Network World

AUGUST 5, 2019

Back when this blog was dedicated to all things Microsoft I routinely railed against the spying aspects of Windows 10. An analytics firm called ExtraHop examined the networks of its customers and found that their security and analytic software was quietly uploading information to servers outside of the customer's network.

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Network World

AUGUST 13, 2024

Early on July 19, just minutes after data security giant CrowdStrike released what was supposed to be a security update, enterprises started losing Windows endpoints, and we ended up with one of the worst and most widespread IT outages of all time. There’s been a lot said about the why and the how.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Because Windows 11 Pro has new hardware requirements, your upgrade strategy must both address hardware and software aspects, not to mention security, deployment plans, training, and more. Then, check with the software vendors to see if the applications are compatible with Windows 11 Pro.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Network World

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday included a hefty haul of fixes: 49 total, and one of them is more than just critical. For enterprises running Windows Server 2016 and Server 2019, it's vital you implement the patch ASAP. The National Security Agency (NSA) disclosed the Windows vulnerability on Tuesday, the same day the fix was issued.

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Anoop

JANUARY 16, 2020

Let’s see how you can enable and deploy Microsoft Edge patches with Configuration Manager Software Updates. I have already published a post that explains how to Deploy Microsoft Edge Browser (client installation) to Windows 10 devices. Microsoft also published patches for the Microsoft Edge browser. […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2024

In the wake of the widespread outage caused by a defective update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity platform, Delta Airlines is among the first enterprises to come forward to demand compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the enormous losses caused by the interruption of its flights during the failure. A shift ahead?

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Network World

JULY 13, 2023

Microsoft is jumping into the competitive Secure Service Edge ( SSE ) arena with a software package aimed at protecting its Windows and Azure customers as well as other cloud-based enterprise resources. To read this article in full, please click here

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Anoop

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In this post, you will get more details about Windows 10 Software Update Patching Options with Intune. How do you patch Windows 10 devices managed with Intune? Microsoft Software Update Patching process for Intune admins. Intune helps to configure Windows Update for Business (WUfB) policies to patch.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Google on Wednesday told the European Union (EU) that Microsoft is illegally using its dominant market position in Windows to force enterprises to use its Azure cloud service or face a 400% price penalty and a denial of upgrades and security patches. It doesn’t address the particulars of Google’s filing,” he said.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, left, and Bill Gates with an array of personal computers in the early 1980s. Microsoft’s decision to make software, rather than produce a PC of its own, defined its business in its early years. Learn more and register here for our Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2024

Have you deployed Windows 11 [1] ? Copilot+ PC [2] operates on the latest Windows 11 release, so if you have not made the transition, now is the ideal time to do so. The historical challenges with application compatibility of Windows on ARM have been addressed by Microsoft and Qualcomm. Read the checklist below.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Tong, a former Windows leader in the 1990s who later co-founded Seattle-area venture capital firm Ignition Partners, is jumping on the AI train with a new startup called Total Neural Enterprises. Customers can set “business rules” to help guide the software. Rich Tong has seen multiple technological revolutions.

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IT Toolbox

JULY 25, 2024

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has blamed a problem in its software validation system for the global outage on Microsoft systems. The post CrowdStrike Blames Windows Outage on Testing Software appeared first on Spiceworks Inc. Learn more about the incident and the factors behind its widespread impact.

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Network World

AUGUST 24, 2017

The first rule of building a secure and feature-rich ecosystem is software management — push and pull software updates and software discovery through an app store mechanism from a trusted source. In the go-to-market IoT race, though, that often doesn’t happen. Also on Network World: How to improve IoT security +.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

CrowdStrike released a faulty update for its Falcon Sensor security software, which had widespread consequences for the entire Windows ecosystem. After assisting millions of PCs in getting back online, Microsoft promised to bolster Windows security through significant changes aimed at making the operating system more resilient.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Sam Schillace, a Microsoft Deputy CTO, author of the new book, No Prize for Pessimism. Microsoft Images) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace , a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the new book, No Prize for Pessimism, the first title from Microsoft’s new publishing imprint , 8080 Books.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2025

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at Town Hall Seattle during GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 special event on March 20, 2025. Without Pauls genius, without Pauls push, without Pauls insight, theres no Microsoft. And the notion of being hardcore and pushing forward and driving I know thats part of Microsoft, he said.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Windows 11, version 24H2, known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, is now available and being rolled out in phases to a broader range of eligible devices. Users can check the availability of the update by navigating to Settings > Windows Update, then selecting Check for updates.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Microsoft Alumni Network Photos) [Editors Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giants past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. Learn more and register here for our special Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.] There’ll never be that many PCs sold.”

