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Posey's Tips & Tricks
With cloud suites like Microsoft 365 scattering user data across multiple apps and services, application-aware backups and restorations are due for a surge in renewed interest.
07/27/2020
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Microsoft this week had lots to say about Microsoft Teams, which is getting "native" integration with Microsoft Power Platform tools, starting in preview form as early as next month, according to a July 21 announcement.
07/24/2020
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Microsoft this week announced some policy enhancements to the Insider Risk Management service for Microsoft 365 that soon will be arriving at the preview level.
07/23/2020
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Microsoft announced a preview this week of a revamped Azure Stack HCI product that runs its own operating system, known as "version 20H2."
07/22/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that the "new" Yammer Conversations Web Part for companywide chats is now available to SharePoint Online tenancies at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.
07/20/2020
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Microsoft has a "Cloud PC" effort under works that apparently will be somewhat different from existing Microsoft services, such as the Windows Virtual Desktop virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service.
07/20/2020
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Microsoft's plans to put an early end to workflows for SharePoint 2010 Online, announced earlier this month, have elicited multiple complaints from IT pros, a petition to postpone the deprecation and a little bit of help.
07/18/2020
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday announced the release of an emergency directive on patching a Windows Server Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350).
07/16/2020
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Microsoft and Citrix this week outlined the current direction of their longtime collaborative partnership efforts.
07/15/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday released July security patches, addressing a total of 123 common vulnerabilities and exposures.
07/14/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
With a new Cortana feature, Microsoft brushes off one of its old ideas for helping Outlook users stick to their tasks and answer their e-mails.
07/13/2020
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Microsoft outlined some recent security and compliance enhancements that are either already available or will be coming to Microsoft 365 tenancies using OneDrive and SharePoint by year's end.
07/10/2020
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Microsoft recently described new Teams features to come, with many of them aiming to make the remote videoconferencing experience feel more like an actual physical meeting.
07/09/2020
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Microsoft on Monday gave notice that it will be ending support this year for the "workflows" component of SharePoint 2010 Online, as well as deprecating that component for SharePoint 2013 Online.
07/07/2020
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Joey explains why it's worth it to endure a little inconvenience for the long-term benefits of a password manager and multifactor authentication.
06/29/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
One of the lesser-known capabilities of System Center Virtual Machine Manager is its ability to convert VMware virtual machines so they can run on Microsoft Hyper-V. The process isn't without its quirks, however.
06/25/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
There's another threat to consider when it comes to developing a backup strategy for static data on an active volume: bit rot.
06/23/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a few milestones for its Azure Files cloud-based file share service.
06/12/2020
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Some optional Windows Server security implementations will become mandatory for Microsoft's hardware partners to include in their products, starting in January.
06/11/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a preview of nested virtualization on Windows 10 machines using AMD processors.
06/11/2020
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Microsoft this week announced the arrival of a new Community Hub feature in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.
06/10/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday released a total of 129 security patches, with 11 rated "Critical" and 118 deemed "Important" in severity.
06/09/2020
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Functional proof-of-concept code for a Server Message Block 3.1.1 vulnerability in newer Windows systems has been published, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned on Friday.
06/08/2020
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Microsoft this week indicated in an announcement that the MSIX App Attach capability in the Windows Virtual Desktop service can now be tried via a preview of the Windows 10 Enterprise Multisession operating system.
06/03/2020
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Microsoft this week announced a few May updates for SharePoint Online tenancies.
06/03/2020