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Microsoft is getting ready to block access to OneDrive and SharePoint Online from Internet Explorer (IE 11). The company recently posted a message in the Microsoft 365 admin center to inform customers that this change will begin rolling out in mid-January 2023. Last year, Microsoft 365 apps and services dropped support for Internet Explorer 11….

Last week, the OpenSSL team patched two high-severity security vulnerabilities in its open-source cryptography tool. Microsoft announced yesterday that organizations can use Defender Vulnerability Management to detect vulnerable devices in their organization and monitor their patching process to reduce security threats. OpenSSL is a popular cryptography library that provides open-source implementations of both SSL and…

Microsoft has released cross-tenant migration capabilities for Exchange Online. The latest update brings new cross-tenant mailbox migration and cross-tenant OneDrive migration features for commercial customers. Specifically, the new features provide a faster and cost-effective solution to help organizations migrate user data between tenants. The cross-tenant mailbox migration feature lets IT admins move end users to…

Microsoft today announced the release of Azure AD Certificate-based authentication (CBA) on mobile devices. As of today, YubiKey is the only external device that provides CBA support on iOS and Android to protect organizations against phishing attacks. Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD certificate-based authentication (CBA) back in February for desktop users. It’s…

The Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform is a new customer care solution that the company introduced back in July 2022. It pulls upon Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Nuance AI to provide a full-featured contact center suite. In this article, we’ll explain how the Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform works and how organizations…

Microsoft has shared a roundup of improvements made to its Teams collaboration service in October 2022. The major highlights of this release are suggested replies for group chats, pop-out support for shared content in meetings, new Teams-certified devices, and management features, so let’s dive into it. First up, Microsoft detailed new chat and collaboration features…

After a whirlwind of news from the first annual Microsoft Power Platform Conference in September, we now have all the news from Microsoft Ignite 2022! We’ve got previews for creating Power Automate flows with natural language, creating complex Power Automate expressions by feeding it examples, the general availability of 2022 Release Wave 2 for Dynamics…

Microsoft has added support for application filters to Azure AD conditional access (CA) policies. This release enables organizations to use an app filter based on custom security attributes to restrict access to specific applications. Currently, it’s possible for IT admins to apply conditional access policies to individual or all apps. However, this process may prove…

Microsoft has confirmed and issued a fix for a bug in Windows 10, which could cause OneDrive to crash or close unexpectedly. The problem first appeared after the latest Patch Tuesday updates, which rolled out on October 11, and it affects all supported versions of Windows 10. Last week, Microsoft updated the Windows Health Dashboard…

A logon is an event in Windows that shows a user account being granted some access to a workstation/server/computer. This article will explain the basics of Windows logon types, how authentication plays a role, and then describe the various types of logons built into Windows. As IT pros, we’ve all ‘logged onto computers’, servers, network…

Microsoft has warned users that threat actors have deployed a Clop encryption malware to encrypt enterprise networks affected by the Raspberry Robin worm. The company detailed in a security advisory that the payload had infected around 3,000 devices in 1,000 organizations in the last month. Security firm Red Canary first discovered the Raspberry Robin worm…

Microsoft is getting ready to release an update for the Outlook for Windows client that will let users store their Signature settings in the cloud. The company has been testing this feature with Office Insiders in the Beta channel for quite some time to incorporate user feedback before making it generally available for everyone. Microsoft…