Rabia Noureen

Last year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to create a fully-managed version of Grafana that runs natively on its Azure cloud platform. Now, the Redmond giant has announced that the new Azure Managed Grafana service is now available in public preview. Grafana is basically an open-source platform that enables organizations to visualize multiple types of reliability…

Microsoft has announced a new data protection feature for its SQL Server tool. The new capability enables organizations to classify and protect SQL Server data with Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels. If you’re unfamiliar, Microsoft Information Protection is a unified solution that enables customers to discover, classify, and protect data based on its sensitivity…

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2), which began rolling out on November 16 last year, is finally ready for broad deployment. The news was quietly published on the Windows 10 Health Dashboard last week (via Bleeping Computer), and it indicates that all Windows 10 PCs running older versions of the…

Microsoft has announced the public preview of dynamic administrative units with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The new feature lets organizations configure rules for adding or deleting users and devices in administrative units (AUs). Azure AD administrative units launched in public preview back in 2020. The feature lets enterprise admins logically divide Azure AD into…

Microsoft is planning to make some changes to the way it licenses its products to customers who wish to use them on rival cloud platforms. According to a new report from Bloomberg, several customers have filed complaints against Microsoft’s policies regarding running Windows and Office on other cloud-computing services such as Google Cloud Platform or…

Microsoft has released updated guidance to help enterprise customers protect domain controllers (DCs) against cyber attacks. The company urges IT admins to deploy Azure Active Directory (AAD) in their organizations to prevent security breaches. For those unfamiliar, a domain controller is a type of server that responds to security authentication requests from network endpoints (such…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is finally getting support for some older versions of Windows Server. Indeed, the Redmond giant has launched a revamped Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. Microsoft announced a public preview of its new Defender for Endpoint solution back in October 2021. The unified…

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is getting a new update that lets enterprise admins prioritize threat protection for critical users. The priority account protection feature, which was announced back in February, started rolling out earlier this week, and it should hit general availability next month. For those unfamiliar, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 introduced priority…

Microsoft has announced some important changes that should make it easier to manage .NET updates on Windows Server machines. Starting this month, IT Admins can now opt-in for automatic updates for .NET and .NET Core via Microsoft Update (MU). Previously, Windows Server updates for .NET and .NET Core were delivered to users via WSUS and…

Microsoft Endpoint Manager is getting a new cloud certificate lifecycle management solution for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The company says that this release will enable IT admins to deploy certificates directly within Endpoint Manager. For those unfamiliar, the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is an encryption framework that enables entities to protect communication between the client…

Microsoft has announced a new automation feature coming to Microsoft Endpoint Manager. The solution enables employees to temporarily have admin privileges for specific tasks to boot productivity. “This new capability will allow IT admins to set rules that elevate standard user permissions so that those users can then perform certain admin-level tasks on a temporary…

Microsoft has announced its plans to bring Linux support to its Microsoft Endpoint Manager solution. The new feature will enable enterprise customers to access corporate resources through conditional access policies in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Microsoft Endpoint Manager is a free cloud-based solution that helps organizations to reduce the time and effort involved in managing all…