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As an IT admin, preventing your users from using simple or known-hacked passwords has become critical for the overall security of your enterprise. An excellent step to take is to plan for and deploy Azure AD Password Protection. In this article, I’ll walk you through installing the Proxy service and DC agent in your on-premises…

In this first episode, Stephen talks to Microsoft’s Anupam Pattnaik, Product Lead for Teams. In this inaugural show, Stephen and Anupam discuss how IT can control access to the new Teams experience for end users, when Teams 2.0 will become the default experience for everyone, when the new client will reach feature parity with classic…

In this first episode, Stephen talks to Microsoft’s Anupam Pattnaik, Product Lead for Teams. In this inaugural show, Stephen and Anupam discuss how IT can control access to the new Teams experience for end users, when Teams 2.0 will become the default experience for everyone, when the new client will reach feature parity with classic…

As an IT pro, enhancing your home lab with new capabilities should be a continual process. Being able to simulate and get hands-on experience is crucial, and this is where the Microsoft 365 Developer Program lends you a helping hand. After joining the program, you can sign up for a free, renewable Microsoft 365 E5…

Microsoft Dev Box, the company’s new Azure service that provides access to a developer workstation in the cloud is getting new features ahead of its general availability. Following the launch of a public preview back in August, Microsoft announced at its Build developer conference today that Microsoft Dev Box will become generally available in July…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Deployment Environments. It’s a new managed service that lets developers use infrastructure-as-code templates to quickly spin up on-demand app deployment environments. Microsoft highlighted three key factors for effectively managing cloud-based infrastructure in enterprise environments: speed, usability, and governance. The company has incorporated customer feedback to build Azure…

The European Union has opened an informal probe against Microsoft Azure cloud services. According to a report from Bloomberg, the antitrust watchdog is planning to investigate Microsoft over alleged anticompetitive behavior with Microsoft Azure. Specifically, the European Commission is soliciting feedback from Microsoft’s customers on whether or not to move to a deeper investigation. The…

Microsoft announced today the launch of its Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program, which is an invitation-only paid preview of the ChatGPT-based AI features it announced for Microsoft 365 apps and services in March this year. The program will be available to 600 customers worldwide. Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program expands on initial trial…

Microsoft is removing the waitlist for its new AI-powered Bing today, and the company also detailed several new features to enhance the search experience with AI. The software giant also plans to turn its Bing chatbot into a platform and let developers create third-party plugins for it, echoing the recent launch of the first plugins…

Microsoft published a detailed roundup of all the new features added to Microsoft Teams in April 2023. This time around, the company highlighted improvements to meetings, webinars, management capabilities, Teams Rooms devices, and much more. Let’s dive in! Meetings features Starting with meetings, Microsoft has released a new feature that will automatically lower a participant’s…

This month, as promised, we’re seeing the Microsoft Power Platform lean into AI enhancements. Many of these new AI-powered features are genuinely useful, and they should certainly improve as users provide feedback to the company. As I always advise, you shouldn’t use experimental features in production apps, but once they cross the threshold to preview,…

Microsoft has started rolling out support for personal accounts in its Microsoft Loop app on mobile devices. Indeed, the company announced yesterday that the feature is now available in preview on iOS and Android. Microsoft officially launched its new Loop app in public preview in March this year. The app provides a real-time collaboration experience…