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Rabia comes from a solid IT background and has been writing professionally about Microsoft products and other technology for four years. Rabia has also written for OnMSFT.com as well as Windows Report. She is always up to date on the latest trends in the IT Industry and has done extensive research in the data science industry.

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Cohesity Unveils New Partnership with Microsoft to Protect Businesses from Cyber Threats

Cohesity, a data security and management service provider, has announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft. The deal includes new software integrations on both platforms that should help to protect businesses against ransomware threats and cybersecurity attacks. First off, Cohesity has announced the integration of its DataProtect backup and recovery solution with Microsoft Sentinel. It will…

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Microsoft Warns IT Admins to Block Shared Key Access in Azure Storage Accounts

Security researchers have discovered a design flaw in Microsoft Azure. The vulnerability could enable threat actors to get access to storage accounts and gain full control of the environment. According to Orca Security researchers, the design flaw exists in a mechanism known as Shared Key authorization. Shared Key authorization is enabled by default while creating…

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Microsoft’s New Viva Engage App Now Available on iOS and Android

Microsoft announced yesterday that its Yammer mobile apps for iOS and Android have now been rebranded as Viva Engage. The new app should make it easier for employees to connect with coworkers, find and share content and engage in communities. Viva Engage is an evolution of the Yammer Communities app in Microsoft Teams that launched…

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Microsoft Ends Support for SharePoint Server 2013 Today

Microsoft is officially killing off its extended support for SharePoint Server 2013 today. It’s been a long time coming, but today marks the end of updates for SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Microsoft initially released SharePoint Server 2013 back in January 2013. It’s a content management and collaboration platform…

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Windows Autopatch Now Lets IT Admins Customize Quality Updates Deployment Cadence

Microsoft has announced several new capabilities added to its Windows Autopatch service this month. The company has introduced a new feature that enables customers to set custom schedules for the deployment of quality updates for each ring in their tenants. Specifically, IT admins can now configure deadline-driven or scheduled install settings in Microsoft Intune. The…

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Microsoft Warns About New Destructive ‘Mercury’ Attacks on Hybrid Environments

Microsoft has warned that an Iranian state-backed threat actor dubbed Mercury has been carrying out destructive attacks in hybrid environments. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team has found that the attackers teamed up with another hacking group code-named DEV-1084 to target both on-premises and cloud customers. According to Microsoft, Mercury first exploited the log4j vulnerability to…

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Microsoft Teams Adds New Snapchat Lenses to Spice Up Virtual Meetings

Microsoft Teams has added a new feature that should make it easier for users to spice up their virtual meetings. Indeed, Microsoft has partnered with Snap to bring new Snapchat Lenses to Microsoft Teams meetings. With this release, Microsoft Teams users can now access a collection of 26 popular Snapchat Lenses during meetings. Participants can…

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Exchange Online Delays Deprecation of Client Access Rules Until 2024

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…

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Entra Entitlement Management to Update User Admin Role

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…

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Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Gets New Browser Essentials Tool to Monitor Security and Performance Issues

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…

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