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Today’s post was coauthored by Debraj Ghosh, Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Jason Rogers, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft. We recently reported how we measure catch rates of malicious emails for Office 365 Exchange Online Protection (EOP) (available with any Office 365 subscription) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (available as a standalone service or with Office 365 E5). Today, we’re sharing the results from the enhancements we made to anti-phish capabilities for Office 365 to address impersonation, spoof, and phish content and internal phish emails sent from compromised accounts. Over the last year, Microsofts threat analysts discovere…

This is a blog series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series, youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out Collaborate Securely, the fifth blog in our eight-blog series on deploying intelligent security scenarios. Employees are often tasked with preparing documents that require them to gather expertise from various people, often both internal and external to their organization. This common practice can expose your company data at unsecured points along the way. To mitigate risk, Microsoft 365 has simplified and…

This blog post was authored by Sue Hartford, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Windows Server. Dont let the name fool you. Azure Site Recovery (ASR) can be used as an Azure migration tool for 30 days at no charge. It has been used for years to support migration of our 64-bit versions of Windows Server, and we are pleased to announce it now supports migration of Windows Server 2008 32-bit applications to Azure Virtual Machines. This is good news for organizations that wish to take advantage of the new 2008 End of Support option to get three additional years of Extended Security Updates for free in Azure. The 2008 and 2008 R2 versions of Windows Server will reach …

September 2018 and October 2018 second Tuesday Windows Updates for Windows 7 After problem free updates for a considerable time, I have experienced certain issues with the September and October updates. On the second Tuesday of September there were four updates that I needed: KB890830 (the Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - September 2018); KB4457144 (Security Monthly Quality Rollup); KB3177467 and KB2952664 (both described as x64 update for Windows 7). All four were described as important. KB4457144 failed and failed again when I retried. I ran the Update troubleshooter (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027322/windows-update-troubleshooter). I the…

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This post was coauthored by Diana Kelley, Cybersecurity Field CTO, andSin John,EMEA Chief Security Advisor, Cybersecurity Solutions Group. In our first blog, Diana and I talked about the concept of data gravity and how it could, conceptually, help organizations take a more cloud-ready approach to security operations and monitoring. In this post we address the question: How do we make this a reality in the security operations center (SOC) while we are under increased and constant pressure from motivated threat actors? The answer lies in a new approach to monitoring called Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), which is founded upon addressing the…

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. MSRC team Continue reading...

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. MSRC team

To help you keep track of tasks using whatever mode is most comfortable to you, you can now update your tasks using ink, thanks to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. With your digital pen and a touch enabled Windows device, simply add a task to your list using ink, and then strike out when complete. By signing in with your Microsoft Account, your tasks are then conveniently synced with the To-Do app across iOS, Android and Windows and the web. Check it out in action: If you like this, check out more Windows 10 Tips. The post Windows 10 Tip: Update your tasks using ink appeared first on Windows Experience Blog. Continue reading...

Windows 10 IoT powers commercial-grade IoT solutions. From the factory floors of prominent auto makers to advanced medical equipment in hospitals, Windows has a strong heritage of powering intelligent devices in industries across the globe, helping them transition to a smarter, more capable and more connected Internet of Things. The innovation roadmap for Windows 10 IoT takes another major step forward with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, bringing edge intelligence with machine learning, industrial strength security, diverse silicon options and new monetization models for distributors and resellers. Commercialize your devices with long-term servicing IoT soluti…

Today we’re sharing 13 awesome Windows 10 PCs from our partners Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Huawei, Lenovo, MSi and Samsung that light up with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. There’s always so much to choose from with Windows 10 PCs – from a range of different form factors, to the best Windows features like Windows Hello, Windows Ink, Cortana and more. Take advantage of the new experiences and capabilities in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update like the Your Phone App that lets you snap a pic on your Android phone and see it on your PC, or design PowerPoint slides with a digital pen. The features in this release provide modern solutions for on-the-go, ever-changing l…

Starting in September 2018, Microsoft began deprecating the SSL/TLS capability of Symantec root certificates due to compliance issues. Google, Mozilla, and Apple have also announced deprecation plans related to Symantec SSL/TLS certificates. Symantec cryptographic certificates are used in critical environments across multiple industries. In 2017, DigiCert acquired Symantecs web security business that included their certificate authority business. Since the compliance issues were identified, Microsoft has been engaged with Symantec and DigiCert to uphold industry-wide compliance expectations and maintain customer trust. DigiCert created the deprecation schedule below …

