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XMReality Launches Integration with Microsoft Teams; Joins Microsoft Partner Network

November 1, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Partner Network Allows XMReality to Engage with Microsoft’s Global Ecosystem, Market XMReality Remote Guidance Through Its Channels PORTSMOUTH, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#augmentedreality—XMReality today launched a new app for Microsoft Teams that simplifies the initiation of an XMReality Remote Guidance call, making it possible to seamlessly transition from Microsoft Teams chats and meetings to a remote guidance call. […]

How Microsoft Is Partnering With Community Colleges To Close the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap

Microsoft is leveraging the help of the community colleges to recruit 250,000 cybersecurity professionals into the workforce by 2025.

October 29, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft, in a bid to close the U.S. cybersecurity skills gap, is leveraging the help of the country’s community colleges with the goal of recruiting 250,000 cybersecurity professionals into the workforce by 2025. According to the company, that represents half of the country’s cybersecurity workforce shortage. Those professionals will work for both Microsoft and other […]

The 3 Most Common Misconfigurations in Microsoft Active Directory (and How to Fix Them)

Research has revealed that AD also presents significant security risk for these enterprises thanks to misconfigurations and cyberattacks.

October 29, 2021 Andy Robbins Leave a Comment

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is one of, if not THE, most critical services used by organizations of all sizes. In fact, for roughly 90% of Global Fortune 1000 companies, AD is the primary method utilized for seamless authentication and authorization when connecting and managing individual endpoints inside corporate networks. Research has revealed that AD also […]

SHI Achieves Advanced Specialization in Microsoft Teamwork Certification to Enhance Support for Remote and Hybrid Work

October 28, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Microsoft recognizes SHI’s ability to deliver tailored, frictionless modern workplace solutions SOMERSET, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SHI International, one of the world’s largest technology solutions providers, today solidified its position as one of the top Microsoft Modern Workplace partners with the Advanced Specialization in Microsoft Teamwork certification. This achievement underscores SHI’s commitment and success in ensuring that customers […]

Microsoft Makes Privacy Easier With Privacy Management For Microsoft 365

Privacy Manager for Microsoft 365 is a new tool designed to help customers identify privacy risks, automate privacy actions and more.

October 22, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has launched Privacy Management for Microsoft 365, a new tool designed to enable customers to protect their personal data and build a privacy-resilient workplace. In multiple blogs, the company cited the fluidity of hybrid work and the merging of work and personal activities, which is leading to more personal data being generated, creating additional […]

How To Enable End-to-End Encryption In Microsoft Teams

Microsoft is starting to toll out a public preview for end-to-end encryption for one-on-one Microsoft Teams calls.

October 22, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is starting to toll out a public preview for end-to-end encryption for Microsoft Teams calls, specifically for unscheduled one-to-one calls that encrypts the communication between both parties. The company first announced this feature in March during an Ignite conference, and the company announced during this fall’s version of the virtual conference that the feature […]

Microsoft Announces Frontline Worker Features For Teams, 365

Improvements include new features in Endpoint Manager for shared devices, a new Onboarding Wizard, Viva Connections and new integrations.

October 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced several new features in Microsoft 365 and Teams designed to support frontline workers, including new features in Endpoint Manager for shared devices, a new Onboarding Wizard, Viva Connections and new integrations. The new features, outlined in a Tech Community blog, will be discussed in more detail during Microsoft’s Ignite event next month. […]

Microsoft Azure DDoS Attacks Up By 140%

Microsoft observed a 140% increase in DDoS attacks targeting Azure customers in Europe the last week of August.

October 15, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Every organization with internet-exposed workloads is vulnerable to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, especially those who are adopting cloud services in the wake of the pandemic. Bad actors will look for ways to take applications offline. The last week of August, Microsoft observed 2.4 terabits per second (Tbps) of DDoS attacks targeting Azure customers in Europe. […]

Microsoft Releases Sysmon for Linux

Linux users can now monitor devices for malicious activity and log security events using Microsoft's popular Sysmon tool.

October 15, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released a Linux version of its popular IT monitoring tool Sysmon to help IT professionals monitor Linux enviromments for possible malicious activity and log security events. Now, Linux users can monitor devices for malicious activity using this popular Windows tool. The company released Sysmon for Linux as an open-source project on GitHub In […]

SHI Achieves Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Advanced Specialization

October 13, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SOMERSET, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SHI International, one of the world’s largest technology solutions providers, recently achieved Advanced Specialization in Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop. This achievement further validates SHI’s deep knowledge, extensive experience, and proven success in delivering high-fidelity services in deploying, optimizing, and securing virtual desktop infrastructure on Azure with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). Evaluated across both […]