“On September 28 and September 29 this week, a number of Microsoft customers worldwide were impacted by a cascading series of problems resulting in many being unable to access their Microsoft apps and services.”
Microsoft Security Report Highlights New Sophisticated Threats From Nation State Actors
“If it wasn’t clear that cybersecurity is the new frontier in our evermore-connected world, a recent report from Microsoft, entitled the “Digital Defense Report,” details how rapidly escalating security threats are growing in sophistication and pervasiveness from nation state actors in China, I”
Microsoft to release new standalone version of Office next year to succeed to Office 2019
“Microsoft is getting ready to release a new standalone version of its Office suite next year.”
Microsoft Lists is a new app designed for Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook
“Microsoft is creating a new lists app for businesses that use its Microsoft 365 services. Not to be confused with To Do, Microsoft’s consumer lists app, Microsoft Lists is designed to be the next evolution of SharePoint Lists.”
Office 365 now opens attachments in a sandbox to prevent infections
“Microsoft today announced the launch of Application Guard for Office in public preview to protect enterprise users from threats using malicious attachments as an attack vector.”
Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms
“When Docker sold off its enterprise division to Mirantis last fall, that didn’t mark the end of the company. In fact, Docker still exists and has refocused as a cloud-native developer tools vendor.”
Microsoft releases emergency security update to fix two bugs in Windows codecs
“Microsoft has published on Tuesday two out-of-band security updates to patch two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Tracked as CVE-2020-1425 & CVE-2020-1457, the two bugs only impact Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 distributions.”
Windows 10 May 2020 Update now available with built-in Linux kernel and Cortana updates
“Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 May 2020 Update today. It’s the latest “major” update to Windows 10, and its big features include the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 and Cortana updates.”
Microsoft’s Outlook on the web is getting Gmail-like text prediction feature
“Microsoft is working on a new text prediction feature for Outlook that’s similar to Gmail’s Smart Compose. The text predictions will allow Outlook.com and Outlook on the web to write emails for people using predictive tech that offers up suggestions while you type.”
Microsoft Teams jumps 70 percent to 75 million daily active users
“Microsoft said last month that Teams usage had grown to 44 million daily active users during the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s now jumped another 70 percent.”
