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Microsoft 365 uptime is not a backup strategy, and retention is for compliance, not operational restore, as Ben Stegink warns in this webcast recap, highlighting Teams chat recovery gaps, Power Platform blind spots, and more.

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#Microsoft365 #Backup

2026 is when agentic AI has to prove it can work in production.

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Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server -- Redmondmag.com Migrating a database to an older version of SQL Server requires exporting it as a data-tier application and importing it on the target instance, providing a practical workaround when native backup restores are blocked by version compatibility limits.

Brien Posey explains why SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions and how to migrate anyway by exporting and importing a data-tier application, then updating permissions and connection strings.

Read the walkthrough: https://ow.ly/o96250YeEOu

#SQLServer #Database #DataMigration

Microsoft Sentinel Expands Visibility Capabilities in February Update -- Redmondmag.com Latest updates focus on expanded visibility, automation and Copilot integration for security operations teams.

Microsoft's February 2026 Microsoft Sentinel update expands analytics rules, connectors, and AI-driven security operations, with deeper Microsoft Security Copilot integration for UEBA, threat intelligence, and investigations.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/NQOY50Yei1f

#MicrosoftSentinel #SIEM

Microsoft Announces GA of Data Lake Tier Ingestion for Advanced Hunting Tables -- Redmondmag.com New capability expands long-term retention and cost-optimization options for security telemetry in Microsoft Sentinel data lake.

Microsoft has announced GA of data lake tier ingestion for Advanced Hunting Tables in Microsoft Sentinel, enabling lower-cost storage, extended retention, and scalable threat hunting by routing select Defender data into the Sentinel data lake.

Read more: https://ow.ly/Cxwa50YehXO

#Cybersecurity

Microsoft 365 licensing traps can drive costs up, and a price increase is coming.

Join us, sponsor Trusted Tech, and a panel of experts on Feb. 26 for this FREE webcast on licensing clarity, cost savings, and AI readiness.

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Microsoft Addresses 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days in February's Patch Tuesday -- Redmondmag.com Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday release addresses 58 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office and several other products, with six zero-day flaws highlighting the monthly release.

Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday addresses 58 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days, spanning Windows and Office, with multiple security feature bypass and privilege escalation issues.

Read more: https://ow.ly/45lw50YehSU

#Cybersecurity #PatchTuesday #WindowsSecurity

Cyber resilience for SaaS data is changing fast, especially as identity threats grow.

Join us, sponsor Veeam Software, and a panel of experts on Feb. 25 for this FREE webcast on what’s new with Veeam Data Cloud in early 2026.

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#DataProtection #Microsoft365

Microsoft Warns Harmful Prompt Attacks Can Undermine LLM Safety Controls -- Redmondmag.com New research outlines how attackers bypass safeguards and why AI security must be treated as a system-wide problem.

Microsoft research shows prompt-based attacks can bypass LLM safety controls, including GRP-Obliteration, which can reverse GRPO safety training using a single malicious prompt.

Read why defense-in-depth matters for AI deployments: https://ow.ly/rqUI50YcIIl

#AISecurity #Cybersecurity #LLM

Downtime is expensive in both dollars and end-user trust.

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Inside the Accounting Math Driving Wall Street’s AI Anxiety -- Redmondmag.com A closer look at AI-driven capital spending, GPU depreciation and shrinking margins helps explain why massive hyperscaler investments -- and Microsoft’s AI disclosures -- rattled tech stocks and raised new questions about the economics of artificial intelligence.

AI-driven CapEx, six-year GPU depreciation, and shrinking margins are rattling investors as hyperscalers shift capital from high-margin cloud to lower-margin AI infrastructure.

Dig into the accounting math that is driving the market’s AI nerves: https://ow.ly/M52050YcapR

#AI #CloudComputing

Desktop strategy is becoming AI strategy.

Join us, sponsor Nerdio, and expert Ashley Battle on Feb. 17 for this FREE webcast on rethinking virtual desktops for the AI era.

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#VirtualDesktops #DaaS #AzureVirtualDesktop #Windows365 #AI

Microsoft Warns of Active SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploitation -- Redmondmag.com Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has observed threat actors actively exploiting internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances in multi-stage intrusions that led to lateral movement toward high-value assets within targeted organizations.

Microsoft reports active exploitation of internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk that enabled lateral movement, persistence via legitimate tools, and risk of full domain compromise in versions prior to 2026.1.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/Yzx650YcaeW

#Cybersecurity #ThreatIntel

Planning for PowerShell Script Usage in a Multiplatform Environment -- Redmondmag.com Let's examine the challenges of running Windows-dependent PowerShell scripts from Linux and compares three practical approaches -- dual booting, WinBoat and Windows Server RemoteApp -- to maintaining compatibility in a multiplatform environment.

PowerShell is cross-platform until your scripts aren’t.

In this article, Brien Posey breaks down what actually works when Windows-dependent PowerShell scripts need to run from Linux, and where the tradeoffs show up fast.

Take a look: https://ow.ly/NjMU50YbBAY

#PowerShell #Linux #SysAdmin

Snowflake Taps OpenAI in $200M Deal to Bring GPT Models Into Enterprise Data Platform -- Redmondmag.com Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to embed OpenAI’s models directly into Snowflake’s data platform, as vendors push to turn large language models into practical tools employees can use on enterprise data.

