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GitHub announced this morning that it has added support for passkeys in public beta. The passkeys feature is a standardized new way that lets users seamlessly and securely access GitHub.com. A passkey is a sequence of characters that helps to ensure that only authorized users gain access to sensitive resources. The security feature is used…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft Teams 3D avatars reaching general availability and Amazon allowing all developers to release their Android apps on its App Store on Windows 11.

Microsoft has announced that it will soon rebrand Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) as Entra ID. The name change will be a gradual process, and it’s expected to be rolled out to all Microsoft products and experiences in the second half of 2023. The Microsoft Entra product family first made its debut back in May…

Office 365 nested groups refer to the practice of creating a group within another group in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem using the dynamic functionality in Azure AD. For IT admins, this practice lets them organize groups in a hierarchical manner, enabling a more structured approach to managing access, permissions, and collaboration within an organization. Membership…

Microsoft has released a new update that enables IT admins to manage security configuration settings directly in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The native security management capabilities are available in public preview on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Previously, IT administrators had to depend on external tools for handling endpoint security settings. This approach often resulted in…

Microsoft has released today the July Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. The KB5028185 patch for Windows 11 version 22H2 brings the new “Moment 3” features that Microsoft previously made available in the optional update released in the last week of June.  Microsoft’s patches for July 2023 also include fixes for 130…

Microsoft is getting ready to end support for Windows 11 version 21H2. The company updated its support life cycle page to remind customers that the original version of the operating system will reach the end of servicing deadline on October 10, 2023. Microsoft detailed that the upcoming end of support affects the Home, Pro, Pro…

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates for its Microsoft Entra product family. The company detailed two new security offerings, Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Microsoft Entra Private Access, to protect organizations against cyberattacks. “In the last twelve months, we saw an average of more than 4,000 password attacks per second, an almost threefold increase…

Microsoft launched its Dev Box cloud-powered workstations in public preview back in August 2022. The company announced yesterday that it has decided to make the service generally available following successful testing in multiple organizations. Microsoft first teased Dev Box at its Build developer conference last year. The new offering provides secure access to pre-configured developer…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new end-to-end solution called Clickstream Analytics on AWS. The new service enables customers to collect, ingest, analyze, and visualize clickstream data within their web and mobile applications. Clickstream Analytics on AWS is built on standard AWS services. The company says that clickstream data plays a vital role in…

Microsoft has announced the release of the latest version of Visual Studio Code. The July 2023 Update (version 1.80) comes with a few enhancements, such as terminal image support, accessibility improvements, and more. Last month, Microsoft added terminal image support in public preview in Visual Studio Code. Now, the feature is enabled by default that…

Cisco has recently warned customers about a new high-severity vulnerability that affects select data center switch models. The security flaw, which is tracked as CVE-2023-20185, could enable unauthenticated attackers to read or modify encrypted traffic. “This vulnerability is due to an issue with the implementation of the ciphers that are used by the CloudSec encryption…