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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…

Microsoft has announced that new Universal Print capabilities that debuted on Windows 11 last year are coming to Windows 10. This release introduces a new feature that lets users add a PIN (personal identification number) to a print job. The new PIN integration should help to enhance security and reduce toner and paper waste in…

Slack has confirmed that a security vulnerability accidentally exposed the hashed passwords of around 0.5 percent of its customers. The company patched the bug last month and notified impacted users that it had reset their passwords. The vulnerability was first discovered by a security researcher and it was reported to Slack on July 17, 2022….

Microsoft has started rolling out Edge version 104 to the Stable channel. This new update brings some improvements to the enhanced security mode to make the browsing experience more secure on less popular websites, and some new policies for IT admins. The enhanced security mode (previously known as the Super Duper Secure mode) launched in…

Cloud Conversations is a weekly 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 – Femke Cornelissen on dutch women in Tech, Twitter Spaces, and M365 adoption Femke Cornelissen is an Adoption and…

PowerShell’s built-in exit keyword allows you to terminate scripts without closing your PowerShell session. There are different ways to use PowerShell exit to break the execution of a script, function, loop, or switch statement. But it’s important to understand how the exit keyword works if you want to use it effectively. In this guide, I…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Fluid Relay service. It’s a managed cloud offering that enables web developers to use the Fluid Framework for building enterprise-grade collaborative applications. The Fluid Framework was announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference back in 2019. It’s an open-source web-based platform that allows users to create discrete…

Windows PowerShell has a robust error handling capability with PowerShell try catch blocks. And PowerShell 7 introduced new features, making troubleshooting even easier. In this article, I will show you how to use PowerShell’s built-in error handling features to help debug your scripts when there are problems. Introduction to the PowerShell Try Catch Block Try…

For organizations looking to use Amazon Web Services to get highly available storage for their Windows applications with full Server Message Block (SMB) support, AWS FSx for Windows File Server is the platform’s native option. Typical use cases are client-mapped drives, file shares for application integrations, and user home directories. In this guide, we’ll go…

Microsoft has unveiled some security enhancements for the Smart App Control feature in Windows 11. David Weston, Microsoft’s VP for Enterprise and OS Security, announced yesterday that Smart App Control has been updated to support more malicious file types, including ISO and LNK files. Microsoft started testing the Smart App Control feature with Insiders in…