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Microsoft has recently announced a slew of new capabilities coming to Microsoft Fabric. The company highlighted improvements aimed at bolstering data security, analytics, and governance for commercial customers. Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end data analytics platform that allows businesses to manage their data analytics needs and workflows. The service is built around a data lake…

This Week in IT, I look at the recently announced pricing for ESUs on Windows 10 if you want to stay secure beyond the end of support date in October 2025. Plus, the different ways you can get the updates and what it means for your organization. Links and resources Transcript This Week in IT,…

Darrell Webster speaks to Rebecca Keys, a Program Manager from the Microsoft Loop team. Including the latest and greatest that’s arrived in Microsoft Loop. Transcript Hey, this is Darrell Webster for UnplugIT. I had the privilege of being able to go to Microsoft Redmond and for the Microsoft MVP Summit. And there I met with…

MC761251 – Updated April 12, 2024: Microsoft has updated the content below with additional information. Thank you for your feedback. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Direct Media Connection is a new feature that will determine the media connection mode for meetings and 1:1 calls. Microsoft is adding a new admin control for admins to choose…

MC677236 – Updated April 15, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Whiteboard previously stored whiteboard files in Azure storage. In 2022, Whiteboard switched to OneDrive for Business (ODB) as the storage location for most newly created boards. Microsoft is making a client-based migration available for your organization soon. …

MC779843 – Microsoft Syntex will soon deliver a new Microsoft SharePoint document library enhancement called autofill columns that allows a prompt to be set on a library column that will process the file’s contents and save the response to the associated column. The prompt can be configured to extract information from the file or to generate…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the activity logs feature in Microsoft Graph. This capability enables organizations to gain insights into all HTTP requests that the Microsoft Graph service received and processed for a specific tenant. Microsoft Graph is an API that collects user and organizational data from various Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365,…

MC765810 – Updated April 18, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Whiteboard will provide the ability to @mention users from within a comment.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap IDs 164888 and 164889. When this will happen: Worldwide: Microsoft will begin rolling out in mid-March 2024 and expects…

In this article, Michael Otey shows you how to use SQL Server Report Builder. SQL Server Report Builder and Reporting Services Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) enables you to create, deploy, and manage printed, web, email, and mobile reports using data from SQL Server databases and Analysis Services (SSAS) as well as other relational…

Microsoft has removed an upgrade block that was previously in place for Windows 10 PCs with certain Intel Smart Sound Technology drivers. The company has recently updated the Windows Health Dashboard to indicate that the compatibility hold has been removed, and these PCs can now upgrade to Windows 11. In 2021, Microsoft discovered a compatibility…