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Microsoft Ships Windows Backup for Organizations, Streamlining Enterprise Windows 11 Migrations
Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Backup for Organizations, a tenant-scoped, Intune-integrated backup and restore capability designed to capture user settings and Microsoft Store app lists so...
Microsoft Copilot's Policy Flaw Allows Blocked AI Agents to Resurface, Creating Governance and Audit Nightmares
Enterprise administrators who thought they had locked down Microsoft 365 Copilot agents are discovering that tenant-wide "No users can access" settings have been silently ignored for certain agents,...
Copilot Agent Blocking Broken: Admins Discover Policies Fail Across Teams, Outlook
Organizations relying on Microsoft Copilot's agent policies to restrict AI access are confronting a stark reality: the controls have been breaking silently. In recent weeks, multiple independent...
Proofpoint Link Wrappers Hijacked in Malvertising Campaign Targeting Microsoft 365 Credentials
A sophisticated malvertising campaign is abusing legitimate link-wrapping services from Proofpoint and Intermedia, combined with Microsoft’s own Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) redirect...
IGEL's Read-Only OS Gains Traction Amid Windows 10 Sunset and VMware Cost Shock
Microsoft’s October 14, 2025, deadline for Windows 10 support is no longer a distant marker—it’s a rapidly closing window. Meanwhile, Broadcom’s revamp of VMware licensing has blindsided...
Microsoft Declares Windows Backup for Organizations Ready for Business in Release Preview
Microsoft has quietly elevated its enterprise-focused Windows Backup for Organizations to general availability, bundling the capability into a Release Preview build for Windows 10 (OS build...
Microsoft Opens Windows Update to Third-Party Apps as Office Hours Tackles IT's Toughest 2025 Challenges
Microsoft is quietly testing a major expansion of Windows Update that will allow any third-party application or driver to be patched through the same built-in mechanism used for OS updates. The...
Windows 11’s New Microsoft 365 Companion Apps Arrive—Here’s What IT Must Know Before Enabling
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a trio of lightweight taskbar apps for Windows 11 that promise to slash context switching for Microsoft 365 users—but beneath the productivity pitch lurk...
Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium Shields 13 Identity Components Against Microsoft’s 30-Day Recovery Limit
Barracuda Networks has officially released Entra ID Backup Premium, a cloud-native backup service designed to protect 13 critical Microsoft Entra ID components and extend recovery far beyond the...
Proofpoint Uncovers AiTM Phishing That Bypasses MFA with Fake Microsoft Apps
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint has issued an urgent warning about a new breed of phishing campaign that methodically dismantles a core enterprise safeguard: multi-factor authentication. Hackers are...
Microsoft 365 Disaster Recovery in 2025: Why Identity Security and Zero Trust Are Critical
Microsoft 365 is often viewed as the backbone of cloud collaboration and productivity, with a reputation for robust disaster recovery rooted in state-of-the-art backups and resilient infrastructure....
Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Microsoft 365 through Identity-Centric Security
In today’s ever-expanding cloud landscape, disaster resilience is a defining concern for organizations that rely on Microsoft 365 (M365) and the broader Microsoft cloud ecosystem. Despite...