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First Ring Daily: End of the Fiscal Year
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (78+ words) Petri IT Knowledgebase First Ring Daily: End of the Fiscal Year In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the state of Microsoft's various businesses as the company is expected to kick off its new…...
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Gets Unified Alert Experience
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (316+ words) Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Gets New Unified Alert Experience Petri IT Knowledgebase Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Gets New Unified Alert Experience The new capabilities consolidate alert management, user insights, and investigation records for security teams. - The classic and…...
Microsoft Brings Copilot Cowork Gets New Compliance Controls
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (226+ words) Microsoft rolled out new Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities in June to improve AI-powered productivity across enterprise environments. The updates make business data more accessible, actionable, and trustworthy while adding stronger management and compliance controls for IT teams. " Watch This Week in…...
How Can Organizations Secure the Onboarding Process in 2026?
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (754+ words) Most organizations have strengthened MFA and endpoint controls, but those protections can still be bypassed if identity is incorrectly established at the start. Numerous high-profile breaches in recent years have highlighted a critical weakness in enterprise security. The 2025 M&S…...
Microsoft Backs EU-U. S. Data Transfers and Stronger Privacy Safeguards
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (269+ words) Microsoft highlights privacy reforms and the importance of trusted international data transfers. Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting customer privacy while stressing the need for secure, reliable data transfers between Europe and the United States. The company also continues…...
Exposed Enterprise AI Systems Used to Power Autonomous Attack Agents
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (254+ words) How unsecured AI endpoints can enable resource theft and unauthorized AI-powered activity. Cybercriminals are hijacking exposed enterprise AI backends to power autonomous agents, offensive tools, and reconnaissance operations. The new research warns that unsecured AI infrastructure is emerging as the…...
Windows Server 2022 Keeps Reboot-Free Security Updates Until 2027
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (192+ words) This extension gives Azure-hosted server environments additional time to plan future platform upgrades. Microsoft has extended hotpatching support for Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition through October 2027. This extension enables Azure-hosted servers to continue receiving monthly security updates without requiring routine…...
Windows 365 Adds Context-Based Redirections for Secure Data Access
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (205+ words) New feature adjusts clipboard, storage, printer, and USB access based on session trust levels. Microsoft has introduced context-based redirections in public preview for Windows 365. The new capability enables administrators to dynamically control data redirection based on user identity, device posture,…...
Microsoft Intune Adds Auto App Updates and Enhanced Privilege Controls
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (357+ words) " Watch This Week in IT. The new Microsoft Intune Enterprise Application Management (EAM) auto-updates feature is hitting general availability this month. The EAM helps organizations manage the full lifecycle of enterprise apps, including deployment, updates, and version control across devices....
Microsoft, Commvault Bring Data Resilience Platform to Azure
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (239+ words) Microsoft has teamed up with Commvault to keep data secure and recoverable in an increasingly complex threat landscape. This new multi-year partnership brings Commvault's resilience platform directly into Microsoft Azure. With this new initiative, Commvault's extensive AI and cyber resilience…...