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Apple has finally announced its much-anticipated MacBook Pro and Mac Mini models powered by new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. The next-generation processors are much more powerful, which bring performance and energy efficiency improvements compared to the M1 chips previously seen in the 2021 MacBook Pro. According to Apple, the new M2 Max chip…

Last week, Microsoft confirmed a new issue that caused application shortcuts to disappear from the Taskbar and Start Menu on Windows PCs. Microsoft has recently released a PowerShell script that helps IT admins to restore some deleted Windows application shortcuts. On January 13, several IT admins reported on Reddit and Twitter that a buggy attack…

Microsoft is investigating a new bug that’s currently removing application shortcuts from the Taskbar and Start Menu on Windows PCs. The company has acknowledged that the problem affects enterprise customers using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to block malware attacks. In a Reddit thread, several enterprise admins reported that a false positive triggered by a buggy…

Microsoft has announced some new features added to its Windows Autopatch service this month. Windows Autopatch is a cloud-based tool that enables organizations to automate patch management for Windows 10, Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, Edge, and other Microsoft 365 services. For starters, Microsoft announced that FastTrack support is now available to help enterprise customers adopt…

Microsoft has released some much-anticipated updates for Microsoft Planner this week. The company announced that its popular task management tool is getting support for a new recurring tasks feature and Grid view. The recurring tasks feature should be a welcome addition for people who need to create dedicated tasks for daily scrum meetings, weekly progress…

Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support to its Azure Active Directory services. The company plans to roll out IPv6 support to all enterprise customers in a staggered manner on March 31. With this release, users will be able to access Azure Active Directory (AD) services through IPv6, IPv4, or…

Microsoft has announced its plans to launch a new Microsoft 365 Basic tier later this month. The affordable plan costs $1.99 per month (or $19.99 per year), and includes 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage as well as an ad-free experience in the Outlook web app, with additional security features to follow later this year. Microsoft…

Last month, Microsoft launched a new Teams Premium plan in preview as an add-on for commercial customers. Now, the company has quietly announced that it’s moving some existing features available for Microsoft 365 subscribers to the costly Premium edition (via The Register). Microsoft first unveiled its Teams Premium add-on at its Ignite 2022 conference in…

Microsoft has released yesterday the January 2023 Security Updates (SUs) for all supported versions of the Exchange Server. The latest updates aim to address critical security vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain system privileges in Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. Microsoft also highlighted that the January 2023 updates for Exchange Server should improve…

Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) and Windows 8.1. This means that the company will no longer provide software updates and technical assistance to PCs running legacy versions of Windows operating systems. Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support of Windows 7 in January 2020. However, the company introduced…