This blog post was co-authored by Jonathan Federico, Product Marketing Manager, Desktop Virtualization and Christian Montoya, Program Manager, RDS. We released the newest version of Remote Desktop Services (RDS), RDS 2019, on October 2, 2018. RDS 2019 builds on the strong foundation of RDS 2016, letting you rapidly deploy on-premises or in the cloud. RDS 2019 is generally available with Windows Server 2019. RDS 2019 will give customers the opportunity to leverage fantastic enhancements that make it the optimal version of RDS, to date, with several areas of innovation to improve the administrative and client experiences. We brought innovation centered around…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring AND those who have opted in to Skip Ahead. Going forward, Insiders in the Fast ring and in Skip Ahead will receive the same 19H1 Insider Preview builds at the same time. As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If this makes you uncomfortable, you may want to consider switching to the Slow ring. Slow ring builds will continue to be higher quality. If your PC automatically takes this build before you switch your rings, you can roll-back and then switch rings. Ignite 2018…

At Microsoft, we believe our technology should reflect the diversity of the people that use our products. We are excited to share how the Windows 10 October 2018 update delivers on that mission by giving you more accessibility features than ever before to enhance your personal computing experience. These features include Ease of Access updates to make Windows 10 easier to see, Narrator improvements to make Windows 10 easier to use without a screen, and Learning Tools and text suggestions updates to make it easier to read and write. Ease of Access Updates You now have more ways to see Windows 10 your way, with the addition of text size customization across the p…

Last week at BlueHat’s “MSRC Listens” session, I took the stage with Mechele Gruhn, manager of the Vulnerability Response PM team, to explain how MSRC is changing our communication, workflows, and tooling to deliver an improved user experience for our partners in the security research community. We promised to communicate more about what’s happening in the MSRC that affects our customers and research partners. We weren’t expecting to get an opportunity to demonstrate this commitment quite so soon. Back in June 2018, Microsoft updated the terms and conditions of our mitigation bypass bounty. As Joe Bialek of MSRC’s Vulnerabilities & Mitigations Team explained in …

The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is available now, and we’re also releasing new innovations in Office 365, To-Do and Outlook.com. These updates were designed to help you make the most of your time across work, home and everywhere in between. Offering tools for your whole life has never been more important as the lines between work and life have never been more blurred. Whether you are juggling a career and family, running a family as head of household, or growing your career or education, you tell us your greatest need is simply more time and the tools to do what matters most to you. You can get the Windows October 2018 Update in a couple different ways. If you al…

Today we shared our vision for a new era of personal productivity; unveiled Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones, and announced availability of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update and new Office 365 experiences. As we work to deliver on our company mission of empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, we have increased our focus on helping people across their work and personal lives. Offering tools for whole life experiences has never been more important as many of us are living a digital lifestyle that presents more opportunities, yet more demands on our time, than ever before. Whether you are jugglin…

This blog post was authored by Vinicius Apolinario, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Windows Server. Its hard to believe Ignite 2018 is now behind us. Last week at Ignite, we announced Windows Server 2019 and talked about the new hybrid, security, application platform, and hyper-converged infrastructure capabilities. Today, we are making it available for download. If you are a Windows Server customer with valid Software Assurance, you can download Windows Server 2019 on the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). You can also download the evaluation version of Windows Server 2019 at the Evaluation Center. For customers running Windows Server on Azure, Wind…

What a week it was in Orlando! Ignite is always a biggie, and this one was no exception. For all of us here at Microsoft who get to work on security, spending time with customers to learn how you are using our security products today and to share new innovations to come is a highlight. At this year’s event we put even greater emphasis on providing attendees with access to engineering experts throughout more than one hundred focused sessions, workshops, and hands-on immersion experiences for the latest technologies in security. I was chuffed to see that our security booths at the center of the expo hall were chock-a-block for the whole event. Thank you to everyone who stop…

Last week at BlueHat’s “MSRC Listens” session, I took the stage with Mechele Gruhn, manager of the Vulnerability Response PM team, to explain how MSRC is changing our communication, workflows, and tooling to deliver an improved user experience for our partners in the security research community. We promised to communicate more about what’s happening in the MSRC that affects our customers and research partners.

This is a blog series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out Protecting user identities, the fourth blog in our eight-blog series on deploying Intelligent Security Scenarios. Your users can create, edit, and share a single document securely, even when working with multiple stakeholders, both inside and outside of your company. With Microsoft security solutions, users can identify, classify, track, and protect documents to prevent leaks and block access by unaut…