Microsoft Azure continues to be a forerunner for public cloud dominance. A 2022 cloud usage survey by Flexera estimates 80% enterprise usage of Azure versus 77% for AWS. In regards to virtual machines (VMs) Azure also comes out ahead, with 71% of enterprises running more than 51 VMs on Azure compared to 69% for AWS, according to […]
A new report from Microsoft and Adobe find that time and operational constraints are limiting organizations’ ability to restructure their digital workflows in the wake of the pandemic and the shift to distributed work, and two-thirds of CIOs say they want to develop their digital document processes further. The joint report from the tech companies, […]
Microsoft has announced the general availability of a new Teams progressive web app (PWA) on Linux, giving Linux users the full lineup of Teams features in a secure way. According to Microsoft, the Teams PWA for Linux—as a feature of the current web client for Linux customers—provides the “full richness” of Teams features and enables […]
Microsoft’s November 2022 Patch Tuesday is a particularly important one, as the company has released fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities, all of which are currently being exploited in the wild. In total, the Redmond, Wash. software giant has released fixes for 62 security bugs, including nine rated critical and 53 rated important. Here’s a look […]
Nation-state cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure are rising as countries continue to leverage technology to carry out advanced cyberattacks in addition to physical warfare, according to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report. Much of the report focuses on the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine—which Microsoft attributes as a main cause of a spike in cyberattacks targeting critical […]
Microsoft and the SANS Institute are partnering on a new series of computer-based training modules in the Attack Simulation Training service that will focus on IT systems and network administrators. The training will be included in the Defender for O365 offering for security professionals utilizing the Microsoft 365 E5 Security license. IT systems and/or network […]
Microsoft is releasing the public preview of Azure Active Directory (AD) Certificate-based Authentication (CBA) on iOS and Android devices using certificates on hardware security keys from Yubico. The company first announced the general availability of Azure AD CBA during Ignite 2022 as part of the company’s commitment to President Joe Biden’s executive order on improving […]
Microsoft is releasing enhanced Windows Defender Firewall security capabilities that allow for reusing group settings to target devices and users and support the use of Fully Qualified Domain Name rules. According to Microsoft, these new capabilities in Intune are designed to simplify management and provide more advanced controls to configure Firewall rules, giving IT admins […]
Microsoft is releasing Just in Time Registration for Setup Assistant with modern authentication for iOS and iPadOS devices that enroll through Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment. According to a Microsoft blog, this is an improvement to the Setup Assistant with modern authentication enrollment method since it no longer requires the Company Portal app for Azure AD […]
Every company is working to find a hybrid work solution, which means productivity tools are no longer a “nice-to-have” but a “must-have.” Shockingly, most organizations just deployed something in haste to adapt to work during the pandemic. Using disparate tools that don’t fit into long-term plans, most companies don’t have a way to monitor, update, […]
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