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Microsoft Outages

Microsoft Services Suffer Two Major Global Outages in One Week

Key Microsoft services were down for several hours on two separate occasions this week just days after announcing dozens of new features at Ignite.

October 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft did not have a very good week, as on two separate occasions critical services were down worldwide for several hours. The latest was early Thursday morning when Outlook was down for several hours due to what Microsoft says was an issue caused by a “configuration update.” It comes just days after a host of […]

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Microsoft January Patch Tuesday

Microsoft 365 Services Restored After Hours Long Global Outage

According to Microsoft, a coding issue caused a massive outage Monday night to services like Teams, Outlook, Exchange, SharePoint and others.

September 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you found yourself working later in the day or a little past working hours yesterday, you may have run into a problem with your Office 365 services. That’s because of a massive outage that affected several services, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Azure, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dynamics 365 and other applications. Down Detector, a website […]

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Lists in Teams

Microsoft Releases Lists in Teams App

List in Teams, a new app that helps users keep track of information and organize their work, is now available in Microsoft Teams.

September 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft List in Teams, a new app that helps users keep track of information and organize their work. The company first announced Lists at its Build conference in May. The app lets users track issues, assets, routines, contacts, inventory and more via customizable views and smart rules and […]

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Internet Explorer

Microsoft to Finally End Support for Internet Explorer

By next August, all Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 as Microsoft pushes new Edge browser.

August 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

By this time next year, Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer, the company announced earlier this month. On Nov. 30 of this year, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support Internet Explorer 11, and by Aug. 17, 2021, all remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support the internet browser. […]

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Phishing Success

Microsoft Seizes Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing Attacks

Microsoft took action to stop a cybercriminal network from launching phishing attacks designed to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft took action to stop a cybercriminal network from launching coronavirus-related phishing attacks, according to newly unsealed court records. In a blog post, the company detailed its actions taken in the case, which now includes seizing control of key domains in the criminals’ infrastructure to prevent future attacks. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern […]

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Issues Fixes for 129 Vulnerabilities in Patch Tuesday Release

Microsoft has released fixes for 129 vulnerabilities in what was some are calling the largest patch Tuesday in the history of the Windows operating system.

June 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released fixes for 129 vulnerabilities in what was some are calling the largest patch Tuesday in the history of the Windows operating system. However, none of the bugs addressed in this months’ updates are known to have been exploited or known prior to the release, but there are some that warrant special attention […]

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Office 365 Cybersecurity

U.S. Cybersecurity Officials Warn of Attacks on Hastily Deployed Office 365 Solutions

The Department of Homeland Security says organizations may have deployed Office 365 applications for its remote workforce without considering cybersecurity.

April 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations’ rush to build up remote work programs and deploy cloud-based collaboration solutions may have jeopardized their cybersecurity, says a new alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In an advisory through the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the government warns that quick rollouts of cloud services like Microsoft 365 – with applications like […]

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Yammer communities, SWOOP Analytics

SWOOP Analytics Unveils Their List of the Most Collaborative Companies

A SWOOP Analytics study on Yammer communities finds continued use of the technology in the wake of Teams & identifies extra-collaborative user companies.

November 18, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SWOOP Analytics has released what they call the “world’s largest-ever analysis of Yammer communities.” Yammer is Microsoft’s social network for business, and the findings reveal the top-performing companies for internal collaboration worldwide. The company examined the collaboration behaviors of 98 organizations worldwide, representing more than 1.8 million employees and 15 million Yammer interactions over a […]

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Office 365, O365, governance hierarchy

Setting Up O365 as A Unique Layer In Your Governance Hierarchy

We explore gaps that your new O365 Governance Framework should address while acknowledging components covered by your existing governance hierarchy.

May 28, 2019 Jack Wilson Leave a Comment

The Microsoft Office 365 environment boasts a spectrum of components, some of which can be managed by your organization’s existing frameworks. However, other components of the O365 environment may require the development of a unique governance hierarchy framework. Organizations implement varying levels of governance hierarchy frameworks to align strategy, policies, and procedures. At the highest […]

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