Microsoft made default SMB signing mandatory in a recent Windows 11 Canary build for Insiders. Today, the company has detailed a workaround and a "fix" for users who want access as guests.
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The move to set up SMB signing by default in Windows and Windows Server is designed to make the OS more secure, according to a blog post from Microsoft today, so IT admins should prepare now.
Join us in a jampacked week in a new edition of Microsoft Weekly as we recap all the important stuff from the world of the Redmond tech giant, including the death of Windows 8.1 and a Teams paywall.
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Microsoft has made an important change in recent Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview builds by disabling SMB guest authentication fallbacks by default. This has been done to improve the security of the OS.
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This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is quite eventful due to the arrival of the Windows 11 2022 Update, a bunch of Insider builds, an upcoming Surface event, and allegations from Mozilla.
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