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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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Microsoft Sentinel Launches New Log4j Vulnerability Solution In Public Preview

Last Update: Feb 02, 2023

Microsoft has announced some important updates for Microsoft Sentinel, its scalable cloud-native SIEM tool that provides AI-powered security analytics in enterprise environments. The Redmond giant has launched a new solution in public preview that should help IT Admins to detect Apache Log4j vulnerabilities. Last week, Microsoft acknowledged the emergence of an Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)…

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Security

Microsoft Warns About New Consent-Phishing Attacks Used to Steal Data

Security researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that tricked users into authorizing permissions for malicious OAuth applications. Microsoft has disabled several fraudulent Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that breached organizations’ cloud environments. Microsoft explained in a security advisory that the security firm Proofpoint discovered the campaign in early December. The threat actors initially impersonated legitimate…

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Windows 10

Microsoft Stops Selling Windows 10 Digital Downloads

Microsoft has officially stopped selling downloadable licenses for Windows 10 Home and Professional editions on its website. Indeed, the company has discontinued sales of the Windows 10 product keys and is redirecting customers to Windows 11 product pages instead. Last week, Microsoft quietly updated its Windows 10 product pages with an alarming message that January…

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Hero Approved Cisco Room Kit Pro

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows to Get a Visual Refresh, New Features for IT Admins

Microsoft has announced a new design for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. The company announced yesterday that the upcoming update (version 4.16) should bring a new look and feel to align with the user interface of Teams Rooms on Android devices. “Users will first notice the vivid new ambient screens and a refreshed calendar on…

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Launches Office 365 Government Secret Cloud to Handle Classified Data

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Office 365 Government Secret service. The new cloud SKU supports Impact Level 6 (IL6) and helps to meet the security and compliance requirements of the US government agencies and partners that manage classified data. Microsoft first unveiled Office 365 Government Secret back in March 2022. At that…

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Security

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Adds Device Isolation Support for Linux Machines

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has introduced device isolation support in public preview on onboarded Linux machines. The security feature enables IT admins to isolate Linux machines manually via the Microsoft 365 Defender portal or API requests. According to Microsoft, the threat actors will no longer be able to remotely connect with the isolated Linux devices….

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Windows 11 hero approved - 2

Microsoft Releases Optional Update to Fix Remote Desktop Bug in Windows 11

Microsoft has released a new optional patch to fix a bug that caused the Remote Desktop application to crash on Windows 11. The company was previously affecting users running Windows 11 version 22H2 (also known as the Windows 11 2022 Update) on their systems. According to Microsoft, several users reported that the Remote Desktop app…

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Hero approved Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Outage Caused by WAN Router IP Address Change, Says Microsoft

Last week, Microsoft confirmed a multi-hour outage that prevented users from accessing Azure, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company has since published a preliminary post-incident report to update customers about the root cause of the issue. Microsoft explained that the disruption was caused by a router IP address change during a planned…

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Windows 11 2022 Update

Microsoft Starts Force Upgrading Windows 11 Users to version 22H2

Last Update: Jan 30, 2023

Microsoft has started the process of automatically upgrading users that are on Windows 11 version 21H2 to version 22H2. The company announced on the Windows Health Dashboard (via Neowin) yesterday that the latest version of Windows 11 will be applied to all consumer and non-managed business devices running the Home and Pro editions. Microsoft first…

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Microsoft Intune Gets Troubleshooting Pane Update and Other New Features

Microsoft has released a new troubleshooting pane update for Microsoft Intune. The new experience is designed to provide information about users’ devices, applications, policies, and deployment status to help IT admins address help requests in their organization. Microsoft Intune’s new troubleshooting pane experience enables customers to export, filter, and sort all reports. It also provides…

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