Martina Grom

As reported in most media, we would like to inform you about a global outage caused by a erroneous software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike today, on July 19th. This Endpoint security solution is used in many organizations, from hospitals to tech companies, education, airports and many other industries. Crowdstrike rolled out an update to its customers that caused Windows 10 computers to crash, see the CrowdStrike Statement on Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts. The affected computers no longer start correctly, but instead produce a Windows BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). Such computers are getting stuck at the “Recovery” screen. See how to resolve this if your Windows computer is affected by the CrowdStrike update. ...

Utilizing Graph connectors simplifies the process of incorporating your data into Microsoft 365 search and Microsoft 365 Copilot, enhancing your experience with seamless integration. A fresh addition to Copilot’s capabilities is the Relevance Tuning feature, that significantly enhances Copilot’s functionality.. The Relevance Tuning feature allows for fine-tuning the relevance of search results, ensuring that Copilot delivers even more accurate and tailored responses. By leveraging this innovation, users can expect a marked improvement in the quality and precision of Copilot’s outputs. Administrators now have the power to assign importance weights to different properties within Graph connections. This customization means that search results can be fine-tuned to align closely with an organization’s unique requirements, making the discovery of relevant content more intuitive and efficient. Administrators can find out more about that topic at Microsoft Graph connectors overview for Microsoft Search. ...

Back in 2022 I started to celebrate Women’s history month, which happens each year in March by highlighting women in technology that inspired me. March 8th is celebrated worldwide as Women’s day. At the end of March in 2022 it was clear that I wanted to continue the series because we are many. And I want all of them to shine, because every women makes an impact in the industry. Each of these women has made significant contributions to the tech industry, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations. ...

As announced yesterday, Microsoft is removing the 300 seat purchase minimum for commercial plans and making Copilot available to Office 365 E3 and E5 customers upon purchasing the Copilot license. This change will make it easier for more people and businesses to access the benefits of the M365 Copilot. Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered tool that assists users in their daily tasks. The goal is to give every user the opportunity to use Copilot as an everyday AI companion to support their daily tasks on their computers with familiar software. Microsoft also has introduced Copilot Pro, a new premium subscription for individuals that provides a higher tier of service for AI capabilities. ...

2023 was the year when we finally overcame the pandemic that affected many aspects of our lives. We resumed our normal activities while also applying the lessons we learned from a challenging situation, where we had to limit our travel, social interactions, and work remotely. From a business perspective, the year was very rewarding for us. Our company, atwork, received the Innovation award 2023 from Microsoft Austria for our AI4Good project, which uses AI to assist with sign language communication in various scenarios. ...

Sometimes being a guest in Microsoft Entra tenants feel like Hotel California: “You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!” It is this time of the year, where people get new phones and this comes also with some necessary cleanup task if you move from one phone to another. While the technology is really awesome today – connect old phone with new phone and transfers happen magically, there are some things that need to be done manually. Things like your Bank account access, cryptocurrency wallets, wallets, digital ID’s and last but not least – your multifactor settings. ...

Sharing functionalities in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online improve collaboration and file exchange. SharePoint Online has become an invaluable tool for businesses of all sizes. One of the most recent additions to the platform is the new File Request feature, which allows users to easily request files from other users. In this blog post, we will discuss how to configure the new File Request feature in SharePoint Online and OneDrive and provide some helpful links to references for further reading. This feature is a fantastic way to streamline the process of collecting files from outside sources, and it’s easy to configure in SharePoint Online. ...

Did you miss the latest Microsoft’s AI announcements? We’ve got you covered with updates from Microsoft AI services here with the links to the relevant articles. (Picture generated with Microsoft Designer) Jack Rowbotham, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager for the Power Platform and Conversational AI, created several LinkedIn posts containing articles that detailed the AI announcements across various Microsoft services. Thx Jack! We copied the links from the posts as a summary here and added links to the Microsoft announcements and added some more useful links. Here we go: ...

March 8th is celebrated worldwide as Women’s day. There is more of that: March is Women’s History Month. Working as a women in technology is not as exotical as it was 25 years ago, still, there is room for improvement to engage women to look into jobs in technology and also to engage them to bond with other women in technology and join allies with like minded people in the industry. In 2022 I started with the idea to celebrate women’s history month with highlighting a women in Tech every day and write why she is a role model for me and what she does. But why only 2022? Why not 2023 as well? There are still so many women around us which I want to celebrate in the 31 days of march. What are your women or March? #WomensHistoryMonth ...

Want to learn more about compliance at Microsoft and Microsoft cloud services? Find many documents here and see Azure’s global and regional compliance in this infographic. Through IT-compliance, organizations ensure they are operating within a specific set of privacy and security requirements, guidelines and best practices. Of course, this also applies to Microsoft and Microsoft’s cloud services. See Microsoft compliance for Microsoft documentation and resources you need to get started with compliance for your business or organization. ...