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Microsoft Launches Cloud-Based Security Analysis Tool

Azure Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft's new cloud-based service for detecting and analyzing security incidents, is now production-ready for organizations.

Microsoft Launches Compliance Manager, Azure Information Protection Scanner

Microsoft recently rolled out its Compliance Manager dashboard and the Azure Information Protection Scanner tool for Microsoft 365 product licensees.

How To Create and Invoke Your First DSC Configuration in Azure

Using Azure Automation DSC gives administrators the same benefits of PowerShell DSC, but with some bonus tooling.

Proxy and B2C Improvements Arriving in Azure AD

Microsoft delivered another set of improvements to Azure Active Directory (AD) this week, making it easier to publish applications using the Application Proxy service, as well as adding new Business to Consumer (B2C) features.

Microsoft Updates Azure AD with New User and Policy Features

Azure Active Directory (AD) end users and IT pros can now access several new improvements, as recently detailed by Microsoft.

Microsoft Azure VMs Get Accelerated Networking Feature

Microsoft recently announced the general availability of its new Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines.

How To Reset an Azure VM Admin Password with PowerShell

Using Azure's "virtual machine agent," you can reset the local administrator password without even hitting the Windows OS itself. Here's how.

Microsoft Adds Two More VM Types to Azure Lineup

Microsoft this month launched two new Azure virtual machine (VM) types: the memory-intensive M-Series and the lower-cost B-Series.

OneDrive Sync Client Now Available

Aimed at end users, Microsoft this week published new OneDrive Sync Client tutorials.

Azure Location Based Services Hits the Preview Stage

Microsoft this week previewed Azure Location Based Services, a new set of services with APIs for developers that lets applications tap geographical information.

Partnership Between Microsoft and SAP To Support Cloud-Based ERP Solutions

Microsoft and SAP have expanded their 20-year partnership by engineering SAP's cloud and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to run on Microsoft Azure datacenter infrastructure.

Azure 'Bare Metal' Migration Solution Gets Scorn from VMware

VMware doesn't have kind words for Microsoft's recently announced preview of a "bare metal" VMware stack that runs on Azure hardware.

macOS Conditional Access Support Added to Azure Active Directory

Azure Active Directory now supports the setting of macOS device conditional access policies using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.

Azure ExpressRoute Monitoring Previewed by Microsoft

Microsoft announced a preview of a new Azure ExpressRoute monitoring capability last week.

Microsoft Recommends Configuration Change for Orgs Using Active Directory Federation Server

Microsoft is advising that those using Azure Active Directory with federation should make a configuration change to take advantage of newly added resilience improvements.

'Classic' Azure AD Management Portal Ending Soon

Microsoft is limiting the number of software management interfaces for Azure Active Directory identity and access service to one.

Azure Confidential Computing and Managed Service Identity Security Protections Preview Releases

Microsoft this week announced previews of two new Microsoft Azure security measures that possibly add assurances for organizations wary of trusting their data and code on outside infrastructure.

How To Create Virtual Directories in Azure Web Apps with PowerShell

Until Microsoft adds a native command that easily connects virtual directories to Azure Web apps, we're going to have to do it ourselves.

Microsoft's Azure App Service on Linux Now Live

Microsoft on Wednesday added infrastructure support for Linux Web and mobile application developers by announcing the "general availability" of the Azure App Service on Linux, alongside container support.

Preview of Azure AD Domain Services Support for Resource Manager Virtual Networks Released

Microsoft today announced a public preview of new Azure Active Directory Domain Services support for virtual networks using Azure Resource Manager.

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