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New Reports Identify Traits of Enterprise AI Leaders and Laggards

1 week ago | redmondmag.com | David Ramel

News A pair of new research reports aim to distinguish what separates enterprise AI leaders from those falling behind, spotlighting characteristics that help companies achieve better business outcomes from their AI investments. The reports, published by MIT Technology Review Insights and Foundry, outline key behaviors and technologies that define top-performing AI organizations -- ranging from data readiness and cross-functional collaboration to responsible AI governance.
Microsoft Fabric's Availability Gaps Erode Trust Amid Repeated Outages

1 week ago | redmondmag.com | Joey D'Antoni

Joey on SQL Server Despite its SaaS promise, Microsoft Fabric has faced multiple unaddressed outages in recent months, prompting calls for better transparency, postmortem reporting and official communication from IT professionals left in the dark. There's a saying in American football circles that says, "The best ability is availability." The notion here is that a player, no matter how talented, can't make an impact unless they are actually on the field.
IBM Debuts Integrated Platform for Governing and Securing Enterprise AI Agents

1 week ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

News IBM has launched a new software stack aimed squarely at enterprise IT teams tasked with managing the complex governance and security challenges posed by autonomous AI systems. The company’s new offering, announced on Wednesday, aims to unify its watsonx.governance and Guardium AI Security platforms to provide centralized oversight of agentic AI, a category of generative AI that performs tasks autonomously without direct human prompts.
Microsoft Bolsters Defender for Office 365 with ICES Ecosystem for Integrated E-mail Security

1 week ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

News Microsoft has introduced a new vendor ecosystem for Microsoft Defender for Office 365, expanding its Integrated Cloud Email Security (ICES) strategy through open APIs and tighter integration with third-party solutions. The update, announced Tuesday , allows e-mail security vendors to plug directly into the Defender platform to improve threat detection, policy enforcement and post-delivery remediation, according to the company.
Widespread Entra ID Account Takeover Campaign Detected Using Open Source Tool

2 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

News Security researchers at Calif.-based Proofpoint have uncovered a large-scale account takeover campaign aimed at Microsoft Entra ID environments. The attackers are using TeamFiltration, an open source penetration testing tool, to automate their efforts. Proofpoint reported that more than 80,000 user accounts across 100 Microsoft cloud tenants have been targeted since 2024.
Microsoft June Patch Tuesday: Zero-Day WebDAV Fix Highlights Smaller Batch

2 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

News Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday is here with fixes for 66 vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including one actively exploited zero-day, one publicly disclosed zero-day flaw and a set of unpatched Office flaws that security researchers say could be far more dangerous than the numbers suggest.
Q&A: Creating a Smarter, Cross-Platform PowerShell Profile

2 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

Q&A PowerShell expert Sean Wheeler shares insights on building smarter, cross-platform profile scripts, community-driven development and the future of PowerShell. PowerShell has come a long way from its early days as a Windows-only automation tool. With the advent of PowerShell 7 and its cross-platform capabilities, IT professionals are being asked to do more than ever -- while ensuring that their scripts and environments run consistently across Windows, macOS and Linux.
OpenAI Exposes Cloud-Based Threat Campaigns Fueled by Malicious AI Use

2 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | David Ramel

News OpenAI is ramping up its efforts to identify and disrupt the misuse of artificial intelligence in cybercrime, social engineering, and influence operations, particularly those targeting or operating through cloud infrastructure. In a newly released June 2025 threat report, the company outlines how threat actors are weaponizing large language models for malicious ends -- and how OpenAI is pushing back.
Microsoft Latest Backup Prompt May Cause Unforeseen Problems

3 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | Brien Posey

Posey's Tips & Tricks Microsoft's new Windows 11 backup prompt, intended as a helpful reminder, may instead disrupt critical workflows by reappearing persistently and even blocking system access after reboots.
Microsoft Taps Linkedin CEP Ryan Roslansky To Oversee Productivity Software

3 weeks ago | redmondmag.com | Chris Paoli

News LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on added responsibilities at Microsoft, the company announced Wednesday. In addition to leading LinkedIn, Roslansky will now oversee Microsoft's consumer and small business productivity software division, including products such as Microsoft 365 and Teams. The announcement follows a leadership restructuring aimed at streamlining Microsoft's product groups under fewer top-level executives.