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Microsoft plans to make the information contained in the Office 365 Roadmap more accessible so that software updates can be tracked from development through announcement to implementation. It all sounds good. The only question is why it took so long to happen. In other news, some odd things happened in Office 365 this week, but I’m not going to write about them (much) as Office 365 Snippets are no more.

MC699714 – Updated March 11, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This post is about the Microsoft Loop app transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain in the near future. The cloud.microsoft domain was provisioned in early 2023 to provide a unified, trusted, and dedicated DNS domain space to host Microsoft’s first-party…

Microsoft recently announced the first preview of Windows Server 2022, and some of its new features, at Ignite at the beginning of March. In this article, we will look at new container options in the upcoming version of Windows Server. Microsoft is adding new features to Windows Server 2022 to help organizations accelerate application modernization….

A recent Microsoft post contained the news that Exchange Online uses Windows Server Core. That might be news to some, but not to anyone who’s been following the advice of the Exchange product group. Exchange Online doesn’t use virtual servers, follows a preferred architecture, wants to reduce the potential attack surface, and extract as much CPU as possible out of its servers. All good reasons why Windows Server Core helps.

My transition to an iPhone is fine and I have mastered Outlook for iOS. That is, except for Contacts, which are a problem because Outlook must obey Apple’s rules. And I won’t even discuss searching.

MC687791 – Updated March 11, 2024: Microsoft is not releasing this feature to GCC, GCC-H and DoD at this time and apologizes for any inconvenience. Microsoft will communicate via Message center with a new timeline when available.   Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create custom backgrounds for their Announcement posts with the generative…

There are two popular and mutually incompatible virtual disk file formats in common use today: VMware’s VMDK format and Microsoft’s VHD format. In order to attach a VHD disk to a VMware virtual machine, or vice-versa, you have to convert it first. This guide by virtualization and storage expert Tom Finnis explains how to use Starwind’s V2V Converter utility to do just that, with a detailed example explaining how to convert a VMDK virtual disk to VHD format and then mount it in a Windows system in order to edit the files it contains.

How can I configure a Public Folder to hold my default Contacts list in Exchange 2000/2003? If you’ve ever created Exchange public folders before, you’ve probably noticed that Exchange gives you a choice of what types of items can be stored in the public folder. One of the possible choices is Contacts. In this article,…

Last November, Microsoft introduced its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) to deal with cybersecurity threats. The company announced today the launch of a regular series to track the milestones and progress of the SFI, demonstrating a commitment to transparency and resilience. Microsoft Secure Future Initiative is a comprehensive effort to bolster security capabilities and protect customers…

Microsoft’s SharePoint platform continues to grow at a healthy rate and the company has successfully transitioned the majority of its users to the cloud.