Microsoft 365 users fall victim to one-in-a-million password spray attack

The attack exploited previously exposed credentials and flaws in enterprises’ multi-factor authentication configurations.

Why a Windows Hello PIN Beats a Password for Enterprise Security

With phishing and AI-driven identity attacks rising, Windows Hello PIN security depends on TPM-backed keys, enterprise ...
GitHub

authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity-create-server.md

This how-to guide outlines the steps to create a logical server for Azure SQL Database with a user-assigned managed identity. For more information on the benefits of using a user-assigned managed ...
Ars Technica

How weak passwords and other failings led to catastrophic breach of Ascension

Last week, a prominent US senator called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for cybersecurity negligence over the role it played last year in health giant Ascension’s ransomware ...
TechRepublic

How To Set, Change, and Recover Your MySQL Root Password

If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you’re in luck. This article walks you through these steps, so you’ll never be at a loss for that database root user password. You may have ...
GitHub

ledger-create-a-single-database-with-ledger-enabled.md

In this quickstart, you create a ledger database in Azure SQL Database and configure automatic digest storage by using the Azure portal. To create databases via the Azure portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI ...
Microsoft

SSMS 17.9 is now available

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.9! Download SSMS 17.9 and review the Release Notes to get started. SSMS 17.9 provides support for almost all feature ...