Computerworld Eye on Microsoft
Updates and insights on Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Copilots, .NET and more
November 18, 2024
FTC eyes Microsoftâs cloud practices amid antitrust scrutiny
US regulators are said to be investigating Microsoft over alleged market abuse in cloud services.
Read more
Sponsored by Google Cloud and AMD: Titanium improves workload performance
Google has optimized its infrastructure for workload performance. Now that infrastructure underpins its cloud offerings for customers -- including scalable apps that enable IT to achieve the full potential of enterprise workloads.
Microsoftâs .NET 9 arrives, with performance, cloud, and AI boosts
Cloud-native apps, AI-enabled apps, ASP.NET Core, Aspire, Blazor, MAUI, C#, and F# all get boosts with the latest major rev of the .NET platform.
Microsoft Ignite 2024 â get the latest news and insights
Whether you attend Microsoft Ignite 2024 in person or online, expect to learn about the latest Microsoft technologies, including AI, cloud computing, security, and productivity tools.
For November, Patch Tuesday includes three Windows zero-day fixes
IT admins will be busy this month dealing with 89 vulnerabilities â and three zero-day flaws in Windows that should be patched ASAP.
Visual Studio 17.12 brings C++, Copilot enhancements
Debugging and productivity improvements also feature in the latest release of Microsoftâs signature IDE, built for .NET 9.
Misconfigurations can cause many Microsoft Power Pages sites to expose sensitive data
Organizations that develop websites with Microsoft Power Pages can accidentally overprovision database privileges for authenticated or anonymous users, leading to the exposure of sensitive records, a researcher has found.
Kyndryl, Microsoft expand mainframe modernization services
Kyndryl and Microsoft have expanded their mainframe modernization service to include closer ties with Microsoftâs Azure cloud platform and broader security offerings.
How to use DispatchProxy for AOP in .NET Core
Take advantage of the DispatchProxy class in C# to implement aspect-oriented programming by creating proxies that dynamically intercept method calls.
4 ways to use your phone as a webcam on Windows
Your smartphone probably has a better camera than your PC. Why not take advantage of it?
PCs with NPUs tweaked for AI now account for one of every five PCs shipped, says Canalys
The report finds 13.3 million NPU PCs were shipped in Q3, but how many business users need that kind of horsepower? And is it even enough for high-end LLM development?
Now you can download an ISO file of Windows 11 for Arm chips
The option makes it possible, among other things, to create your own installation media.
