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Mitigating Spectre Variant 2 with Retpoline on Windows

The Retpoline patch for Windows 10 was originally slated to arrive in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update but the fix is now in Windows 10 version 1809, although it must be enabled manually.

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An Azure Infrastructure Year in Review – 2018

Aidan takes a look back at 2018 and discusses some of the highlights from each month. It is interesting to me how I underrated some announcements which later became significant to Microsoft customers or to me.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – October 2018

Microsoft bungles rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 update, Windows Server 2019 skips RTM, and Always-Connected PCs are the next big thing for businesses.

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Patch Tuesday — June 2018

In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a disabled-by-default patch for Spectre 4, Adobe plugs a zero-day Flash vulnerability that can be exploited via Excel, and there are fixes for DNS, black screens, and Cortana.

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Intel’s Spectre Variant 4 Microcode Update Off by Default

In this Ask the Admin, I look at Spectre Variant 4 and whether it will affect performance as its distributed over the coming weeks.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – January 2018 Edition

It’s a new year and it’s time for new things. This month I’m starting a monthly series to summarize some notable things that have happened in Azure IaaS.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2018 Edition

It’s been a busy month for Windows, and in case you didn’t get a chance to catch all the news, here’s everything you need to know from January 2018.

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Patch Tuesday January 2018

This month’s Patch Tuesday is one of the most interesting in a while. Not just because the patches Microsoft was preparing for release today came a week early, but also because of the potential issues these patches might cause.

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