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As we kick off the first workday of 2021, it’s time for our monthly round-up of what happened, well, last month. Even though it was a much quieter month, there are still notable updates and posts that you should know about. And as you think about goals for 2021, learning more about Office 365/Microsoft 365…

This month I have some details of changes coming to Windows and a new feature aimed at improving performance in Edge.

Microsoft has published an update on the Solar Winds hack that let attackers view its source code.

Working with Dates and Times in PowerShell is very common. Many scripts require simple or complex date calculations for such things as archiving files or logic to determine what data to operate on.

Use a .NET API to check if the user running your script is a local administrator.

Time to Make Final Checks It’s natural to take time off during the holiday season to forget about the woes of IT operations. One of the nice things about using a service like Office 365 is that other people take care of running it while you’re away. On the downside, decisions made by the people…

Microsoft has announced a new ‘Approvals’ feature for Teams that will make receiving approvals easier.

Microsoft released a report in late October to demonstrate how well Microsoft 365 meets the compliance needs of the financial sector subject to U.S. regulations. The level of inaccuracy in the text meant that I didn’t think much of the report. In any case, the report placed great emphasis on two developments. The first was…

Learn how to debug network issues in Windows 10 and Windows Server with PacketMon.

Reducing the time that security tokens remain valid negatively affects the end-user experience. CAE is designed to address the problem.

Network Unlock allows devices connected to a wired network to automatically unlock BitLocker-protected OS drives.

Back in July, Microsoft announced a slew of features that would be coming to the Teams meeting experience. While some of the functionality, like Together Mode, has arrived, there are other features that are still outstanding. One of those features is “reactions” in Meetings and Microsoft is now saying that this feature will start to…