Microsoft 365 Apps and Services To Drop Support for Some TLS Certificates in 2025

Microsoft announced this week some important Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate changes regarding the Microsoft 365 services. The company detailed in a blog post that its Microsoft 365 apps and services would drop support for the current TLS certificates in May 2025, in favor of the new Root Certificate Authorities (CAs). Microsoft says that this […] Continue reading Microsoft 365 Apps and Services To Drop Support for Some TLS Certificates in 2025

MJFChat: Process Mining: What It Is and Why It Matters

  In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions, […] Continue reading MJFChat: Process Mining: What It Is and Why It Matters

Teams Is Adding New Security and Management Tools, Dynamics 365 Joins the Update Party Too


Microsoft is about to roll out new features for Teams that will make it easier to communicate and sign-in while Dynamics is getting new functionality too but questions about its future remain uncertain.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: November 22


Because millennials always have the answers, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks at Slack’s response to a Microsoft rip-off, Amazon suing over Microsoft’s JEDI contract, Salesforce’s unlikely Microsoft partnership, and so much more.

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MJFChat: Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central: What IT pros need to know


The next MJFChat is between me and Erik Hougaard, Microsoft Business Applications MVP, and will focus on what IT pros need to know about Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central.

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Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Wave 2 Delivers Fraud Protection, Commerce, and IoT Features


While you may not think of Microsoft as a traditional retail player, the company has a suite of services that range from fraud protection to IoT analytics that can help retailers modernize their operations. Announced today, Microsoft is unveiling the next major updates to Dynamics 365, known as Wave 2.

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MJFChat: How Microsoft’s Power Platform can empower ‘Citizen Developers’ – Audio Now Available


Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, April 15, is between me and Steve Mordue, CEO of Forceworks Global and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP. We’ll be talking all about Microsoft’s Power Platform.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: March 8


Because Punxsutawney Phil is a lying liar who lies, this edition of Short Takes looks Windows 10 stumbling to 800 million active devices, an open source Windows Calculator, Microsoft’s two new datacenters in Africa, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because this happens once a quarter, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at Microsoft’s earnings announcement and the information it provided to analysts after that announcement. Note: Microsoft announced its latest quarterly earnings last night. As Brad previously reported, the software giant beat analyst expectations by delivering a net income of $7.4 billion […]

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Everything You Need to Know About Office 365 — March 2018

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Tons of Spring Updates in the Office 365 space to cover this month. As always, it will be the news you need with the two cents you don’t.

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