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Reports of a Windows 10 successor in the wild have been greatly exaggerated. Brien digs into what's really going on with the rumored "Windows 12."
04/29/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday explained that it is implementing its own version of Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) identity and access protections for certain Office 365 and Azure Active Directory users.
04/22/2020
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SharePoint Online tenancies are getting a few new features that are "rolling out" this month, according to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.
04/21/2020
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Microsoft has brought its "new" Yammer App into Microsoft Teams and is calling it "Communities," according to a Monday announcement.
04/20/2020
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There's no perfect solution (yet) for Outlook calendar clutter. In the meantime, though, here's a workaround to make Outlook hide any meetings that you haven't accepted.
04/20/2020
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The coming Windows 10 "May 2020 Update" is possibly at its final build (19041.207), and is currently available for Windows Insider Program testers using the "Release Preview ring."
04/17/2020
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Microsoft announced new extended end-of-life dates for Windows 10 and Windows Server versions 1809, System Center Configuration Manager version 1810 and SharePoint Server 2010, among others.
04/15/2020
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Office 365 Groups will get renamed as "Microsoft 365 Groups" sometime "over the upcoming quarters."
04/14/2020
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Microsoft last week described a new Business Continuity Dashboard for Power BI users that can be used to gauge how an organization is functioning given the relatively recent shift toward relying on remote workforces.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft announced last week that IT pros soon will be getting updates to Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tools that will give them greater control over Windows 10's Reserved Storage feature.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft recently announced an update to a "proof-of-concept" Office 365 Network Onboarding Tool, which is designed to help organizations check the effectiveness of their connections to Office 365 services.
04/13/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced Windows 10 preview build 19603, which adds easier access to installed Linux distro files using Windows File Explorer.
04/08/2020
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Subscribers to Microsoft 365 Business (which is being renamed this month to "Microsoft 365 Business Premium") will be getting Azure Active Directory Premium P1 licensing at no additional cost.
04/07/2020
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Microsoft this week offered advice for organizations using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager with remote Windows systems that need to get patched, and it also announced Update 2002.
04/03/2020
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Microsoft on Monday announced two newly renamed consumer products to come on April 21, "Microsoft 365 Personal" and "Microsoft 365 Family," providing access to applications such as Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
03/31/2020
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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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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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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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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 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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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