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Earlier this week, Microsoft held its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit at its Redmond headquarters, bringing together CrowdStrike, cybersecurity partners, and government officials. The summit aimed to address critical issues in cyber resilience and infrastructure security, fostering discussions on strengthening defenses against future threats. On July 19, CrowdStrike released a faulty sensor update for its…

Microsoft has rolled out a new update that enables users to upload Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF files directly into Loop workspaces. This new file upload feature is available in preview for Microsoft Loop users. Microsoft Loop is a collaborative productivity app that provides a flexible canvas to brainstorm ideas and manage tasks together. It…

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss how Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Plus 8-core chip and the latest CPUs from Intel and AMD for Copilot+ PCs will make the PC ecosystem exciting again.

Microsoft has issued a fix for a bug that was previously causing performance issues on Windows Server 2019. The company confirmed on the Windows release health dashboard that this issue affected users who installed the August 2024 Patch Tuesday updates. Last month, IT administrators began reporting that the KB5041578 update causes certain Windows Server machines…

Microsoft is preparing to roll out Windows 11 version 23H2 to users who are still running outdated versions of the OS. The company announced on the Windows Health Dashboard that this forced upgrade will affect systems running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 version 22H2, as well as the Enterprise, Education, and IoT…

Microsoft is set to launch a new Planner app that will replace the existing web version, aligning it with the Planner experience introduced in Teams earlier this year. The new app is designed to provide a central hub to let users access all their plans, projects, and to do lists. The new Microsoft Planner app…

Microsoft released yesterday the September 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. This time around, Microsoft has addressed 79 new vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Windows Hyper-V, Mark of the Web (MOTW), and other components. September 2024 Patch Tuesday updates fix 7 critical vulnerabilities According to the Zero Day…

Microsoft Loop vs OneNote, which is the right note-taking and collaboration tool for you? In this article, we will look at these two tools from Microsoft. Microsoft Loop is a new collaboration platform that integrates seamlessly with the Microsoft ecosystem of applications for real-time collaboration. OneNote on the other hand is a staple for personal…

Today at Build 2023, Microsoft announced Windows Copilot for Windows 11. As the first PC operating system to include integrated artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, like those found in ChatGPT and Bing Chat, Microsoft is centralizing AI features already available in Bing Chat as a new capability in Windows 11. It will also allow users to…

Take your PowerShell programming to a new level by learning how to use classes.