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Laurent Giret

Editorial Manager

Laurent was the Editorial Manager of the Petri IT Knowledgebase from 2022-2023. He's also the Senior News Editor of Thurrott.com.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot hero approved

Microsoft Viva is Getting a New AI-Powered Copilot Experience

Microsoft is bringing its new AI-powered Copilot to Microsoft Viva. The employee experience platform integrated within Microsoft Teams offers different modules such as Viva Goals and Viva Engage, and all of them will get new generative AI features once Copilot in Microsoft Viva ships later this year. The Microsoft 365 Copilot that the company announced…

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Microsoft Adopts Weather-Themed Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy

Microsoft is adopting a new weather-themed taxonomy to describe threat actors across the world. Some nation-state actors such as Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran will be designated with a specific weather event in the new threat actor naming taxonomy, and the company will do the same for more specific threat actor groups.  Microsoft currently…

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Windows 11

Microsoft Releases April 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10

Microsoft has released today the April 2023 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, Microsoft fixed 97 vulnerabilities in Windows and other components, with one of them being already exploited by attackers.   On the quality and experience updates front, Microsoft is making the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)…

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Outlook – 5

Outlook for Windows Preview App Starts Adding Support for Third-Party Accounts

Microsoft has started rolling out support for third-party accounts in its Outlook for Windows preview app, which is currently available for Office Insiders. The web-based version of Outlook now lets users add a Gmail account in addition to personal Microsoft accounts and work and school accounts, and the preview client also supports displaying calendars and…

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Surface Dock Thunderbolt 4

Microsoft’s Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock Replaces Surface Connect With USB-C Port

Microsoft introduced yesterday its latest Surface Dock with Thunderbolt 4, which now uses a USB-C port to connect to Surface devices instead of Microsoft’s proprietary Surface Connect port. The Surface Thunderbolt 4 dock should be a good companion device for the latest Surface devices that also support Thunderbolt 4, and it’s also compatible with Windows…

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Cloud Conversations

Cloud Conversations: Iain Smith on Unified Communications & The Pace of AI

Cloud Conversations is a regular podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations: Iain Smith on Unified Communications & The Pace of AI Iain Smith is a 9-time Microsoft MVP and a…

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Security

Logpoint’s Converged SIEM Platform Adds New Case Management Interface and Other New Features

Cybersecurity vendor Logpoint detailed this week a new update for Converged SIEM, the company’s new platform that combines SIEM (Security information and event management), SOAR (Security orchestration, automation and response), User Entity and Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and business-critical security in a single offering.  Logpoint Converged SIEM became generally available back in March 2022 as a…

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Next gen Surface Hub 2S Teams Rooms on Windows

Microsoft Announces New Surface Hub 2S With Teams Rooms on Windows Experience

Microsoft announced yesterday a second-generation Surface Hub 2S digital whiteboard that will be available later this year. The new digital whiteboard will be running a new Teams Rooms experience that will differ from the existing Windows 10 Team Edition that powers the existing Surface Hub 2S. The Surface Hub 2S was originally released back in…

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Intel vPro Platform

Intel Unveils its 13th Gen vPro CPUs

Intel introduced yesterday its 13th gen vPro CPUs for business PCs. Intel’s vPro platform offers advanced security and management features for organizations, and the company’s 13th gen Core CPUs bring an improved hybrid architecture with a combination of Performance and Efficient cores.  “With our new 13th Gen Intel Core processors, the Intel vPro platform remains…

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nvidia inference platforms

Nvidia Unveils H100 NVL Inference Platform Optimized for Large Language Model Deployments

Nvidia unveiled this week four new inference platforms optimized for generative AI applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The new platforms include Nvidia’s latest GPU innovations and inference software to deliver optimal performance for AI-based workloads such as large language model (LLM) deployment, image creation, and AI-powered video.  “The rise of generative AI is requiring more…

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