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    RiverMeadow Brings Azure Local to Accelerate VMware Migrations On-Prem

    RiverMeadow’s announcement that its Workload Mobility Platform now supports Microsoft Azure Local marks a notable development for enterprises weighing VMware alternatives and planning large-scale cloud migrations. The vendor’s pitch—faster migrations, hybrid on‑premises + Azure management...
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    Office 2016/2019 End of Support Oct 14, 2025: Plan Migration to Microsoft 365 or LTSC 2024

    Microsoft has set a hard deadline: support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — including the familiar Word, Excel, PowerPoint suites and some server counterparts — will end on October 14, 2025, and there will be no extension and no Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for those perpetual desktop...
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    Microsoft Enforces Dedicated Exchange Hybrid App: Sept 2025 Window

    Microsoft is taking the first concrete step in its phased enforcement of the dedicated Exchange hybrid app requirement: on September 16, 2025 at 07:00 UTC Microsoft will temporarily block Exchange Web Services (EWS) traffic that uses the Exchange Online shared service principal for hybrid...
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    Cloud Sovereignty and Microsoft Azure: Unit 8200, Nimbus, and AI Surveillance

    Microsoft’s announcement of an “urgent” external investigation into allegations that Israel’s Unit 8200 used Azure to store and process recordings of millions of Palestinian phone calls crystallizes a larger, underappreciated shift: the world’s leading cloud providers are not just vendors — they...
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    Access 2016/2019 End of Support: Migration Paths and Risks

    Microsoft has issued a clear reminder that Microsoft Access 2016 and Access 2019 — like many Office-era products — will reach official end of support on October 14, 2025, meaning security updates, bug fixes, and technical assistance stop on that date and users who remain on these versions will...
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    Azure Arc for Hyper-V: Practical Onboarding, VM Integration, and Trade-offs

    Azure Arc gives Hyper‑V administrators a new, cloud‑centric management plane that complements — not replaces — established tools like System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Windows Admin Center (WAC), Hyper‑V Manager and PowerShell, and this guide walks through practical onboarding...
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    Azure Arc and Azure Update Manager: The WSUS Replacement for Hybrid Patch Management

    Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...
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    Multicloud Personalities 2025: AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for IT Leaders

    Title: A practical guide to the multicloud personalities of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — what IT leaders should know in 2025 Lead The three hyperscalers — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — all provide the raw building blocks enterprises expect: VMs...
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    Azure Update Manager: Centralized Patch Orchestration for Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid

    Microsoft's latest move to centralize and simplify enterprise patching — pushing Azure Update Manager as the recommended path for orchestrating Windows updates across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid fleets — promises to change how IT teams plan, schedule, and recover from update events while also...
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    Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics

    Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...
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    Microsoft VM Conversion: Migrate VMware to Hyper-V with Windows Admin Center

    Microsoft has quietly pushed a significant tool into public preview that aims to simplify one of the messiest tasks in datacenter life: converting and migrating virtual machines from VMware vCenter/ESXi to Microsoft’s Hyper-V infrastructure using a built-in Windows Admin Center extension called...
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    Windows Admin Center VM Conversion: Agentless VMware to Hyper-V Migration (Public Preview)

    Microsoft has opened public preview of a long‑requested, first‑party VM Conversion extension inside Windows Admin Center, giving administrators a built‑in, agentless way to convert and migrate virtual machines from VMware vCenter/ESXi to Hyper‑V with minimal downtime and streamlined tooling. The...
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    FFmpeg Adds Whisper Audio Filter for On-Device Transcription (ASR)

    FFmpeg is adding a built-in transcription capability powered by OpenAI’s Whisper model: a new whisper audio filter (af_whisper) that brings automatic speech recognition (ASR) directly into FFmpeg’s libavfilter stack and can emit plain text, SRT subtitles, or JSON metadata — all without leaving...
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    CISA Adds CVE-2025-54948 to KEV: Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection

    CISA has formally added CVE-2025-54948 — a critical OS command injection in Trend Micro Apex One’s on‑premises Management Console — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation and triggering accelerated remediation expectations for federal...
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    CVE-2025-53765: Azure Stack Hub Information Disclosure - Mitigations & Patch Guidance

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53765 describing an information disclosure vulnerability in Azure Stack Hub that can allow an authorized local actor to disclose private personal information; Microsoft’s advisory notes the issue specifically affects...
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    CVE-2025-53770: SharePoint ToolShell RCE Exploit — Timeline, Impact, Mitigations

    Thanks — quick clarification before I start the 2,000+ word feature. I searched public sources and could not find any authoritative record for CVE-2025-53760. The Microsoft SharePoint incident widely reported in July–August 2025 is CVE-2025-53770 (aka “ToolShell”) — a deserialization / RCE chain...
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    Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition Launches with New Licensing and Upgrade Paths

    Microsoft has officially released the Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) on July 1, 2025, marking a significant shift in its on-premises email server offerings. This new edition is set to replace Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019, both of which will reach the end of support on...
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    Microsoft 365 Local: On-Premise Solution for Data Sovereignty & Security

    Here’s a summary of the major points from the TechRadar article about Microsoft 365 Local—the on-premise edition of Microsoft 365: Key Takeaways: Microsoft 365 Local is a new, fully on-premises solution, designed to meet strict data sovereignty and security requirements. It is built on Azure...
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    Microsoft's New Licensing Strategy: Subscription Models & Price Increases for On-Premises Servers

    Microsoft’s revised licensing and pricing strategy for on-premises server products is set to shake up IT budgets and deployment strategies come July 2025. This comprehensive update marks a turning point in how organizations approach on-premises infrastructure, providing continuous updates via a...
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    Harnessing Azure DevOps CLI for On-Prem Azure DevOps Server Automation

    Unlocking the Power of Azure DevOps CLI on Your On-Prem Azure DevOps Server Microsoft’s Azure DevOps ecosystem continues to evolve—even for on-premises installations. If you’re running Azure DevOps Server (formerly known as TFS) in your organization and want to streamline your development...
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