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Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to provide access to Windows 10 and Windows 11 desktops and applications virtually anywhere. It’s a solution hosted by Microsoft, which makes it secure by design, even though there is a lot of responsibility on the customer to ensure services are secure. In this article, I will…

Microsoft To Do is about to get a new update that will enable IT admins to block personal accounts on Android devices. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 admin center that the new security feature will be available for users next month. The Microsoft To Do app introduced support for multiple accounts back…

Security researchers have disclosed a campaign that allowed hackers to gain access to data center logins for Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and several other big companies. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the stolen credentials could potentially allow threat actors to gain physical access to clients’ servers. Cybersecurity research firm Resecurity Inc. first discovered the…

Amazon announced earlier this month the general availability of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) resource map. The new feature provides a central hub that enables customers to view all VPC resources and connections in a visual format to get a better understanding of their VPC architecture. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a…

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its revamped Microsoft Teams desktop app that will bring significant performance improvements by ditching the Electron framework in favor of Edge Webview 2. The company has reportedly started testing the new Teams (2.0 or 2.1) app internally, and it should be available in preview in March (via The Verge)….

Last week, Atlassian confirmed a security breach that exposed the sensitive data of thousands of thousands of Atlassian employees. The company claimed that hackers couldn’t access Atlassian’s product and customer information. According to a new report by Cyberscoop, a threat actor named SiegedSec announced on Telegram that it hacked the enterprise software company Atlassian. The…

Many IT pros probably take for granted sharing files on their predominantly Windows environments and local area networks. Although several protocols are available, Server Message Block (SMB) is clearly the most prevalent. This article examines how Windows file sharing works over ports 445, 139, 138, and 137. Quick overview of SMB SMB is a client‑server…

Microsoft has released a new update that brings driver and firmware management capabilities for the Windows Update for Business deployment service. This release gives organizations better control over the deployment of updates to eligible cloud-attached Windows client devices. Windows Update for Business (WUfB) is a deployment service that enables IT admins to manage and distribute…

Microsoft has introduced watermarking support for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). The company announced that the new security feature is designed to protect sensitive information on client devices. Microsoft explained that users can now enable the watermarking feature on Azure Virtual Desktops. Once enabled, users can scan the QR codes to find the connectionID and session…

Both Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop perform a similar function for end users, which is providing access to a Windows desktop. From the IT admin perspective though, they are fundamentally different solutions. In this article, we’ll walk through the major differences between Windows 365 vs Azure Virtual Desktop so that you can understand which solution,…

Microsoft has released a new update that brings improvements to the Message Recall functionality in Exchange Online. The company has announced that the cloud-based feature enables customers to recall read messages. The classic Message Recall feature enables users to retrieve unread emails from the mailboxes of the recipients. However, it doesn’t support recalling read messages…

Microsoft has finally recognized Parallels Desktop for Mac as a supported solution for running Windows 11 on ARM on Apple Silicon Macs. Back in 2021, Parallels Desktop for Mac 17 was the first version of the virtualization software to add support for Windows 11 on macOS, though Microsoft said at the time that it was…