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The second annual Microsoft Technical Takeoff for Intune and Windows is currently underway! This free, virtual skilling event provides you with the prescriptive, technical depth you need to successfully deploy, use, and manage the latest capabilities in Microsoft Intune and the Microsoft Intune Suite. Explore scenario-based demos. Go deeper into features, settings, and policies. And, perhaps most importantly, engage with our engineering and product teams in the chat to get the answers and insights you need! All sessions are streamed live on Microsoft Tech Community, YouTube, X, and LinkedIn—and available on demand the same day so you can choose the excitement of the li…

The blog is inclined towards troubleshooting clientothererrors reflecting in the metrics. It is a step-by-step process to understand what these errors signify and potential reasons. This will also help in analyzing if these are legitimate ones and also deciding on the action plan ahead. ClientOtherError usually means expected client-side errors which are not fatal errors. These operations have been completed successfully and therefore don't affect other metrics, such as availability. Some examples of operations that execute successfully but that can result in unsuccessful HTTP status codes include: ResourceNotFound (Not Found 404), for example, from a GET reque…

Autopilot, an app published to Microsoft AppSource, features customizable automation that streamlines contract approvals and keeps important documents on file and in order. Microsoft AppSource interviewed Rene Bredenkamp, Finance and Operations Executive at +OneX, to learn why she recommends Autopilot. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. What do you like best about Autopilot? Working with Autopilot has helped us streamline our processes and work more efficiently. We have automated processes which previously were manual and time-consuming. With Autopilot, all our documents are saved in a central depository with a full audit trail, which …

Now available! Updated: Microsoft Intune Advanced Deployment Guide Did you know that “80-90% of all successful ransomware compromises originate through unmanaged devices”? Source: Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023 Endpoint device management and security are critical for every organization, especially in the era of hybrid work and ransomware attacks. That’s why we are excited to announce the updated Microsoft Intune Advanced Deployment Guide (2023), a comprehensive resource to help you set up, configure, and optimize Intune for your organization’s needs. In this blog post, we will give you an overview of what’s new in the guide, how it ca…

Hi folks - welcome to the second post in the holiday '23 series. Today's post is about a capability that came to preview long ago but recently surprised much of the world and moved to General Availability (GA). This allows you to sign-in to a Windows PC itself via the familiar web sign in form/pop-up dialog box: [ATTACH=full]56983[/ATTACH] With this sign-in method, you certainly can use your password but passwords are so ‘yesterday’ … Let’s go passwordless and use MS Authenticator - which can be a form of ‘multi-factor’ sign in. IMPORTANT: This sign in method is called ‘web sign in’ – if there is no ‘web,’ then there is no sign in (i.e. offlin…

If you are a student or an entrepreneurial developer who wants to build modern data applications using Azure Cosmos DB, you might be wondering how to write NoSQL queries to access your data. NoSQL queries are different from SQL queries in that they use a document-based structure instead of a relational schema. This can make them more flexible and scalable, but also more challenging to learn and write. That’s why Microsoft has introduced Copilot for Azure Cosmos DB, an AI companion that simplifies how you work with Azure Cosmos DB. Copilot is an amazing AI-powered capability that can create Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL queries based on your natural language questions about…

We loved having so many of you from our Windows Server community at Ignite, whether you were there in-person or watching online. For the vast majority who weren’t able to make it, I wanted to share some great Windows Server highlights that you can watch at your convenience: What’s New in Windows Server v.Next – This session, led by Jeff Woolsey and Elden Christiansen, featured previews of what we are working on for the next version of Windows Server. Watch the video to catch up on enhancements that are available now, including Hotpatch for Desktop Experience in Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition, as well as some sneak peeks, including improvements for Fi…

Are you looking for a way to accelerate your cloud journey and optimize your IT infrastructure, data, and applications? If so, you might be interested in the Brand New Azure Expert Assessment Offering! It is being launched as a new option within the Microsoft Solution Assessment Program. This is a free one-to-one offering from Microsoft that helps you plan your cloud adoption by collaborating with a Certified Azure Expert who will personally guide you through the assessment, and will make remediation recommendations for your organization. What is the Azure Expert Assessment? Azure Expert Assessment is a new offering where you will receive an assessment to help …

