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On-premises Active Directory domain-joined PCs have typically been managed with tools such as Group Policy.  At larger scales, you may have Configuration Manager or third-party tools.  The availability of Intune (part of Endpoint Manager) in Microsoft 365 subscriptions such as Business Premium and E3 has opened up an alternative.  The benefit many are seeing over…

If you are getting started with Microsoft 365 groups, here’s an introduction to how the tool works and how to setup a group.

Microsoft has been caught scanning for malware in password-protected zip files stored on SharePoint Online. Andrew Brandt, a security researcher who uses Microsoft’s cloud services to save copies of malware in password-protected zip files shared his surprise after Microsoft had flagged some of his files that had been uploaded into a SharePoint directory as malware. …

Microsoft recently announced at Build 2020 that it is working on a native open-source package manager for Windows. Due to hit general availability in May 2021, Windows Package Manager is now accessible on GitHub and for Windows Insiders in preview. In this article, I will show you how to use Windows Package Manager (WPM) to…

Microsoft is adopting a new weather-themed taxonomy to describe threat actors across the world. Some nation-state actors such as Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran will be designated with a specific weather event in the new threat actor naming taxonomy, and the company will do the same for more specific threat actor groups.  Microsoft currently…

Here is the simple way to set an out of office message using Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft introduced yesterday its latest Surface Dock with Thunderbolt 4, which now uses a USB-C port to connect to Surface devices instead of Microsoft’s proprietary Surface Connect port. The Surface Thunderbolt 4 dock should be a good companion device for the latest Surface devices that also support Thunderbolt 4, and it’s also compatible with Windows…

Welcome to SharePoint Lists! – At least that’s how Microsoft likely worded their introduction back in 2001 (Wow!). The purpose of this post is to give a little background on what a SharePoint List is, the evolution over the years to the newer ‘Modern List’ in mid-to-late 2016, and the announcement of the new Microsoft…

I’m sure many of you are excited that Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program team recently launched the testing phase of Windows 11. What better way to get your feet wet than to test it in a brand-new virtual Hyper-V machine! Some of your users will probably be clamoring to upgrade when it’s official and recommended, so,…

Security researchers have disclosed a campaign that allowed hackers to gain access to data center logins for Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and several other big companies. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the stolen credentials could potentially allow threat actors to gain physical access to clients’ servers. Cybersecurity research firm Resecurity Inc. first discovered the…