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✉️ THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
🚀 Artificial Intelligence Course for Beginners
Microsoft now offers a free, comprehensive 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum for beginners to explore the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The curriculum covers various AI approaches, including Symbolic AI, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, and more!
You get hands-on lessons, quizzes, and labs to enhance the learning experience. The curriculum also delves into popular frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, along with ethical AI principles.
Interested? Hit the link below and view the “Text” documents to start learning. 🚀
🕵️♂️ Microsoft Battles Russian Hackers After Email Breach
Microsoft is still dealing with Russian hackers who broke into the email accounts of top executives back in November.
These hackers, reportedly from Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, have been trying to infiltrate customer networks using stolen access data.
The hackers used this data to compromise source-code repositories and internal systems.
Microsoft disclosed that sensitive information was accessed from email communications, including passwords, certificates, and authentication keys.
🚨 The company is now reaching out to affected customers to assist them in mitigating the breach.
🏥 Healthcare Leaders Launch Trustworthy AI Network
A new consortium of healthcare leaders has formed the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN) at the HIMSS 2024 Global Health Conference.
Members include prominent healthcare organizations and Microsoft, aiming to make safe and fair AI accessible to every healthcare organization.
Through collaboration, TRAIN aims to improve the quality, safety, and trustworthiness of AI in healthcare by sharing best practices, enabling AI registration, providing outcome measurement tools, and developing a national AI outcomes registry.
🛡️ New Data Loss Prevention Feature
Microsoft has updated its Data Loss Prevention feature in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Now, administrators can see more information about attachments in emails that break the Data Loss Prevention rules.
This new feature shows details like the name, size, and labels of the attachments.
With this extra information, administrators can better understand what caused the data breach and take smarter steps to fix security issues.
💡 THIS WEEK’S TOP TIP
Did you know that admins can create custom branding for their organization’s Microsoft 365 sign-in page? Here’s how:
Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center with your administrator account.
In the left menu, click “Show all” to reveal more options.
Next, click "Settings" and then choose "Org settings."
Click the "Organization profile" tab at the top.
Head down and select "Custom themes."
Click “+ Add theme” then enter a name and the groups who will see the custom branding.
Click the “Logos” and “Colors” tabs to add custom branding.
When you’re done, click "Save" at the bottom.
That's it! You've successfully set up custom branding for the Microsoft 365 sign-in page. Users will now see your customized branding when they sign in to Microsoft 365 services.
🌟 THIS WEEK’S TECH DEALS
🪲 THIS WEEK’S BOTHERSOME BUGS
Emails fail when sent to AOL or Yahoo accounts from Microsoft
Many Outlook users are reporting that emails sent to AOL or Yahoo accounts are failing. This is a known issue that has now been fixed. But if you still can’t send emails to AOL or Yahoo accounts, try the following steps:
Add the following CNAME records to your DNS configuration:
CNAME mte1._domainkey.yourdomain.com dkim1.mandrillapp.com
CNAME mte2._domainkey.yourdomain.com dkim2.mandrillapp.comCheck your DMARC record:
If you have an existing record for “_dmarc.yourdomain.com,” leave it unchanged. If not, add the following record:
TXT _dmarc.yourdomain.com v=DMARC1; p=noneCheck your SPF record:
If there's an existing SPF record, modify it to include: “include:sendgrid.net include:spf.mandrillapp.com”
If no SPF record exists, add the following record:
TXT yourdomain.com v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:spf.mandrillapp.com ~all✅ Wrapping Up!
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