ZDNet | A number of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 users were unable to get into their accounts for most of the day yesterday. The problem: A multi-factor authentication issue which hit users worldwide and left them unable to sign into their services.

Orbid 365 | "Yesterday, Office 365 multifactor authentication was down starting from 4.39 UTC until 19 UTC in almost all regions. This meant that users who have MFA enabled weren’t able to log in for a whole day. This can be dramatic for a business because almost everyone needs his Outlook, Skype, Sharepoint, etc. to do his job. Office 365 doesn’t have a 100% guaranteed up time, so this is bound to happen once or twice a year. But what can you do to prepare yourself for an outage like this?" writes Thijs Lecomte.

ZDNet | The list of problems affecting the rereleased Windows 10 October 2018 Update, version 1809, continues to grow. The latest issues Microsoft has acknowledged concern compatibility problems with Apple's iCloud and F5 Network's VPN. The company on Friday blocked the Windows 10 1809 update for users running iCloud for Windows version 7.7.0.27. This move affects Windows users who installed Apple's iCloud security update on October 8.

ZDNet | Vision Direct has revealed a serious data breach — one that GDPR regulators are likely to take interest in — leading to the widespread theft of customer data. The York, UK-based contact lens supplier said on Sunday that between 12:11am November 3 and 12:52pm GMT on November 8, 2018, the "personal and financial details of some of our customers ordering or updating their information on VisionDirect.co.uk was compromised." According to security researcher Troy Mursch, a fake Google Analytics script may be to blame.

How-To Geek | If you’re working with others on a shared Google Sheets file, sometimes people can enter unexpected data or something that breaks a formula. One way to ensure everyone enters the data you want is to provide it for them in a drop-down validation list.

Quartz at Work | To be human is to procrastinate. This guide combines hacks with suggested tactics for designing your own more holistic approach to beating procrastination, one that examines all the deeper dynamics at work — the fear, the automatic coping strategies, the self-deception — when you put things off.

The Enterprisers Project | "I've been at Red Hat for two years, and in that time I've seen firsthand how the company's mission and spirit can reframe the way we think about our jobs, because it's changed the way I work as CIO," writes Mike Kelly.

InformationWeek | The key to innovating with conversational technologies is understanding what consumers will expect from voice technology.

G Suite Updates | Starting on January 7, 2019, SMS notifications from Google Calendar will no longer be available. Since Calendar offers in-app notifications, you can still get notified, regardless of your device or connection.