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This is a big update to the Windows platform for the Microsoft March Patch Tuesday release cycle. Consisting of 115 patches, mostly to the Windows desktop, with almost all of the critical issues relating to browser-based scripting engine memory issues, this will be a difficult set of updates to release and manage.

The testing profile for the Windows desktop platform is very large, with a lower than usual exploitability/risk rating. For this month, we do not have any reports of publicly exploited or disclosed vulnerabilities (zero-days), so my recommendation is to take your time, test the changes to each platform, create a staged rollout plan and wait for future (potentially) imminent changes from Microsoft.

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With all due respect to the physical abode around me, I practically live inside Google's Chrome browser. Chrome is where I spend most of my days, during the week, at least — keeping up with all the latest tech info, using web-based apps like Trello, Docs, and Gmail, and watching the occasional video over on the Ye Ol' YouTubes (always strictly work-related, of course).

At this point, I've got Chrome set up just the way I like it — with all sorts of custom shortcuts, crafty settings, and a carefully refined set of environment-enhancing extensions. The browser serves as a bridge between my various devices, both computers and phones, and makes it easy as can be for me to send text and links between 'em and find anything I've opened anywhere, anytime.

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Work management tools such as AtlassianJira make it easier to track the progress of projects but can lead to repetitive and time-consuming work for teams that are constantly creating and moving task cards.

To reduce some of this manual work, Atlassian has added &no-code& workflow automation capabilities natively across its Jira Cloud portfolio, which includes Jira Software, Jira Service Desk and Jira Core.

Users can set up their own automation rules in seconds via an in intuitive ‘if this, then that& drag-and-drop interface, Atlassian claims — an approach the Australian software vendor hopes will further broaden the appeal of Jira beyond its developer base to business and service teams.

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