerns by U.K. regulators were addressed.
10/13/2023
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IT consulting firm Janco Associates suggested that the 2023 IT jobs market remains rocky.
10/12/2023
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Microsoft this week indicated that it plans to eliminate the need to use the New Technology LAN Manager protocol in Windows 11, with Kerberos taking its place.
10/12/2023
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Microsoft MVP Eric D. Boyd presents a sneak peek of his anticipated Live! 360 Azure OpenAI discussion.
10/11/2023
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This month's security update addresses the widespread HTTP/2 issue and two other zero-day vulnerabilities.
10/11/2023
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Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are no longer supported products as of Oct. 10, 2023, meaning no more patches will be arriving.
10/10/2023
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Microsoft's Buck Woody breaks down how SQL Server is leveraging gen AI, and what skills you will need to stay competitive.
10/10/2023
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AvePoint on Tuesday announced Opus, its new artificial intelligence (Al)-based "information lifecycle management" solution, which works with Microsoft Office 365 and other services.
10/10/2023
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The winners span 10 critical categories, from Microsoft Teams optimization, to Windows Server monitoring, to Active Directory data protection and more.
10/10/2023
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Microsoft has added Azure management capabilities to Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), per a Friday announcement.
10/06/2023
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Microsoft explained a little more this week about mobile application management for Windows 11 devices using Microsoft Intune in a Wednesday announcement.
10/05/2023
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Desktop users should see an increase in performance with the updated app.
10/05/2023
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Microsoft's partners are now selling Extended Security Updates for SQL Server 2014 as of this month, per this announcement.
10/04/2023
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Microsoft announced this week that it has added two new capabilities to Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management at the "general availability" release stage.
10/04/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
It's time to put Excel's newest feature to the test.
10/04/2023
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Microsoft described "the third generation of OneDrive" on Tuesday in an online presentation featuring Jeff Teper, president of collaboration apps and platform, plus other Microsoft luminaries.
10/03/2023
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Microsoft on Monday gave a one-year advance notice that it plans to block the Business Connectivity Services that Microsoft 365 customers may be using.
10/02/2023
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Microsoft on Monday announced that it will turn off Remote PowerShell Protocol for Exchange Online, starting as early as Oct. 3, 2023 for its worldwide service customers.
10/02/2023
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Microsoft's Abdullah Mamun and Kendal Van Dyke break down how SQL's recent updates are giving database pros new ways to take control of their data.
10/02/2023
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Microsoft has improved the remediation process when users authenticating via on-premises methods are deemed to be at risk by the Microsoft Entra ID Protection service, per a Thursday announcement.
09/29/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As Microsoft's new AI assistant gets into more hands this week, let's break down some of my impressions.
09/29/2023
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Microsoft on Wednesday gave notice that its Exchange Online e-mail tamper protections are planned for completion in 2024, which may entail some backend changes by IT departments.
09/28/2023
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Azure Automation provide IT with the ways to make their jobs more interesting. Got a task you're sick of doing? Automate it away!
09/27/2023
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The new update, rolling out for some, includes a preview of Microsoft's AI-powered Windows Copilot.
09/26/2023
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Microsoft Mesh for Microsoft Teams will be arriving as a public preview in Oct. 2023, the company announced on Tuesday.
09/26/2023
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to "retire" its Azure Database for MariaDB service on Sept. 19, 2025.
09/25/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Ahead of its full release, let me share some of my thoughts on the preview version of Microsoft's AI-powered assistant.
09/25/2023
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Microsoft this week announced that the new Outlook for Windows 11 is now at the "general availability" release stage for personal account users, but it's also arriving for organizations as a so-called "enterprise ready" release.
09/22/2023
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Microsoft on Thursday unveiled four new Surface devices for businesses.
09/22/2023
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Cisco is acquiring security and IT solutions provider Splunk for about "$28 billion in equity value," per a Thursday announcement.
09/21/2023
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Copilot for Windows 11 will be available on Sept. 26.
09/21/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Jump the line by becoming a Windows Insider in just a few clicks.
09/21/2023
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Microsoft provided an update on its rename transition for Azure Active Directory, which is now mostly getting called "Entra ID," in a Tuesday announcement.
09/20/2023
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Microsoft this week announced that Azure Update Manager reached "general availability," or commercial rollout status.
09/19/2023
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Microsoft this week announced that Extended Security Updates for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, as managed using Azure Arc, reached the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
09/19/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
There's much more to consider besides willing to pay in full upfront vs. in perpetuity.
09/19/2023
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Microsoft indicated on Monday that it had revoked an overly permissioned Shared Access Signature (SAS) token, said to have exposed "38TB" of internal Microsoft data.
09/18/2023
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Yusuf Mehdi will be filling the newly vacated leadership role.
09/18/2023
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Throwing money at your network security without insight into the strengths and limitations of your network will put your enterprise users' data at risk.
09/18/2023
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Google announced this week that its Chromebooks computers will get 10 years of updates automatically.
09/15/2023
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Microsoft has added Server Message Block security measures for IT pros, which are now available as part of an early Windows preview release.
09/15/2023
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Microsoft and Oracle on Thursday announced "Oracle Database@Azure," a new collaborative infrastructure-as-a-service effort that lets Oracle database customers more easily tap Azure services.
09/14/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Navigate the maze of Windows Event Logs to efficiently troubleshoot common Hyper-V issues.
09/14/2023
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Microsoft released "feature update" 23H2 for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE), per a Tuesday announcement.
09/13/2023