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The official SqlServer module now includes a version of the Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet that runs in PSCore 6.2 and above. The version of the SqlServer module which contains this cmdlet is 21.1.18095-preview and is available in the PowerShell Gallery. The post Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available Supporting...

This post was authored by @Arpita Duppala, PM on the Core Operating System and Intelligent Edge team. Follow her @arnuwish on Twitter. Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is a light-weight Azure consistent module which provides local block blob storage, available in public preview. We are excited to...

This blog post was authored by Vithalprasad Gaitonde, Principal PM Manager, System Center. As customers grow their deployments in the public cloud and on-premises data centers, management tools are evolving to meet customer needs. System Center suite continues to play an important role in...

This post is authored by Itay Argoety, Product Manager, Azure ATP Enterprise security operations (SecOps) often have limited resources and staff, and security analysts face evolving, more sophisticated attack methods. Many of the newest tools and vulnerabilities can often go undetected...

RSA is the world’s largest cybersecurity conference and a key moment for the industry, which our product team has eagerly been working towards. Today we are excited to announce more than 15 new product capabilities for Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS). They are oriented around 4 major...

With 81 percent of security breaches caused by compromised user credentials, identity security is paramount for all organizations. Enterprise security operations (SecOps) analysts face an increasing volume and velocity of alerts and incidents across an ever-expanding surface area from...

Hi there! Stanislav Belov here, and you are reading the next issue of the Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News series! As a reminder, the Noteworthy News series covers various areas, to include interesting news, announcements, links, tips and tricks from Windows, Azure, and Security...

Today, we’re announcing beta support for PowerShell in AutoRest, so that you can now generate PowerShell modules from Swagger/OpenAPI JSON documents. AutoRest is the SDK generation tool that we use in Azure to produce SDKS for 90+ management services across 7+ languages. Its pluggable...

We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 14 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 126 pull requests have been merged and 102 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community! The modules updated in this release are: ActiveDirectoryCSDsc...

This is the third and final post in a three-part series. Part 1: Useful methods on the String class Introduction to Regular Expressions The Select-String cmdlet Part 2: the -split operator the -match operator the switch statement the Regex class Part 3: a real world, complete and slightly...

This is the second post in a three-part series. Part 1: Useful methods on the String class Introduction to Regular Expressions The Select-String cmdlet Part 2: the -split operator the -match operator the switch statement the Regex class Part 3: a real world, complete and slightly bigger...

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After a many years on Technet, Microsoft is retiring the existing blogging platform. We will soon be migrating over to a Tech Community which many of you have already been familiarized with. We appreciate all the many helpful comments and consistent viewership we’ve seen over the years and...

Detecting ExchangePriv vulnerability with Azure ATP NTLM relay vulnerability is not a new phenomenon. With the added security mechanisms implemented in signed NTLMv2 making successful attacks seem more and more unlikely, it would appear there would be very little to talk about here. Right...

The meaning of “devices” has evolved in the modern workplace, with IT expected to support not only corporate PCs and bring-your-own (BYO) devices, but also manage kiosks, shared single-purpose devices, phone-room resources, collaboration devices such as Surface Hub, and even some IoT devices...

The Intune for Education team is excited about the recently released Remote Autopilot Reset feature. This new functionality allows your school IT admin to reset devices from the Intune for Education console, hands free. Together, Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Intune for Education is...

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(This post is authored in collaboration with Joey Glocke, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft 365 Security) Today, enterprise IT pros and policy makers must frequently update Windows security settings to help mitigate evolving cyber-security threats. The one-size-fits-all security approach...

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Do you remember the first or last time you found a user had shared sensitive information with the wrong people? Companies dedicate large amounts of resources and money towards establishing an air tight DLP policy to detect and protect company data and prevent it from getting into the wrong...