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Microsoft has released a new zoom controls feature in preview for Microsoft Teams. This update allows participants to zoom in and out while viewing content on a shared screen in Teams meetings and calls. Up until now, Microsoft Teams only allowed meeting attendees to use pinch to zoom gesture on trackpads or other shortcuts to…

Microsoft plans to redirect all users with unsupported browsers to the light version of the Outlook web app. The company has now started notifying IT admins that this change will begin rolling out to customers in Fall 2023. Microsoft Outlook Lite is a version of the regular Outlook web app with faster performance for low-end…

Microsoft has announced some important changes coming to Server Message Block (SMB) signing on Windows 11 Enterprise edition. Starting with the latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Build, SMB signing is now required by default for all connections. Server Message Block is a client-server communication protocol that allows users to share access to resources such as…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new search experience in preview to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Mac. The new feature should make it easier for users to find information across multiple sources. According to Microsoft, the revamped search experience offers smart search suggestions to help users improve productivity and save time. Users can…

In this article, I will explain how to enable Windows 10 auto login to reach the desktop environment without having to enter a username and password. I’ll also outline the pros and cons associated with configuring auto login on this version of Windows. What is auto login on Windows 10? Windows 10 provides robust security…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Conditional Access authentication strength policies for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The new feature allows IT admins to choose which multifactor authentication (MFA) methods can be used while accessing network resources. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a security feature that allows customers to use two or more methods of…

Microsoft has discovered a new macOS vulnerability dubbed Migraine. The company detailed in its security advisory that the flaw allows attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and perform malicious operations on macOS machines. Apple first launched System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS Yosemite back in 2014. The feature is designed to prevent threat actors…

Microsoft has detailed all the improvements made to its Teams collaboration service in May 2023. The major highlights include a new active speaker view, 3D avatars, offline meetings, as well as management and security features. Here’s a look at everything you need to know. Active speaker view for Microsoft Teams meetings Microsoft Teams has introduced…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of cross-tenant synchronization for Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) customers. The new feature allows IT admins to automate the creation of user accounts across tenants in their organization. Microsoft launched the public preview of cross-tenant synchronization for Azure AD back in January. Cross-tenant synchronization helps to…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that Amazon Security Lake is hitting general availability this week. The new service enables organizations to create a specialized data lake to aggregate, normalize, and store security data. Security teams often face difficulties in gathering scattered security data within an organization. This is primarily because identity providers, firewalls, and…

Microsoft announced yesterday that the AI-based intelligent recap feature is now generally available for Microsoft Teams Premium subscribers. Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 model, the feature provides an overview of the most important information discussed during Teams meetings. In Microsoft Teams, the intelligent recap feature can automatically generate meeting notes, recommended tasks, and personalized highlights. Users…

Microsoft has recently announced the release of tenant restrictions version 2 (TRv2) for commercial cloud customers. The latest release enables IT admins to control whether end users can use externally issued identities to access external apps from org-owned devices or corporate networks. The tenant restriction feature builds on the cross-tenant access settings that launched in…