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Frank on Sep 01, 2021
Windows 11 will be released on 5 October 2021
Microsoft has announced the official release date for Windows 11 on its blog: It will be distributed from October 5, 2021. However, the integration of ...
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Frank on Aug 19, 2021
Debian version 11 released (codename Bullseye)
After two years, one month and nine days of development, the Debian Project released the next stable version 11 (codenamed Bullseye) on Aug. 14, 2021. ...
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Frank on Aug 18, 2021
Elementary OS version 6 (Odin) released
Now I almost forgot: The Linux distribution Elementary OS version 6 (Odin) was released last week. It is based on 20.04.2 LTS but has its ...
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natalie.solero on Aug 06, 2021
Get deactivated computers in ad from csv list
Hello guys, i'm tryin to figure out which computers are deactivated in active directory. for that i provide the computer names in a csv list. ...
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Frank on Jul 22, 2021
Vulnerability in Linux kernel file system affects many distributions
Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2021-33909). A vulnerability in the Linux kernel file system allows root privileges. Any unprivileged ...
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Frank on Jul 22, 2021
Vulnerability in Systemd affects many Linux distributions
Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in systemd (CVE-2021-33910). The vulnerability in the system and service manager (systemd) can cause the entire operating system ...
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colinardo on Jul 10, 2021
RouterOS 7.1beta6 - GRE Tunnel does not work with non Mikrotik devices (fix)
Small advice for all users trying to create a simple GRE Tunnel to a non Mikotik device under the current beta version. If the tunnel ...
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Frank on Jul 09, 2021
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 available
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 and fixed some bugs. You can find all the details on the official Windows ...
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ghost-in-the-shell on Jul 06, 2021
Which protocol to connect to a drive on another remote pc via file explorer
Which protocol uses windows to connect to a drive of another remote pc via file explorer. for example: if you connect by typing Does windows ...
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aqui on Jul 05, 2021
Cisco WLAN Access Points for Home Use: 1142N, 2702, 3702 and 3800 Comparison
Preamble Renewals of commercial WiFi enterprise networks cause of new standards and hence new required hardware (additional 6 GHz band etc.) result in the ...
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aqui on Jul 02, 2021
Cisco, Mikrotik, pfSense site-to-site VPN with dynamic routing
Preamble The following tutorial is an addon to existing VPN tutorials on administrator.de. It describes a mixed hardware VPN site-to-site setup between Cisco and Mikrotik ...
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colinardo on Jul 02, 2021
Windows 11 - Microsoft is changing its famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to black
Nothing more important than color the newest innovation from Redmond since tomato sauce is red! The Black Screen of Death is here Cheers. ...
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Dani on Jun 28, 2021
Investigating and Mitigating Malicious Drivers
The security landscape continues to rapidly evolve as threat actors find new and innovative methods to gain access to environments across a wide range of ...
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11: Feature deprecations and removals
When upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 or when installing an update to Windows 11, some features may be deprecated or removed. Please see ...
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11 requirements
Here are the current Windows 11 requirements for services and hardware. According to Microsoft, the upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 will be free ...
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11: Set the Start menu back to the left
In the latest Windows 11 version, the new Start menu is displayed in the centre: You can easily set it back to the left side ...
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Microsoft announces Windows 11 with new Start menu
On June 24, 2021 Microsoft has presented the new Windows 11. Via an online event, Microsoft showed what the future of Windows 11 will bring. ...
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Frank on Jun 22, 2021
Windows 10 Core Isolation: Remove incompatible drivers
Hello, Actually, I just wanted to follow the Windows Security recommendations and under Settings -> Windows Security -> Core Isolation, turn on Memory Integrity. According ...
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Frank on Jun 22, 2021
Install Powerline for Fedora
Powerline is a very practical optical extension for vim and the Linux shell (bash, zsh, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile). You can find an overview ...
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Dani on Jun 21, 2021
You Might Want to Audit Your LAPS Permissions - Part2
Since publishing part one, I've had questions, concerns, and feedback from readers, customers, friends, and other Microsoft engineers. In today's blog, I'd like to address some of ...
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Dani on Jun 21, 2021
You Might Want to Audit Your LAPS Permissions - Part1
In today's blog, I'd like to quickly talk about the Local Administrator Password Solution (aka LAPS). It's nothing new and has been around for some ...
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Dani on Jun 17, 2021
Preview updating PowerShell 7.2 with Microsoft Update
Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re taking the first steps to making PowerShell 7 easier than ever to update on Windows 10 and Server. ...
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Dani on Jun 17, 2021
Basic Authentication and Exchange Online - June 2021 Update
It’s been a few months since our last update on Basic Authentication in Exchange Online, but we’ve been busy getting ready for the next phase ...
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Dani on Jun 12, 2021
News About the June 2021 Cumulative Update for Exchange Server
We typically release our quarterly Cumulative Updates (CUs) for Exchange Server on the third Tuesday of a month. In June 2021, that would be June ...
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Dani on May 31, 2021
Microsoft 365 Maps and Licensing
Moin, in short: A nice, pictorial overview of the possible plans and their products: Greetings, Dani ...
