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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,…

Microsoft announced updates for its Windows 11 and Windows 10 support roadmaps yesterday, and the biggest news is that a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) version of Windows 11 will be released in the second half of 2024. This should be good news for organizations that have been waiting to upgrade their PCs to Windows 11…

Microsoft has announced that its App Governance add-on will soon be a part of the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps service. Starting on June 1, the feature will be available for all customers with an E5 Security/Microsoft 365 E5 or any other subscription at no additional cost. Microsoft highlighted that threat actors are increasingly targeting…

Today, Microsoft Designer goes into public preview and it adds new A.I. features. Like Canva, Designer offers a collection of templates and elements like graphics, photos, and video so that you can easily create eye-catching content for your social media channels. What is Microsoft Designer? Essentially a clone of popular graphic design tool Canva, Microsoft…

Microsoft has released the optional April 2023 security patches for Windows 11 versions 21H2 and 22H2. The optional updates (KB5025298 and KB5025305) address interoperability issues between Windows LAPS and legacy LAPS policies. Microsoft recently announced the native integration of Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) on Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2019. The…