Microsoft just announced the availability of Bing Chat for Enterprise.
Although this will only be automatically available mid-august, you can activate it in advance....right now!
To do so, just navigate to the following link and enable it: Enable Bing Chat for Enterprise
This can take about 4 hours to activate.
Microsoft announced today Bing Chat Enterprise.
After 15 years of Calibri, Microsoft is changing the default font in Microsoft Office/365 suite.
In 2021 (!) Microsoft started testing 5 new fonts (Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena and Tenorite).
All this fonts were available through the various Microsoft 365 products like Word or Excel, and now they have a winner.
It seems like Bierstadt was the one with more positive feedback. In its final version, it will be renamed to Aptos. In the next few months Microsoft will roll-out Aptos and make it the default font across Microsoft 365 products replacing Calibri (which will still be available).
Take a look to the official Microsoft post:
Microsoft - A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has arrived
Just a quick reminder about the EoS for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
In less that 90 days (next October 10th 2023) as previously announced, all editions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will reach end of support on October, 2023. The October 10, 2023 security update is be the last update available for these products. After this date, these versions of Windows Server will no longer receive updates containing protections from security threats, bug fixes, or technical support.
Here's the official Microsoft announcement and guidance:
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reaching end of support
I think Zero Trust Security will be one of the most important and discussed subjects in the next years.
Everything got so ubiquitous and all the enterprise services and resources expanded outside of the organization in the last couple of years, that securit it more important than ever and...will be even more important as users workplace is literally everywhere, anywhere, any device, etc.
Microsoft has an interesting page with quizzes to evaluate the zero trust posture:
Evaluate your Zero Trust security posture
This is almost a "Microsoft Rule". Every enterprise grade product licensing is a nightmare to understand.
The new Microsoft Fabric keeps the tradition and again, every sys admin gets scratching their head, trying to understand which is the best option to choose for their scenario.
I found this video from "Guy in a Cube" that really narrows everything in a very nice way, explaining the different licensing types and options.
Take a look:
