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SoftwareWhy Microsoft Lists is the new Excel
Microsoft Lists doesn’t replace Microsoft To Do or Planner, but it might edge out Excel for information management. Also, Microsoft Lists is now available on Android.
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SecurityProtect your environment with deception and honeytokens
Trick attackers into exposing themselves when they breach your systems using decoys that are easy to deploy and act like tripwires
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SoftwareWhy Microsoft has Project and Planner and how they’re converging
Not everyone wants to be a project manager but Microsoft wants to make it less painful when team task management needs to get more formal.
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SecurityHow Microsoft blocks vulnerable and malicious drivers in Defender, third-party security tools and in Windows 11
Default protection blocks known exploits but you can choose what to block and where with extra tools and services for more control.
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SecurityThe Great Resignation and Reshuffle: How to protect your organization from insider risk
New employees may not know how to protect company data, and leavers might try to take it with them: These Microsoft tools can help you tackle both problems.
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CloudMachine learning: The AIOps system Azure uses to make the cloud reliable
To spot faults quickly even if they take a month to show up, Azure feeds signals into a machine learning system: in the future, you will be able to do that for your own cloud workloads.
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CloudMicrosoft’s multicloud security is about connecting the dots
Far too many attacks succeed because it’s just too hard to put security basics in place; Microsoft wants to simplify and automate more of that.
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CloudMake cloud VMs your own with Azure Image Builder
Create custom images for your virtual infrastructure that automatically follow your security policy.
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StorageMicrosoft makes progress on fast DNA data storage
It won't be long before you can write megabytes of data per second on synthetic DNA that will be readable for thousands of years.
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NetworkingWhy Microsoft thinks you don’t need another free Hyper-V Server SKU
Running Windows Server on your own infrastructure and using cloud services to do it offers lots of benefits. But that cloud harmony means subscriptions rather than unsupported free operating systems.