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Microsoft Reportedly Invests in Uber

Microsoft has invested about $100 million in Uber as part of a round of financing that values the controversial taxi-replacement service at $51 billion.

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Use a Local Administrator Account for Remote Administration

Last Update: Nov 14, 2022

LAPS-managed local administrator accounts can be used for remote administration providing that policy doesn’t block their use.

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Next Major Windows 10 Update Arrives October 17, Here’s What’s in it for the Enterprise

Microsoft will release Windows 10 version 1709 on October 17th and there is a lot packed in this release designed for enterprise customers.

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Microsoft Announces Changes to Financial Reporting Structure

Microsoft has announced changes to the way it will report its financial results, with the software giant trimming its top-level businesses down to three.

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M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft 365 Admin Center: New Adoption Score People Experience Capabilities in public preview –Group-Level Aggregates

MC477011 – Updated July 5, 2023: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Adoption Score now includes Group-level aggregates for communication, mobility, collaboration and meetings experiences, and organizational messages are being added to selected Adoption Score people experiences within the Microsoft 365 admin center for preview. This message is associated…

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Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Power Platform – May 2022

Just like that, it’s Summer. Though many are thinking about sand and sun, we’re too excited about the recent Microsoft Power Platform updates released in May 2022 to pack our bags before checking out what’s new!  Let’s take a look at the main new capabilities that Microsoft introduced last month. Power Apps gets a new…

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What Is Windows Defender System Guard in the Fall Creators Update?

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how Windows Defender System Guard reorganizes existing security defenses.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – November 2019

The Windows 10 November 2019 Update is released for download and on Windows Update, Microsoft confirms that Win32 apps are coming to Windows 10X, Chromium-Based Edge gets a release date and new PWA integration features, and an early preview of WinUI 3.0 is released to help developers bridge the divide between Win32 and UWP apps.

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Welcome to the New Petri.com

The new Petri.com website features a host of new features and improvements, new content coverage areas, and lots of other enhancements. Best of all? Read on to find out how we’re thanking Petri readers for their support.

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Patch Tuesday – March 2021

Microsoft released patches to fix 82 security bugs in Windows and other software this month. There are critical bugs in IE, Exchange Server, and Windows Server DNS. Windows and Windows Server Windows gets two patches for critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws. CVE-2021-26876 is a vulnerability in OpenType font parsing and CVE-2021-26867 is a flaw…

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