Azure Site Recovery’s High Churn option can now support data-change rates of up to 500 MB/s per virtual machine, compared with its previous 100 MB/s ceiling. This is useful for high-throughput workloads such as heavily used databases, but 500 MB/s is a maximum rather than a standard result. The practical...
If you share files from SharePoint or OneDrive with clients, suppliers or contractors, some older authenticated sharing links may stop working during Microsoft’s 2026 external-sharing transition. Microsoft began enabling SharePoint and OneDrive integration with Microsoft Entra B2B across all tenants in May 2026. The rollout is automatic, and administrators cannot...
UK cyber incident reporting requirements are becoming stricter, but the proposed rules do not yet apply to every business. The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill has completed its Commons stages and received its second reading in the House of Lords. It would require organisations within the...
Microsoft’s July 2026 Windows security update has moved Active Directory domain controllers into the final enforcement phase for protections linked to CVE-2026-20833. The Windows updates from July 2026 remove Audit mode and stop reading the temporary RC4DefaultDisablementPhase rollback setting. Workloads that relied on RC4 being assumed when no encryption type...
If your business uses a Fortinet FortiGate firewall or Fortinet SSL VPN, treat admin and VPN credentials as potentially exposed and act quickly. FortiBleed is not a single new software bug with one simple patch. It is a large credential exposure affecting internet-facing Fortinet devices, with leaked usernames and passwords...
The headline that the EU has delayed parts of the AI Act is true, but only partly. If your business has offices, customers or operations in Europe, it should not be treated as a reason to pause compliance work. In June 2026, the European Parliament approved targeted AI Act simplification...
UK data residency matters when your sector, contracts, risk profile or the type of information you hold demand it. For many other businesses, it matters less than the marketing suggests. London Tech Week in June 2026 put sovereignty firmly in the spotlight. The government announced a £400 million commitment to...
A major Apple software update is coming this autumn, and it will reach staff devices whether you plan for it or not. At WWDC26 in June, Apple confirmed iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27 and tvOS 27, alongside the next generation of Apple Intelligence and a...
The UK’s old analogue phone network is being retired by 31 January 2027, and the deadline affects more than desk phones. Any system that still relies on a traditional PSTN or ISDN line, such as an intruder alarm, lift emergency phone, card terminal, fax or door entry system, needs checking...
SQL Server 2016 reaches the end of Microsoft support on 14 July 2026. The hardest part is rarely the upgrade itself. It is finding every copy your business is still running. After that date, Microsoft no longer provides standard patches, fixes or assisted support for SQL Server 2016. Extended Security...
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