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Gates with a printout of the Altair BASIC source code from 1975, one of Microsoft’s earliest software artifacts. Gates Notes / Ian Allen) [Editors Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giants past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Anoop

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Learn how to upgrade Microsoft Edge chromium based browser using ConfigMgr. I have a blog post to explain Deploy Microsoft Edge Patches with SCCM Software Updates. Related Post – How to Deploy Microsoft Edge Browser (client installation) to Windows 10 devices.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

They combine public cloud services from AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, for example. However, if you work with Office 365 and other Windows-based applications, Microsofts Azure is the better choice. Workloads running on virtual Windows machines can be processed faster with it.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Windows 10 users have a limited window to upgrade to Windows 11 for free before Microsoft ends security support for the older operating system on October 14. Microsoft encourages users to transition to Windows 11, which is designed to address current security demands and is a safer choice.

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Anoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Let’s understand the impact of Running SCCM WSUS with HTTP Communications & proxy after the Windows 10 Sep update. The recommendation from Microsoft on a secured connection required for software updates using SCCM and WSUS. These changes could impact many SCCM infra around the world who are running HTTP communications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

With Windows 10s end of support approaching, IT decision-makers are caught between needing to invest and managing budget constraints, he says. Nordquist, speaking in a CIO webcast, commented: Since 2020 AMD has worked closely with Microsoft and OEM partners to better protect devices from firmware vulnerabilities and browser-based attacks.

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GeekWire

JULY 20, 2024

A Delta Airlines display connected to a Windows machine impacted by the CrowdStrike update at Sea-Tac Airport. GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The flawed update from cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike has affected 8.5 That number amounts to less than 1 percent of all Windows machines, according to the company. ”

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Anoop

JANUARY 28, 2021

Let’s understand how ConfigMgr can help to configure Allow User Proxy for Software Update Scans. Microsoft announced changes WSUS with HTTP Communications & proxy with Windows 10 Sep 2020 update. If your organization is […]. If your organization is […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

When Microsoft posted its quarterly earnings last week, its CFO Amy Hood said that customers wanted more cloud compute for their AI workloads than the company could supply. Microsoft posted revenue of $61.9 Many features have been developed for Windows and Office copilots without having been deployed due to the lack of compute.

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TechSpot

APRIL 12, 2024

Andy Young, an ex-Microsoft senior software engineer, posted a message on X/Twitter bemoaning that even with his $1,600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM, Windows 11 Start menu's performance is often awful. Read Entire Article

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Network World

MAY 15, 2017

Estimates by law enforcement agency Europol estimated yesterday that more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries were infected, but with the worm continuing to spread to vulnerable Windows machines, that number will surely rise. It’s available here.

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TechSpot

APRIL 28, 2023

Although Rust is still a relatively recent programming language, Microsoft has already embraced the technology as one of the most promising upgrades for Windows core programming.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 19, 2023

Since Satya Nadella took the helm in 2014, Microsoft has doubled down on its support for non-Microsoft technologies. Its commitment to Linux turned what might have been a Windows Server-based cloud computing backwater into the Microsoft Azure powerhouse, the only public cloud to give the AWS juggernaut a serious run for its money.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Citing currency fluctuations, Microsoft is all set to increase prices of its on-premises software, online services and Windows licenses in India by up to 11%. The change will see India prices for commercial on-premises software rise by 4.5%, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft, Pricing

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Dureja was previously a global vice president at Docusign for nearly four years and has held engineering leadership roles at Smartsheet, Providence Health and Services, Salesforce, Amazon and Microsoft. Isabell Sheang, group product marketing and go-to-product manager for Microsoft. She was previously at Microsoft from 2008 to 2016.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire) Dan Lewis , the former CEO of shuttered Seattle trucking startup Convoy, has joined Microsoft in a chief product officer role. He had the chance to speak with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to talk about the tech giant’s vision for the future of work. billion valuation before imploding in 2023.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft has revealed on the softwares' official product pages that it will stop directly issuing licenses for Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Workstation. The disclaimer states that January 31, 2023, is the last day consumers can download the operating systems from Microsoft's site.

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