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Microsoft is moving forward with the phased retirement of its Azure AD Graph API service, which began in September 2024. The company has confirmed that starting February 1, 2025, existing applications will no longer be able to send requests to the Azure AD Graph API. Azure AD Graph API was a service that allowed developers…

Microsoft has fixed a critical issue that had been causing Microsoft 365 apps and classic Outlook to crash on Windows Server 2019 and 2016. The company identified the root cause as a recent Microsoft Office update, which introduced the React Native framework integration to enhance functionality across its suite of apps. React Native is a…

The Biden administration issued a new cybersecurity executive order (EO) on January 16, 2025. This directive introduces stringent standards for software companies working with the US government and mandates greater transparency from providers to bolster national digital security. The 40-page executive order signed by the Biden administration on Thursday addresses multiple cybersecurity concerns. These include…

Microsoft has started testing a streamlined approach to enable the Administrator Protection feature in Windows 11. The latest Windows 11 Canary builds introduce a new setting that allows users to turn on this security feature without needing IT administrator approval. What is Administrator protection? Microsoft first introduced the Administrator protection feature in the Windows 11…

Microsoft announced this week that it will end support for Office apps on Windows 10 later this year, aligning with the operating system’s end-of-support date. The company strongly advises both consumers and businesses to upgrade to Windows 11 for continued updates and optimal performance. “Microsoft 365 apps will no longer be supported on Windows 10…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss how Microsoft is using Copilot to raise the price of its Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions just days after announcing new on-demand AI agents for the commercial version of the AI assistant.

In this post, I will demonstrate how to perform an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2025 from one of your existing Windows Servers. Reminder: Microsoft fully supports in-place upgrades to Windows Server 2025 from Windows Server 2012 R2 and later versions. In this article, I’ll show you how to perform the upgrade from the command…

Microsoft has identified a compatibility issue between the January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates and specific Citrix software installations. The company confirmed on the Windows Release Health Dashboard that the latest updates may fail on devices running Citrix’s Session Recording software version 2411. Citrix Session Recording is a software solution that enables organizations to record and…

Last month, Microsoft announced plans to roll out a new feature that enables users to customize the location of notifications in Microsoft Teams. This new setting is currently available in public preview for the new Microsoft Teams desktop client for Windows. Typically, Microsoft Teams’ banner notifications appear at the bottom right corner of the screen….

Microsoft is introducing a new Threat classification feature in Defender for Office 365 to improve email security. This tool leverages AI and machine learning to help security teams identify and understand the intent behind email threats. The latest update allows administrators to incorporate Threat classification information into key features of the Defender portal, improving detection,…

In this article we’ll cover the essential SQL Server data types and discuss their common usage. Data is at the core of all relational database systems and SQL Server supports many different types of data and each data type represents a specific category of data. Each of the different data types have different uses and…

Microsoft introduced today a new Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat experience for commercial customers. This service extends the existing free AI chat functionality with an option to use pay-as-you-go AI agents that will be accessible directly from the chat conversation. Microsoft 365 commercial customers will have access to a secure and reliable chat experience backed by…