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Microsoft has announced the general availability of System Center 2022, its datacenter management suite for enterprise customers. The first new feature that the company highlighted today is support for Windows Server 2022 and Azure Stack HCI 21H2. This means that IT Admins can now use the System Center Virtual Machine Manager for managing Azure Stack…

Organizations looking to move some or all of their file systems to cloud storage have choices. The options from the two biggest public cloud service providers are Microsoft Azure Files, Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), or Amazon FSx. All these platforms offer cloud-based serverless storage, allowing you to avoid maintaining complex file systems. This article compares these options based on 4 key parameters –…

PowerShell is a command-line tool developed by Microsoft for automating common administrative tasks. A script is a collection of PowerShell commands, stored into a text file, with a *.ps1 file extension. When executing a PowerShell script, the interpreter reads the file and runs the commands sequentially. Windows 11 run PowerShell script is an easy process…

Taiwan-based QNAP Systems has confirmed a new OpenSSL bug that impacts most of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. According to the company’s advisory, the security flaw leads to an infinite loop that would result in a denial-of-service (DoS) state. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778 and issued a CVSS “high” severity score of 7.5, has…

VMware has released emergency patches to address the “Spring4Shell” remote code execution exploit in the Spring Framework. The company is recommending all users to install these updates (version 5.3.18 and 5.2.20) as soon as possible. The security researchers recently discovered a new zero-day exploit in the Spring Framework called “Spring4Shell” that could lead to unauthenticated…

Windows Update gets new energy efficiency feature, Microsoft buys Minit for mining, and QNAP says its NAS devices are vulnerable to a critical OpenSSL bug. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell rounds up the most important stories for…

The security analysts at INKY have recently discovered a new phishing campaign that targets Calendly, an automated meeting scheduling tool. The company explained that the campaign aims to steal users’ credentials by embedding malicious links into Calendly event invitations. Calendly is a popular app that allows users to schedule meetings, appointments, and events for individuals…

To tune down the madness of March 2022, Microsoft’s offerings to the Power Platform community span changes to the model-driven app experience, an introduction “GPT-3” (what runs the “Ideas” in Power Apps), and some previews of some new independently made app connectors. March has been a great month to be a low/no-code developer, so let’s…

hMailServer is a free email server for organizations, businesses, and individuals which is easy to install and simple to use. Find out how to install and configure hMailServer in this overview. What is hMailServer? Have you ever wondered if there were any decent alternatives to Microsoft Exchange as your mail server? Well, there is! hMailServer…

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Minit, an Amsterdam-based provider of process mining solutions, for an undisclosed amount. The Redmond giant has already invested in process mining technology with its Power Automate tool, and this new acquisition will help customers to improve operational efficiency. Minit is known for its automated tools that enable…

Microsoft has launched a public preview of Arc-enabled Azure Stack HCI. The Redmond giant says that the new integration enables customers to manage Linux or Windows virtual machines (VMs) on Azure Stack HCI via Azure Arc. For those unfamiliar, Azure Arc is a multi-cloud management service that enables customers to use Azure services with Azure…

Earlier this week, the Lapsus$ hacking group claimed that it had stolen 70GB of data from Globant, a Luxembourg-based IT and software development firm. Globant confirmed yesterday that the hackers did manage to breach its network and access some of its corporate customers’ source code without authorization. “According to our current analysis, the information that…