endpoint security

IGEL’s new jointly reviewed reference architectures with Microsoft land at a moment when cloud desktops are moving from experimentation to operational necessity. The blueprints are aimed at Windows 365 and Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, but the real story is narrower and more strategic: they...

Dell’s 2026 business PC refresh is less about one flashy desktop and more about a coordinated push across the entire commercial portfolio: slimmer Pro notebooks, the compact Pro 5 Micro desktop, updated Precision workstations, conferencing monitors, and security-focused peripherals. The headline...

Running a modern business on Windows 11 is no longer just about getting from desktop to desktop with a familiar Start menu. It is about enforcing identity, protecting data, managing fleets of devices remotely, and squeezing more productivity out of every login, sync, and update. The features...

CrowdStrike’s latest platform update is more than a routine feature refresh: it is a clear sign that the company sees the next security battleground as the intersection of AI governance and security operations modernization. The new Falcon AI protections are built around the idea that the...

CrowdStrike’s latest push into AI security makes strategic sense because the endpoint is still where so much enterprise risk becomes real. If AI assistants, copilots, and browser-based tools are increasingly touching sensitive data, then the place to enforce policy is often the device layer, not...

Windows 11 Pro has become more than a business operating system; it is increasingly a platform where security and productivity are woven together by design. For professionals, that matters because the modern workday is defined by constant logins, frequent context switching, and an ever-present...

South African IT leaders face a simple, time‑sensitive reality: the operating system that protected and powered most workplaces for the last decade is gone, and moving to Windows 11 Pro is no longer just a nice‑to‑have — it’s a strategic imperative for security, compliance and long‑term...

Microsoft has quietly added a new Group Policy in recent Windows 11 preview builds that gives administrators explicit control over whether the Print Screen (PrtScn) key can be intercepted by third‑party applications — a setting surfaced as Make Print Screen key yieldable under Computer...

Microsoft’s cloud-first push just gained two new hardware partners: ASUS and Dell will ship purpose‑built Cloud PC devices that pair with Windows 365, extending the small but growing category that began with Microsoft’s own Windows 365 Link. The devices — the ASUS NUC 16 for Windows 365 and the...

CrowdStrike and Microsoft have deepened a strategic tie that will let Azure customers buy the CrowdStrike Falcon platform directly through Microsoft Marketplace and apply those purchases against their existing Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment, a move the vendors say will remove procurement...

I stopped relying on a third‑party antivirus suite and leaned on Microsoft Defender’s behavior‑monitoring features instead — the change wasn’t just about trimming bloat, it was about shifting to a real‑time, behavior‑centric defense model that’s built into Windows and powered by cloud...

Microsoft’s quiet pruning of Windows’ optional components has accelerated into a visible change in how the operating system presents and manages what stays and what goes, and the consequences go far beyond a few removed checkboxes in Settings. Over the past two years Microsoft has moved from...

Microsoft has quietly moved one of the security community’s most trusted tools out of the Sysinternals download bucket and into Windows itself, delivering native Sysmon functionality as an optional Windows 11 feature that can be enabled, updated, and (crucially) supported through Microsoft’s...

Microsoft has quietly moved Sysinternals’ Sysmon from a community-distributed add-on into Windows itself, making Sysmon functionality an optional, inbox Windows feature that administrators can enable from Settings or via DISM/PowerShell and manage through the Windows servicing pipeline...

Microsoft’s Technical Takeoff returns in March 2026 with a concentrated, engineering‑led lineup aimed squarely at Windows, Windows‑in‑the‑cloud, and endpoint management teams—and for IT pros who manage Windows 11, Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop or Intune, the four Mondays of deep dives are...

Microsoft’s terse advisory for CVE-2026-20852 — described as a Windows Hello tampering vulnerability that “allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering locally” — should push security teams to treat biometric-signin integrity as a high-priority operational risk, even while authoritative...

Microsoft’s latest Insider build gives administrators a supported, one‑time way to uninstall the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices — but the control is deliberately narrow, gated by strict conditions, and not a fleet‑wide “kill switch,” which means durable removal...

Heneways Freight Services has moved from brittle, location-bound IT to a cloud-first workforce by deploying Windows 365 Cloud PCs and Microsoft’s new purpose-built device, Windows 365 Link, managed through Microsoft Intune, a shift the company says cut user-experience tickets by up to 90% and IT...

A surprisingly simple, little-known way to power off Windows has resurfaced in discussions across the web: a built-in "slide to shut down" utility and a set of keyboard and command-line tricks that let you shut down a PC faster — and sometimes, more dangerously — than the Start menu ever...

Microsoft has quietly fixed a major usability pain in Windows 11’s Smart App Control by making the feature toggleable in preview builds — meaning you can now flip SAC on and off from Windows Security without having to perform a full OS reset or clean reinstall. Background Smart App Control (SAC)...