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Windows has had a slow start to 2023. But nevertheless, there are some interesting pieces of news to share, including a 39 percent drop in Windows revenue from PC makers in FY2023 Q2, tabs coming to Notepad, an updated design for File Explorer, and more. So, let’s get started. Windows revenue plummets 39 percent in…

Microsoft announced yesterday the general availability of its Azure Load Testing service. The new fully managed service is designed to help developers and quality assurance (QA) teams optimize the performance and scalability of their apps and services. Load testing is a technique that enables developers to test the performance of their applications under real-life conditions….

Microsoft announced yesterday some important updates for Microsoft Sentinel. This release brings a new feature that allows IT admins to manually create incident reports for investigation and remediation. Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based security information and event manager (SIEM) solution that helps organizations to analyze large volumes of data in enterprise environments. It leverages threat…

Microsoft has released a new guided hunting notebook for its Microsoft Sentinel solution. The notebook enables organizations to leverage machine learning to detect, investigate as well as block low and slow password spray campaigns. Password spraying is a type of brute force attack that allows malicious actors to gain unauthorized access to computer systems. Hackers…

Microsoft has announced some important updates for Microsoft Sentinel, its scalable cloud-native SIEM tool that provides AI-powered security analytics in enterprise environments. The Redmond giant has launched a new solution in public preview that should help IT Admins to detect Apache Log4j vulnerabilities. Last week, Microsoft acknowledged the emergence of an Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)…

Security researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that tricked users into authorizing permissions for malicious OAuth applications. Microsoft has disabled several fraudulent Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that breached organizations’ cloud environments. Microsoft explained in a security advisory that the security firm Proofpoint discovered the campaign in early December. The threat actors initially impersonated legitimate…

Microsoft has officially stopped selling downloadable licenses for Windows 10 Home and Professional editions on its website. Indeed, the company has discontinued sales of the Windows 10 product keys and is redirecting customers to Windows 11 product pages instead. Last week, Microsoft quietly updated its Windows 10 product pages with an alarming message that January…

Microsoft has announced a new design for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. The company announced yesterday that the upcoming update (version 4.16) should bring a new look and feel to align with the user interface of Teams Rooms on Android devices. “Users will first notice the vivid new ambient screens and a refreshed calendar on…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Office 365 Government Secret service. The new cloud SKU supports Impact Level 6 (IL6) and helps to meet the security and compliance requirements of the US government agencies and partners that manage classified data. Microsoft first unveiled Office 365 Government Secret back in March 2022. At that…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has introduced device isolation support in public preview on onboarded Linux machines. The security feature enables IT admins to isolate Linux machines manually via the Microsoft 365 Defender portal or API requests. According to Microsoft, the threat actors will no longer be able to remotely connect with the isolated Linux devices….