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Last year, Microsoft unveiled that it would phase out Client Access Rules (CARs) in Exchange Online in September this year. Now, the company has announced that it has delayed the deprecation of CARs, and it’s expected to be complete until September 2024. Client Access Rules (CARs) is a feature that enables IT admins to allow…

Microsoft has announced some important changes coming to its Microsoft Entra Entitlement Management service. Starting on May 3, employees in the user admin role won’t be able to perform identity governance tasks such as managing Entitlement Management catalogs and access packages. Microsoft Entra Entitlement management is an identity management feature that lets customers manage and…

Microsoft has started testing a new Browser Essential feature in Microsoft Edge. The new tool provides a unified dashboard that enables users to monitor the performance and security of the web browser. Microsoft explained that users can click on the Browser Essentials toolbar icon to view key performance metrics in Microsoft Edge. It provides insights…

Microsoft announced this morning that its Windows 365 Cloud PC service is now available in public preview for frontline workers. The new offering is designed to provide secure and personalized experiences for shift workers, seasonal staff, and part-time employees. Microsoft introduced its Windows 365 Cloud PC service back in July 2021. It enables users to…

Amazon GuardDuty has introduced Amazon EKS Runtime Monitoring support this week. The new capability enables organizations to detect runtime threats from more than 30 security findings to protect EKS clusters. Amazon launched the Amazon GuardDuty feature back in 2017. It’s a threat detection service that uses AI and other security tools to monitor AWS accounts…

Microsoft has announced that the Workspaces feature is now available in limited public preview in Microsoft Edge. The new collaboration enables users to share a set of browser tabs and favorites with multiple people. Microsoft first unveiled the Workspaces feature for its Edge browser at Ignite 2022. Up until now, it was only available in…

Microsoft has announced some new logging and metric improvements to provide more insights into Microsoft Azure Firewall traffic. The Latency Probe metric feature enables IT admins to monitor the overall latency and health of Azure Firewall to troubleshoot app performance issues. “In the case that Azure Firewall is experiencing latency, this can be due to…

Microsoft has released a new My Day view in the Tasks by Planner and To Do app for Microsoft Teams. The feature enables users to consolidate their task lists to effectively organize and prioritize important workflows. “’My Day’ view brings together tasks from various sources such as Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner (tasks assigned to…

Microsoft has recently unveiled several updates to improve threat intelligence in its existing products and services. The company has introduced a new Defender TI integration in Microsoft 365 Defender to protect enterprise customers against sophisticated cyberattacks. Microsoft explained that Defender TI capabilities are now directly available to licensed customers within the Microsoft 365 Defender portal….

Microsoft announced some changes yesterday to its release schedule for Microsoft Configuration Manager updates. The company is switching the product from its usual tri-annual updates to a bi-annual release cycle. Microsoft Configuration Manager is a tool that enables IT admins to manage large groups of Windows machines. It helps to deploy applications, automate patch management…

Microsoft has announced several new features coming to Windows Autopatch next month. These enhancements will notify IT admins about expiring licenses and access issues related to Windows Autopatch. Windows Autopatch is a new cloud service that enables customers to automate the patching of Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Teams. The managed service…

Last month, Microsoft unveiled that it’s adding green screen background support to improve Teams meetings. The company announced this morning that the new feature is now available in the Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows and macOS. “Microsoft Teams now supports a green screen feature which provides an enhanced virtual background effect. Green screen improves…