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Microsoft’s Azure VMs with Arm-Based Processes Now Generally Available

All Azure customers can now deploy Arm-based virtual machines using the Azure portal, SDKs, API, PowerShell and the command-line interface.

September 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says its new Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors are now generally available, allowing customers to launch them in 10 Azure regions and multiple availability zones around the world. The company earlier this year launched the preview of new general purpose Dpsv5 and Dplsv5 and memory optimized Epsv5 Azure Virtual Machine series-— […]

Microsoft: This is How to Protect Against Ransomware

Microsoft says securing identities, hardening cloud infrastructure and leveraging comprehensive security tools will help protect against ransomware.

September 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has outlined its three strategies to protect against ransomware and the growing as-a-service cybercrime economy that has taken hold among ransomware groups. As well as investing in “integrated threat protection across devices, identities, apps, email, data and the cloud,” Microsoft suggests organizations take three key strategies to protect against ransomware, including preparing a defense […]

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This Week in IT: Microsoft Teams for Education Updates, Ransomware Attacks Spike, Organizations Impacted by Nation State Cyber Attacks

Microsoft Teams for education gets a new look, ransomware attacks spike, hackers exploit entire email inboxes and more highlight this week's IT news.

August 25, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams for Education Gets a new […]

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What IT Leaders Need to Do Now to Prepare for the Looming Legal Challenges of Microsoft Teams

With online collaboration tools central to our working lives, here’s a few steps to prepare for the inevitable legal obligations of tomorrow.

August 23, 2022 David Carns Leave a Comment

To fully appreciate just how much the way we work has changed over the past few years, consider this stat from Gartner’s Digital Worker Experience Survey that was conducted 18 months after the pandemic first started: Nearly 80% of workers reported using collaboration tools for work in 2021, up from just over half of workers […]

Microsoft Rolls Out Defender for Endpoint Tamper Protection for macOS

Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint tamper protection feature will detect attempts to meddle with Defender on macOS devices.

August 17, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says its Defender for Endpoint tamper protection feature for macOS is now generally available and will be rolling out over the next few days. According to Microsoft, tamper protection brings an added layer of protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that enhances the endpoint security posture of organizations. The feature will be released with […]

Microsoft Rolls Out Preview of New Defender for Endpoint Device Health Dashboard

New device health reporting layout in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is designed to help admins view protection statuses across platforms.

August 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is rolling out a public preview of new device health reporting capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint designed to help admins view sensor health and antivirus protection status across platforms and easily access detailed information in Defender. According to Microsoft, administrators should expect to see a new tabbed reporting page with cards that display […]

August 2022 Patch Tuesday: 121 Microsoft Vulnerabilities

The 121 vulnerabilities include an actively exploited MSDT code execution bug and 16 other critical-rated flaws.

August 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT admins will need to patch 121 critical vulnerabilities this month as part of Microsoft’s monthly security patches, which is notably higher than what is typically expected of an August security release. According to Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the security bugs fixed this month affect Azure Batch Node Agent, Real Time Operating System, Site Recovery, […]

Microsoft Office to begin publishing Office symbols

Microsoft Office will begin publishing symbols for Windows via the Microsoft Public Symbol Server to help improve security and performance.

August 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Office will begin publishing symbols for Windows via the Microsoft Public Symbol Server to help improve security and performance for the company’s customers and partners. The Redmond, Wash. IT giant says the move will help empower the cybersecurity community to protect customers by providing additional information to security researchers to help them find and […]

Microsoft Launches General Availability of Entra Verified ID

Microsoft Azure AD customers can use Entra Verified ID to issue, request, and verify credentials for proof of employment, education, other claims.

August 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is launching the general availability of Entra Verified ID, the newest member to join the Microsoft’s portfolio of Entra identity solutions, that enables Azure AD customers to issue, request and verify credentials to represent proof of employment, education or other claims. According to Microsoft, each credential issued with Entra Verified ID is signed with […]

Microsoft Launches Defender Experts for Hunting

Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a new service featuring Microsoft security experts designed to go beyond the endpoint.

August 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is helping organizations add to their security operations center’s threat hunting capabilities with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a new service featuring Microsoft security experts designed to go beyond the endpoint. According to Microsoft, experts will hunt for suspicious activity across endpoints, Office 365, cloud app and identities, and hand off that contextual alert […]