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Exchange Online to Introduce SMTP DANE with DNSSEC Support for Inbound Emails

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Microsoft announced this week plans to release the public preview of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC support for Exchange Online in 2024. The new tamper protection capabilities aim to bolster defenses against adversary-in-the-middle attacks in email communications. Specifically, Microsoft will enable two internet protocols for Exchange Online, including the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)…

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Microsoft Teams Gets New Town Halls Experience, Retires Teams Live Events

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Microsoft Teams continues to improve the meeting experience, and starting next month the collaboration platform is getting a new Town Halls feature with support for up to 10,000 attendees. The new virtual event experience will replace the Teams Live Events functionality, which is set to retire on September 30, 2024. With Town Halls, commercial customers…

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New ZeroFont Phishing Technique Lets Hackers Show Fake AV Scans in Outlook Emails

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Security researchers have discovered that hackers are now employing a new zero-point font obfuscation technique to target Microsoft Outlook users. Unlike traditional phishing emails that try to evade automated detection, this novel approach aims to deceive recipients by making emails appear more trustworthy. In a recent report published by the SANS Internet Storm Center, cybersecurity…

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Microsoft Mesh for Teams Launching in Public Preview Next Month

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Microsoft Mesh integration in Teams is set to launch in public preview in October. The upcoming release should bring a wave of fresh meeting experiences to Microsoft Teams users, including avatars, 3D meeting environments, spatial audio and audio zones, interactive games, and live reactions. Microsoft Mesh is a new mixed-reality platform that was announced back…

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Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 Adds Broadcast Input, Web Search, Other New Features

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Microsoft’s latest release, Windows Terminal 1.19 Preview, is making waves in the developer community with its array of new features, including Suggestions UI, Broadcast Input, and Web Search. Windows Terminal 1.18 is also available as a stable release with all the capabilities that were previously available in preview. Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 brings a new…

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Microsoft Planner to Add Support for New Personal Plans Next Month

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Microsoft is gearing up to introduce support for Personal plans in Microsoft Planner. These new Personal plans will provide users with a more tailored approach to managing tasks, granting creators exclusive ownership and access to their plans. Microsoft Planner is a popular task management service that allows enterprise teams to create, assign, and organize work…

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Adds New Features to Boost Multi-Cloud Data Protection

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Microsoft has announced some important updates for its Defender for Cloud solution. This latest release introduces a new unified cloud data security dashboard and sensitive data discovery capabilities that promise to improve how organizations protect corporate data. First off, Microsoft has launched a new data security dashboard in public preview for its Defender for Cloud…

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Microsoft is Sunsetting its Azure Database for MariaDB Service in 2025

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Microsoft is set to retire its Azure Database for MariaDB service, making way for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server. This shift was announced yesterday, with the service scheduled for deprecation on September 9, 2025. Azure Database for MariaDB is a relational database service based on the open-source MariaDB Server engine. It offers a…

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Microsoft’s Remote Help Solution Gets Support for macOS

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Microsoft has announced its September service release (2309) for Microsoft Intune with a focus on convenience and security. The major highlight of this release is the expansion of the Remote Help service to macOS, simplifying IT troubleshooting for remote Mac devices. Remote Help is a new cloud-based service that enables IT admins to remotely troubleshoot…

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New Outlook for Windows Now Available to Download on the Microsoft Store

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Microsoft has announced that its new web-based Outlook for Windows client is now generally available for consumers. The new app is also available to download on the Microsoft Store for commercial customers, and it will be shipped in tomorrow’s optional update, as well as Windows 11 version 23H2. In a separate blog post for IT…

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