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In its announcement, the company says the platform is rolling out globally. Additionally, Microsoft has given region-specific prices for customers in the new countries. If you are not familiar with Outlook Premium, it is a subscription-based version of Microsoft’s email service. It is oriented to small business users and professionals. It is an enhanced version of the normal Outlook service for syncing emails. With today’s announcement, Outlook Premium comes to Canada, UK and Northern Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and Ireland....

If you are unfamiliar with City Art Search, it is a service that allows users to search fine art through several methods. Searches can be conducted looking for artists, century of the work, and the artistic era. Microsoft wants users to use the app to find museums and galleries to visit to see the art. Users can search by city or gallery and find which works are hosted in those locations....

Microsoft’s fix was causing issues because it would not install, showing the error code “0x800f0922”. At the time, Microsoft was telling users to update UEFI to work around the issue. That did not really work as a couple of weeks later there was another issue in the same KB5012170 package. Users were noticing the update was forcing BitLocker into recovery mode. Again, Microsoft offered a workaround but the problem is still listed on the Windows Health Dashboard....

“The metric in this statement was intended to refer only to a specific cloud-based service, Teams calling and meeting monthly users, in a specific country, Italy,” it writes to the SEC. “The statement was not intended to provide information about the performance of Azure and cloud services generally, Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud segment, or Microsoft as a whole.” The initial blog post was published on March 28 and seemingly coincided with an uptick in the company’s share price after media reports....

The ability was announced by Josh Caplan, Azure senior program manager. He explains that business customers using Azure Analysis Services often lack expertise to manage data. Equally, organizations want more automated ways of gathering data sources and important and transforming raw data. More often, customers want to be able to explore data analysis and insights quickly. The new sample tool makes this possible. It is based off the Adventure Works Internet Sales database and is an evolution in self-service BI tools....

The test is rolling out in just two markets. Those two countries are random enough to suggest Microsoft simply pulled the names from a hat… Colombia and Ireland. Why those two markets? Who knows, but it seems Microsoft will preview and then roll out to other countries at a later date. Until now, Xbox Game Pass has only been available for individual users. This is something of an annoyance, especially for subscribers who have an Xbox as a home console for the family....

npm is a package manager for JavaScript and the default one for Node.js. Its online database of packages has no vetting process for submission, relying on user reports and an audit feature to help devs identify the vulnerability. In this case, 1337qq-js was marked with a CVSS severity of critical. A backdoor in the code lets a remote attacker gain access to the user and steal important information. According to the npm security team, it exfiltrates environment variables, running processes, the /etc/hosts folder, uname – a, and the npmrc file....

With the settings enabled, Edge will check downloads against a list of Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs), which include toolbars and adware. It essentially foes further than SmartScreen or Google’s Safe Browsing, providing users who want it with some extra security. “Base SmartScreen and SafeBrowsing both block malware,” explained Edge program manager Eric Lawrence. “The feature shown here goes further by optionally blocking downloads that contain potentially unwanted (but not technically malware) code– think a utility app that also bundles in a crypto miner or notification spammer....

Why Microsoft edge is slow to open? There are multiple reasons that may slow down the edge browser performance. From outdated edge browser to too many open tabs or extensions, or even malware infection are some common reasons why edge browser is slow to open or not respond. Again a large amount of cache & browser history, Corrupted system files etc may also cause this issue. 1 Why Microsoft edge is slow to open?...

With Quiet Notification Requests, Microsoft Edge automatically disables notification requests. Websites still send these requests, but Edge essentially mutes them. Instead, the browser places a bell icon in the address bar to let users know a site has notifications if they want them. At the time, Microsoft said it was replying on user feedback to enhance the new experience. This week, changes made thanks to that feedback have been made....

Microsoft Editor is an aggressive push from Microsoft to make tools like Grammarly redundant. Grammarly is a widely used grammar and content checker that is actively promoted amongst websites to their staff. If Microsoft’s Editor alternative proves to be as accurate or robust as Grammarly, it could have several advantages. Firstly, it is baked into Word so requires no additional downloads. Secondly, like Grammarly, it will also be available in browsers....

A lot has happened in the last week surrounding the so-called JEDI program. The cloud defense platform is worth $10 billion to the winning company. Google decided to pull out of the bidding process early last week. Microsoft expressed its interest with a blog post that flirted with the Pentagon by highlighting the company’s expanding cloud capabilities and compliances. Now, Microsoft has officially tabled a bid and employees are unhappy....

Security researchers at Sophos say LockFile has been targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers by exploiting ProxyShell flaws in the platform. It uses an “intermittent encryption” attack to stay away from security tools. Researchers from Sophos discovered the emerging threat in July, which exploits the ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to attack systems. Specifically, LockFile encrypts on every 16 bytes of a file, which means many anti-ransomware software services cannot detect it....

Specifically, the company is working on giving admins to access a Cloud PC without needing a full Azure subscription. Microsoft points out this is one of the most requested features from Windows 365 customers. Instead of needing an Azure subscription, admins can set up a Cloud PC via Azure AD Join on a Microsoft Hosted Network. Microsoft says the new ability if now available in preview on Windows 365 Enterprise subscriptions....

The special HPU has been designed to take most of the load from the CPU and GPU so that they can focus on launching apps and displaying holograms. At the Hot Chips conference in California this week, devices engineer Nick Baker told us exactly how that works. Holographic Processing Unit Specifications According to The Register, the device is a TSMC fabricated 28nm coprocessor. It has 24 Tensilica DSP cores, 65 million logic gates, 8MB of SRAM and 1GB of DDR3 RAM....

In its update for CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182, Microsoft says the vulnerabilities are similar to BlueKeep. If you are unfamiliar with BlueKeep, it is a dangerous vulnerability because it can be executed by bad actors remotely. It is located in Remote Desktop Services on older Windows legacy builds such as Windows 7, Windows XP, AND Server 2003 and 2008. However, the pair of flaws patched this week are slightly different to BlueKeep because they affect Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and not Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)....

The latest update for Groove Music on the Production Ring is version 10.17042.1411.0. Fluent Design is evident in elements within the build, which is available on Windows 10 PCs and Windows 10 Mobile. For example, a hint of transparency has been added to the sidebar and bottom areas within the app. With this small change, we can already see how Fluent Design will make Windows 10 and its native apps slicker and nicer to look at....

Chromium Edge has been a relatively stable experience so far, so much so that I’ve been using it as my daily driver with few issues. However, it seems Microsoft was waiting for a few feature additions before it gave the thumbs up to enterprise. These changes should further differentiate it from Google Chrome while making it more suitable for use in business. Even so, professionals are still waiting on some more features to make the transition smoother....

In some cases, this even combines with the Hicurdismos malware to force a fake a blue screen, or Monitnev, which displays fake errors when an application crashes. The ultimate goal is to convince users to pay for the issue to be fixed, when it’s either non-existent or created by the scammers. “The technical support scam websites employ various social engineering techniques to compel users to call the provided hotlines,” explains Microsoft....

The new developer templates work with Skype for Business without the need for an Office 365 subscription. Called Office 365 Virtual Health Templates, healthcare professionals can use the templates for care coordination. Developers can use the templates to further their own virtual consult experiences. This is achieved through the Skype for Business SDKs. Microsoft launched the SDKs last year as a platform for building web and mobile experiences. Powered by Skype for Business, developers can create chat, audio, and video experiences....