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Microsoft is planning to turn off the ability to use Autodiscover to authenticate with Exchange Online for all tenancies, starting this year, according to a Wednesday announcement.
11/17/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the "general availability" commercial-release of Windows Update for Business Reports.
11/17/2022
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The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced on Wednesday that it has adopted the Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework (S2C2F) for ensuring the secure use of open source software (OSS) by developers.
11/16/2022
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Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing model.
11/16/2022
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Now generally available, SQL Server 2022's feature set brings it closer to parity with Azure SQL. Here are the biggest additions to Microsoft's RDBMS software you need to know.
11/16/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of Network HUD for Azure Stack HCI, which is designed to detect and address networking issues.
11/15/2022
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Microsoft last week announced the release of PowerShell 7.3 at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage.
11/15/2022
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Microsoft on Monday introduced the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform, which brings together various Microsoft services and partner solutions to address supply-chain management needs.
11/14/2022
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Reduce workload times with this handy feature that can benefit every database pro.
11/09/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The cloud era does not mean that we ditch what has worked in the past.
11/07/2022
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Microsoft indicated last week that it'll be bringing a SANS Institute training series to Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 users of its Attack Simulation Training service.
11/07/2022
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A survey commissioned by Veeam Software found that most organizations have turned to various cloud services to protect their data.
11/04/2022
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Microsoft announced this week that its cross-tenant data migration add-on capability for Exchange Online users or "hybrid" Exchange" users is now released at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
11/04/2022
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Microsoft has chimed in on the highly visible OpenSSL security risks that emerged last week, and advises users start applying fixes based on OpenSSL's recent patches.
11/03/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a preview of Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) support for Android and iOS devices using hardware security keys.
11/02/2022
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Organizations using Yammer will have issues with coming "Native Mode" migrations if they have multiple or secondary Yammer networks, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
11/02/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Something strange happens when you explore an attached disk in Windows.
11/01/2022
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Even if your PowerShell IQ is somewhat lacking, there's never been a better time to jump in to the powerful automation tool.
10/14/2022
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Exchange Server products are potential subject two newly disclosed "zero-day" vulnerabilities that are under exploit, Microsoft acknowledged, in a Thursday announcement.
09/30/2022
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Microsoft is urging organizations using the Microsoft Authenticator app to activate additional security functionality to protect against possible "multifactor authentication fatigue attacks," according to a Wednesday announcement.
09/29/2022
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Microsoft this week announced a couple of previews for organizations using the Azure Virtual Desktop virtual desktop infrastructure service.
09/28/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As with many things in life, what should be simple is a bit more complicated than needs to be.
09/28/2022
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Microsoft is planning to end support for Client Access Rules used with its Exchange Online service, favoring the use of Continuous Access Evaluation instead, according to a Tuesday announcement.
09/28/2022
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A Coalition for Fair Software Licensing lobbying group has launched, aiming to remedy "anticompetitive software licensing practices."
09/27/2022
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The Microsoft Stream video-sharing service for organizations is getting "natively" integrated with SharePoint as a Microsoft 365 product, according to a Monday Microsoft announcement.
09/26/2022
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About half (51 percent) of IT departments are planning to increase their IT budgets in 2023, compared with a prior-year's sampling, despite concerns about a general economic recession, per a newly published annual report.
09/26/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Is your replication going too slow? Here's how to speed it up.
09/23/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced an expansion of its Viva "employee experience" suite, describing new apps to come and enhancements, plus it published another "Work Trend Index" (WTI) report.
09/22/2022
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Microsoft offered more details this week about its enhanced phishing protection technology that kicked off with the newly released Windows 11 version 22H2.
09/21/2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of the Windows 11 2022 Update, also known as "version 22H2."
09/21/2022
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Microsoft this week announced SharePoint Server Subscription Edition changes, including a switch to biannual "feature update" release model.
09/16/2022
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Organizations waiting for Microsoft to "permanently disable" the Internet Explorer 11 browser should just end it beforehand, if possible.
09/15/2022
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Microsoft announced some Azure Space advances on Wednesday, including an Azure Orbital Ground Station service commercial release.
09/14/2022
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Civo CEO and cofounder Mark Boost recently shared his views on the current state of cloud services, including vendor lock-in and the complexity that inevitably brings problems.
09/14/2022
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Microsoft has released its September bundle of security patches, addressing about 64 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs).
09/13/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
To truly protect your data from attackers, take some time to follow these additional safeguards.
09/13/2022
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Google announced on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of security solutions company Mandiant.
09/12/2022
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Microsoft has changed the licensing options it offers for Microsoft Teams Rooms software and services as of this month, per an announcement.
09/09/2022
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Microsoft this week described Windows Autopatch version 2208 improvements for IT pros, plus some perks to come.
09/08/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new "standalone" eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) product for optimizing live video streaming in organizations.
09/07/2022
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The Los Angeles Unified School District reported on Monday that a ransomware attack had occurred.
09/07/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
An augmented reality contact lens may sound like something out of science fiction, but it may be here sooner than you think.
09/06/2022
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Microsoft this week announced Azure Active Directory enhancements for organizations that likely will better address some security and compliance issues.
09/02/2022
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Microsoft still intends to turn off Basic Authentication for Exchange Online users on Oct. 1, but it is offering a possible grace period of about three months before ending it altogether.
09/02/2022
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Microsoft this week announced licensing and hosting changes for Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program partners and their customers, most of which will take effect on Oct. 1, 2022.
08/31/2022
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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
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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
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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