Security

Microsoft uses National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to highlight import security issues to help raise awareness with its customers.

October, the first month in Q4 of the calendar year and Q2 of the Microsoft financial year, is also in the middle of planning for the next semester of development of Microsoft Azure (codenamed Cobalt).

One of the biggest security issues that organizations face with Windows Server Active Directory is the proliferation of privileged accounts.

Most x64 bit server hardware shipping today has TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, but the features are often turned off by default.

Protecting privileged access to Active Directory is key to preventing DCShadow attacks.

Cloud provisioning simplifies synchronizing on-premises identities to Azure AD during mergers and acquisitions.

Service accounts configured for unconstrained delegation make it easy to compromise servers and Active Directory.

Apply Microsoft’s recommended Windows Update settings for faster updates without impacting user productivity.

Microsoft announced in the message center this week that resource-specific content will roll-out to tenants, beginning mid-August. This opens the door for installing richer applications than you would have previously considered approving and allows self-service installation by Team owners. Teams applications based on the Graph API to read and write content within a Team, such…

The Windows 10 May 2020 Update includes some new Group Policy settings to manage security, delivery optimization, and apps.