The Implications of the EU AI Act for UK Businesses September 27, 2024 – Posted in: International, News

The EU’s new AI Act came into force on the 1st of August 2024, it will continue to be brought in over the next couple of years. Whilst it is an EU directive the interconnected nature of software and AI development and usage across borders means it has implications for the UK. Similarly to GDPR it has provisions for any system developed in a non-EU country that might impact EU citizens. This means that it…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of September 2024’s Patch Tuesday September 11, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 79 flaws and 4 actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities patched. Overall Microsoft patched: 30 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 4 Security…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of August 2024’s Patch Tuesday August 14, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 89 flaws and 10 zero-day vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 36 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 4 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 28…

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Can I Keep My On Prem Exchange Server? August 2, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, Dates to Remember

Short answer, Yes. But should you? The Options When it comes to email your options are: Maintain an on premises email server running Exchange. Take your emails to the cloud with Microsoft 365. Upgrades and Updates Many mail servers are still running Exchange 2016. When Microsoft announced Exchange 2019 they made it clear that it would go out of support at the same time as Exchange 2016. As 2019 required more infrastructure capacity and a…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of July 2024’s Patch Tuesday July 11, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 51 flaws, 18 remote code execution vulnerabilities and 1 publicaly disclosed zero-day vulnerability. Overall Microsoft patched: 26 Elevation of Privilege…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of June 2024’s Patch Tuesday June 12, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 51 flaws, 18 remote code execution vulnerabilities and 1 publicaly disclosed zero-day vulnerability. Overall Microsoft patched: 25 Elevation of Privilege…

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Dates to Remember: You Can’t Download Outlook after 31 December 2024 May 24, 2024 – Posted in: Dates to Remember, IT Support, News

You might have noticed a program on your computer called New Outlook recently, this app replaces the Mail and Calendar apps on Windows 11 and will eventually replace Outlook. Since the beginning of this year all new computers ship with New Outlook and at the end of the year you won’t be able to download new copies of the original Outlook. What are the differences? The New Outlook looks more like Outlook on the web…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of May 2024’s Patch Tuesday May 15, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 61 flaws, 1 critical vulnerability and 17 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 17 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2…

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New from Microsoft: Changes to Teams Licensing April 25, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News

Microsoft have changed which licenses include Teams! Microsoft were challenged by the EU on anti-competitive behaviour last year for packaging Teams into all their licenses. As a result they removed Teams from EU licensing at the time and have now rolled the changes out worldwide. You can take a look at what Microsoft have to say about the changes

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of April 2024’s Patch Tuesday April 10, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 150 flaws and 67 remote code execution bugs as well as fixes for 26 secure boot bypasses. Overall Microsoft patched:…

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