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Microsoft Releases New Defender for Identity Response Capabilities

New capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Identity can help protect identities across cloud and on-premise environments.

April 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced the general availability of new response actions in Microsoft Defender for Identity for on-premises Active Directory accounts when an identity is compromised and simultaneously protect identities across cloud and on-premise environments. According to Microsoft, the core components of an identity security product should work to prevent malicious actions, detect them, investigate and […]

Microsoft Office 365 Government Secret Cloud Coming Soon

Office 365 Government Secret cloud environment will help secure classified and sensitive data, help manage apps, devices and workloads for the U.S. government.

April 1, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Microsoft announced a new U.S. government cloud environment: Office 365 Government Secret Cloud which is currently under review, pending accreditation with targeted availability starting mid-2022. The new Azure environment is built to support the U.S. Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, intelligence community and U.S. government partners working within the secret enclave. As workloads have shifted […]

Microsoft Recommends These Windows Update Policies For Your Organization’s Devices

Do you want to ensure systems are being updated and patched while reducing downtime? Use these Windows Update policies, Microsoft says.

March 31, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Managing Windows Update in Microsoft can be complicated — especially when admins implement more policies than necessary and don’t leverage the default settings while managing a variety of Windows devices. To help admins better manage the update cycle in their organizations, Microsoft has released a Tech Community blog that details how to best manage Windows […]

Interested in the Metaverse? Prioritize Cybersecurity, Microsoft Says.

Microsoft's EVP of security, compliance, identity and management urges organizations to prioritize the cybersecurity of the metaverse.

March 30, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As Big Tech firms begin to dive head first into the metaverse, Microsoft is urging the industry to make cybersecurity a priority and establish core security principles before the emerging technology becomes too advanced and vulnerable to exploitation. In a blog post, Charlie Bell, the company’s executive vice president of security, compliance, identity and management, […]

CORRECTING and REPLACING MEDIA ALERT: Cloud Innovators and Influencers from AWS, Fortune 100, Gartner, and Microsoft Gather to Discuss the Future of Enterprise Cloud

March 29, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Inaugural Cloud Networking Summit Welcomes Keynote Speakers David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte, and Gartner VP Simon Richard SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Please replace the release dated March 23, 2022 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The updated release reads: MEDIA ALERT: CLOUD INNOVATORS AND INFLUENCERS FROM AWS, FORTUNE 100, GARTNER, […]

Microsoft Makes Two Key Improvements to IE Mode in Edge

With the death of Internet Explorer imminent, Microsoft makes key enhancements to IE mode in Edge to help organizations gradually transition.

March 29, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With the death of Internet Explorer less than three months away, Microsoft says it has made two key enhancements to the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in Microsoft Edge designed to keep apps and workflows using the browser operational and share information between modern and legacy sites. Internet Explorer will retire and go out of support […]

Update Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge To Patch Vulnerability Now

Organizations are being urged to deploy a patch to address a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge.

March 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google and Microsoft are urging organizations to deploy a patch to address a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Chrome. Other than being called a “Type Confusion in V8” and that an exploit for it exists in the wild, details about this particular vulnerability are scarce. Google says the Chrome update 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac and […]

New Microsoft Endpoint Manager Features Make macOS Management, Reporting Easier

New Microsoft Endpoint Manager features make it easier to manage macOS devices, improve reporting and increase security.

March 25, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released more features in Endpoint Manager to make it easier to manage macOS devices and their critical line of business apps, make the reporting experience more accurate and consistent and increase security for Windows and Windows Server. According to the company, it has had frequent requests from customers with a large number of […]

Microsoft Makes It Easier To Manage Policies For Microsoft 365 Apps For Enterprise

Office cloud policy service update is designed to make it easier for admins to manage policies for Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise.

March 24, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing an update to the Office cloud policy service designed to make it easier for IT admins to manage policies for Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise and other products and services. The Office cloud policy service allows admins to enforce policy settings for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise on a user’s device, even […]

Ingram Micro Cloud Retains Microsoft Azure Expert MSP Status for Third Year Running

March 24, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ingram Micro Cloud today announced it has retained Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) status for the third consecutive year. This status recognizes Ingram Micro Cloud for effectively assisting partners in growing their own businesses by extending services, continuously expanding their offering portfolio and providing first-class in-house support to their partner network. […]