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Microsoft's Security Update Guide, which chronicles Microsoft's patch releases each month, is getting two relatively new additions.
01/06/2023
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Microsoft gave notice this week that it's planning to disable the use of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and TLS 1.1 security protocols for Exchange Online customers that use Post Office Protocol 3 (POP 3) and/or Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP 4) clients, starting next month.
01/06/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Let's see if I was Nostradamus or just way off the mark.
01/06/2023
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Microsoft's Attack Simulation Training product now shows more information about how users interacted with simulated phishing attacks, per a Tuesday announcement.
01/06/2023
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Microsoft is reportedly integrating the artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT chatbot into its Bing search engine to provide more human-like answers to user questions.
01/05/2023
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Microsoft on Wednesday described its recent efforts to help IT pros with various Microsoft Viva problems, including the dreaded "Native Mode" migrations that may have affected some organizations.
01/05/2023
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Some notable Microsoft products will be "retiring" or falling out of support in 2023.
01/04/2023
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
As the saying goes, you get what you paid for. But it's not quite as simple as that.
12/30/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Let my blunder be a learning opportunity. Also, don't forget your backups!
12/23/2022
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Microsoft Intune now has some update controls for Windows clients that are enabled by the Windows Update for Business service.
12/16/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Our future might be about to get a lot more annoying.
12/16/2022
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Microsoft this week described enhancements to its Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides add-on to HoloLens 2, which is its mixed-reality headset.
12/16/2022
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In-Depth
What caused the issue and what, as customers, we can do to keep our data secure.
12/15/2022
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Microsoft is phasing out the use of Remote PowerShell for Exchange Online, and will block its use next year.
12/15/2022
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-based cyberattacks on organizations could start to ramp up over the next five years, according to a recently published report.
12/15/2022
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Microsoft's Quick Assist app will be getting enhanced by Windows quality updates, starting this month and the next, and these updates may overcome issues associated with its switch to being a Windows Store app.
12/13/2022
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Microsoft's final security update of the year arrived on Tuesday, featuring 6 bulletin items rated "critical," a flaw fix total of 49.
12/13/2022
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The Microsoft Authenticator app, used to assure secure authentications, won't be compatible with the Apple Watch, starting next month.
12/13/2022
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Microsoft is previewing new customization options for Azure Active Directory-based user sign-ins to applications, as announced on Monday.
12/12/2022
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Microsoft announced on Friday that it has acquired Lumenisity, a maker of hollowcore fiber cable for global networking infrastructure.
12/09/2022
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The Microsoft Authenticator app for iOS devices is now compliant with the U.S. government's "Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140" security standard, according to a Thursday Microsoft announcement.
12/08/2022
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Microsoft's record-breaking purchase of video game company Activision Blizzard is in trouble after the Federal Trade Commission filed suit to block the sale on Thursday.
12/08/2022
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Cameyo on Wednesday announced that its Virtual App Delivery service now supports Linux applications, expanding from Windows apps support.
12/07/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The success of the new app depends on if Microsoft has learned the lessons of the past.
12/07/2022
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Managed services provider Rackspace issued an announcement on Tuesday confirming that its hosted Microsoft Exchange e-mail service was disrupted by a ransomware attack.
12/06/2022
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Microsoft and Isovalent on Monday announced efforts to bring eBPF capabilities to Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
12/06/2022
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a public preview of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Applications in Exchange Online.
12/05/2022
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Microsoft is starting to roll out a new Microsoft Entra Admin Center portal, along with some other product improvements announced this week.
12/02/2022
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The new security feature does help to address the growing ransomware issue. But it's not perfect.
12/02/2022
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Microsoft on Wednesday offered a few more details for IT pros about its Windows Package Manager and Microsoft Intune integration, enabling app distributions through the "new Windows Store."
12/01/2022
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A preview of a Microsoft Sentinel "Incident Tasks" feature was announced on Tuesday by Microsoft.
11/29/2022
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Microsoft on Monday announced the "general availability" commercial release of Privileged Identity Management (PIM)-enabled Azure Lighthouse delegations.
11/29/2022
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The Microsoft Entra Workload Identities service is now available as a commercial product offering, having reached the "general availability" stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
11/29/2022
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The Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management service can now assess the firmware security of client devices, a new capability that's available at the public preview stage, per a Monday announcement.
11/28/2022
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Here are some handy tips to adjust confusing notifications with just a few clicks!
11/22/2022
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Microsoft has released a preview of a Microsoft Intune "Organizational Messages" capability for IT pros, which lets them send notices to Windows 11 users, per a Thursday announcement.
11/21/2022
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Azure Active Directory authentication capabilities for IT pros using the Windows Admin Center in Azure management console are now commercially released at the "general availability" stage, per a Thursday Microsoft announcement.
11/18/2022
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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