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Microsoft this week announced that its Hotpatch capability is now available as a preview for users of Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition with the "Desktop Experience" install option, as well as for Azure Stack HCI users.
04/20/2023
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Microsoft announced this week that it has scrapped its security threat nomenclature for a new weather-themed one.
04/19/2023
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Microsoft on Wednesday offered a short posthumous public notice that its perpetual-license Office 2013 product has passed its end-of-support phase.
04/19/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a public preview of a new "Authenticator Lite" solution for Outlook Mobile apps.
04/18/2023
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With all the FUD surrounding Copilot, we asked Microsoft MVP and Redmond columnist Brien Posey to answer some questions and help us cut through the hype surrounding the upcoming tech.
04/18/2023
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Microsoft reportedly is working on a chip, code-named "Athena," that will support large language models used with artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a report by The Information (paywalled).
04/18/2023
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Microsoft on Monday offered details about the coming end of SharePoint 2013 workflow for Microsoft 365 users, which lets organizations automate business processes.
04/18/2023
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Microsoft now encrypts new Windows 365 Cloud PCs at rest, starting this month, according to a Friday announcement.
04/14/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Quickly find out if an outage is coming from Microsoft or if there's a problem on your end.
04/14/2023
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Microsoft this week offered guidance on how organizations can investigate the possible presence of so-called "BlackLotus" bootkits, which are capable of exploiting Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-based Windows systems.
04/13/2023
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Microsoft on Wednesday pledged to tighten how Azure Functions works with Azure Storage to address security concerns that were raised by Orca Security.
04/13/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the roll out of a new "Windows Local Administrator Password Solution" (LAPS).
04/12/2023
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Tuesday saw the release of this month's Microsoft security update -- featuring fixes for 97 flaws, including one zero-day exploit.
04/11/2023
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Microsoft explained last week how purported nation-state attackers were able to "manipulate the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect agent," and then destroy a victim's Azure environment.
04/10/2023
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Microsoft and Fortra are using licensing agreements and copyright laws to thwart ransomware attacks, according to a Thursday Microsoft announcement.
04/07/2023
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Microsoft indicated this week that Microsoft 365 Copilot will be coming to its OneNote note-taking application.
04/07/2023
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Microsoft this week announced the publication of its "Signature Teams Rooms" design, which aims to make meetings with remote participants seem more natural and inclusive.
04/06/2023
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a limited public preview of Windows 365 Frontline, a new desktop-as-a-service offering for use by shift workers.
04/06/2023
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Microsoft is planning to increase the overall monthly print-job allocation for Universal Print users from five print jobs per month to 100 print jobs per month, starting next month, according to a Wednesday announcement.
04/06/2023
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Microsoft has broadened access to the Microsoft Edge Workspaces preview, which lets people collaborate in a group space within the browser.
04/05/2023
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Microsoft announced new Learning Rooms, a free online space to connect with technical experts and other students learning Microsoft products, in this Tuesday announcement.
04/05/2023
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Microsoft is switching Microsoft Configuration Manager updates from its typical three times per year to a biannual release cycle, as announced on Monday.
04/03/2023
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Microsoft last week announced the release of its "2023 State of the Cloud Permissions Risks Report" (PDF), which catalogs potential cloud services risks associated with access permissions.
04/03/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Let's walk through what to do and what you should avoid when group policy structures get a bit complicated.
03/31/2023
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Microsoft on Wednesday confirmed that it has addressed a so-called "BingBang" security issue that affected "small number of our internal applications" due to Azure Active Directory authorization misconfigurations.
03/31/2023
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Microsoft acknowledged that its emerging AI-based Bing search could affect content publisher revenue models, but also suggested that it is willing to talk terms.
03/30/2023
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Microsoft gave notice to organizations using perpetual-license Office versions about a coming 2023 milestone that could result in iffy Microsoft 365 services connections in this Wednesday announcement.
03/29/2023
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Microsoft's ongoing layoffs are hitting its home turf, with new notices affecting 1,248 people in the Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah, Wash. areas in May.
03/28/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new predictive language chat tool for security experts called Microsoft Security Copilot.
03/28/2023
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Microsoft announced on Monday that it has rebuilt and improved the performance of its Microsoft Teams application, and released a preview of this "new" app for commercial Windows users.
03/28/2023
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week announced the release of a publicly available and free post-incident hunting tool for organizations using Microsoft Azure, Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365 applications.
03/24/2023
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Microsoft this week reminded organizations using Microsoft Teams Rooms devices of a coming July 1 deadline to get their licenses compliant with its relatively new Basic and Pro plans.
03/24/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Simplified labeling and documentation are key to avoiding a management mess.
03/24/2023
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Microsoft this week announced a preview of custom claims providers for Azure Active Directory users.
03/24/2023
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Microsoft this week announced plans to shift the schedule for when it releases its optional nonsecurity patch previews for Windows systems.
03/23/2023
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The Microsoft Loop App for collaboration across Microsoft 365 applications is now available as a public preview, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
03/23/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated Bing Image Creator in the Microsoft Edge browser, along with new Stories and Knowledge Card 2.0 Bing search capabilities.
03/21/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of OpenAI's GPT-4 artificial intelligence (AI) model for users of the Azure OpenAI service.
03/21/2023
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Organizations using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Configuration Manager will be getting a 10GB download next week that will kick off Microsoft's Windows 11 version 22H2 Unified Update Platform (UUP) servicing scheme for those premises-based management tools, Microsoft warned on Monday.
03/20/2023
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Microsoft this week announced that Azure Firewall Basic is now at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
03/17/2023
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Microsoft this week announced Semantic Kernel, a new open source framework on GitHub at the early preview stage that aims to help developers tap artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models in their applications.
03/17/2023
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Often overlooked, it's a powerful tool that can make your life a lot easier. Especially now that Microsoft has updated its functionality.
03/17/2023
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Microsoft on Thursday offered assurances to IT pros that security and privacy issues will be respected with coming Microsoft 365 Copilot artificial intelligence (AI)-based enhancements.
03/16/2023
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Microsoft on Thursday gave a public demonstration of Microsoft 365 Copilot, which brings natural language AI capabilities into virtually every corner of its productivity stack.
03/16/2023
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Microsoft this week announced update 23H1 for the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE) product, plus multiple servicing changes and other plans.
03/16/2023
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Microsoft on Tuesday released 80 targeted fixes for its monthly security update, including fixes for two flaws that are currently being exploited.
03/14/2023
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Microsoft this month laid off its whole initial team that oversaw the ethics associated with the company's artificial intelligence (AI) software development efforts.
03/14/2023
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Microsoft 365 Defender users are getting a public preview of the ability to set custom detection rules for near real-time security events, according to a Monday announcement.
03/14/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As with most things in the IT space, the answers will vary on your needs and how much free time you have.
03/10/2023
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that its Azure OpenAI service now offers a preview of ChatGPT, the OpenAI-based chat engine.
03/09/2023