Rabia Noureen

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Agent 365, which first entered preview in November 2025. Alongside the release, the company introduced new capabilities designed to help organizations discover, monitor, and manage both sanctioned agents and shadow AI across their environments. Microsoft Agent 365 is designed to give organizations a centralized way to monitor, manage,…

Microsoft is set to make unified role-based access control (RBAC) the default permission model for all new Microsoft Defender for Office 365 environments. The company is also rolling out more granular email access controls to give security teams tighter, more precise control over sensitive data. Starting on May 30, Unified RBAC will be enabled by…

Microsoft and the CISA have issued an urgent alert to federal agencies over a newly discovered Windows zero-day vulnerability. The flaw could enable attackers to silently extract sensitive data from affected systems. According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Akamai, CVE‑2026‑32202 is a Windows vulnerability that emerged due to an incomplete fix for an…

Microsoft is strengthening security in Exchange Online by retiring support for outdated email encryption methods. Beginning in July 2026, organizations still using legacy TLS versions for POP3 and IMAP4 connections may experience service disruptions unless they transition to modern encryption standards. The change is part of Microsoft’s broader effort to eliminate aging security protocols that…

Most enterprises are already testing or deploying AI PCs as they shift AI workloads beyond the cloud to enable faster, more secure processing directly on devices. As autonomous, agent-driven systems gain momentum, these next-generation PCs are emerging as a critical investment for organizations preparing for the future of work. According to a new research from…

Windows updates are about to become far less interruptive and far more user‑friendly. Microsoft has announced a redesigned Windows Update experience that puts control back in users’ hands while quietly working behind the scenes to keep devices secure. According to Microsoft, users can now choose to skip updates during the initial device setup, which allows…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical Windows flaw that could enable attackers to escalate privileges and gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems. The issue could allow low-privileged users to elevate their permissions and potentially take full control of affected machines. According to a new report from Kaspersky, this technique, dubbed PhantomRPC, exploits a fundamental design…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Tenant Configuration Management (TCM) APIs for commercial customers. The new APIs give organizations a programmatic way to define, monitor, and maintain secure Microsoft 365 configurations at scale. In traditional tenant configuration management, access and control are tied to individual administrator permissions rather than a centralized view of the…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the High Volume Email (HVE) feature in Exchange Online. It’s designed specifically to support large-scale, automated internal email sending directly within Microsoft 365, without relying on on‑premises Exchange servers or third‑party relay services. According to Microsoft, Exchange Online is designed for human‑to‑human communication, not for applications or devices…

Microsoft has acknowledged that a recent code change in the Microsoft Graph API caused problems with Universal Print. This issue prevented some users from successfully creating printer shares. Microsoft Universal Print is a cloud-based print management service that lets organizations manage and share printers through Microsoft 365 without relying on traditional on‑premises print servers. Printers…

More than 1,300 internet-facing Microsoft SharePoint servers are still exposed to an actively exploited vulnerability, even after security patches became available. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-32201, puts sensitive enterprise data at risk while many organizations remain dangerously unpatched. CVE‑2026‑32201 is a security flaw in Microsoft SharePoint Server caused by improper input validation, which allows…

Microsoft is giving IT admins a new way to simplify virtual infrastructure management with the public preview of Virtualization Mode in Windows Admin Center. The new feature promises a more unified experience for managing virtual machines, storage, networking, and Hyper-V environments from a single interface. Windows Admin Center is a browser‑based management platform that allows…