Originally posted to https://www.mjshellenberger.com on 1/17/2023. Cross-posting here as well. The shift to endpoint management (Microsoft Intune) and Windows Updates (Windows Update for Business) in the cloud is an absolute success in terms of supporting modern Windows endpoints. The ability to manage devices and ensure updates are flowing regardless of a device’s current location is […]
Database focused Security with “Microsoft Defender for Databases”
Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s has a new team member – “Defender for Databases” which is a broadly compatible security add-on for your database workloads. Microsoft realized an industry need for their security stack to include threat protection monitoring and vulnerability assessment services for Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instances, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, MySQL & SQL Servers on […]
What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 3, Surface Hub 2S
The next session I attended on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2022, was “Getting to know Surface Hub 2S”. Fortunately, I was able to attend this one in-person despite a waiting line that queued up well in advance of the session starting. This proved to be a common, and somewhat frustrating theme throughout the conference. […]
What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 2
In part 2 of my Ignite 2022 recap series, I’ll be sharing my notes from the Ask the Experts: Behind the scenes tips and tricks for IT Pros with Microsoft Surface Engineering, session. I love that most of the sessions were recorded so I can go back to listen to them again if I missed […]
What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 1
I’m writing this up on my flight home from Ignite 2022 hosted in Seattle, Washington. Overall, it was a good conference with many new announcements and innovations to both new and existing solutions from Microsoft. There are plenty of great blog posts highlighting all the new announcements, including Microsoft’s own “book of news“, which I’d […]
How To: Migrate File Shares to SharePoint Online
If you’re like most organizations, you still have files residing on-premises. They could be in a NAS, or a DFS replicated Windows Server. Your users might know this collection of files as the “S Drive” or something similar. It’s time to modernize your file experience and move files into the cloud where you get versioning […]
My experience with the new Defender for Individuals solution!
In case you missed the announcement last week, Microsoft has released a Defender for Individuals solution purpose built for personal use. Now you can get the same great protection from Microsoft across your personal devices that you’re already (or should be) getting at work! Device protection extends across iOS, Android, macOS and Windows 10/11 and […]
The Microsoft Hardware Series: Introduction
Back in May @MrShellenberger wrote a blog about the Surface Pro 8 and how satisfied he was with the experience. (If you are interested in the Surface Pro 8 I highly recommend checking it out here.) After that post many of the Authors here at Microsoft Uncensored had a chat about our experiences with other […]
How to Stop LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay Attacks
While this attack has been around for a long time, it’s still a common finding, and successful method of lateral movement, when our red team performs vulnerability assessments for customers. I thought it might be helpful to revisit how this attack works and how easy it is to remediate and defend against it. An description […]
Microsoft Build – Quick Perspective
For this blog, I decided it would be good to recap some of the recent news from Microsoft Build, while also touching on some Architecture insights from a “Future of IT” perspective which will hopefully help anyone reading this article prepare for future innovation. Before I go any further it’s important to note that technology […]