US Government Security Agency Warns of Office 365 Security Misconfigurations
On Monday, 5/13/2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Office 365 users and their technology partners about common Office 365 misconfigurations. Note: CISA is the new standalone agency within the Department of Homeland Security that functions as the lead national government unit on civilian cybersecurity. A CISA analysis report titled “Microsoft Office 365 […]
Microsoft Azure Recovering from Major Networking-Related Outage
An outage that lasted more than an hour took out a host of Microsoft cloud services Thursday afternoon, as networking connectivity errors in Microsoft Azure also took out third-party apps and sites running on Microsoft’s cloud. Beginning around 1:20pm and lasting for more than an hour, the outage appeared to span the breadth and depth […]
Teams Chat Group Size to 100
Microsoft Teams has updated Group Chat Size to 100. They’ve announced they will begin rolling this feature out soon. How does this impact me? This feature simply allows for all users to add and chat with up to 100 users in a group chat. Microsoft is increasing the limit from 50 to 100 so now […]
Updated Microsoft Azure Certifications Emphasize IT Roles
Updated Microsoft Azure Certifications As Microsoft tailors its cloud credentials to specific roles and skill levels, Azure certifications are also being modified. Microsoft made most of the changes in late 2018 but also made a few changes to its exams and requirements in the early part of 2019. Let’s review a breakdown of what has […]
Microsoft Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion After Earnings
Microsoft Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion After Earnings For about a year, Microsoft has been approaching a $1 trillion market capitalization. The company crossed the big business milestone in after-hours trading on Wednesday, 4/24/19, after outperforming Wall Street expectations with its third quarter earnings. Last year, Microsoft was in a tight race among a few big […]
Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Third Quarter Results
Microsoft Corp. announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $30.6 billion and increased 14% Operating income was $10.3 billion and increased 25% Net income was $8.8 billion and increased 19% Diluted earnings per share was $1.14 and increased 20% […]
Microsoft to Support Cloud Meetings with On-Prem Skype for Business
Microsoft will now let Skype for Business customers use the Teams collaboration service exclusively for online meetings. This move is likely to please enterprises that want to keep their on-premises calling and messaging. Microsoft unveiled a preview of the new setup this week at Enterprise Connect. The product is designed for large businesses that want […]
Massive Attacks Bypass MFA on Office 365 and G Suite Accounts via IMAP Protocol
Multi-factor authentication can prevent accounts from being accessed if passwords are stolen or obtained using brute force tactics; however, Proofpoint has discovered that multi-factor authentication is being bypassed on Office 365 and G Suite accounts using the legacy IMAP protocol. Massive IMAP-based password-spraying attacks successfully breached Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite accounts, circumventing multi-factor […]
Major Update: Live events in Microsoft 365
Major Update: Live events in Microsoft 365 Live events in Microsoft 365 is a new capability that has been in preview and will become generally available in the next few weeks. Live events enables users to broadcast video from Microsoft Stream, Teams and Yammer, and can be used for a wide range of scenarios, from […]
Microsoft Updates Teams Members Limit to 5000
Have you heard about the increase in general availability of members in teams. Starting today, all new and existing teams can accommodate up to 5,000 members. That’s double the previous limit of 2,500 members! Larger groups can now collaborate effortlessly in a single team and leaders can connect with a broad audience within their organization. […]
