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One of the features that both makes PowerShell so easy to use yet sometimes difficult to learn is its focus on objects. I have taught PowerShell objects to many people over the last 10 years and this is not as difficult as people make it out to be. That is to say, I think many…

Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) back in February. Now, the software giant has released some enhancements for the new service based on customer feedback. Certificate-based authentication (CBA) is a robust service that lets organizations validate a user’s identity with X.509 certificates against Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). It…

Microsoft has published a security advisory about a new wave of malware attacks that target Exchange Servers. The company has warned IT admins that threat actors are increasingly using malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) modules to install backdoors and steal credentials. For those unfamiliar, Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server that lets developers…

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly and annual earnings this week, I’m back with a new edition of Short Takes that looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

Microsoft has launched a new Unified Update Platform (UUP) that brings on-premises update management capabilities for commercial customers. UUP on premises is designed to streamline Windows 11 upgrades for organizations that manage employee devices with management tools such as WSUS and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. The Redmond giant first started testing the Unified Update Platform…

The “trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed” error means that the computer cannot access a network because it is offline, or that it has lost its membership to the Active Directory (AD) domain. This guide will help you understand what’s happening behind the scenes when this error occurs, and we’ll go…

Apple has released a new update that brings a much-anticipated feature for its iCloud app on Windows. First spotted by a Reddit user, the latest version of the app now lets users generate two-factor authentication codes. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security method that adds an extra layer of protection while logging into apps or…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that is currently preventing users from opening the Start menu on some Windows 11 PCs. The company has notified that it applied the Known Issue Rollback mechanism to address the problem. For those unfamiliar, the Known Issue Rollback capability allows users to quietly roll back buggy non-security fixes delivered…

PowerShell is an object-oriented shell for Windows, Linux, and macOS. And as such, you will need to understand how to work with PowerShell objects to get the best out of it. In this article, PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks takes you through the different ways you can use the PowerShell Select-Object cmdlet. I think by nature…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of new Azure AD cross-tenant collaboration settings. The feature was first announced back in February, and it lets IT Pros control how end users can securely collaborate with external organizations. With this release, IT administrators can access the new settings in the External identities section of the Azure AD…

Last year, Microsoft released security updates to address Windows Server printing issues in some business printers and scanners that use a smart card for authentication purposes. Now, the company has rolled out new optional updates to disable the temporary fix on Windows Server 2019 machines. In an updated support document, Microsoft warned that installation of…

In this article, we are going to take a brief look at what Azure Sphere is and how it is helping to protect Internet of Things (IoT) devices with additional security overlay. In today’s world, we are surrounded by billions of devices – all with microcontrollers embedded in them for control and to add logic….