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Microsoft on Monday announced coming product naming changes, where "Office 365" is mostly getting replaced by the "Microsoft 365" brand.
03/30/2020
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Microsoft in a Saturday announcement recapped how its services have been affected by "shelter-in-place" governmental mandates in the last week, providing details on growth stats and prioritizations.
03/30/2020
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Microsoft has announced an extension to the end date of three certification programs slated for retirement.
03/30/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
There's a lot about the Surface Pro X that's reminiscent of the ill-fated Surface RT. But despite the similarities, this might just be one of the rare cases where the sequel is better than the original.
03/30/2020
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Security expert Dale Meredith identifies cybersecurity challenges, best practices and major concerns resulting from all the employees forced into home offices by COVID-19.
03/27/2020
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In a lengthy town hall-style interview on CNN Thursday night, Gates came down squarely on the side of the "tough medicine" of a robust public health response to what he termed a "terrible pandemic."
03/27/2020
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Lots of things can go wrong during a commercial spaceflight -- especially once your capsule leaves space. An unplanned ocean landing is just one of those worst-case scenarios.
03/27/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced an agreement to buy Affirmed Networks for an undisclosed price.
03/26/2020
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Microsoft this week advocated for the split tunneling networking approach to support remote workers, rather than send all traffic through a corporate virtual private network (VPN).
03/26/2020
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Microsoft this month announced a couple of Azure Active Directory improvements with regard to custom roles and multifactor authentication support that are available now and on the horizon.
03/25/2020
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Microsoft announced this week that the Azure Security Center management portal now works with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to ensure the security of Docker containers running on Linux systems or virtual machines.
03/25/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Upgrading to a higher-level Office 365 subscription plan like E5 should be safe. But downgrading to a less costly subscription plan (for example, going from E5 to F1) is more likely to put your organization's data at risk.
03/25/2020
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Microsoft last week announced an expanded private preview of Project Cortex, its emerging knowledge resource solution for users of Microsoft 365 services.
03/24/2020
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Microsoft sent a message this week to its customers regarding temporary adjustments to Microsoft 365 features.
03/24/2020
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Microsoft on Monday issued Security Advisory ADV200006 for a "Critical"-rated remote code execution vulnerability in both supported and unsupported Windows systems.
03/23/2020
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Microsoft indicated on Friday that updates to its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser are on hold, but just for the "Stable" version.
03/23/2020
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Microsoft is widely expected to launch a new version of Office 365 next week aimed squarely at consumer users.
03/23/2020
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Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. and Microsoft on Friday described their collaboration on mapping the immune system's response to threats, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat.
03/20/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced that the service lifetimes of certain editions of Windows 10 version 1709 are now extended for six months due to "the public health situation," meaning the novel coronavirus pandemic.
03/20/2020
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Microsoft Teams use has greatly accelerated in its third year, coinciding with public reactions to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic.
03/20/2020
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The global coronavirus crisis has forced millions of people into remote work nearly overnight. For work-from-home newbies, Brien has some critical advice for making the transition as painless as possible.
03/20/2020
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The Windows platform security team explained this week in an announcement that PC devices are subject to possible driver exploits, and recommended the use of Secured-core PCs as a defensive measure.
03/19/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien answers some common questions related to Hyper-V's SET capability, from how to configure virtual machines to use SET to determining your load balancing algorithm.
03/19/2020
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N2WS, a provider of backup and recovery solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the general availability of N2WS Backup and Recovery 3.0 this week.
03/18/2020
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Microsoft is shuttering all Microsoft Store locations until further notice, following similar moves by Apple and other retailers attempting to limit the spread of coronavirus in their brick-and-mortar shops.
03/17/2020
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GitHub, part of Microsoft, announced on Monday that it's agreed to acquire open source JavaScript solutions company npm Inc.
03/17/2020
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Switch embedded teaming is to Hyper-V what NIC teaming was to Windows Server 2012, though it never got the same level of hype. For those new to SET, Brien gives an overview of what the feature does and why it's so useful.
03/17/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Windows 10 is now on more than 1 billion "monthly active devices."
03/16/2020
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Microsoft announced on Friday that Bill Gates is no longer part of Microsoft's board.
03/16/2020
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New to working remotely? Here are pointers for setting up your new workspace for teleconferencing, managing your time when your office is also your home, and how not to be a VPN hog.
03/16/2020
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert on Friday outlining virtual private network (VPN) best practices for organizations supporting remote workforces.
03/13/2020
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Microsoft is cancelling the in-person portion of Microsoft Build, and moving its biggest developer conference online due to public safety concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus.
03/13/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday published an "out-of-band" security bulletin describing patches for newer Windows systems that are subject to a "Critical"-rated vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1.1.
03/12/2020
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Microsoft issued Security Advisory ADV200005 on late Tuesday about a "Critical"-rated Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1.1 vulnerability.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft and an international consortium of partners launched a counterstrike against the Necurs computer malware network this week in what they hope will be a devastating disruption.
03/11/2020
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Here's how to let outside users access your company's SharePoint Online team sites without buying them Office 365 licenses.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft has named its first chief scientific officer: Eric Horvitz, who joined Microsoft in a research role in 1993 and was most recently in charge of Microsoft Research Labs.
03/11/2020
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Microsoft released its March security patches on Tuesday, which address about 115 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in total.
03/10/2020
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AMD processors have "cache way predictors" that can leak information when subjected to attacks, according a paper (PDF) by university researchers.
03/10/2020
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It's still early days for the Fluid Framework, but its preview does give an idea of the future that Microsoft is envisioning for Office collaboration and file creation.
03/09/2020
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Is this the universal Office application that Brien has been waiting for? The Fluid Framework preview gives a few hints about Microsoft's plans for the new technology and for the Office suite as a whole.
03/06/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new Crisis Communication App to help keep track of employees and their work status during emergencies.
03/05/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a public preview of a Backup Reports capability that's accessible from the Azure Portal.
03/04/2020
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
03/04/2020
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In-Depth
Can your organization support remote work for all employees? How can you insulate your projects against supply chain delays? Joey walks you through all the bases your IT team needs to cover during the coronavirus pandemic.
03/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's forthcoming operating system for dual-screen devices seems to borrow heavily from predecessors, from Windows 10 all the way back to Windows CE.
03/04/2020
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Microsoft and Cisco are claiming Internet of Things (IoT) interoperability between their respective cloud and IoT device networking products.
03/03/2020
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Microsoft is working on Server Message Block (SMB) over QUIC technology for use with "Windows, Windows Server, and Azure Files," according to a Monday announcement.
03/02/2020
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Microsoft on Monday announced a private preview of its Universal Print service, which eliminates the need to maintain print servers on-premises or install printer drivers.
03/02/2020
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A tour of the new Windows 10X emulator for Surface dual-screen devices shows a bare-bones user interface that nevertheless brings flashbacks to Windows Phone.
03/02/2020