Microsoft is launching Defender for Endpoint’s unified agent integration with Microsoft Defender for Server Plan 2, aligning the experience between Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Server plans. The release comes just two months after the company introduced Microsoft Defender for Severs Plan 1, an entry-level SKU that offers Cloud Security Posture Management capabilities including Secure […]
Microsoft is releasing Defender for Individuals, a new online security application for subscribers of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family, bringing enterprise security features to consumers. According to Microsoft, Defender for Individuals leverage the same security tools used by enterprises for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, bringing new security offerings to the company’s Defender solutions family and […]
Microsoft is launching Viva Sales, which the Redmond, Wash. IT giant calls a new seller tool that combines any customer relationship management (CRM) technology, Microsoft 365 and Teams to provide a streamlined and intelligence selling experience. Microsoft bills the new offering as a way to keep hybrid and remote salespeople productive while navigating between CRMs, […]
Users still trying to use Internet Explorer will be redirected to Microsoft Edge as Microsoft’s legacy internet browser has been officially retired as of today. Microsoft has been actively promoting Microsoft Edge and alerting organizations and users still using Explorer that the browser would be shut down on June 15, and the date has finally […]
Microsoft says it is acquiring cyber threat analysis and research firm Miburo in a move the company hopes will help organizations detect and respond to sophisticated nation-state cyberattacks. In a blog post penned by Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust, in the blog, Microsoft says Miburo will become part of the […]
Despite issuing patches for just 60 security bugs this month, Microsoft’s June Patch Tuesday release include a fix for Follina, a dangerous remote code execution zero-day in the company’s Windows Support Diagnostic Tool that is being actively exploited. According to Microsoft, attackers who successfully exploit the bug, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, can run arbitrary code with […]
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can now isolate unmanaged devices that are suspected of being compromised and block it from any incoming or outgoing communication with devices enrolled in Defender for Endpoint. According to Microsoft, this is designed to help prevent human-operated ransomware from moving laterally and spreading from an unmanaged device throughout an organization’s network. […]
In a significant step towards interoperability between major videoconferencing platforms, Microsoft is making it easier to join third-party meeting platforms from Teams Rooms, starting with Zoom with the launch of Direct Guest Join. The company calls Direct Guest Join a “one-touch experience” that enables users to join a third-party online meeting from their Teams Rooms […]
In conjunction with the general availability launch of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade announced an expansion of their partnership to help organizations tackle climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges. The three companies aim to deliver solutions to help organizations transform operations products, services and value chains to help […]
The public preview for Windows Autopatch is now available for organizations that want to automate the process of managing and rolling out updates for Windows and Microsoft 365 apps about a month before it is expected to reach general availability. The Autopatch service, free for certain Windows licenses, is designed to take the burden of […]
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