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Microsoft’s owned GitHub has recently announced that it will soon require two-factor authentication (2FA) for developers who contribute code on the platform. Starting today, the company will begin rolling out the 2FA requirement to all software developers worldwide. GitHub first unveiled its plans to enroll all contributors in 2FA by the end of 2023. The…

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Microsoft Loop app in public preview later this month. Microsoft Loop has been available in private preview since November, allowing users to collaborate with their colleagues across Microsoft 365 apps. Microsoft Loop is based on Microsoft’s Fluid Framework, and it has three main structural elements: Loop components, Loop…

Microsoft has warned that threat actors are increasingly using business email compromise campaigns to target enterprise customers. The company has found that it could be challenging for the victims to identify and mitigate the attacks on time. Business email compromise (BEC) is a type of cyberattack that lets hackers use phishing emails to request payments…

The Intel vPro platform was first announced by the chip maker back in 2007, and it designates a collection of advanced CPU technologies for business PCs. As of today, it provides various features to increase security and manageability to support IT departments in organizations of all sizes.  In the debate of intel vPro vs EVO, in…

Cloud Conversations is a regular podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations: Fabian Bader: Protecting Azure AD hybrid identity and Microsoft Defender Fabian Bader is a cyber-security architect and Microsoft MVP….

Microsoft has just announced a new ChatGPT integration coming to its Azure OpenAI Service. This release enables developers to add custom AI-powered capabilities to build their next-generation applications. Microsoft partnered with OpenAI to launch the Azure OpenAI Service in private preview in November 2021. It’s a cloud-based solution that allows developers to access OpenAI’s powerful…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Delivery Optimization in Windows Update for Business reports. The new Delivery Optimization report provides important data points that enable customers to track the performance of Windows update delivery across an organization. Windows Update Delivery Optimization is a feature that enables Windows devices to download and share software updates…

Microsoft Edge is getting a new update that will allow enterprise customers to securely save files to OneDrive on mobile devices. The new security feature is currently available for Edge Insiders in version 111 on iOS and Android devices. Previously, some organizations prohibited users from saving files to local device storage on mobile devices. This…

Microsoft announced yesterday several new features for developers at its Azure Open Source Day 2023. The company explained that these capabilities enable software developers to quickly build intelligent applications. “Most companies have leveraged AI to improve efficiency and costs. Large AI applications leveraging natural language processing (NLP), automatic speech recognition (ASR), and text-to-speech (TTS) are…

Microsoft has announced that it’s deprecating Remote PowerShell (RPS) for Exchange Online in new tenants next month. The company will begin blocking RPS connections for all new Exchange Online customers on April 1, 2023. “Today, we are announcing that starting April 1, 2023, we will start blocking RPS connections for all tenants created on or…

Remote and virtual desktop solutions provide a flexible way for users to access remote services securely while maintaining control of how the users access those services. In this article, I’ll explain how FSLogix can optimize remote and virtual desktop environments by leveraging Profile Containers and FSLogix Application Masking. I’ll also detail the FSLogix features allowing…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new system-preferred authentication policy in preview for Azure AD customers. The feature enables the system to evaluate which authentication method should be used when a user signs in to Azure AD. With system-preferred authentication, Azure AD will check all authentication methods registered for an account and only show the…