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October 6, 2025

Goodbye SCOM Managed Instance: The End of an Era

SCOM MI had a good run. It gave sysadmins the illusion of modernity — “look, mom, it’s in Azure!” — while still behaving like 2010-era System Center in disguise. But now, it’s official: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will retire on September 30, 2026. After that date, it’s gone. No grace period, no hidden extension….

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October 3, 2025October 2, 2025

Cybersecurity Tools: Expectation vs Reality

When people imagine using cybersecurity tools, they picture themselves as a Hollywood hacker: green text flying, red alarms blaring, and a “system compromised” message after two keystrokes lol u know what i mean :)))). The fantasy goes like this:👉 Run fancy exploits like you’re in a spy movie. 🎬👉 Press one shiny button that magically…

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October 2, 2025September 29, 2025

Why Most Cloud Pros Still Connect to Azure VMs the Wrong Way

After reviewing more Azure setups this quarter than I care to admit, I keep spotting the same tired anti-pattern: organizations still exposing VMs with public IP addresses just to RDP in. Let’s be blunt: it’s lazy, it’s risky, and in 2025, it’s downright embarrassing. The Old RDP Model — A Security Horror Show Traditional RDP…

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October 1, 2025September 29, 2025

Microsoft Injects Claude into Copilot — Because “One AI Vendor to Rule Them All” Was Getting Tired

Big news: Microsoft is no longer content with leaning only on OpenAI. They’re bringing Anthropic’s Claude models (Sonnet 4, Opus 4.1) into Microsoft 365 Copilot. You’ll soon be able to pick whether your Copilot uses OpenAI or Claude in certain contexts. Welcome to the multi-model era. What’s Actually Changing Copilot’s Researcher agent can now run…

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September 30, 2025September 29, 2025

Run Azure Foundry Local + Open WebUI on Windows Server: Your Private LLM Playground

Microsoft is pushing Foundry Local — a way to run AI models on your own machine or server, not just in the cloud. The blog post shows how to install it on Windows Server (2025) and expose it via a Web UI. Here’s what it means, where it’s useful, where it’s tricky — and whether…

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September 29, 2025

Are Your Cloud Configurations Putting You at Risk? (Spoiler: Probably)

Misconfigurations are the silent killers of cloud security. You can spend millions on shiny security tools, but one sloppy checkbox or default setting can hand attackers the keys to your kingdom. That’s why this webinar agenda hits hard: we’re diving into the most dangerous Azure cloud misconfigurations that keep CISOs awake at night — and…

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September 29, 2025

What Does the IT Department Really Do?

(Spoiler: More Than You Think, and Definitely More Than They’re Paid For) Most people only think of IT when something explodes. Your Teams call drops, your laptop refuses to connect to Wi-Fi, or that mysterious spinning wheel becomes your new screensaver. Suddenly, IT is the most important department in the company. But here’s the catch:…

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September 26, 2025September 18, 2025

Windows 365 Cloud Apps Public Preview: Small Sips Instead of Full Cloud VMs

Microsoft is back with a twist on Cloud PC: Windows 365 Cloud Apps — now in public preview. Instead of spinning up a full virtual desktop for everyone, IT can stream just the applications users need. Sounds neat. Sounds efficient. Sounds like Microsoft finally admitted that not everyone wants (or can afford) to rent a…

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September 25, 2025September 18, 2025

Microsoft’s $30B UK AI Bet: Champagne Promises, Builders’ Tea Reality

Microsoft has just announced it’ll invest a whopping $30 billion in the UK over the next four years to “power the AI future.” Biggest UK investment they’ve ever made. Impressive headline. But let’s not pop the bubbly just yet — we Brits know full well that headlines are free, execution is where the bill lands….

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September 23, 2025September 18, 2025

🔥 Zero Trust Architecture: No More Free Passes 🔥

Hey guys, let’s talk about Zero Trust, isn’t a product you buy, it’s a mindset you adopt. The idea: never trust, always verify. Every identity, device, app, and network packet is guilty until proven innocent. Microsoft has gone all-in, embedding Zero Trust principles into Entra, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and the rest of the ever-growing…

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