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Petri.com was recently asked by Cayosoft to conduct a survey amongst our audience regarding Active Directory (AD) downtime and disaster recovery strategies. Petri.com’s extensive experience in the marketplace, coupled with our standing as a representative voice for IT Professionals, allows us to bring distinct insights into prevailing trends and their evolution over time. The survey,…

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…

A Windows Server Active Directory (AD) forest is the topmost logical container in an AD configuration. In this article, Michael Otey explains the role forests play in an AD configuration and why it is necessary to consolidate Active Directory forests and domains to improve security and management. Every Active Directory deployment contains at least one forest, the parent container in…

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…

Packaging and rolling out third-party applications to Windows endpoints has traditionally been a daunting task. It often involves a significant amount of testing and trial and error, and it can become a major time sink for IT Professionals. Recognizing this challenge, Microsoft announced a solution at its Ignite conference – a service set to make…

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed an ongoing campaign targeting Microsoft Azure corporate accounts. The malicious campaign is leading to the theft of sensitive corporate data and financial assets from numerous organizations. Specifically, Proofpoint researchers first spotted the ongoing activity back in November 2023. The threat actors used malicious emails with shared documents to target employees with…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new AI-powered Copilot experience in Microsoft Teams. The new app brings new features and improvements to replace the existing Copilot application in Teams, previously known as Microsoft 365 Chat. Last year, Microsoft Teams introduced a new Copilot integration to improve productivity and collaboration during meetings. The AI assistant can…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue affecting select Outlook users, which prevents the desktop apps from connecting to email servers through Exchange ActiveSync. The company confirmed that this issue impacts Office 365 customers who have installed the update (version 2401) released on January 9. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is a protocol that allows mobile devices to…

Discover the benefits of using Azure AD B2B in your organization. Learn how it can improve collaboration and streamline access for external partners, and boost your users’ productivity, safely and securely. What is Azure B2B? Microsoft Entra B2B (formerly Azure AD B2B) is a feature/service within the Microsoft Entra ID that allows collaboration between your…

Microsoft has started rolling out an update that brings a new Teams chat integration into the new Outlook for Windows. The new feature allows users to send a quick Teams message to meeting participants or review a chat without leaving the Outlook desktop app. According to Microsoft, Outlook users can start Teams chats from meeting…

Microsoft has recently started talks with the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to address an ongoing antitrust case. These discussions aim to resolve concerns regarding the company’s anti-competitive licensing policies. The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) association is an organization that represents cloud infrastructure providers based in Europe. It includes both…