Russell Smith

This month Windows 19H2 edges closer to a final build, Citrix releases Managed Desktops based on Windows Virtual Desktop, Windows updates break Visual Basic 6 apps, and Microsoft prepares to disable VBScript in IE11 on Windows 7 and 8.x.

Back at its Ignite conference in September 2018, Microsoft announced Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) and Citrix said that it would be creating a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution based on WVD.

Microsoft adds the ability to install Win32 applications using Intune in Windows 10 S Mode in the 19H2 update.

AAD Basic edition is ‘going away’ because it is low volume and confuses customers.

In something of a turnaround, Windows Defender is now matching and outperforming many free and commercial antivirus solutions.

Version 0.3 of Windows Terminal lets you connect directly to Azure Cloud Shell, here’s how you can do that.

A new report by firmware and hardware security research company Eclypsium says that 40 drivers it tested from different vendors were all found to contain security flaws and all were certified by Microsoft.

This month Microsoft patches ‘wormable’ vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop that it discovered during routine hardening, remote code execution flaws in Edge and IE, and a new advisory for LDAP security is issued for Active Directory.

Enable password-less sign-in in hybrid cloud deployments using FIDO2 security keys with the next SAC release of Windows Server.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I look at how Microsoft partners can offer clients managed Azure services using Lighthouse.

Microsoft researcher releases data that shows the latest versions of Windows are significantly less likely to be compromised by zero-days.

Part of Microsoft’s modern management initiative for Windows 10, Windows Autopilot is a suite of technologies designed to simplify the setup process for new and existing devices.