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Join Russell Smith, Editorial Director of Petri.com, to take a look at the most important news for IT pros in the past week. This Week in IT is a podcast for IT Pros that covers all the latest developments on Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. The show is enterprise focused for IT Pros who are looking to make the most of Microsoft solutions and products.
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Why a Modern Standby PC Means No More Interruptions From Windows Update
Would you like to never be bothered by Windows Update again? Or wake your laptop using a voice command or play music and put your device into a low power state? Then you need a device with Modern Standby. In this article, I explain how Modern Standby enables ‘instant on’ for your device, allows Windows...
Share Files in OneDrive in 3 Easy Steps (And Manage Sharing Settings)
This Week in IT, I show you how sharing files in OneDrive actually works. And how you can modify the default sharing settings to prevent users sharing files with people outside your organization. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell...
Secure Microsoft 365 Now to Protect Against New MFA Bypass Trick
Cybersecurity company Mandiant has discovered that an elite group of Russian hackers, otherwise known as the APT29 group, is using a new technique to target enterprise networks. The researchers warns that the hackers are exploiting multifactor authentication (MFA) to gain unauthorized access to dormant Microsoft accounts. Accessing dormant Microsoft 365 accounts MFA is a security...
Apple Passkeys Are Here – But Microsoft Leads the Way with Passwordless Authentication
According to the tech press, ‘it’ doesn’t exist until Apple announces it first. In this case, Apple passkeys. But you can already use Microsoft’s implementation of passwordless authentication today on Windows, iOS, and Android. Microsoft has been pushing and implementing passwordless authentication for years. But you’d think that Apple had invented passkeys, judging by some...
Top 5 New Features in Microsoft Teams – July 2022
Check out this week’s video for my top 5 new features in Microsoft Teams for July 2022! About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell rounds up the most important stories for IT pros in a short video.
Mac vs PC for Work? 7 Critical Things to Consider
Are you in the market for a new laptop? Or maybe you need to make a decision about what new desktops or notebook computers to buy for your company? There are so many things to consider when choosing between Mac vs PC, like price, security, compatibility, processing power; and much more – that it can...
Apple iOS 16 Lockdown Mode Boosts Security But It Comes at a Price
Apple iOS 16 Lockdown Mode – what is it and should you use it? What is Apple iOS 16 Lockdown Mode? This Week in IT, Editorial Director Russell Smith looks at Apple’s new feature for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, Lockdown Mode. Designed to protect against targeted attacks by nation states and mercenary...
Apple Reveals New MacBook Air and M2 Chip – But is It Really 1.4x Faster?
This week in IT, I take a look at the new Apple MacBook Air announced at its annual WWDC and whether the latest M2 chip is another breakthrough or just a point iteration for Apple. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith....
Project Volterra, Hybrid Loop, and NPUs to Supercharge AI on Your Devices
This week in IT, I look at the big announcements from Microsoft’s annual Build conference. Including, Project Volterra, Hybrid Loop, Azure Dev Box, Azure Container Apps, Azure Stack HCI single node, and Windows 11 third-party widgets. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell...
Windows 11 Approved for Broad Deployment and ‘One Outlook’ Drops for Insiders
This week in IT, Microsoft announces that Windows 11 is broadly available, the One Outlook client comes to Office Insiders, and the rest of the week’s IT news. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell rounds up the most...
Microsoft Takes on Rival Calendly with Outlook Bookings – Plus the Latest IT News Updates
This week in IT, I talk about Microsoft’s latest addition to Outlook, Outlook Bookings. And in addition to a round-up of the week’s news, I show you how to quickly @ mention a group of people in Microsoft Teams using tags. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted...
Find Open Tabs Faster in Chrome and Edge! – Plus IT News Update and Petri Spotlight
This week in IT, I show you how to find open tabs faster in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Plus, there’s all this week’s news and I highlight an event that I’m hosting for Petri and Netwrix on May 18th that you won’t want to miss. About This Week in IT This week in IT...