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Microsoft Increases Teams Participant Views to 9, Trails Zoom by 40

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft is finally increasing Teams calling to support 9 participant streams, up from 4 but well behind Zoom.

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How to Block TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome

Last Update: Jun 05, 2025

Microsoft announced that it is delaying disabling legacy TLS protocols by default in all its supported browsers.

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AWS Previews Streamlined Container OS

Amazon has just released the preview version of its new container optimized OS

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Working with Linux Permissions in PowerShell 7

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

With the introduction of PowerShell Core and now PowerShell 7, the cross-platform capabilities of PowerShell have also brought new challenges. System administrators used to working on Windows systems that now operate cross-platform need to be able to handle permissions in similar ways.

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Moving Groups, Teams, and Sites from Classifications to Sensitivity Labels

Last Update: Jan 21, 2025

Office 365 Sensitivity Labels are supported by Teams, Groups, and Sites, but some work is needed if you want to replace older text-only classification labels with Office 365 Sensitivity Labels. This article explains how to use PowerShell to update Office 365 groups with new sensitivity labels. The labels are then synchronized to teams and sites.

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Microsoft Changes Course with Windows 10X, Prepares Preview Builds

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is changing the path ahead for Windows 10X which means a new focus and Surface Neo isn’t coming anytime soon.

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Active Directory Authentication for Azure Files Enters Public Preview

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Active Directory authentication for Azure Files, which is now in preview, builds on Azure AD DS authentication over SMB by letting you mount shares created using Azure Files with Windows Server Active Directory (AD) credentials.

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Teams Custom Backgrounds Arrive In May

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s Teams has quickly found itself at the center of the work-from-home conversation that has kicked up during the past month. The company reported that they added 12 million new users in a week last month and coming next month, they will roll out a highly requested feature.

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Microsoft’s Conference Strategy Reboot

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is not planning to have an in-person event until after July of FY2021 concludes and is re-thinking its entire conference strategy.

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How Secure is Video Conferencing App Zoom?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

There’s been a lot written in the press recently about video conferencing app Zoom. But how bad are Zoom’s security issues?

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The Confusing World of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Licensing

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Licensing the range of Microsoft 365 compliance and security features is a task taken on by the bravest. Or so they say. Another way of putting it is that people just don’t understand what licenses are needed for the different compliance, data governance, and security features. A new Microsoft 365 Compliance plan and three sub-licenses might make it easier, even if they’re more expensive. After reading the PDF to explain what licenses are needed, maybe you’ll know what you need to buy.

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Hardware-Enforced Stack Protection Preview Arrives For Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft announces support for protection against Return-Oriented Programming based control flow attacks in Windows 10 Insider builds on the Fast Ring.

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