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Configure SMB Security in Windows Server 2012

With Windows Server 2012 and Win8 comes a new version of the SMB protocol. Learn to disable SMB 1.0 and configure SMB encryption in this easy Ask an Admin.

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

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Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Now Encrypts New Objects By Default

Amazon Web Services announced yesterday that Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) can now encrypt all new objects by default. The company says that S3 can automatically apply server-side encryption (SSE-S3) for each new object without any performance degradation. Amazon Simple Storage Service (also known as Amazon S3) is a web-based cloud storage service. It’s…

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How to Encrypt Emails in Outlook (Microsoft 365)

Last Update: Jul 25, 2022

Outlook email encryption ensures that any email you send with Microsoft’s email client is encrypted before it leaves your computer. In this guide, we’re going to detail how to encrypt email in Outlook, as well as why you may want to start using this feature whether it’s for business communications or personal use.   What is…

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Microsoft Teams One-To-One Calls Get More Secure With End-To-End Encryption Support

Microsoft Teams has started rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for one-to-one calls. The feature has been available in public preview since October, and it’s now available in the Teams desktop app for Windows and macOS. The end-to-end encryption (E2EE) feature encrypts Microsoft Teams calls at the source and then decrypts the information at the…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – December 2020 Edition

Happy new year! I’m writing this article at the end of my first day back at work since November. I have barely looked at any work-related stuff in the last month. Writing this article will give me a chance to catch up with thing. App Service Anti-Virus Logs in Public Preview Microsoft has announced that…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – November 2020 Edition

November has come and gone but for those looking to catch-up on Azure, here’s what you need to know.

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SharePoint Online Embraces Office 365 Sensitivity Labels

SharePoint Online is embracing Office 365 Sensitivity Labels to allow protected documents to be processed by indexing and available to content searches. The Office Online apps (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) also support the application of sensitivity labels. The only disappointment is that the SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business browser interfaces don’t allow labels to be applied to documents.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – October 2019

As we head towards Ignite, October had a bunch of Azure announcements but there will be even more next month.

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Support for Office 365 Sensitivity Labels Now in Office ProPlus for Windows

The September update of the Office ProPlus monthly channel delivers support for Office 365 sensitivity labels without the need to install the Azure Information Protection client. This is a step forward to make it easier for Office 365 users to be able to protect their most confidential information with encryption. More work remains to be done to upgrade the Office Online apps (including OWA), Outlook Mobile, and SharePoint and OneDrive. Will all this happen before Ignite?

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Exiting Office 365 with Your Encrypted Messages and Documents

The Azure Information Protection team recently published an interesting post about making a “cloud exit.” In other words, how to move your encrypted data out of a cloud service like Office 365. As it turns out, this is feasible if you plan. But how many organizations have even thought about how they might decrypt protected content?

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