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Google has officially filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a report from The Information. The company claimed that Microsoft abused its dominant position in the enterprise software market to push more customers toward its cloud services. In a letter to the FTC, Google explained that Microsoft used…

As an IT pro, the process of exporting users’ mailboxes to PST is rather straightforward. However, importing PST email and calendar items into new mailboxes can be tricky. In this article, I will detail how to import PST files to Office 365 using either Outlook or the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal and Azure AzCopy. How…

Microsoft is working to fix a bug causing Outlook to become unresponsive on the startup screen for a while before launching normally. The company acknowledged the issue in a support document published on June 19. According to Microsoft, the Outlook desktop app syncs the entire offline data file (.ost) during the startup process. “Investigation of…

ASUS has rolled out a new set of firmware updates to address critical vulnerabilities in its several router models. The company published a security advisory yesterday recommending customers to apply the security patches or restrict WAS access. Specifically, the latest firmware updates aim to fix two critical vulnerabilities with a 9.8 severity rating out of…

Microsoft is getting ready to sunset its Bookings mobile apps next month. The apps will be retired on July 15, and users will no longer be able to access Microsoft Bookings through Android and iOS devices. Microsoft Bookings is an appointment scheduling and booking management service that launched in March 2017. The tool is primarily…

An often-overlooked element of security is the Web Application Firewall (WAF), especially in cloud computing. In this article, I explain what a WAF does, the different kinds of WAF, and I discuss why you should deploy one or more WAFs in your architecture. What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF)? A Web Application Firewall, often…

Microsoft has released a new upgrade/downgrade experience for Azure Firewall. The feature allows customers to switch between the Azure Firewall Standard and Premium offers with a single click. Azure Firewall is a cloud-native security solution for Azure environments. It enables customers to protect their network resources and applications against unauthorized access and security threats. Azure…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s plan to replace the Windows 11 Mail and Calendar apps with the new web-based Outlook for Windows in September 2024.

Microsoft has announced some changes coming to the security settings management capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint this month. The company plans to remove the Azure Active Directory (AD) join or Hybrid Azure AD join enrollment requirement for Windows devices. Last year, Microsoft released a new feature called Security Management for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint….

There are quite a few methods IT Pros can use to block malicious and harmful emails from flowing into their organizations. Similar to my previous post on adding a whitelist email address or domain to your Microsoft 365 settings, I’m going to detail different methods to block senders in Officer 365 and offer some commentary…

Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed a major outage that affected Azure, Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company has now acknowledged that the disruption to its services was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. On June 5th, Microsoft tweeted about an outage that prevented thousands of users from accessing its…

Microsoft is getting ready to replace the UWP Mail and Calendar apps with the new Outlook desktop client for Windows. The company announced in a message on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that the web-based app will be shipped with all new Windows 11 devices starting in September 2024. Microsoft started testing its redesigned Outlook…