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The shopping season is finally here. That’s right, Black Friday deals and offers are already live at popular online retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, the Microsoft Store, and more. This means that it’s the best opportunity to purchase all kinds of technology products such as Wi-Fi routers, printers, laptops, peripherals, security cameras, antivirus software,…

Earlier this month, Microsoft rolled out a new set of Patch Tuesday updates for Windows Server. The company has recently confirmed that it’s investigating a new LSASS memory leak bug caused by the latest Windows updates that may trigger freezes and reboots on some domain controllers (DCs). Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) is a…

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now generally available on the Microsoft Store. The new Windows Subsystem for Linux version 1.0 includes support for Linux GUI apps that is available for all users running Windows 10 version 21H1, 21H2, or 22H2. According to Microsoft, the Microsoft Store version of Windows…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that’s currently affecting Windows 11 version 22H2 (or the Windows 11 2022 Update). The company detailed on the Windows 11 Health Dashboard that some users may experience crashes or freezing issues when trying to use the Windows Remote Desktop app to connect to Windows 11 PCs. “After installing Windows…

Google Drive is a popular cloud-based storage platform. It offers file-sharing and synchronization features that help users create, manage, and share documents across apps such as Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets. In this guide, I’ll explain how to install Google Drive for desktop, and how to pause or check the sync status on a Windows…

Amazon has announced the launch of a new AWS region in Hyderabad, India. The company says the new infrastructure region will help to drive digital transformation with approximately $4.4 billion investment in the South Asian market by 2030. Specifically, AWS first started working on this new cloud region Hyderabad region in late 2020. The company…

Microsoft has introduced several new removable storage management features in Defender for Endpoint (MDE). The latest release makes it easier for organizations to protect removable storage devices on Windows PCs. More specifically, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helps IT admins to control how employees read, write, and execute specific files on removable storage. For instance, it’s…

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 version 22H2 is now ready for broad deployment in business environments. The company has quietly updated the Windows Health Dashboard to indicate that all Windows 10 users checking for updates should be able to find and install this version on their machines. “The Windows 10, version 22H2 feature update…

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 – Season 3 Launch Show With Femke Cornelissen After a bit of a break, this week marks the launch…

Microsoft Teams has recently introduced a new accessibility feature called “sign language view.” This release enables participants who are deaf or hard of hearing and their interpreters to prioritize each other during video calls and meetings. Up until now, Microsoft Teams’ organizers had to manually pin interpreters and enable live captions for each meeting. The…

Last month, Microsoft introduced support for number matching to its Authenticator app. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 admin center that the new security feature will be enabled by default for all Microsoft Authenticator users worldwide in February 2023. With number matching enabled, the Microsoft Authenticator app requires users to type a number…

The Active Directory Recycle Bin is a tool that IT pros can use to recover lingering objects on a network. In this article, I’ll explain how to enable and use the Active Directory Recycle Bin and recover objects without the need to use System State backups. There are two main ways to enable the Active…