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January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22
Exchange Server woes continue on January Patch Tuesday

Exchange Server admins who had to cope with a Y2K22 error to start the new year have three more vulnerabilities of varying levels of severity to resolve for Patch Tuesday.
November 10, 2021 10 Nov'21
Exchange zero-day corrected on November Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released a security update to shut down a publicly exploited vulnerability in the beleaguered on-premises messaging platform.
November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21
Microsoft Ignite 2021 conference coverage

Microsoft is expected to highlight the features in its new Windows desktop and server products as well as company efforts in artificial intelligence and cloud services.
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Microsoft squashes Windows zero-day on October Patch Tuesday

In addition to the publicly exploited bug, Microsoft corrected 76 flaws, including four that had been publicly disclosed, in this month's batch of security updates.

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Administrators who rely on an Azure AD Connect v1 version for hybrid identity with Office 365 should prepare for the impending retirement of several technologies in the utility. Continue Reading
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Use command-line options to edit registries with regedit.exe

Did you know this venerable Windows GUI tool has several switches for basic registry editing tasks? See what tweaks Microsoft inserted in regedit for administrative use. Continue Reading
Using Diskpart to create, delete, clean or extend disk partitions

The diskpart is one of the oldest tools in the Windows operating system that handles a wide range of disk management jobs, such as assigning drive letters and deleting partitions. Continue Reading