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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker launches a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack. An attacker could then force a downgrade of the authentication level of the SAM and LSAD channels and impersonate an authenticated user. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if an attacker logs on to a target system and runs a specially crafted application. Continue reading...
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Improved graphics, performance and cloud capabilities This is post #4 in the “Ten Reasons You’ll Love Windows Server 2016” video series by Matt McSpirit, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. In today’s edition, Matt introduces you to Clark Nicholson, Principal Program Manager on the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) team. Clark talks about the powerful new areas of innovation his team is working on for Windows Server 2016 – graphics improvements, scale enhancements, and optimizations for the cloud. Together, these enhancements strengthen our trusted platform for partners to build secure, customized solutions for our customers. Clark takes us through the significant p…
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It appears the ninja cat is coming to Windows 10's emoji with the anniversary update. Microsoft recently announced a new Insider build brimming with new features coming to the free Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and one of the features the company made a big deal about was a revamped emoji scheme. But one thing the company didn’t mention is six hidden emoji featuring Microsoft’s memelicious ninja cat, as first uncovered by Emojipedia. Ninja cat is a popular meme that began inside the company, showcasing an image of a cat with a bandana, holding a Windows flag, and riding a fire-breathing unicorn. (Seriously.) Soon after the image first surfaced in early 2015…
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker on a guest operating system runs a specially crafted application that causes the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code. Customers who have not enabled the Hyper-V role are not affected. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Office, Skype for Business, and Microsoft Lync. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a webpage that contains specially crafted embedded fonts. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP packet to a target system. Continue reading...
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player when installed on all supported editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10. Continue reading...
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Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security TechNet Library. MSRC Team
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One of the most important aspects of our evolving culture at Microsoft is our deep commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce. If we want to build products and services for everyone on the planet, we need to represent everyone on the planet. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is indeed a powerful bridge to the markets and people we serve. A year and a half ago, our CEO, Satya Nadella, set out three areas of focus for Diversity & Inclusion at Microsoft: recruiting more diverse talent; expanding training to foster a more diverse and inclusive culture; and ensuring equal pay and equal opportunity. At that time, for every $1 earned by men, our …
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Buildings 16 and 17 are two of the biggest at Microsoft headquarters – sturdy, brick-and-glass tributes to the practical 1980s, when the company was focused more on manifesting Bill Gates’ vision to put a computer on every desk and in every home than on the architectural prowess of its campus. Inside, however, is a different story. There is light, air and art. There are new, retooled work spaces and vibrant common areas. Once fortresses of winding corridors, fluorescent lighting and private offices, the buildings were recently gutted and radically redesigned not just to be more interesting and modern, but to offer employees an unprecedented range of ways to get things …
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Manage Windows Server from anywhere This is the third post in the “Ten Reasons You’ll Love Windows Server 2016” video series by Matt McSpirit, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. Today, Matt interviews Samuel Li, Senior Program Manager on the Windows Server Platform and Tools team, about the new Server management tools. Windows Server 2016 introduces Nano Server, a lean installation option that removes the local graphical shell in order to minimize attack surface, increase availability, and reduce resource usage with “just enough OS,” helping organizations as they transition towards headless server deployments. Server admins can use PowerShell for agile, centraliz…
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Late last week a webpage surfaced from Microsoft that provided a detailed roadmap of Windows 10 features and unexpectedly revealed several updates that have not been announced publicly. A little less than two weeks ago, during the Day 1 keynote at Microsoft's annual Build 2016 developers conference, we saw demos of the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update and several new features were highlighted for the next major OS update. Then last week Windows Insiders received Build 14316 of Windows 10 which was full of new features that are expected in the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update as well. So you would think at this point there would not be much else to dis…
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As more than 2,500 coders and corporate-brand caretakers gather this week to hear what's in store for the future of Facebook Inc., the buzzword of the company's event will be bots. The social networking giant is expected by analysts to unveil ways for businesses to build chat bots for Messenger, allowing some 900 million users of that app to strike up conversations with automated representatives of their favorite stores and products. Companies are wary. Putting a brand's message in the hands of a robot carries risks—as evidenced by Microsoft Corp.'s Tay bot, which started spewing racist, sexist and offensive commentary on Twitter last month. The Tay incident …
