SCCM – The new 2303 version of System Center Configuration Manager is available

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A new version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now available; as always it is first available for the early ring and then will be available over time to other. To get the early ring, you can use the usual script available here https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099733. As part the main updates, support for SQL Server 2022 […]

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Windows – Local Administrator Password Solution is now integrated with Windows

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If you are an IT professional, you probably already know the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) to manage the local administrator account password. Well, good news as with the April 2023 updates, LAPS is now directly integrated with Windows; no more need to deploy the local LAPS agent. It is now integrated with: Windows 1x

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Azure AD – You can use conditional access for PIM (preview)

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As you know with Azure AD (P1 or P2) you can protect access to your workloads using Conditional Access. Well, you can now also use Conditional Access when used with PIM (Privileged Identity Management) (in preview), or more specifically when protected actions are being used. The below protected actions are currently supported: Update basic properties

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Azure – You can request to join the private preview for enabling Trusted Launch on existing virtual machines

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  As you may know, since October 2021, you can enable Trusted Launch capabilities (TPM, Secure Boot) when creating virtual machines on Azure (see https://t.co/94CVmga284).   Well, you can now request to join the private preview to enable Trusted Launch on existing virtual machines by filling this form https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR2RiF4tSllVBmoqo337yG5lUMFBLVjVNVkdGUUxQRzRMUElKM0RaV1hLVi4u.   You will have to provide

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Teams – New files app

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The Files app for Teams is being updated to provide an improved experience to locate your files across your chats, channels, meetings and OneDrive and SharePoint, including shared files. Home: Get back to your recently accessed files My files: Access your personal OneDrive files Shared: Find files shared with you and files you have shared

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Intune – Endpoint Privilege Management (preview)

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With Endpoint Privilege Management, admins can set policies that allow standard users to perform tasks normally reserved for an administrator. During the preview, you can enable it for free but when it will become generally available you will need to have the Intune Suite add-on. You can configure policies for automatic and user-confirmed workflows that

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Intune – New troubleshooting experience in preview

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When using Intune to deploy and manage applications and devices configuration, it is sometime difficult to troubleshoot issues. You probably already know the Troubleshooting + support blade which allows you to select a specific user account and review what is being applied for this specific user Well this blade now has a new and improved

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Azure – Migrate your Public Peering to Microsoft Peering by March 2024

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Since 2018, no new ExpressRoute Public Peering has been allowed. Well, no it’s time for existing Public Peering to disappear for good and you have to migrate your existing ones to Microsoft Peering. To do so just follow the documentation available here (quite simple process to be honest) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-move-peering/

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Teams – You can now enforce the use of public preview ring

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Teams has been allowing the use of public preview ring to let customers evaluate some new features upfront of the general availability to allow either documentation update, support teams awareness… Until now, there was only 3 options to configure access to the public preview: Not enabled Enabled Follow Office Preview While you obviously had the

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Azure – New FQDN tags for use with Azure Firewall for Office 365 services

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If you use Azure Firewall to protect your resources running on Azure, you will be glad that you can now use new FQDN tags to easily manage access to Office 365 services. To do so, just edit or create your firewall rules, select the Destination as Service Tags and search for Office 365   This

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