As organizations switch to containerized applications, attackers target such business-critical software more. Containers lack the isolation of virtual machines, creating a serious security risk. Microsoft released a new feature based on Kata project to effectively remedy that, thereby greatly boosting container cybersecurity.
Working with a mix of new and old printing hardware in hybrid-cloud IT infrastructures can be complex and cumbersome. Microsoft Azure Universal Print allows organizations to bring existing print infrastructure into the cloud without a lot of heavy lifting.
Microsoft is making strides in cloud-enabling on-premises IT infrastructure with the integration of Azure Arc advancements and multi-cloud capabilities into the latest SQL Server 2022 release. This offers organizations increased scalability, flexibility, and security for hybridizing their on-premises workloads.
Updating your various Windows systems can be quite a chore. Microsoft knows that as well. Luckily, it added new features to its endpoint cloud-based management solution, Intune, which allows you to prioritize important security updates. It’s a great new addition that you can test out right now.
During Microsoft Ignite 2022, the leading vendors announced many Azure features that align with the latest VMware vSphere updates. Mix and match both worlds to suit your business and technology needs.
Azure Arc enables users to extend the functionality of Azure Resource Manager to on-premises environments (including VMware vSphere) or other clouds. It brings better visibility, control, and management. This is a great tool as managing hybrid or multi-cloud is daunting, as well as it can cause security compromises.
Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) being a software as a service (SaaS) leads to organizations having multiple AKS clusters. Managing these diverse and multiple containerized environments is tricky and inefficient at this point in the game. Having a new management solution from Microsoft will surely help the process.
Microsoft recently announced Windows Hello for Business Hybrid Cloud Kerberos Trust to help with the complexity of passwordless authentication. It is commonly thought passwords are the weakest link in a company’s cybersecurity posture. While Azure has seen various aspects of passwordless authentication, Windows has been lacking.
For some time now, Microsoft has made a single-node configuration available for its cloud service Azure Stack HCI. The name is somewhat misleading since a cluster requires two or more servers to form a group for high availability. Nonetheless, this version is good for dev, test, proof of concept, or initial setup tweaking for further scaling.
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen provides a host of new cybersecurity features in Windows 11 22H2, including better protection against phishing. Enterprises often overlook the threat of phishing, which is unfortunate because it’s a matter of human error, i.e. users lacking cybersecurity awareness. Windows 11 now helps tackle that.
