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This week in IT, Windows 11 increases its market share, Microsoft releases Defender for Business and it pledges to help protect businesses against cyberattacks during the war in Ukraine, and Lenovo releases the first ARM PCs based on Microsoft’s Pluton security platform, and much more! This Week in IT – Windows 11 Surges Forward and…

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB, a new database protection solution for enterprise customers. The latest security offering allows organizations to constantly monitor and protect their cloud workloads against the most common critical threats across databases. “The new cloud workload protection capabilities are designed as an Azure-native layer…

PowerShell is an essential tool for IT admins, and it makes it easy to audit Active Directory user accounts with the Get-AdUser command. In this guide, we’re going to detail how to get started with the popular Active Directory cdmdlet.  Introduction to the Get-AdUser PowerShell cmdlet The Get-AdUser cmdlet is one of the most popular Active…

In this guide, I’ll provide information on where to download Microsoft Entra Connect (previously called Azure AD Connect) and walk you through the installation and configuration of it. Microsoft states that the most common topology is a single on-premises forest, with one or multiple domains, and a single Microsoft Entra ID tenant. My guide will…

Microsoft has launched a new multi-stage access reviews feature for Azure AD customers. The new capability is currently available in public preview, and it enables organizations to configure access reviews in sequential stages for resource owners and auditors. Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory access reviews feature allows organizations to set up policies to review users’ access…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft Defender for Business, a new endpoint security offering designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new security offering was first unveiled at Ignite 2021, and it began rolling out in preview to select Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers back in December. Microsoft describes Microsoft Defender for…

Microsoft has announced that its Office mobile apps now support co-authoring documents encrypted with sensitivity labels. This capability has been available on the Office desktop and web clients for a while now, and it’s finally making its way to the iOS and Android versions of the app. With the new co-authoring feature, the Microsoft Office…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue with Windows 10 and Windows 11, which causes select locally-synced OneDrive files and folders to remain on the PC even after a factory reset. This bug was first discovered by Microsoft MVP Rudy Ooms, who noticed that the user data may still be accessible in the “Windows.old” folder after…

Hello from mid-America where warmer weather is getting rolled out to us in snippets, but most days are still being spent in the cold weather environment. Microsoft is doing something like our recent weather with its Power Platform in February as they’ve begun revealing some newer 2022 rollout code in preview mode. This month was…

This month, Lenovo releases new Windows devices on ARM, Windows 11 gets a ‘major’ update, and resetting your PC might not delete all your files. Lenovo announces new Windows devices built on ARM and the Pluton security architecture Lenovo announced at the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona this month new devices running Qualcomm Snapdragon…

Since a global pandemic hit the globe two years ago, companies across the world have been trying to adapt to a new hybrid work reality. That also includes Microsoft. It has been leveraging Teams to make learning resources more accessible for employees. Last year, Microsoft launched Viva. Viva is a new employee experience platform accessible…

Microsoft announced today that its OneDrive sync client for Mac is now generally available for Apple M1-powered Macs. The updated OneDrive version launched in public preview for Office Insiders back in December 2021. It allows the app to natively on M1 processors which should lead to better performance. “We’re excited to announce that OneDrive sync…