Whether you’re a beginner, a student, or an expert looking for a new challenge, this is the perfect opportunity for you! The Great .NET 8 Hack! We are excited to help developers build cloud native and AI apps using .NET 8. [ATTACH=full]56977[/ATTACH] .NET 8 is the newest release of the popular open source and cross-platform development platform that powers millions of apps across the web, mobile, desktop, gaming, IoT, and more. With .NET 8, you can take advantage of the latest features and improvements such as: C# 12: The latest version of the modern and expressive programming language that supports nullable reference types, records, pattern matchin…

In this article Microsoft Global Network Default Public Access Service Endpoints Private Link Internet Routing Preference Azure Services and the solutions you deploy into Azure are connected to the Microsoft global wide-area network also known as the Microsoft Global Network or the Azure Backbone. There are a few different ways to connect to an Azure service from a subnet, depending on your requirements around securing access to these services. Your requirements should dictate which method you choose. There are some common misconceptions around connectivity, and the goal of this article is to provide some clarity around connecting to Azure Serv…

Hey everybody, Ryan Ries here with a quick heads-up that there is some hot-off-the-presses content you need to check out if you're interested in Windows Server and Active Directory. And if you're reading this, I know you are. First, we have the Windows Server vNext session from Ignite. It has a ton of announcements, demos, news on what's coming and we are looking to drive a ton of customer interest in all the changes for AD, Hyper-V, clustering, file server, storage, performance as well as the new breakout features like Hotpatch and Pay-As-You-Go. Video and slides here: What’s New in Windows Server v.Next (microsoft.com) Next, we have a session by my fri…

Welcome to the November 2023 update. This month we are excited to share a number of new features rolling out across Excel for the web, Windows, and Mac. GROUPBY and PIVOTBY, and Export Loop Tables to Excel are both available to Windows and Mac Insiders. Trendline Equation Formatting is now out to all web users, and Workbook Links are now live for Windows users. Many of these features are the result of your feedback. THANK YOU! Your continued Feedback in Action (#FIA) helps make Excel better for everyone. Excel for web: Trendline Equation Formatting Excel for Windows: Workbook Links #FIA GROUPBY and PIVOTBY Functions (Insiders) Export Loop…

Microsoft Fabric became generally available on November 15th. Fabric is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product that unites Azure data tools including Azure Data Lake, Power BI, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, IoT tools such as Kusto DBs for streaming data and more into a single unified product. The underlying data structure integrates smoothly with Azure Databricks and other tools. If you are interested in trying out Microsoft Fabric, we've put together a Git Repo that can be deployed in a few hours for end-to-end solution modules that can be used as for POCs. Data used in the Git Repo is open healthcare data, so you can try out the tools without PHI/PII concern…

Issue: Many of our customers have observed ASP.NET files piled up on many of the servers and size has gone up to 100 GB. and wanted to know it happens and the impact of removing the same. Temp file accumulation at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root path. Cause: By default, when you compile a Web application the compiled code is placed in the Temporary ASP.NET Files folder. This folder is a sub-directory of the location where you installed the .NET framework. There were more than 40 websites hosted on the single server. Solution: You can feel free to delete anything below Temporary ASP.NET Files (Worth…

By: Abigail Stein – Product Manager | Microsoft Intune We’re excited to share that Microsoft Managed Home Screen has recently undergone a redesign to improve the core workflows throughout the application. The updated design offers a more usable and supportable experience within Managed Home Screen. The newly updated Managed Home Screen app is rolling out this week and is available for customers who opt into the public preview. We encourage organizations to use this public preview period to validate the updated experience and provide feedback to the Managed Home Screen team. The new Managed Home Screen experience will be generally available starting in the fi…

Symptoms - Security scans show Request Smuggling vulnerability on IIS server. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attack. The vulnerability exists due to the way that HTTP proxies (front-end) and web servers (back-end) that do not strictly adhere to RFC standards handle sequences of HTTP requests received from multiple sources. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to a targeted IIS Server, perform HTTP request smuggling attack and modify responses or retrieve information from another user's HTTP session. Resolution: Enable the request smuggling filter on your web server by using the Reg…

