Month: January 2021

Some things today you just take for granted. We can download an entire movie in the time it took to download a low-resolution .jpg file back in the dial-up days.  I guess I’m feeling nostalgic since I just found and AOL 3.5-inch floppy while clea…

It’s the Friday before ITOps Talks: All Things Hybrid and there is a ton of news to discuss.  Highlights this week include: ARM Template Specs is now Public Preview, MFA methods changes for hybrid customers, Resource instance rules for a…

 
Over the course of 8 weeks, developers gathered virtually to participate in the Microsoft Azure Hack for Social Justice event. The hackathon challenge statement was straightforward: design and build an application prototype that uses Azure to a…

The lessons we have learned during the past 12 months have demonstrated that the ability to respond to, and bounce back from adversity in general, can impact the short-and long-term success of any organization. It can even dictate the leaders and lagga…

When I outlined the five identity priorities for 2020, the world was a very different place. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed how organizations run their businesses. It’s also changed the way we work, learn, and collaborate.
The po…

In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. Observed targeting includes pen testers, private offensive security researchers, and employees at security and tech companies.
The post Z…

Editor’s note (1/28/21): Title was updated to make it shorter
 
There is a growing need for virtual meetings, consults, and appointments but also an increase in the amount of time people are dedicating to try to schedule those appointments. Back a…