Sign In With Google: The Hidden Risks of Identity Federation
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Windows Explorer Is Broken. Microsoft Is Finally Admitting It.
Microsoft published a Windows quality update late last week with a notable admission buried in the details: File Explorer needs foundational architectural improvements. A candid admission for a company that
Where Does Claude Desktop Store Its Config on Windows? And a PowerShell Module to Fix the Frustration
You ve just reinstalled Windows. You install Claude Desktop, launch it, and realize your MCP servers are gone. You know the fix — restore claude_desktop_config.json from backup. Simple enough. Except where
Microsoft’s Claude Bet: The End of AI Exclusivity (And What It Means for Your Enterprise)
Models are commoditizing faster than anyone expected. The companies that locked themselves into exclusive AI relationships are now paying premiums to escape them. And the clearest proof just landed inside
The Quiet Revolution: Why Apple Silicon Is Winning the Home Office AI Race
Category: AI, Hardware, Home Lab I ve been running servers at home since before most people had broadband. Cisco routers, managed switches, 1U rack servers humming away in a dedicated rack
Use a PowerShell function to get location of a short URL
Quick function to get a location (a target or long URL) for a short URL. URL shortening services return the target or long URL for a short URL using the
Custom Out of Office replies to specific domains or senders
Automatic Replies (Out of Office) in Microsoft Outlook TL;DR: All you need to know about how to send custom automatic replies to specific domains or senders using Inbox Rules. Microsoft
Get Azure Storage Account GRS Replication Status using PowerShell and Azure Portal
You can use Azure Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) to replicate a storage account to another Azure region. In the rare event of a catastrophic failure where the entire Azure region (with
An annoying Acrobat Reader bug Adobe should fix asap
UPDATE 8/20/2020: This was fixed in a recent Acrobat build. Thank you, Adobe! This makes life easier for users who save PDF docs in Acrobat throughout the day. UPDATE 7/17/2022:
Managing Email: Two Outlook annoyances you can eliminate quickly
Regardless of the obituaries of email being written, published and shared everyday in the media, let s admit that far from dying, email is not going away anytime soon. In fact,
Get file or folder permissions using PowerShell
The Get-Acl cmdlet in PowerShell s Security module (Microsoft.PowerShell.Security) does a great job of getting file or folder permissions (aka the Access Control List or ACL). But getting useful info from
eDiscovery transition in Office 365: Exchange Online eDiscovery transition delayed
Microsoft s planned transition of eDiscovery features in SharePoint Online and Exchange Online to the Security and Compliance Center (SCC), a new, unified security and compliance console has been delayed. Figure
eDiscovery transition in Office 365: What you need to know
On July 1, 2017, Microsoft will transition the workload-specific eDiscovery features In-Place eDiscovery and In-Place Hold in Exchange Online and the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online, to the Security
Windows Server 2012 support lifecycle extended
Microsoft has extended product support lifecycle for Windows Server 2012 to align with the standard product lifecycle support timeline. Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2012 now ends on Oct. 9th,
Dealing with WordPress’ Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in a REST API Endpoint
On Thursday, WordPress.org released WordPress 4.7.2, fixing the following four vulnerabilities. The user interface for assigning taxonomy terms in Press This is shown to users who do not have permissions
Enable remote desktop (RDP) connections for admins on Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 has reached the General Availability (GA) milestone today. You can download it from your volume licensing site or MSDN. You can also create Azure VMs with Windows
BleachBit’s claim of permanently deleting emails from Exchange
In a recent news segment featuring BleachBit, Fox Business questioned whether Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton may have used the software to permanently delete emails from her mail server. The
Google adds Microsoft Exchange support to Gmail app for Android
Google has announced Microsoft Exchange support in its Gmail client for Android. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is the ubiquitous protocol for mobile email clients to sync with Exchange Server, Office 365,
Use a PowerShell function to find an email address in Exchange
Exchange admins frequently need to find an Exchange recipient with a specified email address, particularly for generic organizational addresses such as info@yourdomain.com. Five and a half ways to find an
Use a PowerShell function to get AutoDiscover XML
If you manage Exchange or support Exchange Online users, you may need to retrieve the AutoDiscover XML response. You can use the Test E-mail AutoConfiguration option in Outlook or the