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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.
Microsoft has recommended customers to deploy the latest January 2023 security updates on on-premises Exchange servers. The company urges IT admins to keep their Exchange servers patched to protect their organization from cyberattacks and security threats. In a Techcommunity blog post, Microsoft raised an alarm that malicious actors are increasingly leveraging vulnerabilities to compromise unpatched…
Microsoft is planning to make its Office apps more secure by blocking all Excel XLL add-ins downloaded from the internet. The company explained that this move should help to prevent malicious actors from abusing this popular avenue to target Microsoft 365 customers worldwide. Essentially, XLL files are dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that enable users to use…
Microsoft has acknowledged an issue that could cause problems with the Start menu, Windows Search, and various UWP applications. The company has updated its Windows Health Dashboard to indicate that the bug affects Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 21H2 as well as Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2, and 20H2. More specifically, Microsoft has warned that…
Microsoft has updated the preview release of Windows Terminal to version 1.17. The latest update brings several new features and enhancements based on customer feedback, including Mica and process restart support, dropdown menu customizations, an updated color schemes page, and much more. First off, Microsoft has added support for dropdown menu customization to help users…
Microsoft has announced that its Azure Native New Relic service is now available for customers in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The company explained that this release should help to drive cloud migrations and accelerate multi-cloud initiatives in enterprise environments. New Relic is a cloud-based platform that helps developers and IT admins monitor the performance and…
Microsoft is investigating a network configuration issue that is currently preventing users from accessing Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Azure, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company confirmed on the Microsoft Azure status page that the problem impacts customers in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East as well as Africa. Specifically, users all over the world started…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of its second cloud region in Melbourne, Australia. The new Asia Pacific region (codenamed: ap-southeast-4) will consist of three Availability Zones, and it should help customers comply with data residency and regulatory requirements. AWS first announced its plans to open the new Melbourne region back in December…
Microsoft has released a new feature that adds support for concurrent license assignments in Exchange Online. The latest release enables organizations to assign more than one Exchange Online license to each Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) user. Previously, the Microsoft 365 admin center and Azure AD PowerShell restricted IT admins from allocating concurrent Exchange Online…
Microsoft has announced a new multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI. The company explained that the deal marks the beginning of the third phase of its existing partnership with the ChatGPT-maker, following two previous investments in 2019 and 2021, respectively. In a press release, Microsoft highlighted that this new partnership should enable both companies to create AI-powered…
Microsoft Teams has introduced a set of new video filters in preview to enhance video calls and meetings. The Microsoft Teams desktop app already supports brightness and soft-focus filters, but the latest update now lets participants apply frames and styles before and during meetings. “Video Filters are a new feature in Microsoft Teams meetings that…