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The goal with this section, is to provide readers some guidance through the journey to Workspace Transformation and adoption of Modern Provisioning and Modern Device Management. My hope is to have many people contributing content, and to become a good source of information for the community…
A lot of product changes, new technologies and new best practices have been introduced in the past few years. The way we have been managing end-user devices for the past 20-25 years has changed drastically and will continue to change rapidly. This has caused many large and small organization having to adapt rapidly to new operational processes and new technologies.
This is the new home of the ModernEUC blog which I started back in 2016. In September 2022 I chose to fold it as a section into my primary site and that is where it will live moving forward. You can see the Modern EUC genesis post for more details on the beginnings and purpose of it. The same goals moving forward just a little different place 🙂
I write a little bit about everything on the topic of Modern End User Computing!
There is a lot of conversations about how Artificial Intelligence will be affecting many fields out there. The future has changed already ( Love that saying!) and we are all learning ways to adapt to it. Two trends of note: With so much change and transformation in the air, for those of us in the…
There is a lot of misconceptions / questions about the security around the Microsoft Copilot products. understandably, it is usually one of the first question that comes-up when companies are considering Copilot use within their organizations. (the elephant in the room!) Let’s quickly put some misconceptions to bed right away: Per Microsoft Documentation: Understanding how…
There is confusion about the licensing requirement associated with Microsoft Defender XDR The following is a collection of related items placed in the order to make licensing requirement clear to the reader. Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender) Source <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/siem-and-xdr/microsoft-defender-xdr> Microsoft Defender XDR is a unified pre- and post-breach enterprise defense suite that natively…
This is an update to the post: Making Sense of Microsoft’s Copilot brand as it has changed A LOT since! Time flies when you are having fun! And when it comes to AI – the last 6 months represents YEARS of progress! No other company has embraced and embedded Artificial Intelligence and GenAI technologies more…
This is a follow-up to the blog post I wrote back in 2023: ServiceNow and Its Growing Significance What Is ServiceNow? ServiceNow (commonly referred as SNOW) is a powerful cloud-based platform that offers a wide range of services and solutions to streamline and automate various business processes. It is primarily known for its robust IT…
Broadcom STRIKES again! A couple of days ago, VMware announced that the free version of VMware’s vSphere Hypervisor, also known as ESXi, is being discontinued. This product was not really used many organizations, but it will be a significant impact to hobbyist and tech tinkers, and folks with home labs who were not already migrated to…
As if this writing this is the list of items included with Microsoft Intune Suite which is an add-on to the Microsoft Intune Core product. ( Cost is $18/user/month = $8 core + $10 Microsoft Intune Suite) Resources: Microsoft Intune Plans and Pricing
Very interesting changes coming to Microsoft Stream platform… Microsoft Stream Classic will retire on February 15, 2024 My FAVORITE: Virtual teleprompter The teleprompter feature is a new addition to Microsoft Stream that allows you to add a scrolling script to your screen recording or video. This can be helpful if you need to read…
Have to say I find this strange, but in the past couple of weeks I’ve received several inquiries from customers as to how to turn off Copilot First let me say that the first thing I want to clarify is that they are talking about the Copilot for Edge which is the “sometimes annoying” default…
There is A LOT of conversation how Artificial Intelligence will change the landscape of Education. It is something that it is talked in my house a lot, as I think we see the changes coming and the discussions on the impact in higher education, we feel are significant. A few months back I created a…
It seems like Microsoft has named “everything” that has to do with Artificial Intelligence fall into the Copilot brand. Copilot is an AI feature that allows you describe what you need in plain English. In my opinion, we will come to see Artificial Intelligence tools, like Copilot, in every product out there. It will be…
Last week Microsoft announced OneDrive 3.0 Lots of excellent updated to an already great product. they are calling it The Future of File Management and it includes AI capabilities! ( OneDrive with Copilot ) to help quickly search, organize and extract information from your files. Although not every featured mentioned is there, some are already…