We've just released new easy-to-use marketing assets, tools, and branding resources to drive demand for your partner solutions. From Azure to Modern Work, Security and Business Applications, these marketing campaigns will help your partners build their own multi-channel marketing campaigns that highlights the benefits of all these Solution Plays. Partners can choose from highly customizable campaigns in Partner Marketing Center (PMC) that can be integrated into your partner’s sales and marketing engines or find our automated campaigns through the Digital Marketing Content OnDemand (DMC) platform. We recommend sharing these campaigns with your reseller partners to h…

At the Microsoft 365 Conference in May 2023, we unveiled our vision for making it easier than ever to build more compelling and engaging SharePoint sites and pages. We shared how we are delivering on four key themes: simpler authoring, compelling content, deeper engagement, and a flexible platform. In this blog post, we’ll share our progress with you on our journey to enable everyone to make beautiful, impactful SharePoint sites and pages. Simplified Authoring Ever since the beginning days of SharePoint, customers have relied on the product to constantly make creating and managing sites easier. The complexity of creating web content can be a barrier to get…

As the threat landscape evolves, organizations need to protect their entire digital estate against sophisticated attacks. Using many siloed security tools results in a slower time to respond, less visibility into attacks and more detailed engineering work to connect all the data. We've released new Security marketing campaigns to help you meet customers' most urgent cybersecurity needs. Customers are experiencing increased challenges around security. Your expertise as a trusted Microsoft partner can help them eliminate the tool fragmentation that leads to security gaps and help them gain an integrated security solution for their entire digital estates. Work with…

Heya folks, Ned here again. The Microsoft Ignite 2023 session "What's new in Windows Server vNext" is now up if you weren't able to attend in person. It covers many of the new features coming to Windows Server including Active Directory, File Server, Hyper-V, storage, and more. Many announcements were made - Hotpatch and SMB over QUIC for Datacenter and Standard editions, for example - along with some big surprises and some great demos. What’s New in Windows Server v.Next (microsoft.com) [ATTACH=full]56947[/ATTACH]Jeff Woolsey & Elden Christensen on stage [ATTACH=full]56948[/ATTACH]NTLMless slide[ATTACH=full]56949[/ATTACH]a GPU-P RDP video accelerati…

Today’s students can benefit from developing AI proficiency, regardless of their career aspirations. Whether they’re studying computer science, business, agriculture, or any other major, they need to skill up on AI—and now is your opportunity to teach them. To that end, we’re happy to announce AI Bootcamp for Educators (coming soon), where you can learn how to empower your students with the market-ready, in-demand AI skills they need to open doors for more employment opportunities and job success. These customizable bootcamps, designed by Microsoft, can help faculty and instructors in higher education teach students practical AI skills with Microsoft Azure AI technology. …

Viva Engage offers a variety of ways employees can communicate with one another in conversations, including @mentions, replies to posts or comments you’ve made, or when people you follow have posted something. Though within any communication space, it’s important to strike a balance between staying informed and avoiding overload. Fortunately, Viva Engage provides employees the flexibility to customize their notification settings to suit their own preferences and needs. In this blog post, we will explore how Viva Engage notifications work, how to enable or disable notifications to optimize your experience, and share what improvements are being made to help keep you …

We are excited to announce that Personal Desktop Autoscale on Azure Virtual Desktop is generally available as of November 15, 2023! With this feature, organizations with personal host pools can optimize costs by shutting down or hibernating idle session hosts, while ensuring that session hosts can be started when needed. Personal Desktop Autoscale Personal Desktop Autoscale is Azure Virtual Desktop’s native scaling solution that automatically starts session host virtual machines according to schedule or using Start VM on Connect and then deallocates or hibernates (in preview) session host virtual machines based on the user session state (log off/disconnect). Th…

There were a TON of announcements at Microsoft Ignite this year. In a two-part podcast series, my co-host and I went over some of the important security, compliance, and identity highlights that all security defenders and Microsoft customers should be aware of. In , we go over: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel becoming one unified platform Security Copilot enhancements and use cases Security Copilot getting extended to Purview, Identity, and Device Management Purview and Defender for Cloud Apps securing the use of generative AI Additions to Intune Suite including Cloud PKI and Enterprise App Management In , we go over: Deception t…