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Microsoft's Active Directory authentication solution got notably skewered during a Feb. 23 U.S. Senate hearing on the SolarWinds Orion software hack.
02/26/2021
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Microsoft had lots to say this month about its Azure Active Directory service.
02/25/2021
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Microsoft on Wednesday described an expansion of its industry-specific cloud efforts by announcing three new program additions, centered on the needs of finance, manufacturing and nonprofit organizations.
02/24/2021
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Microsoft this week announced advancements in two Azure services that are used to add security for applications and content that touch the Internet.
02/18/2021
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Microsoft is planning to end the integration of the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint security solution with the Azure Information Protection service on March 29, 2021, according to a Wednesday announcement.
02/17/2021
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In-Depth
Cloud isn't always cheaper than on-prem, a lesson that many organizations find out the hard way. Keep your cloud bills in check (and the C-suite happy) using these guidelines.
02/16/2021
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Microsoft announced on Friday that its Azure Attestation service is now commercially released, or "generally available."
02/12/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday announced a partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to connect Microsoft Azure services with HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2, which will get used at the International Space Station (ISS).
02/11/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The public cloud is mature and reliable. So why does Brien still run a bunch of physical servers out of his home? For a lot of good reasons that the cloud can't match, it turns out.
02/11/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Ransomware is a lot more sophisticated now, attacking data on network drives and in the cloud. Before physically interacting with ransomware, take these precautions to stop anything outside the VM from getting infected.
02/09/2021
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The Azure Quantum service, notable for breaking with typical binary compute operations in order to solve complex problems, is at the public preview stage.
02/03/2021
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Microsoft has announced "Windows 10 in cloud configuration," which is a way of provisioning Windows 10 PCs for end users.
02/03/2021
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Microsoft recently announced some Azure Active Directory improvements, including conditional access policy management enhancements and synchronization service additions.
02/02/2021
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Microsoft on Thursday described a few Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) advancements as part of a WVD "Master Class" video presentation, which lasted about seven hours, with labs.
01/29/2021
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Microsoft and SAP this week described continuing partnership efforts on Microsoft Azure, while also planning a Microsoft Teams integration with SAP's enterprise resource planning product and other solutions.
01/22/2021
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Microsoft announced a preview of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows, which lets organizations tap Linux virtual machine processes that also work with Windows- and Azure-based processes and services.
01/22/2021
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Knowing how to automate tasks in the cloud will make you a more productive DBA. Here are the key concepts to understand about cloud scripting and a rundown of the best tools for automating code in Azure.
01/22/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
A three-keystroke solution to a problem that has no discernible cause.
01/21/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
DOS might seem like a relic now, but sometimes it's the only way to fix a problem that Windows seems ill-equipped to deal with -- like this one.
01/19/2021
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Planning to run Hyper-V VMs on your Windows desktop? Here's how to ensure that you don't deplete Windows of the resources it needs to run smoothly.
01/13/2021
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Security expert Sergey Chubarov on the current security landscape and how the SolarWinds attack can change cybersecurity for the better.
01/11/2021
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An advanced persistent threat actor associated with the SolarWinds Orion attacks used their ability to create credentials to compromise a victim's Microsoft 365 and Azure services, but they didn't always tap the so-called "Solorigate" vulnerability to do so.
01/08/2021
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Microsoft is planning to bump up its service-level agreement (SLA) uptime assurance for users of the Azure Active Directory service to "four nines" per month, or 99.99 percent, starting on April 1.
01/05/2021
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Microsoft is planning to turn on a one-time passcode feature in March that will grant temporary network access to business collaborators for organizations that use the Azure Active Directory B2B service.
01/05/2021
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The most popular how-to and commentary articles of the year (plus a few honorable mentions).
12/23/2020