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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…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Miburo, a New York-based cyber threat analysis company. The Redmond giant plans to leverage Miburo’s expertise in global threat intelligence to help customers counter foreign cyber attacks and state-backed information operations. Miburo was founded in 2012 by cybersecurity expert Clint Watts, who…

Microsoft has released yesterday the June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10, which include 60 security fixes for remote code execution vulnerabilities, information disclosures, and more. Windows 11 users are also getting a new feature this month with Windows Spotlight wallpapers coming to the desktop.  Serious bugs patched in June 2022…

Organizations adopting Microsoft’s cloud services need to keep their employees safe, especially when employees need to access these cloud services while being outside of the organization’s network. In this guide, we’ll explain how organizations can set up Conditional Access policies to restrict how their users can access Office 365 and other Microsoft services. What are…

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 – Elaiza Benitez on Power Platform and the Microsoft MVP program Elaiza Benitez is an independent Power Platform consultant and…