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You may have seen ads on Facebook or elsewhere online for what look like decent quality and trendy clothes at rock-bottom prices. They have some satisfied customers, but many of these sites offer ill-fitting clothes that barely resemble their photos. When shady overseas fashion purveyors advertise on Facebook to find new customers, does Facebook have any responsibility for what happens next? While the names of the sites change often, one constant in the industry over the last few years has been Facebook ads targeted to women. After a fantastic piece uncovering the industry of fast, inconsistent fashion from China last week, Buzzfeed finally got a statement out of F…
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Here’s a roundup of what’s been happening in the Windows Store this week, including a new hit game on Windows 10, a travel app and a new album! Game Quantum Break – Buy the game for $59.99 Microsoft Studios and Remedy Entertainment’s action-packed thriller Quantum Break arrived on Windows 10 and Xbox One this week. The time-amplified action and suspenseful storyline bring the game to life by fusing gameplay and a gripping live action show. The actions you take shape your experience in the show, creating a new and unique entertainment experience. Apps Yahoo Mail – Free Yahoo Mail for Windows 10 has updated to make it even easier to stay connecte…
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The next update to Microsoft's Edge browser will automatically pause Adobe Flash when it detects it in ads and animations on a website, reducing power consumption and lessening the load on your computer. The update, coming in Windows 10's Anniversary update this summer, will continue to automatically play videos and games central to a page's purpose, but will make it so that Edge users will need to click to play Flash animations used in "peripheral content." Both Chrome and Safari already sport similar features, with Google adding intelligent auto-pausing to its browser last year, and Apple introducing the option to do so in Safari's Power Saver mode. Microsoft's move …
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More on-premises control over user and administrator access for a cloud-first, mobile-first world This is the second post in the “Ten Reasons you’ll love Windows Server 2016” video series by Matt McSpirit, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. Today, he introduces us to Samuel Devasahayam, Principal Group Program Manager on the Microsoft Identity team. Identity is the new control plane to secure access to on-premises and cloud resources. It centralizes your ability to control user and administrative privileges, both of which are very important when it comes to protecting your data and applications from malicious attack. At the same time, our users are more mobile th…
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Weekend Reading returns with stories from the very first Microsoft Envision event, including a look at the supermarket of the future, a strategic partnership with R3 and a collaboration with Ecolab to find solutions to water shortages. Microsoft’s new flagship event for business leaders, Envision, began Monday in New Orleans with more than 6,000 leaders from 70 countries attending. It featured a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and a guest appearance from astronaut Captain Scott Kelly. The “red thread” that connected the keynote, the drill-down sessions and conversations on and off the expo floor was digital transformation, writes Chris Capossela, executive vice presiden…
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.2 (April 7, 2016): Corrected download links for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a website containing a specially crafted OpenType font (OTF) file using a browser capable of instantiating XBAP applications. Continue reading...
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Turns out there is another little feature in Microsoft Edge, the version included in build 14316 of Windows 10 which was released yesterday, that should make the fledgling browser a candidate for safest on the web. This afternoon, over on the Microsoft Edge Developers Blog, the browser team talks about Putting Users in Control of Flash as part of their continued effort to make the web dependably safe. With this update, when using Microsoft Edge, the browser will auto-pause content that is not key to the website such as advertisements and animations that are based on Flash. Users will be able to view this paused content by explicitly clicking on the item to start it…
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Rachel Sirkin is a program manager for the Mail and Calendar apps and Vivek Kumar is a product marketing manager for the Mail and Calendar apps We first introduced the new Mail and Calendar apps with the launch of Windows 10 in July and throughout the last 8 months we’ve made several updates to the apps. We’ve heard from many of you through the Windows Feedback app, Store reviews, and community forums what you love about the apps and areas where we can improve. Your input informs the work we do every day, so please keep it coming. Our team’s goals are to create apps that you find personal and familiar, that are fast and easy to use, and unleash the full power of …
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Manage your servers “DevOps-style” and share code with the PowerShell community In his “Ten Reasons you’ll love Windows Server 2016” video series, technical evangelist Matt McSpirit introduces you to some of the experts behind the most exciting new features in Windows Server 2016. Today, you will meet Keith Bankston, Senior Program Manager on the PowerShell team. Keith talks about what’s changed for PowerShell in Windows Server 2016. He speaks to the enhancements in Desired State Configuration (DSC) to aid the transition into DevOps, and how that sets and keeps servers configured properly. In addition, this talk introduces the PowerShell Gallery and PowerShell GitHu…
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Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. At Build 2016 last week, we shared new experiences and new opportunities we’re creating for developers with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update which we will be releasing for free to all Windows 10 customers this summer. Windows 10 is the fastest growing Windows ever with over 270 million active devices currently, and Windows Insiders are the first to try out new innovations coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update by installing builds from our Development Branch. A few weeks ago, Insiders were the first to try out extensions for Microsoft Edge. With tod…