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Microsoft is getting ready to introduce the new Planner experience within Microsoft Teams. The company will begin updating the existing Tasks by Planner and the To Do apps in Teams to the new Planner application in March 2024. Microsoft first unveiled its plans to launch the new Planner app in Teams at Ignite 2023. The…

Microsoft has started pushing Windows 11 version 23H2 to users who are still running older versions of Windows 11. The company announced on the Windows release health dashboard that it will automatically update all eligible devices to Windows 11 version 23H2. Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 11 version 23H2 in October last year….

Microsoft is set to roll out updated participant labels to bolster security in Teams meetings. The new ‘unverified’ label will be displayed next to participants who do not have a trusted relationship with the meeting organizer. “All participants who are not part of the organizer’s organization but are configured as a trusted relationship with the…

Microsoft has recently rolled out some important updates for its SharePoint Premium service. The company announced that SharePoint Translation is now generally available for all commercial customers. Microsoft launched its new SharePoint Premium service back in November 2023. It’s an advanced content management platform that combines the capabilities of SharePoint and Syntex. SharePoint Premium provides…

Broadcom and Google have announced a new license portability plan that will allow enterprise customers to run VMware workloads on Google Cloud. Broadcom is also actively advocating for the benefits of the changes to its VMware products among partners and customers. In the new license portability scheme, customers who purchased VMware Cloud Foundation software from…

Microsoft has announced a new strategic partnership with enterprise software giant SAP. The companies are currently working to develop a solution that will encourage SAP customers to transition from SAP Identity Management (SAP IDM) to Microsoft Entra ID. Earlier this month, SAP announced its plans to sunset its IDM solution in 2027. The SAP IDM…

Microsoft is pulling the plug on its Publisher desktop publishing application. The company will discontinue support for the tool on October 13th, 2026, and it will no longer be available for Microsoft 365 commercial customers. Microsoft Publisher was first launched in 1991 as a desktop publishing application. It allows Office users to create professional documents,…

Microsoft has released an advisory regarding a critical vulnerability in Exchange Server. The company disclosed this zero-day flaw in the February 2024 Patch Tuesday updates and cautioned that it is currently being actively exploited in the wild. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21410, could allow hackers to relay NT LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes and impersonate…

Microsoft has announced its plans to update Secure Boot on Windows Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) PCs. The company is collaborating with its equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners to issue new Secure Boot keys starting this year. Secure Boot is a security feature that was first implemented in Windows 8 machines, particularly those running on the…

Microsoft has announced notable enhancements for its Windows Autopatch service. The biggest change in this release is the ability for commercial customers to use their existing update rings with Windows Autopatch. Microsoft has introduced a new feature that enables organizations to import their existing Intune Update rings for Windows 10 or later into Windows Autopatch…

Microsoft released yesterday the February 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. As usual, the company addressed several vulnerabilities across a wide range of its products, including two zero-day flaws that are actively being exploited by attackers. In addition to the zero-day vulnerabilities, Microsoft advises administrators to patch critical flaws in the…

Microsoft’s latest Cyber Signals 2024 report reveals the alarming trend of nation-state threat actors harnessing generative AI for malicious purposes. Microsoft has also outlined its proactive measures in deploying AI-powered defenses to tackle the ever-evolving threat landscape. Microsoft Threat Intelligence team has reported that over 300 threat actors are currently using AI and Language Model…