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Microsoft to Add Linux-Like Sudo Command to Windows Server 2025

Microsoft appears to be working on adding sudo command support to Windows Server 2025. The new feature has been spotted in the latest Windows Server preview build and it was shared by the X/Twitter account Albacore last week. The sudo (superuser do) command allows users to execute commands with administrative privileges on a user account….

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Finding Obsolete Office 365 Groups with PowerShell

Office 365 Groups (and Teams) can quickly become obsolete, but administrators need some help to find the underused groups. PowerShell comes to the rescue through a mixture of checks against the group mailbox, Office 365 audit log, and Teams compliance records. A nice HTML report is the result – and isn’t that always welcome.

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In Review: Microsoft’s First Cybersecurity Summit

A review of Microsoft’s first Cybersecurity Summit in 2019.

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Using Office 365 Online Apps with the Brave Browser

The Brave Browser offers the prospect of speed and security. But how well does it work with the Office 365 browser apps? As it happens, pretty well, with some exceptions. Here’s what I discovered when I test-drove Brave with OWA, Teams, SharePoint Online, Yammer, Planner, and Stream.

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Lack of Migration Tools Can Cause Problems Moving to Teams

Microsoft Teams is popular now, but if you decide to use it, how can you move content from other applications to Teams. Getting email into Teams can be done individually and moving documents into SharePoint is straightforward, but moving content from other chat platforms is problematic because of the lack of a migration API.

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Windows 11 2022 Update

What’s New in Windows – March 2023

Last Update: Apr 17, 2023

Apart from the release of Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2, it’s been a fairly quiet month. But not for Windows Insiders, where there’s been a ton of new features added. So, let’s get started! Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2 now generally available The primary change in this update is to the Search box in the…

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An IT Pro’s Perspective on the TechEd Europe 2014 Keynote

Contributing Editor Aidan Finn gives us his opinion of the TechEd Europe 2014 keynote from the perspective of an experienced IT professional.

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What’s New for Windows – September 2022

Last Update: Dec 02, 2022

The big news this month is the availability of the Windows 11 2022 Update. But there are also lots of changes coming to Windows 11 via updates to builds in the Insider program. Plus, an update to WinGet, and WebView2 is now generally available for developers. Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2) rolls out September 20th…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – December 2019 Edition

Last Update: Jul 06, 2022

By the time you read this, it will be 2020. I hope you have had a great holiday season and are feeling all relaxed and ready for a new semester of Azure action.

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Using Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Analytics to Improve Security

In this article, I’m going to describe how to use Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Analytics to improve security in your organization. Over three Petri articles, we’ve dived into what Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) is, how you can migrate to it, and how it should be configured. Part 1: Understanding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and…

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