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Microsoft has announced that its Outlook for Mac client is now available as a free app on Apple’s App Store. The company detailed yesterday that users no longer need a Microsoft 365 subscription or paid license to use the macOS version of the Outlook app. “The Outlook for Mac app complements Outlook for iOS –…

Pure Storage, the US-based company known for its innovative flash-based storage solutions recently unveiled FlashBlade//E, a new cost-effective solution for managing unstructured data using flash storage. The new offering follows the launch of the FlashBlade//S family last year that brought a modular architecture that separates compute from capacity. “Where FlashBlade//S is tuned for critical, high-performance…

As Microsoft puts it, teams and channels are where ‘real work gets done’. Let’s look more closely at Teams channels vs chats. Microsoft Teams is a complex tool that allows users to collaborate using a mixture of apps provided by Microsoft 365, like OneDrive files, SharePoint libraries, Microsoft Lists, Planner, Approvals, and many others. In…

Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program, which lets consumers and business users test new Windows 11 features ahead of their public release is getting an overhaul. Microsoft is launching a new Canary channel today while the existing Dev channel is getting a “reboot.” Microsoft originally launched its Windows Insider Program back in the fall of 2014, almost…

Microsoft announced this morning a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot solution. The new AI-powered tool allows customers to automate repetitive tasks for customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). “Dynamics 365 Copilot takes advantage of recent advancements in generative AI to automate these tedious tasks and unlock the full creativity of the workforce….

Microsoft has announced the release of version 5.0 of the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module. The latest release brings major performance improvements and new filtering capabilities for the Get-CsOnlineUser cmdlet. The Get-CsOnlineUser cmdlet is a PowerShell command that is used in Microsoft Teams to retrieve information about user accounts. It fetches information about the user name,…

Microsoft has introduced a new feature that allows customers to configure an app instance property lock for Azure AD enterprise applications. The new capability helps organizations prevent attackers from making any changes to sensitive properties of multi-tenant application objects. OAuth is a security protocol that enables users to share information about their accounts with third-party…

Microsoft has released an update that brings new premium capabilities for Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management. The new security features provide comprehensive assessments to help IT admins track and mitigate security risks in their most critical assets. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is a security tool that uses AI to detect, analyze, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in…

The security researchers at ESET issued a security advisory about the BlackLotus vulnerability this week. The research warned that the BlackLotus flaw can now bypass Secure Boot even on fully updated Windows 11 PCs. Secure Boot is a security feature that prevents unauthorized software (malware) from running on Windows machines. Almost all modern hardware with…

It’s been a busy month. Microsoft started testing the next Windows 11 ‘moment’, plus the Unified Update Platform (UUP) is coming to WSUS and ConfigMgr at the end of March. And Microsoft is now officially supporting Windows on Arm on Apple silicon. And much more! So, let’s get started. Windows 11 ‘Moment’ drops Microsoft announced…

As part of Microsoft’s ongoing investment in its Power Platform, the company recently published its Power Platform 2023 release wave 1 plan, which details new features that will be released between April and September 2023. In the meantime, the company introduced several new features for PowerBI and Dataverse in February, so let’s take a look at the…

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: Paul Huijbregts, Justen Graves, and Joe Anich on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Paul Huijbregts, Justen Graves, and returning guest…