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What’s New with Power Platform – September 2021

Automate together Collaboration has now become much easier in Power Automate. The new co-presence feature will allow multiple users to edit a flow simultaneously. If you have ever used Excel or Word online collaboration, you will recognize the new user icons next to the save button that indicate all of the users editing the flow with you. There…

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What’s New with Windows – September 2021

It’s been a relatively quiet month for Windows as Microsoft gets down to finalizing Windows 11 for an October 5th release. What you need to know Windows 11 is faster than Windows 10 New Surface hardware is announced Passwordless sign-in comes to Microsoft consumer accounts Windows Server 2022 reaches general availability Windows 11 is faster…

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What’s New with Azure – September 2021

Microsoft recently announced that their Ignite (online only) conference will be running again on November 2-4. That means we are approaching peak season for announcements, new public preview releases, and general availability. “Q3” in announcements and roadmaps will often mean between early September and maybe the third week of October – a code freeze will…

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How to Join the Windows Insider for Business Program

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft announced and launched the Windows Insider Program on September 30, 2014, along with the announcement for Windows 10. Soon after, they received a good deal of feedback from IT Pros in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) that were looking for specific and detailed assistance on how the WIP could work in their business environments….

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Microsoft Announces New Collaborative Features for Teams Phone

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft announced earlier this week several new features to Teams Phone to update the platform for modern cloud calling and to integrate calling better into people’s workflow. As many companies shift to hybrid work and more use collaboration solutions like Microsoft Teams, there has been a significant increase in phone use. To address this challenge,…

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Citrix Taps Mark Palomba to Lead its Global Partner Program

Citrix Systems has named Mark Palomba to head the company’s global channels organization. Citrix Taps Mark Palomba to Lead its Global Partner Program Palomba, who joined Citrix last year as COO for sales and services, was already spending part of his time working closely with partners following the departure of Bronwyn Hastings, who previously led…

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GET-IT: Endpoint Management 1-Day Virtual Conference is Today

Petri’s GET-IT: Endpoint Management 1-Day virtual conference is a full day of free learning where we will be diving deep into how you can improve the way you manage your endpoints and learn from industry experts and MVPs about best practices, available tools to streamline your operations, and what’s coming soon with Windows 11. The…

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Amazon Announces the General Availability of EKS Anywhere

Amazon EKS Anywhere is a deployment option for Amazon EKS that enables you to create and operate Kubernetes clusters on-premises using VMware vSphere. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a fully managed container service that allows you to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the AWS cloud. In fact, according to the Cloud Native…

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How to Mitigate Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover Protocol Flaw That Leaks User Credentials

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this article, I explain how the recently discovered flaw in the Exchange Server Autodiscover protocol can leak user credentials. And how to mitigate the issue in your environment. Microsoft Exchange Server Autodiscover protocol leaks thousands of user credentials Researchers at security company Guardicore have released details of a security issue in the Autodiscover protocol…

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Windows 11 is Faster, Even on Identical Hardware

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As we quickly approach Windows 11 general availability, scheduled for October 5th, Microsoft has revealed that Windows 11’s speed should be significantly boosted, even on identical hardware. In a recent YouTube video on the Microsoft Mechanics channel, Microsoft provided an exclusive look at performance optimizations, improvements to the servicing model and orchestration engine, and details…

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Using Polls for Better Engagement in Microsoft Teams Meetings

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Companies of all shapes and sizes have run into many challenges regarding keeping their employees efficient and happy; the transition to virtual education and training over the past 18 months caught many off guard. The Microsoft Forms team was excited to release Polls in Microsoft Teams meetings in November of 2020 to address some of…

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Surface Laptop Studio: Microsoft’s New Portable Workstation

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Today, Microsoft is unveiling its refreshed lineup that includes updating most of the products in its lineup. But the company is not only refreshing hardware, they are announcing an entirely new product – the Surface Laptop Studio. The Surface Laptop Studio is the child of mixing the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, and Surface Studio into…

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