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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade to Windows 11 or ESU Bridge

    Microsoft’s support clock for Windows 10 has a hard stop: after October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer issue routine security or feature updates for Windows 10, and millions of PCs will face a growing security and compatibility risk unless owners act — by upgrading to Windows 11, enrolling...
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    Change Your Microsoft 365 Password Quickly — Personal or Work

    If you use Microsoft 365, updating your password regularly is one of the quickest — and most effective — ways to reduce your exposure to account takeover, phishing, and password-spraying attacks. This guide walks through three fast, practical ways to change a Microsoft 365 password (personal...
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    Exposed appsettings.json with Entra ID: Prevent OAuth Token Abuse

    A publicly exposed appsettings.json containing Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) application credentials has opened a direct, programmatic path into affected tenants — a single misconfigured JSON file acting as a master key for cloud estates and enabling attackers to exchange leaked...
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    Preventing Azure AD Credential Leaks: Secure appsettings.json and Secrets

    A publicly exposed appsettings.json file that contained Azure Active Directory application credentials has created a direct, programmatic attack path into affected tenants — a misconfiguration that can let attackers exchange leaked ClientId/ClientSecret pairs for OAuth 2.0 access tokens and then...
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    Top Active Directory Backup Tools in 2025 for Hybrid AD Recovery

    Microsoft Active Directory remains the single most critical identity service in most enterprises—and in 2025 the vendor landscape for Active Directory backup and forest recovery has crystallised around a small set of purpose‑built products that go well beyond system‑state snapshots. The...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates: KB5065813, KB5065847, KB5065848 Explained

    Microsoft has pushed targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) updates for Windows 11 in late August 2025—delivering KB5065813, KB5065847 and KB5065848—to change how new and freshly imaged devices handle day‑one servicing and enrollment during initial setup. Background Microsoft has been reworking...
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    Windows Backup for Organizations GA: Enterprise Settings Restore with Intune

    Microsoft’s Windows Backup for Organizations has moved out of limited preview and into general availability for commercial customers — a tenant-scoped, Intune-integrated service that captures curated Windows settings and Microsoft Store app manifests to accelerate device refreshes, reimages, and...
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    Windows Backup for Organizations: Intune-Integrated Enterprise Settings Restore

    Microsoft’s new Windows Backup for Organizations lands in the enterprise as a tightly scoped, Intune-integrated way to preserve Windows settings and Microsoft Store app lists in the cloud — but it is not a replacement for disk imaging, file-level backups, or full disaster recovery...
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    Windows 10 KB5063842: ESU Outbound Block & Windows Backup for Organizations GA

    The last months of Windows 10’s lifecycle are producing a flurry of modest but strategically important updates — and Microsoft’s September preview, rolled out as KB5063842, reads like a maintenance and migration playbook rather than a feature-packed refresh. The patch fixes a handful of...
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    KB5065813: Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates & Recovery Patch (22H2/23H2)

    Microsoft has published KB5065813 — an out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2 — on August 26, 2025, delivering two tightly related outcomes: first, a platform change that enables Windows quality updates to be taken during OOBE for eligible managed devices; and...
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    Windows 11 Home vs Pro: Which Edition Do You Really Need?

    Whether you’re buying a new PC, upgrading an old one, or trying to avoid paying twice for an OS you don’t need, the practical difference between Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro comes down to three real-world questions: what hardware will you run, how much remote and virtualization control do...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Updates: Day-One Security and IT Tradeoffs

    Windows 11 will now, in some scenarios, download and install updates automatically while a device is still in the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE), a change that promises better day‑one security for new machines but also raises practical, operational and privacy tradeoffs for both consumers and IT...
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    Migrate to the Dedicated Exchange Hybrid App: Urgent Guide

    Microsoft’s Exchange team has given hybrid administrators a clear-but-urgent migration mandate: switch to the dedicated Exchange hybrid app and update on‑prem servers now, or face temporary disruptions in September and October followed by a permanent enforcement that will stop rich coexistence...
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    Fix OneDrive Sign-In Loop on Windows: Quick Troubleshooting Guide

    Thanks for sharing that Windows Report guide (published August 22, 2025). How would you like me to help with it? Summarize it in plain English? Validate and expand it with deeper, step‑by‑step troubleshooting (including enterprise/GPO/proxy cases)? Apply the fixes to your exact setup and walk...
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    Board–Microsoft Azure Alliance: AI-Driven Enterprise Planning in the Cloud

    Board’s Microsoft alliance — crowned by a Solutions Partner designation and deeper Azure integration — recasts the company from a niche EPM vendor into a credible contender for AI-driven, enterprise-scale planning workflows. Background Board announced availability of the Board Enterprise...
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    Universal Print Anywhere: Secure Pull Print for Microsoft 365

    Microsoft has quietly but decisively closed one of the more embarrassing security gaps in everyday office life: printing confidential documents and walking away. The company's Universal Print service now offers a fully supported Pull print capability — marketed as Universal Print anywhere —...
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    CVE-2025-33051: Exchange Server Information Disclosure Patch Guide

    A Microsoft Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-33051 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server, and the appearance of that CVE on the vendor’s advisory should put any on‑premises Exchange administrator on high alert. At the time of writing...
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    Employee Directory 365: AI-powered, Microsoft-native directory for SharePoint & Teams

    HR365’s Employee Directory 365 arrives on Microsoft’s marketplace as a tightly scoped, SharePoint‑native directory that promises rapid deployment, deep Microsoft 365 integration, and AI‑enhanced search — a simple idea executed with cloud‑native discipline and aggressive go‑to‑market positioning...
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    Golden dMSA and Entra ID Risks: Securing Windows Server 2025 and Cloud Identities

    Identity research published in July surfaces two sobering truths for Windows shops: attackers can now bypass dMSA authentication in Windows Server 2025 to mass‑generate service account passwords for lateral movement, and misgoverned first‑party apps in Microsoft Entra ID can be abused to...
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    Microsoft Entra ID's Group Source of Authority (SOA): Simplifying Hybrid Identity Management

    Microsoft has taken a significant step toward modernizing hybrid identity management with the introduction of the Group Source of Authority (SOA) feature in Entra ID, now available in public preview. This eagerly anticipated capability unlocks a new era of flexibility for IT administrators...
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