Improve kernel security with the new Microsoft Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center
Windows 10 and Windows 11 have continued to raise the security bar for drivers running in the kernel. Kernel-mode driver publishers must pass the Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) compatibility tests, malware scanning, and prove their identity through extended validation (EV) ... continue reading
New Secured-core servers are now available from the Microsoft ecosystem to help secure your infrastructure
In the current pandemic-driven remote work environments, security has become increasingly important. Earlier this year, Colonial Pipeline, one of the leading suppliers of fuel on the East Coast of the United States, was hit by a ransomware attack.1 This caused ... continue reading
Application Guard Deployment by MECM
Introduction This is John Barbare and I am a Sr Customer Engineer at Microsoft focusing on all things in the Cybersecurity space. In this blog I will be focusing on Application Guard and the correct configuration/deployment for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration ... continue reading
The mystery of the slow file copy from the fast computer
Heya folks, Ned here again. A customer contacted us about a strange behavior they were seeing when copying large files to a Windows Server 2019 cluster using SMB 3.1.1. Around every 5GB transferred, the copy would temporarily pause for a few seconds, then ... continue reading
Microsoft finds new macOS vulnerability, Shrootless, that could bypass System Integrity Protection
Microsoft has discovered a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS and perform arbitrary operations on a device. We also found a similar technique that could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges ... continue reading
Introducing the Azure VMware Solution: Zero to Hero Video Series
Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a first party service offering, fully validated by VMware. AVS provides a unified VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), integrating VMware vSphere, VMware vSAN, and VMware NSX-T. A typical customer deployment lives on bare metal, hyper ... continue reading
Improve availability with zone-redundant storage for Azure Disk Storage
As organizations continue to accelerate their cloud adoption, the need for reliable infrastructure is critical to ensure business continuity and avoid costly disruptions. Azure Disk Storage provides maximum resiliency for all workloads with an industry-leading zero percent annual failure rate ... continue reading
New Features of Windows Server 2022 Failover Clustering
Greetings again Windows Server and Failover Cluster fans!! John Marlin here and I own the Failover Clustering feature within the Microsoft product team. In this blog, I will be giving an overview of the new features in Windows Server 2022 ... continue reading
What's QUIC?
James Kehr here with the Windows Networking Escalation Engineering team. Today’s topic is the newly published QUIC protocol. This is a quick discussion, all puns intended, about why QUIC is important to the modern internet. Back in the old days, ... continue reading
Log Sensor & Telemetry Services in Isolated Network
Dear IT Pros, We knew that it is normal for Domain Controller and critical servers to be in isolated network without internet access. How could we provide the cloud-based, Azure log analytic services for these objects? The services could originate ... continue reading
