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Microsoft has recently started rolling out version 110 of its Edge web browser. This month’s update ends support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, and it comes with a new Drop feature as well as two new policies for IT admins. Microsoft explained in the changelog that Edge version 110 enables syncing capabilities for Azure…

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Unified Update Platform (UUP) for on-premises environments in March. The company says this feature should help to ensure a smaller and faster download experience for Windows Updates. Microsoft announced the public preview of on-premises UUP (Unified Update Platform) for commercial organizations. It integrates with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager…

LDAP vs Active Directory and OpenLDAP are the most used identity and access management solutions today. In this article, we’ll explain how they work and help you determine which one is the right choice for your network. LDAP vs Active Directory: What’s the difference? In general, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re more familiar…

Microsoft has released a new Azure DDoS Protection solution for Microsoft Sentinel. The new service leverages Azure DDoS Protection logs to automatically track and block DDoS sources to mitigate sophisticated attacks. Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based security solution that allows security teams to detect and mitigate threats, monitor security events, and analyze data in their…

Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI may soon accelerate with new ChatGPT-like tools coming to Office. According to The Verge, Microsoft may announce new AI-powered capabilities for Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in March this year. Until now, Microsoft has remained tight-lipped about the new ChatGPT-like features coming to its core Office apps. However, Microsoft’s engineers have been…

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Windows 11 build for Insiders in the Dev channel. The company has started testing a new client policy for enterprise/commercial customers to enable features released through servicing updates that are disabled by default on Windows Update-managed devices. According to Microsoft, the new commercial policy allows IT admins…

Microsoft has released a new home experience that should make it easier for desktop users to get started with Viva Connections. The latest Viva Connections update has started rolling out to targeted release customers, which surfaces important tasks and personalized content as well as provides easier access to other Viva apps. “On desktop, Connections introduces…

Microsoft is planning to retire its Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) and its related troubleshooters for Windows 11. The company has announced that it will begin the depreciation process in the next major release of Windows 11 later this year. The Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) is a service that is designed to diagnose and…

Cloud repatriation appears to be one of the new IT hot topics of 2023. For companies that invested time and money into transferring some of their workloads to the cloud, why would it now make sense to bring some of them back to on-premises resources? Well, I’ll explain in this article why cloud repatriation is…

Microsoft has recently announced that it’s retiring the free version of Microsoft Teams for businesses on April 12. The company recommends customers to switch to its Microsoft Teams premium plan to keep chats, documents, and other important information. Microsoft launched the free version of its Teams collaboration service in 2018. It’s designed to meet the…

VMware has warned about a large-scale global ransomware campaign that is currently targeting vulnerable VMware ESXi servers worldwide. The hypervisor maker disclosed that threat actors are exploiting a two-year old vulnerability in its ESXi hypervisor and components to deploy ransomware. VMware ESXi is a service that enables companies to host multiple virtualized systems running different…

We’ve come a long way since those days and have seen technology evolve to support data stored in business cloud platforms such as Microsoft 365. In recent years, the digital revolution has made data more portable and more accessible, but crucially it has also made that data more vulnerable in many ways. Fortunately, if your organization…