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Microsoft Ignite 2022: Security Announcements

Microsoft unveiled more than 100 new products at Ignite 2022; we've highlighted the more important security announcements.

October 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference takes place this week, and the company has already announced dozens of new products, improvements and services designed to help organizations be more secure and productive. In total, Microsoft announced more than 100 new products, all of which can be found in the company’s Book of News. Since it’s Cybersecurity Awareness […]

Microsoft: IT Departments are in Insider Risk Crosshairs

IT professionals tasked with managing data and investigating breaches are the most associated with being at risk, Microsoft report finds.

October 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As the amount of data being captured, copied and consumed in enterprises grows exponentially, organizations have had their hands full securing it from external attackers. However, organizations must also protect that data from insiders and preventing that data from leaving the organization and falling into the wrong hands. IT and security professionals are most often […]

Microsoft Releases Linux Desktop Management in Intune

Linux desktop management in Microsoft Intune, part of Endpoint Manager, brings support for registration, management and secure web access to Microsoft 365 and Azure resources for Linux Ubuntu LTS.

October 5, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is introducing the general availability of Linux desktop management in Microsoft Intune, as part of Microsoft Endpoint Manager, to bring support for device registration, endpoint management and secure web access to Microsoft 365 and Azure resources for Linux Ubuntu LTS. The new capabilities come with the October release of Intune, which will allow organizations […]

Employee monitoring, productivity paranoia

Microsoft: Organizations Are Focusing Too Much On Employee Productivity

Microsoft's latest Work Trends Index report shows that leaders are focusing too much on employee productivity and not enough on impact.

September 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Hybrid and remote work have been widely accepted as the new normal, but leaders and managers are beginning to express concerns about employee productivity while at home, according to new Microsoft research. This comes as executives are also growing increasingly worried about the strong possibility of a recession, the company says in a new Work […]

Microsoft Introduces New Hybrid Work Apps, Services for Viva

Microsoft is releasing new Viva apps and services designed to help companies address hybrid work and other distributed work issues.

September 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing new Viva apps and services designed to help companies address hybrid work and other issues, including new integrations for goal tracking, a new app for managers to solicit feedback and new features designed to help leaders connect with employees. The new tools in Microsoft’s integrated employee experience platform designed for distributed work […]

What IT and Security Teams Should Take Away From the Uber Hack

Cybersecurity experts say the Uber hack demonstrates how attackers are bypassing multi-factor authentication and other security tools.

September 21, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Uber disclosed late last week that the massive ridesharing company was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in attackers gaining access to the company’s internal systems, including its G-Suite and Slack accounts. This week, Uber has shared more about the hack, including how the attacker was able to bypass security tools. According to Uber, […]

AVI-SPL Earns Microsoft Managed Partner Title

AVI-SPL says it consistently demonstrated successful Microsoft implementations and achieved Microsoft solution competencies.

September 7, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

AVI-SPL announced that it has become a Microsoft Managed Partner. The Tampa, Fla.-based company is a respected digital enablement services provider. With this move, it will thus enhance its role as an end-to-end lifecycle management solutions provider for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms. According to a statement, less than 1% of the 400,000 organizations […]

This Week in IT: Teams and Apple Silicon, Cloud Leaders, VMware and Cisco Patches

Better Teams performance on Macs, cloud infrastructure market data, critical patches and cyber threats highlight this week's IT news.

August 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau 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 curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams on Macs with Apple silicon Microsoft will be rolling out […]

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 […]

Microsoft Launches Outlook Lite App for Lightweight Android Devices

Outlook Lite is Microsoft's new slimmed-down Outlook app for low-end Android devices that still packs key email, calendar features.