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Hackers Targeting Unpatched Windows Systems with Proof-of-Concept Code for SMB Vulnerability

Last Update: Aug 23, 2023

Hackers are targeting unpatched Microsoft systems with publicly available SMBGhost PoC code.

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Create a User Activity Report for Multiple Office 365 Workloads

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

The Graph is the Source for Report Data The usage reports available in the Microsoft 365 admin center give a reasonable picture of user activity within a tenant. However, they don’t deliver the kind of flexibility that a customized report can provide. Given that the data comes from the Microsoft Graph, it seems reasonable to…

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Teams Gets new Admin Controls for Backgrounds, UI and AI improvements Plus Auto-Enablement

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft changes meeting limit size, again, adds more controls for backgrounds, and suggested replies are coming soon.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: June 5

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because it’s probably Friday, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s push to a dystopian future, the sad tale of Microsoft trying to deploy its own software to its customers, AppGet developer gets a small bone, two of Microsoft enemies team up and try not to look desperate, and so much more.

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Refresh of Exchange Online PowerShell Module Now Generally Available

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

A New Start for Exchange PowerShell Last November, Microsoft announced a refresh of the Exchange Online PowerShell module at the Ignite 2019 conference. The big change was the introduction of nine cmdlets built on REST APIs to replace older cmdlets like Get-Mailbox and Get-MailboxStatistics. These cmdlets have been part of Exchange PowerShell since its introduction…

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Microsoft to Match Zoom’s Grid Calling Functionality, Eventually

Microsoft plans to match Zoom’s 7×7 calling but that is likely not enough for the tool.

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How To Build a SharePoint Online Multi-Lingual Site

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The multi-lingual publishing feature for SharePoint communication sites has officially been rolled out worldwide.

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Windows Server Version 2004 Reaches General Availability

Along with last week’s release of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Microsoft released Windows Server version 2004.

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How to Manage Remote Connections in mRemoteNG

Last Update: Jun 05, 2025

Most system administrators need to connect to many different systems, often in a variety of ways. There are several tools out there that offer this ability, but one of the more popular tools available is that of mRemoteNG. Originally a fork of mRemote, mRemoteNG adds many new features to mRemote. Features of mRemoteNG To support…

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Outlook for Windows Will Finally get a Cloud Roaming Option this Month

Outlook for Windows is introducing an option to allow users to save some settings in the Microsoft 365 cloud.

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Know Your Data in the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Know Data to Protect Data On May 14, Microsoft announced that discovery and review capabilities for labeled data and sensitive data types were generally available in the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center. Microsoft calls this “know your data,” part of their Information Protection and Governance framework. The idea is that if you understand your data, you…

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Everything You Need to Know About Office 365 – May 2020

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

This month there is lots of new stuff and I am not even sure what my favorite is. Outlook reading to me, Power Apps letting me see the world differently, SharePoint being everywhere and nowhere at the same time, a bonus tip, and more. How about instead of me writing something clever you just dive…

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