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Microsoft has added re-authentication support in Azure AD Conditional Access. The company says that it’s one of the top-requested features from customers, who will now be able to configure policies to require authentication by end-users. Microsoft defines sign-in frequency as the time period before a user is required to log in again when accessing a…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that causes authentication failures on the server or client machines for some Windows services. The company has confirmed on the Windows Health Dashboard that it’s actively investigating the bug, and a permanent fix would be available in the upcoming release. The first bug reports started to surface earlier this…

Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud applications. In this guide, we’re going to detail how IT pros and DevOps teams can get started with Datadog and make the best use of this observability platform. What is Datadog? Datadog is a tool that allows you to monitor cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux hosts, system…

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 – Jessica White on Allyship, Mentoring, & Organizing a Conference Jessica White is a technical architect, speaker, and a…

Microsoft launched a new Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (VC) solution in public preview last year. The company has now announced that it’s expanding this service to all Azure AD customers. Azure AD’s Verifiable Credentials solution is a decentralized identity scheme that lets organizations to create cryptographically secure digital attestations to an individual’s identity without…

Microsoft has announced some major changes to the delivery process for security updates (SUs) and hotfixes (HFs) for Exchange Server. Starting with the May 2022 Security Updates, the company is now releasing some Exchange Server SUs and HFs as self-extracting auto-elevating executables. Previously, Microsoft shipped all security updates as Windows Installer patch (.msp) files to…

Microsoft has just released the May 2022 Patch Tuesday updates, which bring the usual security fixes as well as some notable quality updates on Windows 11. This month, there are no less than 74 new patches to address vulnerabilities in Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Microsoft Edge, and more. Serious bugs patched in May 2022 Here are…

Back in March, Microsoft announced that its annual Build developer conference would be held on May 24-26. The company plans to announce some new developer-focused technologies and tools, as well as big updates for various products. According to a new report from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft is also planning a major rebrand of its…

Last week, Microsoft’s web-based One Outlook client (Project Monarch) leaked online, generating some interest among Outlook enthusiasts. The app is based on the Outlook web app for Microsoft 365 commercial customers, and it currently only supports work and school accounts. If Microsoft had yet to acknowledge the existence of the app, it has now issued…

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, previously known as Microsoft 365 Business, is a subscription service packed with productivity and security management features. It’s designed specifically for organizations with fewer than 300 users, and it is more feature-rich than Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3. In this article, I’ll show you how to set up Microsoft 365 from scratch. Then…

Last week, the application service provider F5 disclosed a new security vulnerability that allows threat actors with network access to execute commands on its BIG-IP networking devices. The critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-1388, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10. According to the security advisory, the vulnerability exists in the representational state…

Microsoft has introduced today Microsoft Security Experts, a new service category designed to address the unique security needs of customers across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, and more. The new Security Experts category expands the existing incident response and security advisory services and combines both human-lead services and automated intelligence to help businesses improve…