Snowflake and OpenAI signed a multi-year, $200 million partnership to embed OpenAI models directly into Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence, with the goal of helping enterprises build agents and apps.

Read more: https://ow.ly/hAg450YbBE1

#Snowflake #OpenAI #EnterpriseAI #GenerativeAI

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Still running a Microsoft 365 backup strategy from 2018? Tomorrow’s webcast is your reset.

Join us, sponsor Druva, and a panel of experts tomorrow for this FREE webcast on building a future-ready Microsoft 365 resilience strategy.

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#Microsoft365 #Backup

Microsoft Makes Agents in OneDrive Generally Available for Enterprise File Workflows -- Redmondmag.com New launch allows agents to use an organization’s own files to support search, analysis and task completion directly in OneDrive.

Microsoft has made Agents in OneDrive generally available. The built-in assistants work within OneDrive to search, summarize, analyze, and act on your organization’s files while respecting permissions, security controls, and data boundaries.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/z3iv50Y9TVO

#AI #AgenticAI

Microsoft Previews Copilot Data Connector for Sentinel to Strengthen AI-Aware Security Monitoring -- Redmondmag.com New connector brings Copilot activity data into Microsoft Sentinel to improve visibility, detection and investigation.

Microsoft has a public preview Copilot data connector for Sentinel, bringing Copilot activity telemetry into SIEM workflows so SOC teams can monitor usage, investigate suspicious behavior, and correlate AI activity with other signals.

Read more: https://ow.ly/UnSo50Y9TNi

#Copilot #Security #SIEM

Microsoft is Rolling Out New Security Messaging for Teams -- Redmondmag.com Microsoft is adding security warning messages in Teams for organizations using default configurations, a move the company says is part of its Secure By Default initiative and aimed at increasing user awareness of potentially risky files and links without changing existing enforcement policies.

Microsoft is adding new security warning messages in Teams for orgs on default security settings. It’s part of Secure By Default, meant to boost awareness of risky links/files without changing enforcement policies.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/3vrU50Y9TK2

#MicrosoftTeams #Cybersecurity #Microsoft365

Agentic AI is going operational in 2026. Ready for what changes next?

Join us, sponsor OutSystems, a panel of experts on Feb. 24 for this FREE webcast to learn the 3 shifts shaping the agentic enterprise.

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Gallot Returns to Microsoft to Lead Security as Bell Takes on Quality Initiative -- Redmondmag.com Microsoft announced a leadership shake-up Wednesday that will see Hayete Gallot return to the company as executive vice president of security, replacing Charlie Bell, who is shifting into a new role focused on Microsoft’s Quality Excellence Initiative.

Microsoft is making a notable leadership move: Hayete Gallot returns as EVP of Security, and Charlie Bell shifts to Microsoft’s Quality Excellence Initiative focused on engineering quality, per CEO Satya Nadella.

Read the full breakdown: https://ow.ly/876y50Y9Tos

#Microsoft #Cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Continue Exploiting Microsoft Office Zero-Day After Emergency Patch -- Redmondmag.com Microsoft issued an out-of-band security update on Jan. 26 to address CVE-2026-21509, a Microsoft Office vulnerability the company said was being actively exploited at the time of disclosure.

Researchers report Russian-linked APT28 continues exploiting a Microsoft Office zero-day despite an emergency patch. The campaign uses phishing emails with malicious RTF files to bypass OLE protections and steal data.

Read the full article: https://ow.ly/CwuS50Y9fCv

#CyberSecurity #ThreatResearch

Microsoft Outlines Path to Enforce TLS 1.2 for Azure Blob Storage -- Redmondmag.com Updated guidance helps organizations migrate storage workloads away from legacy TLS versions ahead of stricter security enforcement.

TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are on the way out for Azure Blob Storage.

Microsoft has shared guidance to help teams identify legacy clients, update configs, and validate workloads before TLS 1.2 enforcement.

Read more: https://ow.ly/ICPv50Y9fFi

#Azure #CloudSecurity #TLS12

How confident are you in your Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra ID recovery plan?

Join us and sponsor Datto tomorrow for this FREE virtual summit to learn identity-first recovery strategies to protect against outages, data loss, and ransomware.

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Another Reason for Using Immutable Backups -- Redmondmag.com Immutable backups can serve as a long-term safety net beyond ransomware protection, preserving critical data that may fall outside traditional backup retention windows and go unnoticed until it is too late.

Retention windows expire. Data loss doesn’t always announce itself.

In this piece, Brien Posey explains why immutable backups matter beyond ransomware: they can recover files deleted months or years ago, long after standard backups have rolled off.

Read more: https://ow.ly/ktiv50Y9fQ5

#BCDR

Resilience wins championships and it keeps IT running.

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Cloud Complexity Is Outstripping Security Defenses -- Redmondmag.com The 2026 Cloud Security Report from Fortinet finds cloud security teams are less concerned about whether cloud platforms can be secured and more focused on whether their defenses can keep pace with the speed of change.

The Fortinet 2026 Cloud Security Report says 88% of organizations run hybrid or multi-cloud, but 66% lack confidence in real-time threat detection and response.

Learn why cloud complexity is overtaking security defenses: https://ow.ly/hocH50Y8wVU

#CloudSecurity #Cybersecurity #MultiCloud