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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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Windows 11 Just Made Passkeys Real. 1Password and Bitwarden Now Fully Supported
Windows 11 just unlocked full passkey support with 1Password and Bitwarden, meaning passwordless is about to get a lot more real. At the same time, Microsoft is pushing a security overhaul across Windows and Surface, claiming the work of 34,000 engineers. And Intune admins are getting new tools to diagnose failed enrollments and eliminate local...
Broken Hotpatches, BitLocker Glitches and Why Windows 10 Won’t Die
An out-of-band WSUS security patch has back‑fired, disabling hotpatching on Windows Server 2025—find out how to avoid the problem if you haven’t already installed the buggy update. Then, Windows updates are throwing some machines straight into BitLocker recovery. And despite the end of support, Windows 10 is still running on more than 40 % of...
Azure Down, Hackers Up: Outage Lessons & Copilot Agents Explained
This Week in IT, what happens when a misconfiguration brings down Microsoft’s entire cloud stack? An Azure outage knocked out Outlook, Teams and even airline systems, exposing the fragility of our cloud dependence. Meanwhile, cyber‑criminals are hunting for misconfigured Azure storage accounts, and Microsoft’s newest Copilot agents promise to build your apps and workflows with...
Ransomware Rampage & Malware Vaccines: Microsoft’s Defense Report
This Week in IT, over half of all cyber‑attacks are now ransomware, but an idea called ‘malware vaccines’ could make it harder for hackers. Microsoft is thinking about bringing Copilot to on‑premises Exchange Server, and Windows 11’s Start menu is about to get a major makeover. Links and resources Episode overview The top stories in...
Windows 11 Gets an AI Overhaul – Voice, Vision & Agentic Actions Explained
In this episode, we cover Microsoft’s major update to Copilot for Windows, including a refreshed user interface, new voice activation features, and the rollout of Copilot Vision for enhanced productivity. Discover how Copilot can help with tasks in Excel, explore upcoming integrations like Connectors for Google Drive and Gmail, and learn about new AI-powered tools...
From AgentKit to Azure Meltdown: Top Stories for Microsoft IT Pros
OpenAI just dropped a toolkit for building AI agents—AgentKit. It promises to revolutionize the use of AI agents in the workplace. Also this week, Microsoft quietly announced it will start moving your oldest emails into the archive but then changed their minds. And a Kubernetes crash knocked out Azure Front Door and Microsoft Entra, leaving...
Agents Everywhere: SharePoint AI, Office ‘Vibe’ Mode and Wi-Fi 7
This Week in IT, Microsoft launched an AI assistant that lives inside SharePoint that automatically organizes your content. Redmond rolled out agents in preview that write Word reports and analyze spreadsheets. Plus, there’s a new unified Marketplace for AI tools and Windows 11 24H2 is getting enterprise‑grade Wi‑Fi 7. Links and resources Episode overview
18‑Core Snapdragon PCs & Free Copilot Chat: A Week of Surprises
Qualcomm unveiled laptop chips with 18 cores and an 80‑TOPS AI engine, promising multi‑day battery life and remote device control. Meanwhile, Microsoft is quietly giving away AI chat in Office, and opening its Copilot platform to Anthropic’s Claude models. Thanks to Cayosoft for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT. Links and resources Episode...
Microsoft Catches a Raccoon & Copilot Struggles to Show ROI
This Week in IT, a global phishing‑as‑a‑service empire goes down, the EU forces Microsoft to unbundle Teams, and even Microsoft admits Copilot might not pay for itself. Thanks to Cayosoft for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT. Links and resources Episode overview This Week in IT, Russell covers recent developments in IT security,...
Patch Tuesday: 80+ Fixes & AI Upgrades – Are You Ready?
This week in IT, Microsoft fixes more than 80 bugs—eight critical and two zero‑days—while simultaneously rolling out a swath of new AI‑powered features. At the same time, IT admins will be able to block Office apps from saving files locally. And VBScript is headed for the dumpster truck. Links and resources Episode overview This Week...
AI PCs Are Taking Over – Gartner Predicts a 93% Market Share by 2028
Gartner says AI PCs are about to go from niche to standard—31 % of all PCs this year and virtually everything by 2029. At the same time, Microsoft and Cloudflare are quietly building a new web where pages answer your questions directly, potentially leaving Google’s search model in the dust. And just when Copilot promises...
Can AI Clone Microsoft? Inside Musk’s Macrohard
Elon Musk isn’t just tweeting—he’s launching Macrohard, a multi‑agent AI venture designed to simulate Microsoft itself. ESET researchers have spotted PromptLock, the world’s first AI‑powered ransomware proof‑of‑concept, and Microsoft quietly made Windows Backup for Organizations generally available, giving you a way to preserve user settings and app lists ahead of the Windows 10 end‑of‑life. Links...