Author Archives: Russell Smith

Azure Sentinel, Microsoft’s Cloud-Native SIEM Solution, Is Now Generally Available

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Microsoft announced September 25th on its Security blog that Azure Sentinel has reached general availability. Based on Azure Monitor Log Analytics, Sentinel adds a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution to Azure’s already long list of services.

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Microsoft Intune Support for Android Enterprise Fully Managed Devices Now Generally Available

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Microsoft now officially supports management of Android Enterprise fully managed devices using Intune.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – September 2019

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This month sees Microsoft designate Windows 10 1903 ready for broad deployment, BitLocker no longer trust SSDs that have built-in hardware encryption, Windows 10 reach 900 million devices, and much more.

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Gather Research in a Structured Format with Microsoft Edge Collections

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Collections has made it to the Dev channel for Microsoft Edge Insiders. In this Ask the Admin, I look at how Collections works and where it might be useful.

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Most Useful PowerShell Cmdlets for Managing and Securing Active Directory

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How to manage and secure Active Directory using PowerShell; I’ll look at the most useful PowerShell cmdlets and give examples of how to use them.

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Is Google’s Chrome Enterprise Push a Threat to Windows?

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With Google and Dell partnering to ship hardware that includes the Chrome OS Enterprise upgrade out-of-the-box, does Google’s push in the enterprise threaten Microsoft’s dominant position?

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