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Microsoft has confirmed a new issue that causes Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory (AAD) sign-in issues on ARM-based Windows devices. The problem happens after installing the June Patch Tuesday updates, and it affects Windows 11 21H2, Windows 10 21H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 20H2. “After installing KB5014697 on a Windows Arm-based devices,…

First introduced back in November 2021 at AWS re:Invent, Amazon announced the general availability of AWS Mainframe Modernization this past June 8th 2022. The new service enables you to migrate and modernize your on-premises mainframe workloads to a managed runtime environment on the Amazon Web Services cloud. It seems incredible to believe, but the venerable…

When trying to join a computer to an Active Directory domain, you may sometimes encounter the “an Active Directory Domain Controller could not be contacted” error. When an active directory controller cannot be contacted, it can hinder your ability to join a computer to the network. In this post, I’ll explain the different DNS and…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that enables users to create a special chat with themselves. The chat with self feature was first announced at Ignite 2021, and it has finally started rolling out to Teams desktop and mobile users. Microsoft highlights that the new chat with self feature is designed to help users…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing the Wi-Fi hotspot feature to not work as expected on Windows devices. The software giant explained on the Windows Health dashboard that some PCs may be unable to use the Wi-Fi hotspot functionality after installing the June Patch Tuesday updates. The Wi-Fi hotspot is a built-in feature…

Microsoft has teamed up with Apple to improve the security of Exchange Online accounts on iOS and macOS devices. In upcoming iOS and macOS updates, users who connected a Microsoft Exchange mailbox in Apple’s Mail app with Basic authentication will be automatically migrated to the more secure OAuth 2.0-based Modern authentication. Apple introduced support for…

If you’re using Git for source code management, you may need to merge different development branches for a project into a single branch. This article will guide you on how to combine two development branches with the Git merge command. We’ll be showing you how to create a Git project, create different branches, and merge…

Earlier this week, Microsoft released the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows. These patches brought security updates to fix several vulnerabilities, but the company has now warned that the updates may cause backup issues on Windows Server (via Bleeping Computer). The Windows Server backup issues are caused by the security…

Microsoft has launched a new Microsoft Defender for individuals app today. The new security offering for consumers is now available for Microsoft 365 subscribers in select markets across Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Microsoft Defender for individuals first debuted in preview in the US back in February this year. It provides a centralized dashboard, which…

Microsoft announced this morning Viva Sales, a new Viva application designed to meet the specific needs of sellers. Viva Sales integrates with Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft 365 apps to automate the data entry process into any CRM system for the sales team. Viva Sales aims to address some major challenges commonly faced by sales…

Amazon announced a couple of weeks ago that AWS DataSync now supports moving data between AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This release expands the number of supported storage locations from 10 to 12, which is significant as it now includes two of the major cloud providers. For those unfamiliar, AWS DataSync is Amazon’s enterprise-grade…

Microsoft has finally launched the first native ARM64 version of Visual Studio for Windows 11 devices. The Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 2 release prioritizes the most popular workloads for developers who want to test their apps on Arm64 devices. Microsoft first unveiled its plans to launch an Arm native version of Visual Studio 2022…