Microsoft Patch Alert: September 2020
What September’s patching frenzy lacked in fireworks, it more than compensated for in volume – and belligerence. Server 2016 hiccups on Security Options. Win10 version...
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Great news for intranets at Microsoft Ignite 2020
Microsoft’s annual gathering of tech leaders and practitioners was delivered as a digital event last week. There was a lot of news – so much...
How to protect your privacy in Windows 10
There has been some concern that Windows 10 gathers too much private information from users. Whether you think Microsoft’s operating system crosses the privacy line...
Microsoft Teams gets custom layouts, new Together ‘scenes’
Microsoft will enable Teams users to overlay a presenter’s video feed when displaying content such as slides – part of its aim to improve meetings...
IT admins want one, and only one, Windows 10 upgrade annually
IT administrators voiced strong support for Microsoft’s move to a fewer-than-two-upgrades-a-year Windows 10 cadence, even as many question the way the Redmond, Wash. developer has...
The worst version of Windows ever released
Twenty years ago this month Microsoft released a stink bomb of an operating system, Windows Me. Unstable, unloved and unusable, that was Windows Me. Many...
Windows 10 upgrades are rarely useful, say IT admins
A majority of IT administrators polled this summer said that the twice-a-year Windows 10 feature upgrades are not useful – or rarely so – a...
Microsoft will bundle updates to streamline patching
Microsoft this week changed how it will deliver updates to the parts of Windows 10 that receive and install files from Windows Update, claiming that...
A fat Windows Update for September’s Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has released 129 updates to its Windows ecosystem, but the good news this month is that we are not responding to any zero-days or...
How Jamf plans to let Microsoft Endpoint manage enterprise iPhones
While it’s widely known that Apple is enjoying growing use across the enterprise, it’s also true that employee choice means most businesses must support multiple platforms....