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Microsoft has announced a new integration that will let users sync their task lists between Loop components and Microsoft Planner and To Do. This release should make it easier for users to manage their tasks from Microsoft 365 applications. Microsoft introduced Loop components at its Build developer conference back in 2019. Microsoft Loop components are…

Microsoft Outlook went down for almost 8 hours on Monday, along with Teams, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft confirmed on Twitter this morning that the problem has popped up again. In a Reddit thread, several Microsoft 365 users reported that the first outage started hitting organizations at around 10:00…

Apple unveiled yesterday a new M2 Ultra chip that is coming to its desktop workstations, the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro. The latter was also the last Mac model that had yet to make the transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon, and this is finally happening almost three years after the introduction of…

Microsoft has released a new zoom controls feature in preview for Microsoft Teams. This update allows participants to zoom in and out while viewing content on a shared screen in Teams meetings and calls. Up until now, Microsoft Teams only allowed meeting attendees to use pinch to zoom gesture on trackpads or other shortcuts to…

Microsoft plans to redirect all users with unsupported browsers to the light version of the Outlook web app. The company has now started notifying IT admins that this change will begin rolling out to customers in Fall 2023. Microsoft Outlook Lite is a version of the regular Outlook web app with faster performance for low-end…

As an IT Pro, it is crucial to your organization to make sure that your users receive legitimate emails. Sometimes, Exchange Online Protection (EOP) can flag these emails as spam. Safely creating whitelists — also sometimes referred to as allowlists — for specific domains/email addresses allows you to efficiently manage email flow in your organization and…

Microsoft has announced some important changes coming to Server Message Block (SMB) signing on Windows 11 Enterprise edition. Starting with the latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Build, SMB signing is now required by default for all connections. Server Message Block is a client-server communication protocol that allows users to share access to resources such as…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new search experience in preview to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Mac. The new feature should make it easier for users to find information across multiple sources. According to Microsoft, the revamped search experience offers smart search suggestions to help users improve productivity and save time. Users can…

In this article, I will explain how to enable Windows 10 auto login to reach the desktop environment without having to enter a username and password. I’ll also outline the pros and cons associated with configuring auto login on this version of Windows. What is auto login on Windows 10? Windows 10 provides robust security…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Conditional Access authentication strength policies for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The new feature allows IT admins to choose which multifactor authentication (MFA) methods can be used while accessing network resources. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a security feature that allows customers to use two or more methods of…

As a true Power Platform guy, I watched the breaking headlines from Microsoft Build 2023 last month and came away with 2 words to caption the bulk of it: Copilot Everywhere! Microsoft’s powerful AI service is making its way into various Power Platform and Microsoft 365 products. Imagine having an intelligent assistant at your fingertips…

Microsoft has discovered a new macOS vulnerability dubbed Migraine. The company detailed in its security advisory that the flaw allows attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and perform malicious operations on macOS machines. Apple first launched System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS Yosemite back in 2014. The feature is designed to prevent threat actors…