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In this guide about Active Directory (AD) security, we’re going to detail five steps that IT admins need to follow to secure Active Directory environments in an organization. There are many best practices you’ll need to be familiar with to ensure Active Directory security, including restricting the use of privileged accounts, monitoring Windows Event Log…

Microsoft has announced some important updates for Azure Active Directory customers. The company says that the new Azure Active Directory certificate-based authentication (Azure AD CBA) service is now available in public preview for all commercial and US Government cloud customers. Previously, Azure Active Directory customers had to implement a federated certificate-based authentication mechanism. However, some…

Microsoft has launched a streamlined submissions experience in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. The new submissions page provides dedicated item tabs to help IT Admins track and analyze malicious emails, email attachments, URLs, and messages reported by end-users in their organization. To get started, IT Admins will need to head to the Microsoft 365 Defender…

Microsoft has released a big update for its new Windows 11 OS, which brings a bunch of improvements to the taskbar and much more. The first new feature that the company highlighted today is a mute/unmute button for Microsoft Teams calls in the taskbar. The latest Windows 11 update also includes a new feature that…

Microsoft has launched the new Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365, a tool that lets Microsoft cloud customers track, analyze and reduce their carbon emissions. The dashboard is currently available in preview, and it follows the release of the Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure back in October 2021. The new Emissions Impact Dashboard currently allows…

Microsoft is getting ready to enable a new security feature in Microsoft Defender that should make it more difficult for threat actors to steal credentials from Windows PCs. The company says that the Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) security rule will help to prevent admin-level hackers from accessing the Local Security Authority Server Service (LSASS) process….

Adaptive Cards are a great way to share information into Microsoft Teams in a formatted card. Adaptive Cards are available to use within Power Automate, and they’re a low-code solution to creating cards that share information in an organized way. In this guide, we’re going to explain how to leverage Adaptive Cards to manage tasks…

After experiencing several regional outages late last year, Amazon has been adding replication technologies to several of their main storage technologies. Last month, Amazon added replication to their Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and the company followed up this month by announcing Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Batch Replication. Batch Replication is a fully managed,…

 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 – Microsoft Information Protection + SC-400 | Shabaz Darr + Viktor Hedberg In…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that will allow users to calls with Bluetooth headsets on Windows PCs. This should be a welcome addition for people using keyboard shortcuts or a mouse to answer, end, or hold calls during Teams calls and meetings. In an update to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the Redmond giant…

Microsoft has recently announced that Azure AD Join support is coming to its Windows 365 Cloud PC service this month. The new feature is currently available in public preview for Windows 365 Enterprise customers. Windows 365 is a subscription service that enables organizations to create and run Cloud PCs remotely. It’s is available in two…

Learn all there is to know about how Active Directory (AD) replication works. This guide covers the basics of how domain controllers (DCs) replicate all of your user accounts, passwords, computers, and other objects in your environment. Learn about how sites define the logical layout of your network and how the tools and features in…