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Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows LAPS) is a powerful tool that allows organizations to better manage and protect their local administrator account passwords on Windows devices. This feature is available on Azure Active Directory-joined or Windows Server Active Directory-joined devices. In this article, I will explain how to configure Windows LAPS in an Microsoft…

This month, as promised, we’re seeing the Microsoft Power Platform lean into AI enhancements. Many of these new AI-powered features are genuinely useful, and they should certainly improve as users provide feedback to the company. As I always advise, you shouldn’t use experimental features in production apps, but once they cross the threshold to preview,…

Microsoft has announced a new version of the OneDrive web app for business and education customers. The company highlighted today that the updated app will include a new home experience that reduces the time required to find important files and documents. With this release, the OneDrive web app is getting a new “For you” section…

Microsoft has detailed a bunch of new features added to its Windows Autopatch service in May 2023. The company explained that this is the most “impactful” update since Windows Autopach was launched back in May 2023. Windows Autopatch is a cloud-based service that enables IT admins to automate the patching of Windows, Microsoft 365 apps,…

Microsoft has partnered with Stripe, PayPal, and GoDaddy to launch a new Payments app for Microsoft Teams. The app allows small businesses in the US and Canada to accept payments for webinars, one-on-one sessions, classes, appointments, and events within Teams meetings. “We have partnered with leading players in the payments space to combine the core…

Last week, Google announced account synchronization support for its Authenticator app. On April 25, the security research team Mysk highlighted on Twitter that the feature lacks support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE). The security researchers found that the network traffic used to sync the credentials is not end-to-end encrypted. This means that the seed used to…

Amazon has announced the general availability of its AWS Verified Access service. The service enables IT admins to provide secure access to enterprise applications without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). AWS Verified Access originally launched in public preview in November at AWS re:Invent 2022.The service allows customers to create, configure and manage a collection…

In relational databases like SQL Server, the SQL JOIN statement is used to query, connect and retrieve data from multiple tables based on data relationships between those tables. You can use the SQL JOIN statement with two or more tables, and it essentially returns records that have matching values in the different tables. In this…

Microsoft has announced some new capabilities for its Azure Virtual Desktop service. The top requested feature should help organizations to enhance endpoint security, configuration, storage, and employee experience. Microsoft has introduced FSLogix profiles support for Azure AD-joined VMs in Azure Virtual Desktop. The feature lets users access file shares from Azure AD-joined VMs in order…

Apache Superset has released fixes to patch a security flaw in the default configuration that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-27524, the vulnerability allows threat actors to potentially steal sensitive data, harvest credentials, and then execute malicious code. Apache Superset is an open-source data exploration and virtualization solution. It enables users to…

Microsoft announced some new updates for its Microsoft Sentinel solution this week. The company has highlighted a new Workspace Manager feature, Hunts feature to identify security threats, and other improvements. Specifically, Microsoft Sentinel is getting a new Workspace Manager that enables IT admins to manage multiple Sentinel workspaces from a central workspace. The feature supports…

If you’re an IT pro working with Active Directory, you can use Group Policy to configure the Windows environments of your users’ computers and your enterprise servers using Group Policy Objects (GPO). However, the struggle to reach an intuitive and secure environment is real. In this article, I will explain how to create a GPO,…