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Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) Release and New Features for IT Pros

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16th November 2021, Microsoft made the Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) generally available. In this article, I’m going to tell you about all the new features for IT pros. As with previous Windows 10 feature updates, Microsoft is taking a measured approach to the rollout, throttling availability via Windows Update to make sure users […] Continue reading Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) Release and New Features for IT Pros→

Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V Get USB Passthrough Support

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature in Windows that lets developers test and run Linux binaries directly from their desktop. The beauty of WSL is that there’s no need to switch between your Windows desktop and a virtual machine (VM) to develop Linux code. For instance, you can open a Linux shell in […] Continue reading Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V Get USB Passthrough Support→

Microsoft Issues Emergency Update Fix for Windows Server SSO Authentication Bug

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Microsoft has issued an out-of-band emergency update fix to patch an authentication issue that was caused by the November 9th cumulative update for Windows Server. The bug affects Windows Server 2008 SP2 through to Windows Server 2019. The November 9th Patch Tuesday cumulative update (CU) for Windows Server causes a problem that can cause authentication […] Continue reading Microsoft Issues Emergency Update Fix for Windows Server SSO Authentication Bug→

Microsoft Retiring Desktop Analytics in 2022

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November 30th, 2022 will see Microsoft end availability for its Desktop Analytics solution. Microsoft said in a blog post dated November 5th: “To align our investments with this goal and the shift we have been seeing, we are announcing that we will retire Desktop Analytics on November 30, 2022. Over the next year, we will […] Continue reading Microsoft Retiring Desktop Analytics in 2022→

Patch Tuesday November 2021 – Microsoft Patches Windows RDP Zero-Day and Exchange RCE

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Patch Tuesday in November 2021 sees Microsoft release patches to address 55 CVEs, including fixes for 6 zero-day bugs. There are updates for products including Windows, Windows Server, Office, Exchange Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Dynamics, Hyper-V, and Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS), which is ThreadX RTOS, an embedded real-time operating system that Microsoft purchased […] Continue reading Patch Tuesday November 2021 – Microsoft Patches Windows RDP Zero-Day and Exchange RCE→

Microsoft Teams Ignite November 2021 News Roundup

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Teams is one of the fastest growing products Microsoft has ever released, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there was a big focus on Teams at the November edition of Ignite. In this article, I’m going to cover all the important news in brief. New Microsoft Teams chat features Microsoft Teams chat recently […] Continue reading Microsoft Teams Ignite November 2021 News Roundup→

Microsoft Loop is Rebrand of Fluid Framework

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At its Ignite conference yesterday, Microsoft announced that some parts of its Fluid Framework are being rebranded as Microsoft Loop. Or at least some parts of it. First announced in 2019, the Fluid Framework provides users with what Microsoft describes as ‘atomic units of productivity’ that can be shared and worked on independently of a […] Continue reading Microsoft Loop is Rebrand of Fluid Framework→

Microsoft Ignite – Highlights for IT Pros

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Ignite Hero The second installment of Microsoft Ignite November 2021 kicks off today, November 2nd, at 4.15 CET with the opening keynote by Satya Nadella. The conference runs through to November 4th. Many of the sessions can be watched on-demand after the event but not all of them. In this article, I’m going to cut […] Continue reading Microsoft Ignite – Highlights for IT Pros→

What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition

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Windows 11 is now generally available, there are already fixes for a long list of bugs and performance issues with AMD processors, and Android apps come to users in the Windows 11 Beta Channel. Plus, there’s much more of what’s new with Windows in October 2021, so let’s get started! Windows 11 is now generally […] Continue reading What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition→