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Microsoft Entra Identity Secure Score provides an easy-to-view dashboard of your organization’s identity security posture within Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory). This blog post explains how your score is calculated, what recommendations it includes, and how organizations can use it to prioritize and implement security best practices. What is the Microsoft Entra Identity…

Imagine having the power of Microsoft 365’s cloud services right within your own datacenter, offering you unparalleled control and security. That’s what Microsoft is promising with Microsoft 365 Local. Microsoft 365 Local is a validated reference architecture for running a private instance of Microsoft 365 on Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI). It provides Microsoft 365…

Microsoft is giving IT admins more control than ever with new Role-based access control (RBAC) enhancements in Windows Autopatch, designed to simplify update management across distributed teams. These new capabilities are set to become generally available for commercial customers later this month. Windows Autopatch is a cloud-based service that automates the processing of keeping Windows…

Microsoft will begin rolling out the new Message Trace experience for Exchange Online later this month, with full availability expected by July. The update brings improvements IT admins will appreciate, including better filtering, timezone-aware timestamps, and more detailed delivery statuses. In Exchange Online, Message Trace is a tool that allows administrators to track the journey…

As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated and IT environments become more complex, security teams face mounting pressure to stay one step ahead. In response, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre have released new guidance to help organizations effectively deploy SIEM and SOAR platforms, critical tools for centralizing data,…

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates to support local AI development on Windows, including the launch of Windows AI Foundry. This new platform, built on the Windows Copilot Runtime, provides developers with a seamless, unified environment to create, customize, and deploy AI solutions on Windows. Microsoft received feedback that many developers want ready-made AI…

Microsoft 365 Copilot is about to get a major productivity boost for commercial users with the upcoming launch of Copilot Tuning. Rolling out in June, Copilot Tuning is a low-code solution that lets businesses train AI models and build custom agents using their company data in Copilot Studio. “With Copilot Tuning, you can use your…

Microsoft has proposed a set of commitments to the European Commission aimed at resolving concerns over the bundling of Teams in its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites. These commitments are now open for public feedback as part of the Commission’s ongoing competition investigation. Slack’s 2020 complaint sparked regulatory action In 2020, Slack filed an…

Microsoft has published its monthly roundup of new features added to the Teams collaboration platform in April 2025. The company detailed a slew of updates designed to enhance meetings, chat, Teams Phones, Teams Rooms, security, and more. Here’s a look at everything you need to know. New meetings features Microsoft has introduced a new feature…

Microsoft has introduced a new Reject Direct Send feature in public preview for Exchange Online. This new setting should help organizations strengthen protection against unauthorized email traffic. In Exchange Online, the Direct Send feature allows users to send emails directly to their organization’s mailboxes from on-premises devices, applications, or third-party cloud services using their accepted…

Microsoft has introduced new AI-powered agents for Security Copilot in public preview at the RSA Conference 2025. The company has started a phased rollout of these new agents to grant early access to select customers. Last year, Microsoft launched Security Copilot to help security professionals with threat hunting, incident response, intelligence gathering, posture management, and…

Microsoft has issued a reminder to administrators: Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 will officially reach end of support this October. The company is urging IT teams to plan migration now to avoid security vulnerabilities and service disruptions. Microsoft dropped mainstream support for Exchange Server 2019 on January 9, 2024, whereas Exchange Server 2016’s mainstream support…