This Week in IT – Windows Group Policy Woes

  In this week’s edition of This Week in IT, Microsoft issues updates to fix last week’s update. Microsoft is finally adding the ability to mute notifications during Microsoft Teams meetings, and Windows 10 and Windows 11 Group Policy ADMX templates no longer play nice with each other. This Week in IT – Windows Group […] Continue reading This Week in IT – Windows Group Policy Woes

Cloud Conversations – Season 2 Kickoff

 Cloud Conversations is a weekly podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Season 2 – Kicking off 2022 In this week’s episode, Peter, Kat, and Ru introduce […] Continue reading Cloud Conversations – Season 2 Kickoff

This Week in IT – When Windows Updates go Loopy

  In this week’s edition of This Week in IT, Microsoft messes up Patch Tuesday updates in grand style, causing Windows Server Active Directory domain controllers to go into a reboot cycle, LT2P VPNs to stop working, and much more. There are also updates to Microsoft Teams for frontline workers, Norton adds crypto currency mining […] Continue reading This Week in IT – When Windows Updates go Loopy

Patch Tuesday January 2022 – Wormable Bug in Windows and a Critical Bug in Exchange Server Get Fixes

Microsoft patches a wormable bug in http.sys in Windows and Windows Server. There are also fixes for three remote code execution vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. And Adobe releases fixes for 26 flaws in Acrobat and Reader. So, let’s get started! Windows and Windows Server This month there are fixes for six zero-days in Windows and […] Continue reading Patch Tuesday January 2022 – Wormable Bug in Windows and a Critical Bug in Exchange Server Get Fixes

This Week in IT: Can Intel 12th Gen Mobile CPUs Compete with Apple’s M1 Chip?

  In this edition of This Week in IT, at CES AMD releases its Ryzen 6000 series CPUs with Microsoft’s Pluton security chip and Intel announces its 12th generation hybrid architecture CPUs for mobile devices, but can they compete with the Apple M1 chip? Microsoft releases a hangover cure for Exchange Server administrators to solve […] Continue reading This Week in IT: Can Intel 12th Gen Mobile CPUs Compete with Apple’s M1 Chip?

What’s New with Windows – December 2021

It was a quiet month, as expected. But there were a few significant announcements. Most notably for enterprise IT, Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management is now generally available, and Microsoft is bringing some basic customization options to the Windows 11 Start menu. Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management now available First available in public […] Continue reading What’s New with Windows – December 2021

Petri is Looking for Writers

The Petri IT Knowledgebase is looking for writers! Petri is a leading site providing IT professionals with tutorials, news, and advice on how to work with Microsoft enterprise technologies. The editorial team is looking for content creators and IT professionals in the field who would like to help others by contributing their knowledge in the […] Continue reading Petri is Looking for Writers

Azure Bicep Brings Easier Infrastructure as Code to Azure Resource Management

Azure Project Bicep, or just Bicep as Microsoft sometimes refers to it, is a new domain-specific language (DSL) for deploying cloud resources using infrastructure as code. If this sounds like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, then you’d be right. ARM templates can now be authored in Bicep or JSON. Infrastructure as code and ARM templates […] Continue reading Azure Bicep Brings Easier Infrastructure as Code to Azure Resource Management

Patch Tuesday December 2021 – Apache Log4j Panic and Microsoft Plugs Windows AppX Installer Zero Day

This month, a flaw in the Apache Log4j library causes panic, Microsoft patches 67 new CVEs, 7 of which are rated Critical. And Adobe delivers a boat load of patches to finish off the year in style. So, let’s get started! Apache Log4j remote code execution vulnerability Let’s start this month by talking about Log4Shell […] Continue reading Patch Tuesday December 2021 – Apache Log4j Panic and Microsoft Plugs Windows AppX Installer Zero Day