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Microsoft Edge 105 won’t Start Due to Old Group Policy – How to fix The new Microsoft Edge 105 is not starting for many Windows users due to a deprecated group policy used to disable reporting of usage and crash-related data to Microsoft. On Thursday, Microsoft Edge 105 was released Read more…

Microsoft will Disable Exchange Online Basic Auth Next Month Microsoft warned customers today that it will finally disable basic authentication in random tenants worldwide to improve Exchange Online security starting October 1, 2022. Today’s announcement follows multiple reminders and warnings the company has issued over the last three years, the first Read more…

Microsoft Azure Outage Knocks Ubuntu VMs Offline After Buggy Update Microsoft Azure customers’ virtual machines (VMs) running Ubuntu 18.04 have been taken offline by an ongoing outage caused by a faulty systemd update. The outage started nine hours earlier, around 06:00 UTC, after the affected customers upgraded to systemd version 237-3ubuntu10.54 and their VMs Read more…

Microsoft Sysmon can Now Block Malicious EXEs from being Created Microsoft has released Sysmon 14 with a new ‘FileBlockExecutable’ option that lets you block the creation of malicious executables, such as EXE, DLL, and SYS files, for better protection against malware. This feature is a powerful tool for system administrators as Read more…

Microsoft Disrupts Russian Hackers’ Operation on NATO Targets The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted a hacking and social engineering operation linked to a Russian threat actor tracked as SEABORGIUM that targets people and organizations in NATO countries. Microsoft says that SEABORGIUM, also known as ColdRiver by Google and Read more…

Microsoft is Showing Ads for Microsoft 365 in Office 2021 Microsoft is showing ads for Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions to its Office 2021 customers, offering them discounts of over $28 to get a 3-month Family plan subscription. Several users have reported seeing these ads this week, starting on August 10, with Lee Read more…

Microsoft Shares Workarounds for Outlook Crashing After Launch Microsoft is investigating customer reports of a known issue causing Outlook for Microsoft 365 to freeze and crash right after opening. According to a new support document published by Redmond on Thursday, these Outlook desktop client crashes will be automatically logged and Read more…

Microsoft 365 Version 2206 Update Pulled Due to Apps Crashing Microsoft has pulled the Microsoft 365 version 2206 update after users report their Office applications are crashing when viewing a contact card or hovering over a user’s name or photo. The bug was introduced with the Monthly Enterprise Channel version 2206 (build Read more…

Microsoft 365 Outage Triggered by Meraki Firewall False Positive An ongoing outage affects multiple Microsoft 365 services, blocking users from connecting to Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, Outlook desktop clients, and OneDrive for Business. While Microsoft says that this incident has only affected customers in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Read more…

Microsoft: Exchange ‘Extended Protection’ Needed to Fully Patch New Bugs Microsoft says that some of the Exchange Server flaws addressed as part of the August 2022 Patch Tuesday also require admins to manually enable Extended Protection on affected servers to fully block attacks. The company patched 121 flaws today, including the DogWalk Read more…