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Run untrusted content safely with Windows Sandbox

Kavya_Nagalakunta on May 14 2024 12:10 PM
As a developer, accessing unfamiliar files or repos can sometimes be a challenge. You do not know if they are safe or po...
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Azure Host OS Update with Hypervisor Hot Restart

Hari_Pulapaka on Sep 06 2023 09:48 AM
Instantly update the Hypervisor on Azure with no customer impact. 
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Confidential VMs on Azure

Caroline_Perezvargas on May 31 2023 11:43 AM
How did Microsoft build the Confidential VM capabilities leveraging confidential hardware platforms?
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Azure Host OS – Cloud Host

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 06 2023 11:24 AM
Have you ever wondered how we run the Azure nodes in the data center? How does Windows look on Azure hosts?
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Windows OS Platform

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 03 2023 05:08 PM
Updated Windows kernel internals blog to Windows OS Platform blog 
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Multi-Key Total Memory Encryption on Windows 11 22H2

Jin_Lin on Nov 23 2022 02:14 PM
Data-in-use protection has recently become available through the latest generation hardware in Azure, providing an end-t...
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Hotpatching on Windows

Mehmet_Iyigun on Nov 19 2021 07:05 PM
Hotpatching is an impact-less update technology which has been keeping the Azure fleet up-to-date for years with zero im...
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Getting to Know ARM64EC: #Defines and Intrinsic Functions

Mehmet_Iyigun on Nov 18 2021 12:55 AM
In this post, we start describing ARM64EC, a new ABI that makes it easy to build native apps for Windows on ARM even if ...
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Developer Guidance for Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

Jin_Lin on Feb 24 2021 12:47 PM
Windows 10 implementation details of Hardware-enforced Stack Protection, which takes advantage of the latest chipset sec...
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Introducing Kernel Data Protection, a new security technology for preventing data corruption

Mehmet_Iyigun on Jul 08 2020 10:45 AM
Kernel Data Protection (KDP) is a new technology that prevents data corruption attacks by protecting parts of the Window...
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Securely donate CPU time with Windows Sandbox

Hari_Pulapaka on Apr 06 2020 12:11 PM
Run Folding@Home in Windows Sandbox 
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Understanding Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

Hari_Pulapaka on Mar 24 2020 08:54 AM
ROP (Return Oriented Programming) based control flow attacks have become a common form of attack. In this post, we will ...
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DTrace on Windows – 20H1 updates

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 27 2020 11:51 AM
DTrace on Windows updates for 20H1 - now without local KD attach requirement.
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DTrace on Windows

Hari_Pulapaka on Mar 11 2019 10:04 AM
Introducing DTrace on Windows 10 
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Windows Sandbox - Config Files

Hari_Pulapaka on Feb 21 2019 12:37 PM
Windows Sandbox now supports minimal scripting 
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Windows Sandbox

Hari_Pulapaka on Dec 18 2018 04:18 PM
Windows Sandbox is a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation. Learn mo...
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Mitigating Spectre variant 2 with Retpoline on Windows

Mehmet_Iyigun on Dec 05 2018 04:37 PM
Read about how the Windows Kernel team adapted retpoline for Windows to deliver a high-performance mitigation for Spectr...
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One Windows Kernel

Hari_Pulapaka on Oct 17 2018 12:39 PM
In this blog post, I will talk about the evolution of the core pieces of the Windows kernel that allows it to transparen...

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askvpb
in Run untrusted content safely with Windows Sandbox on May 16 2024 12:28 AM
This month Application Guard is deprecated there will not be a migration to Edge Manifest V3. (Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Defender Application Guard | Microsoft Learn) Are there any options to launch URL in sandbox directly?
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Jan Řežab
in Run untrusted content safely with Windows Sandbox on May 15 2024 12:21 AM
Hi. I use https://github.com/damienvanrobaeys/Run-in-Sandbox. It is integrated to context menu. Very useful for testing not only powershell modules, etc... But for Intune Win32 app deployment packages too. JŘ
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Omer_Sha
in Hotpatching on Windows on Mar 13 2024 09:31 AM
Hi @Mehmet_Iyigun ,Thank you for this article. It becomes very relevant with MS intention to enable hotpatching by default on Windows 11 24H2 & Server 2025.A couple of quick questions if possible:1. Hotpatching is available since Windows Server 2K3 Days . What are the main differences between newly ...
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Steskalj
in Azure Host OS Update with Hypervisor Hot Restart on Feb 29 2024 06:35 AM
This is awesome!! Is this coming to Azure Stack HCI/Hyper-V ?
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DaRkHeArTz
in Understanding Hardware-enforced Stack Protection on Feb 26 2024 04:38 PM
Intel CET Info
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