This Week in IT

Mac Mini Is Now Shadow IT Infrastructure — And IT Isn't Ready

This week, the Mac Mini quietly became the default home for always-on AI agents — and your users are probably already running them outside your security boundary. Meanwhile, VMware just dropped an ARM hypervisor. And if you needed a reason to treat AI agents like real identities, a coding agent just wiped an entire production database and every backup in nine seconds flat.👏 Thanks to Cayosoft [https://www.cayosoft.com/] for sponsoring this episode!

Browsers Are Downloading AI Without Permission — Here's What IT Admins Need to Do

This Week in IT, Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 gigabyte AI model onto devices right now and unless you've deployed one specific policy, there's nothing stopping it. Meanwhile, Microsoft's fix for a sluggish Windows 11 is to spike your CPU to the max when clicking, and they just started the deprecation clock on Entra Connect Sync whether Entra Cloud Sync is ready or not. 👏 Thanks to Cayosoft [https://www.cayosoft.com/] for sponsoring this episode!

Microsoft Wants You to Trust Edge but Then Leaves Passwords in Cleartext

This Week in IT, Microsoft Edge is exposing passwords by design, shadow AI agents are lurking on your endpoints, and Azure is quietly pulling the plug on VMs you're probably still running.Thanks to Cayosoft [https://www.cayosoft.com/] for sponsoring this episode!🔗 Links and resources [https://petri.com/podcast/microsoft-wants-you-to-trust-edge-but-then-leaves-passwords-in-cleartext/]

Windows 11 Can Now Undo Everything — Including Your Security Patches

Microsoft is previewing a full system rollback for Windows 11 — OS, apps, files, everything — snapped back to where it was 72 hours ago. It's basically a time machine for your PC. But here's the thing: it can also roll back your security patches. Meanwhile, a single configuration change knocked Outlook off every iPhone for over 24 hours. And Microsoft flipped the switch: Copilot is now doing its thing by default, whether your governance is ready or not. Thanks to Cayosoft [https://cayosoft.com/] for sponsoring this episode.

Windows 11 Is Getting AI Agents on the Taskbar

Microsoft just confirmed that AI agents — including third-party ones — are coming to the Windows 11 taskbar. The controls to manage them exist the default hands control to the user. Plus, there's a new way to do a Hybrid Entra Join without waiting for Entra Connect to sync, but it needs Windows Server 2025 domain controllers in every domain. And Windows Recall is back in the security headlines — a researcher has proven he can silently drain your entire Recall history after a single Windows Hello tap. Microsoft says that's fine. Thanks to Cayosoft [https://www.cayosoft.com/] for sponsoring this episode!