Microsoft recently described the process for installing Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for volume licensing users running Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
An optional "tamper protection" security feature is now generally available to users of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with E5 subscription plans.
To help organizations defeat security breaches enabled by advanced attack techniques, Microsoft is working on adding anti-phishing capabilities to its Microsoft Authenticator app.
Microsoft this week announced it has partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on a project called "Critical Cybersecurity Hygiene: Patching the Enterprise Project."
Microsoft is addressing 60 software vulnerabilities in its latest "update Tuesday" security release, including nine that are rated "Critical," with the rest deemed "Important."
A new Personal Vault storage option in OneDrive for consumers is now available worldwide, Microsoft announced last week.
Microsoft on Wednesday described its coming Surface devices, and a new Windows 10X operating system variant, in a New York City presentation.
Users of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, which will reach its end of support in a mere three months, can now take advantage of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's endpoint detection and response capability.
"Should" operators have the critical role of comparing a condition with an expected result. Without that functionality, a test of your PowerShell code would be worthless.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/01/2019
Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft's new desktop-as-a-service solution, became generally available for commercial use on Monday.
In a blog post this week, Microsoft data scientists detailed how the company uses machine learning algorithms to ensure Windows 10 feature upgrades are rolled out successfully.
It's possible for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) users to get Windows 10 feature update previews by making a few settings changes, Microsoft announced this week.
In preview since February, Microsoft's cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM) solution became generally available this week.
Microsoft this week issued "out-of-band" security advisories for Internet Explorer (IE) and the Microsoft Defender anti-malware service.
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- By Adam Bertram
- 09/24/2019
Microsoft recently announced plans to end support for Basic Authentication in its Exchange Online e-mail service when used with various e-mail protocols.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has updated its PowerShell 7 preview to version 4. It also described some of its release plans for the new scripting solution.
Organizations looking to add another layer of security to their Azure service connections can now access a preview release of Azure Private Link, announced by Microsoft this week.
Microsoft's Azure DevTest Labs service allows developers and IT administrators alike to provision and control groups of virtual machines.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/17/2019
Microsoft has added nine months to Exchange Server 2010's "extended support" window, moving the date from Jan. 14, 2020 to Oct. 13, 2020.