Blog Microsoft Teams Gets End To End Encryption December 30, 2021 by Vertical Axion Two months ago, Microsoft began rolling out support for end-to-end encryption for all Teams calls. Given the pandemic and the increased demand for Teams and services like it, that was a very big deal. The good news is that Microsoft recently announced that the rollout is complete and all Teams calls now support E2EE which […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Voice Commands Getting New Attention In Windows 11 December 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion For a few years now Microsoft has been experimenting with voice commands. Their early experiments were limited to contexts that resided wholly inside specific applications however. For example, once you opened Word you could use voice commands to activate a few of the software’s features. Recently the company decided to take voice controls to a […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Recent News Technology News Windows Windows 11
Blog New Emotet Malware Found A New Way To Distribute December 17, 2021 by Vertical Axion Emotet is one of the most feared malware strains circulating right now. The team behind it has managed to infect a staggering array of targets all around the globe. To say that it is a major threat would be an understatement. Recently the group behind Emotet just upped the ante even further. Researchers have recently […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology Tips Windows
Blog Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface December 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11. Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021. Over the summer small groups of users participated in an open beta and began playing with the […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Windows
Blog Microsoft Paint Got A Makeover After Recent Update December 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has had a long and interesting relationship with its venerable “Paint” app. Most people are familiar with Paint. It’s been around since the earliest versions of Windows and let’s be honest it was never a great application. It allows users to do the basics but it was quickly eclipsed by more robust and feature-rich […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Really Wants People To Use Their Edge Browser December 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion It’s no real secret that Microsoft has never been a big fan of Chrome, FireFox, or any other web browser that it didn’t build. The company clearly hasn’t gotten over the fact that it lost the browser wars and lost them handily. That’s why it keeps trying periodically to reinvent the wheel offering up new […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Microsoft Microsoft Edge Recent News Windows Windows 11
Blog Blue Screen On Windows 11 Could Be Audio Driver Issue December 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion Sometimes the development process is smooth and sometimes it’s not so smooth. Right now Windows 11’s development is falling into that latter category. Recently Windows Engineers announced a serious issue plaguing the OS. The culprit was compatibility between the new OS version 21H2 and Intel’s SST (Smart Sound Technology) drivers. SST is a big deal […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Technology News Windows 11
Blog Update Microsoft Exchange Server For Important Security Patch November 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use Exchange Server to handle your company’s email then you’re probably already aware that a critical security flaw has been discovered that puts the server at risk. The issue is being tracked as CVE-2021-42321 and impacts both Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. Even worse is that Microsoft reports that this issue has been […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Linux Users Are Getting Some Security Help From Microsoft November 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion Open-source applications don’t get much in the way of protection. However in recent years Microsoft has taken steps to change that and especially as it relates to Linux. A few months back the company expanded those protections by adding endpoint detection and response (EDR) to Defender for Endpoint. More recently Microsoft added that capability for […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Firefox Is Now A Download Option In Windows Store November 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you spend a lot of time browsing the Windows Store you may have noticed something unexpected. You can now download Mozilla’s Firefox browser from that source. Previously Mozilla was unable to upload its browser to the Windows Store because Microsoft’s policies required that all browsers on their platform had to use the engine provided […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Microsoft Mozilla Firefox New Technology Recent News Windows
