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A new hire on the facilities team asks which calendar she should check for the building’s planned power outages. It’s a fair question. You open the shared calendars list to show her, but you just keep scrolling. “Facilities.” “Facilities Team.” “Facilities – Maintenance.” “FM Calendar (old).” “Building Ops.” And one, notably, called “Calendar2.”  Three of…

Parallels has launched Parallels Desktop 27, the latest version of its virtualization software for Apple silicon Macs. The update expands support for demanding Windows applications, delivers improved graphics performance, and adds new AI acceleration features for developers. With the just-released Parallels Desktop 27, Parallels has introduced a new Metal-based graphics driver that provides OpenGL 4.3…

Microsoft is warning IT teams and software developers to prepare for major changes to Windows code signing. Organizations that rely on hardcoded certificate checks or legacy cryptographic standards could face application failures if they do not adapt before the transition begins. Windows code-signing infrastructure is a service for digitally signing Windows components, drivers, updates, and…

Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) that carries the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. The flaw could have allowed unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute malicious code over the network. Microsoft first disclosed this Entra ID vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836), reported by security engineer Robert Fitzpatrick on August…

User provisioning has evolved beyond simply creating Active Directory (AD) accounts. Modern IT teams must manage the entire identity lifecycle across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, HR systems, on-premises directories, and cloud platforms. As organizations adopt more applications and support increasingly distributed workforces, manually provisioning and deprovisioning users becomes inefficient and risky. Delayed…

Microsoft is preparing to end sales of the license-included version of Azure VMware Solution (AVS), marking a significant change for organizations running VMware workloads in Azure. Starting on October 31, 2026, new customers will no longer be able to purchase AVS with VMware software licenses bundled into the service. Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is an…

Microsoft is giving small and medium-sized businesses more room to manage growing email volumes by doubling the mailbox storage for eligible Microsoft 365 Business users from 50 GB to 100 GB. This change began rolling out in June as part of the 2026 Microsoft 365 packaging updates. Specifically, Microsoft has recently updated mailbox storage entitlements…

Microsoft has highlighted a range of new and preview capabilities rolled out to Microsoft Entra customers in August 2026. The latest updates strengthen identity management, automate governance tasks, improve hybrid identity scenarios, and give IT admins greater control over user access. Administrators can now use a supported registry setting to automatically approve single sign-on (SSO)…

As organizations embrace cloud applications, hybrid work, and AI-driven services, traditional Active Directory environments are being pushed beyond the role they were originally designed to play. Microsoft is urging IT teams to modernize identity management and adopt Microsoft Entra ID to strengthen security, simplify access governance, and prepare for an increasingly cloud and AI-powered workplace….

Microsoft is changing how organizations share Free/Busy availability, MailTips, and calendar data across different Microsoft 365 tenants. This change comes as Microsoft prepares to retire Exchange Web Services (EWS), which currently supports many of these cross-tenant collaboration capabilities. Cross-Tenant Access Policy (CTAP) is a security and collaboration framework that enables organizations to control how users…

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, organizations are beginning to see tangible benefits from their investments. However, new research reveals that translating business expertise into AI-powered workflows remains a critical hurdle on the path to greater ROI. According to Alteryx’s 2026 IT Leader Research: The State of AI Ownership, Agents, and ROI report, most organizations…

Office metadata should be treated as operational risk, not trivia. In Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, metadata is the information stored with the file that describes the document rather than appearing as normal content. It can include the author, company, creation date, last modified by value, revision count, keywords, comments, custom properties, template names, and file-management…