Veeam has acquired Coveware, adding incident response capabilities to its data protection offerings. This acquisition aims to enhance Veeam’s ability to help customers respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents.
Microsoft will drop support for the ‘classic’ Teams desktop app on July 1, 2024. Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and macOS Sierra (10.12) users will be blocked from accessing Classic Teams starting October 23, 2024. The new Teams desktop client, which offers faster performance and additional features, has been rolled out and is available online. Microsoft is also testing a unified Teams client for personal and work accounts, which is expected to ship with Windows 11 version 24H2.
Microsoft is rolling out ads in the Start menu of Windows 11 to all users. These ads, called “recommendations,” promote apps from the Microsoft Store and aim to help users discover more apps. While the ads can be disabled, Microsoft plans to push the update, enabling them to be used on all Windows 11 machines in the coming weeks.
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