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Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Helps Organizations Manage Their Impact

Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, coming June 1, is designed to help organizations manage their environmental footprint.

May 17, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft on June 1 is releasing the general available of Cloud for Sustainability, a new cloud offering designed to enable organizations to meet their sustainability goals and manage their environmental footprint via centralized data intelligence and more efficient IT infrastructure. According to the Redmond, Wash. IT giant, the global push toward a net-zero carbon economy […]

Syxsense Joins Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)

Early access to Microsoft vulnerability information through MAPP, allows Syxsense to provide updated protections to customers faster.

May 17, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Aliso Viejo, Calif-based Syxsense, an IT and security management solutions provider, announced it has joined a group of cybersecurity software providers partnering with Microsoft to receive early vulnerability information through the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP). The partnership further builds on Syxsense’s capabilities when helping customers scan, patch and secure endpoints. As a member of […]

Some May 2022 Microsoft Security Updates Are Leading to Authentication Failures

Microsoft recommends manually mapping certificates to a machine account in Active Directory until the issues are fixed.

May 16, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In the wake of Active Directory authentication failures caused by Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday updates, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has removed a Windows LSA spoofing zero day bug from its catalog of vulnerabilities agencies are required to patch. The bug, CVE-2022-26925, is a Windows LSA spoofing flaw that was patched last […]

Microsoft Unveils Microsoft Viva Goals For Objectives Tracking

Microsoft Viva Goals is currently available via private preview and will be included in the current Microsoft Viva suite subscription in Q3.

May 16, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is previewing a new module for business goal setting and management with Microsoft Viva Goals, a new tool for customers of its employee engagement and experience platform to bring more clarity on employees’ work and its impact on the business. The announcement comes after Microsoft’s October 2021 acquisition of Ally.io, an objectives and key […]

Microsoft Adds Accessibility Features to Windows 11

Microsoft says Windows 11 is the most accessible version of Windows to date, empowering people with disabilities to cross the digital divide at school and work.

May 13, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Last year, Microsoft announced a commitment to closing the disability divide and to work toward improving educational employment opportunities for people with disabilities around the world. The Windows 11 launch, last fall, included a whole host of accessibility improvements, such as appealing sound schemes, closed caption customizations, and a more responsive and flexible experience for […]

Microsoft Releases New Defender Vulnerability Management Tool In Public Preview

Microsoft says Defender Vulnerability Management includes the company's full set of vulnerability management capabilities.

May 13, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing a public preview of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, a new single solution that includes Microsoft’s full set of vulnerability management capabilities to help companies mitigate software bugs more easily. According to Microsoft, the new Defender feature builds on core threat and vulnerability management tools launched in 2019, including threat and vulnerability management […]

 U.K. Firms Turning to Microsoft in Pandemic Recovery

May 12, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

 Diverse provider ecosystem helps U.K. companies adopt Microsoft technologies to overcome new challenges, ISG Provider Lens™ report says LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$III #Azure–Enterprises in the U.K. are turning to the Microsoft ecosystem to help digitize their businesses and overcome hurdles introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group […]

Elastic Expands Strategic Partnership with Microsoft

May 11, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

New multi-year agreement helps organizations more easily search, observe and protect their applications, data, and infrastructure with Elastic Cloud on Microsoft Azure Increasing joint investments across technology integrations, and go-to-market and co-selling activities Extending the global reach of Elastic Cloud with new Azure regions in the Americas, Asia, and Africa Simplifying cloud operations for joint […]

May Patch Tuesday Brings 74 Microsoft Vulnerabilities to Patch

The May 2022 Patch Tuesday release gives IT admins over 70 bugs to patch, including one complex bug under active attack.

May 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released fixes for 74 vulnerabilities in a myriad of IT products this Patch Tuesday, including three zero-day vulnerabilities and a Windows LSA spoofing bug under active attack and several critical remote code execution flaws. The 74 bugs fixed by Microsoft in today’s Patch Tuesday release are in Windows, .NET and Visual Studio, Edge, […]

Microsoft To Launch New Managed Security Services

Microsoft Security Experts is a new portfolio of managed security services that leverages Microsoft's technology and partner community.

May 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing a new service category it calls Microsoft Security Experts, a new line of managed security solutions that combines advanced technology with human-led services to help customers become more secure, including threat hunting services, investigations and more. The Redmond, Wash.-based IT giant says it hopes to deliver this new category of services across […]