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Microsoft has unveiled plans to postpone the rollout of new cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2019, extending the release timeline to accommodate the upcoming Christmas holidays. The last two Exchange CU updates are expected to be rolled out to commercial customers after January 9, 2024. Last year, Microsoft announced that Exchange Server cumulative updates…

Microsoft is expanding its enhanced user analytics capabilities to support popular Microsoft 365 apps such as Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. The enhanced user analytics feature, available in the Search & Intelligence admin portal, offers detailed insights to IT admins to help them understand how users across the organization are utilizing the search functionality. With this…

Microsoft has announced that it’s deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office this month. The company has quietly updated its support article to indicate that the security feature will no longer receive updates. “Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office is being deprecated and is no longer being updated. This deprecation also includes the Windows.Security.Isolation APIs that…

Microsoft announced SharePoint Embedded at the European SharePoint Conference in Amsterdam today. The new offering empowers businesses to craft tailor-made applications that store content with their existing Microsoft 365 tenants. SharePoint Embedded is a highly scalable platform that leverages the same technology stack as OneDrive and SharePoint. It helps businesses develop applications supporting various Microsoft…

Microsoft has introduced a new Terraform module aimed at simplifying the onboarding process for Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC). This module enables organizations to configure MDC plans for their subscriptions or management groups using a minimal amount of code. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a security solution that allows customers to protect cloud-based applications against…

In this article, you’ll learn some strategies to upgrade to Windows 11, including learning about the planning and readiness phase. At times, I feel like the lion in Narnia – Aslan – being lectured and roaring back: Do Not Cite The Deep Magic To Me… I Was There When It Was Written. But I was…

Microsoft has released several new features and improvements for the Updates app in Microsoft Teams. This app provides a centralized hub to streamline the processes of creating, submitting, and reviewing updates. Additionally, it offers a convenient way to track check-ins and reports. Microsoft has released a modern onboarding experience for the Updates app in Teams….

Microsoft has released a new update for its Loop app, allowing users to export Loop tables directly to Excel spreadsheets. The new feature is currently available in preview for all Microsoft 365 E3/E5 commercial customers. Based on the Fluid Framework, Microsoft Loop provides tools that allow users to co-create and share content in real-time with…

In this special Thanksgiving edition of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss everything that happened at OpenAI this week, why Nvidia remains a key player in the current AI boom, and they also imagine a world where Apple would sell its M-Series chips to PC manufacturers.

Cybersecurity researchers from Blackwing HQ have managed to bypass Windows Hello fingerprint authentication on three different laptops from Dell, Lenovo, and Microsoft. The penetration tests were carried out at the request of Microsoft to assess the security of the fingerprint sensors used in these devices. Windows Hello is a biometric authentication feature that allows users…

Microsoft announced yesterday the launch of its new Defender Bounty Program. The new program is aimed at enticing security researchers to unearth new vulnerabilities in the security solution in exchange for rewards between $500 and $20,000. The submissions must specify the severity (Critical or Important) and step-by-step instructions to reproduce the issue in the fully…

Microsoft has introduced email notifications support for its Microsoft Defender XDR service. The feature allows IT admins to configure the security solution to receive notifications through email for both manual and automated response actions. Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender) is a managed extended detection and response service designed to help customers prevent, detect,…