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Microsoft has released a new gradual rollouts feature for its Windows Update for Business deployment service. This new capability was first announced in November 2021, and it aims to ensure a smoother feature update experience for organizations with specific software and hardware compatibility issues. For those unfamiliar, Windows Update for Business was introduced in March…

Microsoft has announced its plans to launch Office 365 Government Secret, a new cloud offering for government agencies and their partners. The company says that this new security offering is currently in government review, and it’s expected to become generally available in mid-2022. Microsoft highlighted that the Office 365 Government Secret cloud service is built…

Security researchers have uncovered five critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT. The Redmond giant has already released new security patches to address these exploits, and it recommends all enterprise customers to install them as soon as possible. According to a report from SentinelOne‘s SentinelLabs, these security vulnerabilities were first discovered by researchers Kasif…

In this guide, we’re going to explain the differences between static and dynamic IP addresses. Both types of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses have pros and cons, and we’ll help you to understand which one is best suited to your needs. But first of all, here’s a bit of geeky humor to get started: “There’s no…

Earlier this month, Amazon relaunched its AWS Educate offering, which is a set of learning courses that are designed specifically for pre-professional learners. As a part of the relaunch, AWS Educate is now open to all individuals no matter what level of education or technical experience they may have. Previously, AWS Educate was restricted to…

Microsoft has released a new security feature that should help to protect Windows PCs against malicious drivers. David Weston, Microsoft’s Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security, announced on Twitter today that the vulnerable driver blocklist feature is now available on Windows 10, Windows 11, as well as Server 2016 and higher. The new vulnerable…

Outlook Room Finder uses the Places service to find free conference rooms available in your organization’s building. Here’s what you need to know about how it works. What is the Outlook Room Finder? Over the years, the various iterations of what we refer to as ‘Outlook’ have gotten better at helping users schedule meetings. The…

Sophos has released an emergency update to patch a critical security flaw in its firewall product line. The company explained in its security advisory that the vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2022-1040, when exploited could allow for remote code execution (RCE) on targeted machines. According to Sophos, this remote code execution vulnerability was first discovered by an…

Microsoft is rolling out a new update that lets IT Admins configure a tenant-wide timeout policy to automatically sign out inactive users in Microsoft 365 web apps. This new Idle Session Timeout feature is currently available in preview, and it should help to protect user data from unauthorized access on unmanaged devices or shared devices….

This Week in IT, Microsoft source code is leaked by hacking group Lapsus$, HP warns of a serious remote code execution flaw in many of its printers, Nvidia announces a new ARM ‘superchip’ for servers, Jira gets a new app for Microsoft Teams, and there’s more… About This Week in IT This week in IT…

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 – Joe Anich and Trevor Stuart on Microsoft 365 Defender & SC-200 Exam Joe Anich is a Senior Incident…

Microsoft announced a major revamp of its partner program last week. The Redmond giant will rebrand the existing Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) to Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP) on October 3. This will be the first biggest overhaul since Microsoft launched its partner program over a decade ago, and the impact could be significant for…