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Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 solution. The AI-driven edge computing device enables organizations to bring Azure’s processing power to remote branch offices, and it can also be deployed in manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, and retail environments. With Azure Stack Edge Pro 2, enterprise customers can now use machine…

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) has released a new “Hardware Trends in 2022 and Beyond” report. The company’s latest research findings indicate that around 30 percent of the IT budget was spent on hardware in 2021, even with the general shift to the cloud adoption in organizations. The research study was conducted by Spiceworks Ziff Davis…

This week in IT, multifactor authentication lets Cisco users down and the Russians in, Microsoft Teams Connect arrives in preview to make cross-enterprise collaboration easier, Microsoft Azure gets a slight lead in the enterprise cloud space, and Windows Server is getting a new feature to protect against brute force SMB dictionary attacks. About This Week…

Microsoft is getting ready to release the Teams Connect shared channels feature in public preview this month. The Redmond giant first announced the shared channels experience at Ignite 2021, which will let users collaborate seamlessly across multiple organizations. The shared channels feature will be available in addition to the existing standard and private channel options…

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 – Ami Diamond on the SharePoint Wizard Ami Diamond is a SharePoint Online /…

If you are new to Git, understanding how Git commands work is really important. And one of the most important tasks is using git checkout remote branch. The git checkout command allows you to collaborate with your peers or teammates in a way that allows everyone in the team to work on their specific branch…

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Windows Server Insider Preview Build 25075. The latest build is for the next Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release for the OS, which should be Windows Server version 2022. This new Windows Server build brings new security capabilities that should help organizations to prevent brute-force dictionary attacks. Microsoft…

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI released an alert about a Russian state-backed activity that allowed hackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and exploit a security flaw to compromise networks. The security advisory indicates that the cyberattacks targeting a non-governmental organization (NGO) started back in May 2021. The threat actors leveraged…

Today I want to explain some more details about the maximum possible distance between two Azure Stack HCI nodes within an active/active cluster. As you may know, Azure Stack HCI has two cluster options, active/active or stretched cluster. A standard active/active cluster, with at least two server nodes in a single site or the same…

Microsoft has unveiled several new features and capabilities for its Office productivity suite to better suit the needs of the new hybrid work era. The Redmond giant also announced this morning a new AI-powered Surface Hub Smart Camera, and Teams Rooms innovations to help users improve the remote meeting experience. Outlook adds support for Loop…

If you want to use Hyper-V on Windows Server Core, you’ll have to do that without a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which requires some knowledge about the different Hyper-V installation options? We’re going to explore them all in that guide, and we’ll also explain why you may find Windows Server Core to be a great…

German federal cybersecurity agency BSI has warned its citizens against using antivirus products from Russian-based Kaspersky Lab. The security agency has issued a statement today saying that the Kaspersky antivirus software could be exploited in launching cyberattacks amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The advisory did not accuse Kaspersky Lab of any specific security violations,…