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Microsoft recently announced that ‘Test Base for Microsoft 365’ has moved from the private preview stage to public preview. The company announced a set of new features that makes it easy to validate your company’s apps against the latest Windows client and server releases, from the comfort of a Microsoft-managed test environment. They’ve also taken…

It was a big week for the Microsoft ecosystem as the company held its annual Inspire partner conference. Like last year, Inspire was a 2-day virtual event because of the pandemic. But the absence of the traditional weeklong live gathering did not stop Microsoft from doling out the news that will impact much of the…

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a handful of new Teams accessories including a USB-C speaker, two headsets, and a webcam. The company has sent over a few of these products to review and here is a first look at the speaker and the webcam. Both of these devices are Teams certified which means that they…

Microsoft patches 103 security vulnerabilities this month, including PrintNightmare, a Windows DNS Server bug, 3 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel, and much more. Windows and Windows Server Let’s start with the bug that surfaced earlier in July month called PrintNightmare. PrintNightmare Microsoft issued an out-of-band cumulative update (CU) for a remote execution…

A couple of weeks back, Microsoft announced Windows 11 and with it, a new Teams experience would be launching with the OS. We later learned that Microsoft was overhauling the application to ditch Electron in favor of technologies that do not undermine performance on even high-end hardware. The new app, unofficially referred to as Teams…

In the world of Microsoft operating systems, there are several choices such as Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 365. When it comes to choosing which version of the desktop software to use, the choices are not always easily differentiated but here is a breakdown of your options. Introduction Choosing which version of Windows to…

For the second year in a row, Microsoft is hosting its Inspire conference virtually but there is hope on the horizon that next year, it will be in person once again. But for companies that operate inside the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, this is a big week as Microsoft has unveiled new products and solutions for…

This week, Microsoft is hosting its virtual Inspire conference where the company unveils solutions and tools for their partners to help them build services on top of the company’s platforms. For FY 2022, Microsoft is unveiling Windows 365, a new way to deploy Windows 10 or Windows 11. Windows 365 is a new service from…

Introduction One of the most important workflows in a business is the approval process. This can range from administration-like approvals like vacation requests, expense reports, and document signoffs. However, there is almost an innumerable amount of approval categories in the business world besides these. Think Finance, Manufacturing, HR, heck, even IT. (Imagine having to get…

Microsoft has announced today that the company is acquiring RiskIQ, a company based out of San Francisco that specializes in detecting security threats. RiskIQ was founded in 2009 and specializes in detecting external threats and helping its customers protect their data by “extending cybersecurity beyond the firewall” in their own terms. RiskIQ is a SaaS…

If you are using PowerShell scripts to automate tasks in your environment, sooner or later, there’s a good chance that you will need to deal with elevating privileges to access resources that require a different set of credentials than those being used to run the script. For example, you might need to access a file…

Image Credit: Microsoft If you are an admin and have been scrambling the past week to patch the PrintNightmare vulnerability, you are not alone. The messaging around this zero-day has been confusing with Microsoft saying they have a solution, industry experts saying it’s not effective, and now Microsoft saying “you’re patching it wrong”. Microsoft isn’t…