Microsoft has backed out of its Advanced Notification Service and will now offer it only to its Premier customers. Microsoft has stated that the decade-old service was better suited for large organizations and many of them no longer use the service. For more on this story, please click here:: Microsoft Limits Advanced Patch Notifications to Premier Customers
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Microsoft’s Three Patches of Christmas!
Yesterday, Microsoft offered three patches that should fix critical issues covering Internet Explorer, MS Office, Exchange, and Windows. All these updates can be downloaded and applied as soon as they are available, providing that users have Automatic Updates turned on for their Microsoft products. For more info on these patches, click here:: Microsoft Schedules Three Critical Patches for December
Aorato Bought by Microsoft
The security firm Aorato was purchased by Microsoft late last week. Microsoft hopes to stop selling the Aorato DAF product but incorporate Aorato’s technology into future products and services. For more on this story, click here:: Microsoft Buys Aorato to Boost Active Directory Security
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