This Week in IT, there's a critical Alert for MS 365 Admins: Your Emails Might Be at Risk with Google’s New Anti-Spam Rules - Discover Vital Steps to Ensure Seamless Communication Now! Plus, what you can do to protect your Windows Server 2012/R2 workloads as it reaches end of support, Active Directory is getting some new features for the first time in 7 years, and Windows 11 is getting an update to Kerberos authentication.

🔗 Links and resources

Authenticate Outbound Email to Improve Deliverability - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/authenticate-outbound-email-to-improve-deliverability/ba-p/3947623

Microsoft 365 Admins Warned About Google’s New Strict Anti-Spam Rules - https://petri.com/microsoft-365-admins-google-anti-spam-rules/

Email sender guidelines - https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126

Secure Windows Server 2012/R2 workloads with options from Azure -https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2023/10/10/secure-windows-server-2012-r2-workloads-with-options-from-azure/

Windows Server vNext Update: Key Enhancements in Active Directory Upgrade - https://petri.com/windows-server-ad-forest-domain-functional-level/

What's new in Active Directory Domain Services Insider Preview -https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/whats-new-active-directory-domain-services-insider-preview

Microsoft Discontinues NTLM Authentication in Windows 11: What You Need to Know -https://petri.com/microsoft-disable-ntlm-windows-11/

The evolution of Windows authentication -https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/the-evolution-of-windows-authentication/ba-p/3926848

The Evolution of Windows Security (Webinar) - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR6Y3c5FtvxlLgwJNBAvsrFZUM0hGQzdWOFE0U1JJMzA0VkdVTjFGTFBaVC4u

Microsoft Teams Gets New Town Halls Experience, Retires Teams Live Events - https://petri.com/microsoft-teams-town-halls/

Introducing Town Halls in Microsoft Teams and Retiring Microsoft Teams Live Events - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/introducing-town-halls-in-microsoft-teams-and-retiring-microsoft/ba-p/3925739

Azure Arc-Enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager Gets New Management Features - https://petri.com/azure-arc-enabled-scvmm-management-features/

Introducing Azure management capabilities for Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc-blog/introducing-azure-management-capabilities-for-azure-arc-enabled/ba-p/3947253

⌚ Timestamps

00:00 - Start

01:19 - New antispam rules

05:19 - Windows Server 2012/R2 end of support

07:32 - Active Directory new features

11:02 - Windows 11 security changes

13:40 - Teams Town Hall

15:08 - Azure Arc for SCVMM VMs

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