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Customer Lockbox Preview for Azure VMs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This post will explain what the preview for Customer Lockbox for Azure virtual machines is and how to enable it and use the feature.

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Dutch Report Slams Microsoft for GDPR Violations in Office

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

A report prepared for the Dutch Government slams Microsoft for GDPR personal data violations discovered in Office 2016 and Office 365. The best intentions lie behind the amount of telemetry sent back to Microsoft for user actions and the audit data gathered by Office 365, but GDPR makes it clear that personal data must be protected, and Microsoft might be failing.

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Microsoft Re-Releases Windows 10, 1809 – 30 Month Support Window Starts Today

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is re-releasing Windows 10 1809 and the company is promising a commitment to improved quality but the question is if they really mean it this time or if they will quickly revert to their old ways.

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What to Expect when you Migrate to SharePoint Online

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As Microsoft begins to roll out the next generation of on-premises version of SharePoint, you may be considering moving to SharePoint online and here’s what to expect if you do make that move.

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What Does IBM’s Acquisition of Red Hat mean for the Hybrid Cloud?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

A lot is changing in the world of Hybrid Cloud and IBM is making a big play to win the segment by purchasing Red Hat.

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How To Install Puppet Enterprise on Red Hat Linux

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell shows you how to install Puppet Enterprise server version 7 on a Red Hat Linux VM running on Hyper-V.

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Surface Go with LTE Arrives November 20th, Starting at $679

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft’s Surface Go with LTE arrives later this month but it won’t come cheap.

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Microsoft Plans New Migration Tools to Move G Suite to Office 365

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft plans to deliver new migration tools to move Google G Suite email, contact, and calendar data to Office 365 (which means Exchage Online) by Q2 2019. The new tools are likely to move from the existing implementation built around the antique IMAP4 protocol, which only covers email and is prone to throttling by Google.

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7 Ways to Authenticate Users and Devices in Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at all the different ways Windows 10 users and devices can authenticate with Azure AD, Active Directory, Microsoft, and the local security manager.

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With Windows 1809 Delayed, OEMs are Shipping New Devices With Unsupported Software

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because Windows 10 1809 is delayed, Microsoft’s partners are now shipping new hardware running on unsupported software.

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Exchange Online Introduces Office 365 Privileged Access Management

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has made privileged access management (PAM) generally available for Office 365, but in reality it’s only Exchange Online that supports the new feature. This isn’t surprising because Exchange has a well-developed role-based access control system that the PAM developers can leverage, but it does pose a question about how they’ll extend PAM to other Office 365 workloads.

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Self-Encrypting SSDs Vulnerable to Attack, Microsoft Warns

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands, Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel, have published a paper claiming that encryption on SEDs can be bypassed using different attack vectors

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