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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO Business Intelligence

laments the widely held erroneous perception that IT is a technology drive-thru where executivesorder into a speaker and drive around to the window expecting to be handed the finished product. Steven Narvaez, IT consultant and former CIO of the City of Deltona, Fla.,

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Windows 10: Microsoft's enterprise upgrade push 'will pay off in 2017'

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft's offer to upgrade some business customers to Windows 10 for free is the latest in a concerted effort to push firms to begin deployments.

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Pwn2Own 2017: Your stuff as mincemeat

Network World

The security researchers assembled at the Pwn2Own 2017 hacking competition , sponsored by Trend Micro, and occasionally grouped together, then performed essentially zero-day exploits (at least by the rules, heretofore unknown) on your favorite stuff, such as Windows, MacOS and Linux.

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How to Block Personal Windows Devices Enrollment

Anoop

After long wait now you can block Windows personal devices from enrolling into Microsoft Intune. I’ve a previous post from Jan 2017 learn how to restrict personal iOS devices from enrolling into Intune. Learn how to block personal Windows devices from Intune enrolment and to access […].

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End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal

GeekWire

The company had planned to announce the news next week, before it leaked Thursday night, through a message about the transition in the underlying code for the latest Skype for Windows preview. billion, 2017), and Nuance ($19.7 Microsoft would go on to integrate Skype into its ecosystem, including Windows, Xbox, Outlook, and Office.

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Microsoft releases only 4 security bulletins, 2 critical, on first 2017 Patch Tuesday

Network World

For the first Patch Tuesday of 2017, Microsoft is easing us into it by releasing only four security bulletins , half are of which are rated as critical for remote code execution flaws. In reality, only three of those are for Windows systems! This is the lightest load I can recall Microsoft handing us.

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How to improve Dynamic Lock in Windows 10 Creators Update

Network World

When Microsoft released Build 15031 of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on February 8, 2017, it added a new OS feature for Bluetooth-equipped devices. It's called Dynamic Lock, and lets you control access to your PCs based on how close they — and your Bluetooth-paired phones — are to them.

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