Microsoft is announcing new Endpoint reporting capabilities within the Microsoft 365 Defender portal that brings together Device Control reports and Windows Firewall reports so admins can see what is happening in their environment in just a few clicks. According to Microsoft, the reports are designed to give insight into device behavior and activity while allowing […]
Microsoft is beginning the final phase of disabling SMB1 in Windows, announcing that SMB1 is now disabled by default for Windows 11 Home Insiders, and the company will remove the SMB1 binaries and the drivers and DLLs of SMB1 in future releases. In a Tech Community blog, Ned Pyle, a principal program manager in the […]
Microsoft is launching Microsoft Purview, a new set of solutions designed to help organizations govern, protect and manage their entire data estate, combining the capabilities of Azure Purview and the Microsoft 365 Compliance portfolio. In a blog post, Microsoft outlines how the events of the last two years has led to a massive increase in […]
IT admins have a lot of patching to do this month as Microsoft has released patches to address nearly 130 security vulnerabilities, including 10 critical bugs and three with a CVSS of 9.8. According to Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the vulnerability disclosure initiative of cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, this volume of patches has not been […]
Microsoft’s new unified Defender for Endpoint solution for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 is now generally available. According to Microsoft, this adds new prevention, detection and response capabilities to Defender for Endpoint on those versions that were previously only available on Windows Server 2019 and later. The new unified Defender reduces complexity […]
One of Microsoft’s largest announcements about improvements to the Windows management experience for IT professionals last week was Windows Autopatch, a new feature of Windows Enterprise E3 designed to keep Windows and Office software on enrolled endpoints updated automatically. According to Microsoft, Patch Tuesdays — when the company releases monthly security patches the second Tuesday […]
Microsoft has unveiled what it has in store for Windows 11 and Windows 365 for commercial customers and IT managers, including new features in security, management, productivity and collaboration. The announcements came during the company’s Windows Powers the Future of Hybrid Work event, one quarter through the first full year of Windows 11, and are largely […]
Government workers are echoing concerns about cyberattacks and the government’s reliance on Microsoft and legacy productivity software, according to a new survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies commissioned by Google Cloud. The survey polled 2,600 Americans workers, including 600 workers from the Washington, D.C. metro area, and 338 workers employed by federal, state or local […]
Microsoft is releasing new role-based access control features in Azure Active Directory designed to enable IT to create custom roles for devices and add devices as administrative units for more fine-grained delegation of device administration. Administrators can create custom roles using device permissions to delegate access. Admins can do this by navigating to Roles and […]
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 […]
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