Google’s G Suite Can Now Manage Windows 10 Devices


Enhanced management & security for Windows 10 is now generally available for G Suite Enterprise, Enterprise for Education, and Cloud Identity Premium customers in the Admin console.

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Split Tunnel VPNs Improve Performance of Cloud Apps for Remote Workers


VPNs are commonly used to give users working from home access to corporate resources. But traditional forced tunnel VPNs can have a significant impact on the performance of cloud services like Office 365. In this article, I look at the different ways VPNs can be configured for performance and security.

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Understanding Windows 10 Always On VPN


Microsoft Windows and Windows Server support a variety of different VPN technologies. The most advanced are DirectAccess and Windows 10 Always On VPN. In this article, I look at the advantages of Always On VPN over DirectAccess, and outline the infrastructure required to deploy Always On VPN.

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Patch Tuesday – April 2020


This month Microsoft patches three Windows 10 zero-days, including a patch for two RCE flaws discovered last month in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. There are also important updates for vulnerabilities in the OneDrive desktop app for Windows, the DNS client service, and in the way that Windows handles token relationships.

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Azure Active Directory Premium P1 to be Part of Microsoft 365 Business


Cloud Discovery, Application Proxy, passwordless authentication, and more Azure Active Directory features coming to Microsoft 365 Business in April.

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How to Block TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome


Microsoft announced that it is delaying disabling legacy TLS protocols by default in all its supported browsers.

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Active Directory Authentication for Azure Files Enters Public Preview


Active Directory authentication for Azure Files, which is now in preview, builds on Azure AD DS authentication over SMB by letting you mount shares created using Azure Files with Windows Server Active Directory (AD) credentials.

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Hardware-Enforced Stack Protection Preview Arrives For Windows 10


Microsoft announces support for protection against Return-Oriented Programming based control flow attacks in Windows 10 Insider builds on the Fast Ring.

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