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What’s New in Microsoft 365 – February 2022

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has published its monthly roundup of all the new features and capabilities added to the Microsoft 365 subscription service. This month, the Redmond giant has highlighted several improvements made to the Windows 365 Cloud PC service, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, more. Here is a look at everything you need to know.  Windows 365 Cloud PC…

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Cloud Conversations: Sara Fennah on How to Prepare for Microsoft Exams

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

 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 – Sara Fennah on how to prepare for Microsoft exams Sara Fennah is…

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Microsoft Releases .NET 7 Preview 1 with Cloud-Native and Container Improvements

Last week, Microsoft announced the first preview release of .NET 7, alongside ASP.NET Core 7 Preview 1 and Entity Framework 7 Preview 1. The Redmond giant highlighted that this version of its .NET software development platform brings improved support for cloud-native applications and containers. “Today, we are excited to announce the next milestone in the…

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What is 5G and How is it Better Than 4G LTE?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

If you are in the market for a new smartphone, you’re probably wondering what is 5G? There is no doubt that the new technology has become quite the buzzword in recent years. And smartphone manufacturers and mobile carriers have been promising a true generational leap, making the purchase of a 5G handset a good investment….

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Recording Podcasts via Microsoft Teams Best Practices Guide

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

During the pandemic, Microsoft Teams has become a popular tool for recording podcasts because it provides an easy way to bring in guest speakers. In this article, Jason Wynn shares his top best practices for recording podcasts using Teams. With the future of podcasting changing all the time, content creators are starting to realize that…

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Amazon Adds AWS Backup to S3

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There’s no doubt that file systems are some of the most fundamental cloud services, as they provide storage for cloud-native apps, hybrid apps, and on-premise backups. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Backup enables you to centralize and automate data protection across your AWS services. Using AWS Backup and its new support for S3, you can centrally…

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Microsoft Launches CloudKnox Permissions Management in Public Preview

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is launching today its new CloudKnox Permissions Management solution in public preview. The cloud infrastructure entitlements management (CIEM) platform provides Azure Active Directory (AAD) customers with a unified solution through which they have visibility over users, identities, and permissions, as well as workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The CloudKnox Permissions Management dashboard Microsoft…

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Adds Support for Google Cloud Platform

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has announced this morning some improvements for its Defender for Cloud suite. The company says that the Microsoft Defender for Cloud service will now provide native support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments, and this capability is currently available in public preview for all enterprise customers. Microsoft Defender for Cloud (formerly known as Azure…

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Microsoft Unveils New “Singularity” AI Cloud Infrastructure Service

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Microsoft is planning to launch a new AI infrastructure service called “Singularity.” In a research paper published yesterday titled “Singularity: Planet-Scale, Preemptive and Elastic Scheduling of AI Workloads,” the company explained that this new AI platform service should help to minimize the cost of artificial intelligence (via ZDNet). With Microsoft’s Singularity distributed infrastructure service, data…

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How to Use the Terraform AWS Provider

Last Update: Sep 11, 2025

The Terraform AWS provider lets you connect Terraform with Amazon cloud services such as AWS Elasticbeanstalk, AWS Lambda, etc. And unless you have the Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) provider defined, you cannot manage or work with Amazon Web Services. But no worries, in this tutorial, you will learn everything you need to know about…

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Microsoft Teams Adds Local Time Information to User Profile Cards

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft Teams has released a new update that allows users to find the local time of their co-workers by checking their user profile cards. Laurie Pottmeyer, Teams Community Lead at Microsoft, announced on Twitter last week that this feature has started rolling out to the desktop and web apps. To view the profile card in…

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Fonts for Windows 10: How to Install and Manage

Last Update: Jun 08, 2025

Windows 10 makes it easy to download and install fonts to use in programs and apps. Learn the various methods and websites you can utilize to grow your fonts collection on your Windows PC. How to install a font in Windows 10 Let’s go through how to install a font in Windows 10 using the…

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