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How to manually onboard devices to Windows Autopilot.

his new partnership underscores that Azure is Microsoft’s priority going forward and their new open attitude is all about enabling Microsoft to extend Azure’s reach. Let’s take a closer look at what Microsoft and VMware’s new partnership means for the hybrid cloud.

Microsoft has issued a security advisory about a new Russia-linked hacking group dubbed Midnight Blizzard. The threat actors used Microsoft Teams chat to launch social engineering campaigns (which started in late May) that affected dozens of organizations. According to the Microsoft threat intelligence team, the hackers (known as APT29) pretend to be technical support staff…

If you have recently encountered issues accessing Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 apps, you’re not alone. Several IT admins detailed on Reddit and Microsoft support forums that the problem started affecting customers worldwide on June 19 (via Bleeping Computer). Specifically, IT admins received reports that some Outlook users are unable to access the…

Microsoft has announced some important updates for Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), the company’s on-premise and cloud-based security solution for enterprise customers. Microsoft Endpoint Manager will let IT admins enable secure VPN connections for unenrolled mobile devices via Microsoft Tunnel. Microsoft Tunnel was initially announced in September 2020, and it’s a VPN gateway solution for Microsoft…

Okta, an enterprise identity and access management company, has published an extensive update about the recent cyberattack by the LapsuS$ hacking group. The company confirmed that around 2.5 percent of its customers were affected by this security incident. The investigations revealed that the threat actors managed to gain access to the laptop of a third-party…

The cloud, one of the modernizations of big data and the computing industry, has brought about a significant change in the way corporations conduct their business. By using these services, a company can lower its cost of doing business while increasing availability of their services by letting Microsoft, Amazon or Google host their tools and data. But,…

Microsoft launched its Dev Box cloud-powered workstations in public preview back in August 2022. The company announced yesterday that it has decided to make the service generally available following successful testing in multiple organizations. Microsoft first teased Dev Box at its Build developer conference last year. The new offering provides secure access to pre-configured developer…

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at three different ways you can migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Microsoft has announced today that the Windows Admin center has reached general availability and that with the release of Server 2019, it’s about to become much easier to manager Windows desktop and Server.