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Dani on May 31, 2021
Staying on top of Office 365 Updates
Moin! One of the main challenges when using Office 365 products and services is to stay aware of announcements, updates and upcoming features. This applies ...
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Dani on May 29, 2021
Security baseline for Microsoft Edge version 91
We are pleased to announce the enterprise-ready release of the security baseline for Microsoft Edge, version 91! We have reviewed the new settings in Microsoft ...
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Dani on May 27, 2021
Enabling Modern Auth for Outlook
Since we announced in 2019 that we would be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols we have been encouraging our customers to switch to Modern ...
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Dani on May 27, 2021
Exchange Health Checker has a new home
Today, we are happy to announce that the Exchange Health Checker PowerShell script has a new home: it is now part of the Microsoft CSS-Exchange ...
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Dani on May 27, 2021
Outlook for Windows Shared Calendar Public Notifications
It is with great excitement that we are announcing that we have graduated the shared calendar improvements in Outlook for Windows out of preview! This ...
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Dani on May 27, 2021
Difficulty Generating a Memory Dump
My name is Teeda, and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows Performance Team at Microsoft. This blog post provides several suggestions and ...
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Dani on May 27, 2021
FAQs from the field on KRBTGT reset
Introduction Recently I had couple of customers asking many questions on KRBTGT account password reset and Microsoft’s recommendations for this, in this article I will ...
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Dani on May 13, 2021
DST Root CA X3 Expiration (September 2021)
On September 30 2021, there will be a small change in how older browsers and devices trust Let’s Encrypt certificates. If you run a typical ...
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C.R.S. on May 01, 2021
Defenseless: Spectre Mitigations Leveraged
A team of University of Virginia School of Engineering computer science researchers has uncovered a line of attack that breaks all Spectre defenses, meaning that ...
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Dani on Apr 26, 2021
Why Exchange Server updates matter
It is very important to keep updating your Exchange Servers to a supported Cumulative Update (CU). Simply put, your on-premises environments should always be ready ...
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Frank on Apr 14, 2021
April 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server Security Updates
Microsoft has released security updates for vulnerabilities found in: Exchange Server 2013 Exchange Server 2016 Exchange Server 2019 These updates are available for the following ...
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Dani on Apr 02, 2021
Native external sender callouts on email in Outlook
We know that some of our customers leverage Exchange transport rules to prepend subject line or insert the message body to show the email is ...
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Dani on Mar 28, 2021
Why Hyper-V Live Migrations Fail with 0x8009030E
Hi everyone, my name is Tobias Kathein and I’m a Senior Engineer in Microsoft’s Customer Success Unit. Together with my colleagues Victor Zeilinger, Serge Gourraud ...
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ghost-in-the-shell on Mar 18, 2021
Internet of Things (IoT) Market to Exhibit 24.9 CAGR till 2027
The global Internet of Things (IoT) market is set to gain impetus from the rising adoption of digital twin by a wide range of industries. ...
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Dani on Mar 17, 2021
March 2021 Quarterly Exchange Updates
Today we are announcing the availability of quarterly servicing cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. These CUs include fixes for ...
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Jicardo77 on Mar 13, 2021
Which VPN is more reliable?
Hello guys, Good day to all! I'm a newbie here. I'm going to use VPN service for the first time. I would like to know ...
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natalie.solero on Mar 12, 2021
Powershell adding action to combobox selection
at the moment, i want to build a powershell gui. the form is running fine, so there are no problems with it. now i want ...
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natalie.solero on Mar 04, 2021
Powershell Folder Picker Dialog
Hello Guys :-) i'm just thinking about to implement a folder picking dialog box in my existing script. In my existing script i want to ...
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Dani on Mar 02, 2021
Windows Admin Center version 2103 is now generally available
Today we are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Admin Center version 2103! A big THANK YOU to the Windows Admin Center community, ...
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Dani on Feb 26, 2021
Spamhaus DNSBL return codes - Technical update
Spamhaus' primary data sets are published in DNS zones known as DNSBLs. Users of that data ask the zone a question (a "query") and the ...
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natalie.solero on Feb 26, 2021
Powershell Uninstall-Package
Hello guys, sorry for my bad english :-) i'm trying to create a powershell script to uninstall software on a remote machine. i enter the ...
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Dani on Feb 22, 2021
Upcoming changes to mailbox receiving limits: Hot Recipients Throttling
To ensure optimal mail flow performance for all customers and protect the health of Exchange services, Microsoft is updating the way in which we enforce ...
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Dani on Feb 08, 2021
Managing deployment of RBCD-Protected User (CVE-2020-16996)
Summary If you use Protected Users and Resource-Based Constrained Delegation (RBCD), a security vulnerability may exist on Active Directory domain controllers. To learn more about ...
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Dani on Feb 05, 2021
Basic Authentication and Exchange Online - February 2021
We previously announced we would begin to disable Basic Auth for five Exchange Online protocols in the second half of 2021. Due to the pandemic ...
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Dani on Jan 16, 2021
Windows Defender SmartScreen - File and Flash Player blockage problem
SmartScreen has become a part of Windows 10 OS, it was named as Windows Defender SmartScreen. It is useful to protect not just Edge, Internet ...
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