Now that Microsoft has spelled out how much its desktop-as-a-service will cost, businesses can calculate whether it’s better to go virtual, or stick with traditional PCs. Microsoft this week launched its Windows 365 service, revealing prices for the virtual desktops that range between $20 and $162 per user per month. In July, Microsoft announced the desktop-as-a-service … Read more
Cyber-criminal groups including Vice Society and Magniber have been spotted using vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler to infect victims with ransomware. Cyber criminals are exploiting Windows PrintNightmare vulnerabilities in their attempts to infect victims with ransomware – and the number of ransomware groups attempting to take advantage of unpatched networks is likely to grow. The … Read more
Microsoft’s unified endpoint management offering, Endpoint Manager, is designed to reduce the time and effort needed to manage desktop and mobile work environments. Here’s what it does. Microsoft’s Endpoint Manager combines Intune and System Center Configuration Manager to reduce the time and effort IT admins need to manage desktop and mobile work environments. As businesses look to give employees flexible work … Read more
Microsoft has re-released its PC Health Check app, but not everyone can use it. Here’s how to use the tool and two third-party alternatives to assess a PC’s ability to upgrade to Windows 11. In late June, Microsoft announced Windows 11, noted that the upcoming OS would have more stringent hardware requirements than Windows 10, and … Read more
With the Oct. 5 launch date less than a month away, it’s time to think about when Windows users should move from 10 to 11. (Helpful hint: Don’t rush.) The date has been announced: Microsoft will start offering Windows 11 on Oct. 5 to computers that fully meet its hardware requirements. But should you update? With Windows … Read more
Following Microsoft’s announcement of plans to implement passwordless user verification, we explore what this will mean for users going forward. As part of the corporation’s plans to go passwordless, Microsoft has said it will allow its users to switch to app-based authentication logins. Starting on Wednesday, according to a Microsoft blog post, users can now remove passwords from … Read more
Like the idea of Desktop-as-a-Service rather than trying to manage thousands of users desktops at home? Microsoft has some advice for you. As the months and years go by, Microsoft keeps steadily moving away from its old model of PC operating systems, which started with buying Seattle Computing Products’ 86-DOS, aka Quick and Dirty DOS in July … Read more
Slack is already going after Microsoft in Europe, hoping to put a dent in the latter’s success with Teams. But Windows could be what really puts Slack in the rearview mirror. When Microsoft rolled out Teams, its work collaboration software, in 2017, it took dead aim at Slack, the reigning king of work collaboration tools. … Read more
Microsoft this week unveiled ‘Known Issue Rollback,’ which allows IT admins roll back individual non-security elements of an update if the change breaks something. Microsoft this week announced a new enterprise-only flexibility in Windows servicing that lets IT professionals roll back individual non-security elements of an update when a change breaks something. The feature, dubbed … Read more
The integration of Microsoft’s Virtual WAN Hub and VMware’s SD-WAN is aimed at making it easier for customers to deploy widely distributed business applications. Microsoft and VMware have taken their well-established relationship up a notch by tying together application and network technologies to help customers support secure WAN access to critical enterprise applications. Specifically, the … Read more
