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Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is a software-defined infrastructure that virtualizes and packages all the components of a conventional data center including network, storage, and computing resources. Hyperconverged infrastructure platforms allow businesses to virtualize servers, storage, and underlying networks and implement a software-driven control of their IT environment. In this article, we’ll look at the top 5…

Microsoft is reportedly planning to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology into its Office applications. A new report from The Information suggests that the new AI-powered features will allow users to automatically generate text with natural language prompts in Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. OpenAI first made its ChatGPT tool available for public testing back in November 2021….

Further fueling fears of a coming recession, Amazon has announced that it was laying off 18,000 of its employees. The 18,000 layoffs represent roughly 6 percent of Amazon’s workforce. Amazon, headquartered in Seattle, is the second largest employer in the US behind Walmart. The online retailer employs 1.5 million people globally. Most of the cuts…

Amazon Web Services announced yesterday that Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) can now encrypt all new objects by default. The company says that S3 can automatically apply server-side encryption (SSE-S3) for each new object without any performance degradation. Amazon Simple Storage Service (also known as Amazon S3) is a web-based cloud storage service. It’s…

Last month, Microsoft acknowledged that some Windows applications might experience problems while connecting to databases through ODBC (Open Database Connections). Now, the company has provided a workaround solution to address this problem on Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs. Microsoft says that the OBDC SQL Server bug specifically affected users who installed the November Patch…

Autodesk Drive is a cloud storage platform that allows individuals and small teams to collaborate on design data in the cloud. In this article, we’ll detail how Autodesk Drive works and how to get started with the popular storage and collaboration tool. Autodesk Drive is available on the web, but there’s also an Autodesk Desktop…

Microsoft is set of end extended support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 in October 2023. The company is reminding customers that it will no longer provide software updates, security patches, and technical support after this date. It’s been more than four years since Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for…

Happy new year, Power Platform Community!  As we all move into the new year, let’s take a look at the latest updates Microsoft announced for its Power Platform in December. We’ll be highlighting the ones we are most excited about in this article. Power BI Slicer Type The Power BI team has moved the Slicer…

Last week, PyTorch identified a supply chain attack that potentially caused developers to download a compromised PyTorch dependency. The PyTorch team published an advisory to warn developers that the package includes malicious code to steal system data. PyTorch is an open-source framework that allows Python developers to build machine-learning applications. It was mainly developed by…

Microsoft PowerToys is a free download for Windows that adds features for power users that are not included in Windows 10 or Windows 11 by default. In this article, I’ll show you my favorite PowerToys tools and why once you start using them, you won’t be able to live without them. What is Microsoft PowerToys?…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has started rolling out the Automate tab to Excel for Windows and macOS. The latest update lets desktop users create and edit Office scripts to automate their repetitive spreadsheet tasks or workflows. Up until now, the Automate tab was only available for customers in Excel on the web. With this…

When working in a Microsoft 365 environment, IT pros can use Conditional Access policies to control access to their tenant. In this article, we’ll detail how to create Conditional Access policies using PowerShell instead of the graphical user interface, and why using PowerShell to do that can help you save some time Conditional Access policies…