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Amazon recently announced the general availability of license-included Visual Studio software on Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instances. This means that organizations no longer need to separately purchase and install Visual Studio for their EC2 instances, which are the Amazon Web Services versions of cloud-based virtual machines. “Amazon EC2 provides a broad choice of instances, and customers not…

Google has released a new update that should help to prevent unauthorized changes to Workspace user accounts. This security feature brings identity verification prompts to protect high-risk customers from malicious attacks in enterprise environments. With this release, Google Workspace has introduced a new “Verify it’s You” prompt to block suspicious account activities. Users will need…

Need to search for or extract a substring inside a PowerShell string? Never fear, PowerShell substring is here! In this article, I guide you through how to ditch objects and search inside strings. The PowerShell substring Although you’ll hear me go on and on about object in the pipeline, there’s nothing wrong with parsing strings…

Microsoft has launched a new Experience Insights dashboard this week. It is designed to give organizations an overview of several user experience metrics for Microsoft 365 apps and services. “You’ve told us that in large organizations, it’s often challenging to measure and manage employees’ end user experience with cloud services like Microsoft 365, because data…

In this article, we will explore in detail what AWS IoT is, what components it offers, and how developers can start building solutions with AWS IoT at the core. AWS IoT is a collection of Amazon cloud services that organizations can use to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices to other devices and the Amazon…

Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.3. The latest update brings a slew of new features for developers such as support for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI), a new Teams Toolkit, and Azure Container Apps. First up, Microsoft has introduced support for .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) support in Visual Studio…

Microsoft is celebrating 15 years of its OneDrive cloud storage service this month. The company has unveiled a refreshed OneDrive Home page that will surface the most recent and relevant documents as well as Activity updates. “We’ve redesigned the OneDrive Home experience to help you easily resume your work and catch up on what you…

Microsoft has released yesterday the August 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows. This time, the company fixed no less than 121 vulnerabilities in Windows, which is quite important for what is a usually quiet month This month’s Patch Tuesday updates also bring improvements for the Focus Assist feature on Windows 11…

Google has announced that it’s building three new cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand, and New Zealand. The launch of these new Google Cloud sites is a part of a wider move to expand its presence in Asia-Pacific, which will bring the total number of regions to 37 worldwide. Google Cloud’s Asia-Pacific Vice President Karan Bajwa…

Microsoft has announced that its Entra Verified ID service is now generally available for commercial customers. The new decentralized identity offering enables organizations to easily create, issue, and verify the credentials of users to provide proof of education, employment, and other claims. “Microsoft’s Microsoft Entra Verified ID (Azure AD VC) service enables you to trust…

In this article, I will show you how to test network connectivity between two endpoints using the PowerShell Test-Connection cmdlet. PowerShell Test-Connection vs Ping Since the first time computers were networked together, people have had to test their connections. Just like a dial tone that tells you the phone is ready to use, many IT…

The AWS re:Invent 2022 conference is the main AWS technical conference that’s put on by Amazon this year. Unlike most recent tech conferences which have been virtual, this year’s AWS re:Invent 2022 will be an in-person event in Las Vegas from November 28 to December 2. Attended by approximately 50,000 to 60,000 IT professionals, AWS…