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Microsoft has detailed several updates to celebrate the first anniversary of Windows Autopatch. The new capabilities that are designed to help IT admins improve productivity and security will become generally available on July 25. Microsoft launched its Windows Autopatch back in July 2022. It’s a cloud-based service that allows customers to automate the patching of…

Microsoft announced yesterday the general availability of its Windows 365 Frontline service. The new offering launched in public preview in April, allowing organizations to offer Cloud PCs to frontline, shift, and part-time workers. With Windows 365 Frontline, customers can purchase a certain number of Cloud PC licenses that can be shared among different employees. The…

Researchers have developed an exploit for a new critical vulnerability in the FortiGate firewall that affects around 336,000 Internet-exposed devices. The security advisory warned that IT admins have yet to install the patches released in June 2023. The heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2023-27997) has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10. It…

Microsoft is getting ready to make its new Teams 2.0 client available for all users. As of today, the new app is available via a toggle in public preview, but the same toggle will become generally available for customers in September. Microsoft launched the new Teams 2.0 client in public preview in March 2023. The…

Microsoft has introduced support for app health recommendations in Microsoft Entra Workload Identities. The feature provides insights with actionable guidance to help organizations prevent outages and secure their Azure AD environments. Microsoft Entra Workload Identities launched back in November 2022. It’s an identity and access management (IAM) solution that enables IT admins to configure Conditional…

Microsoft has shared the latest round of updates made to its Teams collaboration platform in June 2023. The company released 45 new features to improve meetings, chats, Teams Rooms devices, and much more. Here’s a look at everything you need to know. Meeting and calling features Last month, Microsoft introduced a new Spatial audio feature…

Microsoft has announced a new strategic partnership with New York-based financial risk assessment firm Moody’s. The company explained that the deal will enable Moody’s to bring generative AI capabilities to its enterprise solutions. Moody’s plans to use Azure OpenAI service to build new research and risk assessment products and services in order to improve data…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new compatibility issue with Trellix’s endpoint security software and some Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices. The company detailed on the Windows Health dashboard that the bug prevents users from opening Microsoft Office and third-party apps. According to Microsoft, the problem is caused by the latest Patch Tuesday updates released on…

Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to ditch the Yammer brand in favor of Viva Engage. Now, the company has announced that the Yammer.com web experience has been renamed to Viva Engage. Yammer was initially launched as a startup at a TechCrunch startup event back in 2008. It was designed to help organizations create…

Microsoft has released new updates to improve Adoption Score, Usage Reports, and Experience insights in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The company announced yesterday that the Adoption Score feature is now generally available for all commercial customers. The Adoption Score feature uses metrics to help customers understand how Microsoft 365 software gets used in enterprise…

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Zero Trust cybersecurity vendor Rubrik. The deal will allow enterprise customers to utilize natural language processing and generative AI to speed up security response times during cyber attacks. Rubrik is a cybersecurity company that focuses on enhancing data security and operational resilience for organizations. It offers a platform…

Grafana has recently released new security updates to patch a critical vulnerability in its application. The flaw could enable threat actors to hijack Grafana accounts that use Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) for authentication. Grafana is a popular analytics and visualization service that enables IT admins to monitor and analyze time-series data….