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Last month, Microsoft announced its plans to launch a new smaller and faster Outlook Lite app for Android. The Lite version of Outlook is finally available in select markets and it’s specifically designed for low-end mobile devices. Microsoft highlights that Outlook Lite brings performance improvements for lightweight phones with low storage and only 1GB of…

It’s that time of year when the lightning strikes and the thunder rolls. I have to say the same for all the updates made this past month in the Power Platform, which includes a new Search pane in Canvas apps, a new way to embed a canvas app in Teams, and 44 new connectors. Keep…

VMware has announced the release of the Fusion 22H2 Tech Preview for Mac devices. This release adds the much-anticipated support for Windows 11 to Macs with Apple Silicon and Intel-based processors. “Many new enhancements and capabilities came together to bring Windows 11 to the Mac desktop with Fusion, and while they were designed with Windows…

Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) back in February. Now, the software giant has released some enhancements for the new service based on customer feedback. Certificate-based authentication (CBA) is a robust service that lets organizations validate a user’s identity with X.509 certificates against Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). It…

Back in February, Microsoft announced that it would begin blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in its Office apps. The company started rolling out this change to Office Insiders in April before pausing it to incorporate user feedback. In a recent update to the Microsoft 365 message center, Microsoft notified IT admins…

SQL Server is Microsoft’s premier enterprise database platform. But in today’s world of rapid-fire releases and continuous updates, the new SQL Server 2022 release seems like it has been a long time in coming. But it includes some great new features. SQL Server 2019 was the last major release of SQL Server. With every release,…

Google has officially launched Chrome OS Flex, a free version of Chrome OS that can be installed on almost any PC and Mac. The company first began testing the new Chrome OS experience back in February, and it’s finally available for all schools, businesses, and consumers. Chrome OS Flex is a lightweight, user-friendly, and secure…

Depending on what part of the country you’re in, coping with power outages and having backup power may or may not play a big part in your disaster recovery plans. While it’s often overlooked, power is the one thing that all computing activities require, whether it is desktops, datacenters, or cloud computing. Backup power supplies…

Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing support for Apple M1/M2 processors in its Microsoft Teams app for macOS. The company recently updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap to indicate that the new Teams version is expected to be generally available in September. Currently, the Microsoft Teams desktop app runs as an Intel application on Apple Silicon…

Microsoft has launched a new Health dashboard in public preview for small or medium-sized organizations. The software giant says that the dashboard is designed to provide IT Pros a complete view of the health status of Microsoft 365 apps and services. The Microsoft 365 Health dashboard lets customers view insights about the service status, software…

Microsoft is set to backtrack on its decision to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default across all currently-supported Office apps. Indeed, the software giant has announced in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that it is rolling back this change based on user feedback. Back in February, Microsoft unveiled its plans to turn…

Last week, Microsoft announced the release of the Windows Server vNext Insider build 25151. This new preview build of the Server OS comes with a couple of new features and changes, including support for the legacy Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) product and more. LAPS, which was previously available as a separate download, has now…