El Rickatron is back and grateful that @Madi.Cristil has carried the flag while I was on PTO. Great block of content this week with some special department news to share. Watch this week’s episode below and I’ve added a few additional special department news pieces that were done after we recorded. Things are moving fast!
 

via @Michael Melter 

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via @Geoff Burke 

The Coveware Quarterly report on their ransomware observations has been published, always a great read: Ransomware actors pivot away from major brands in Q2 2024 (coveware.com)
 

KB4514 update: The offline suspicious file list has been updated to rev 76. Please see this KB for offline environments: KB4514: How to Manually Update Suspicious File List (veeam.com)

via @Madi.Cristil 

via @Madi.Cristil 

via @david.tosoff and @adamC we have now launched Calculator Commons:  
 

Join Calculator Commons here: https://community.veeam.com/groups/calculator-commons-151

via @Rick Vanover Veeam news this week about Microsoft 365 Backup Storage:

Last week on the Tech Bites stream, we talked about a very relevant topic, Data Freedom, check out this recording and see how easy it is to move workloads to new hypervisors:
 

Thank you @safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week! We are pleased to welcome +124 new members (over the last two weeks). The coolest usernames are @OOOAndy0OO, @MediaJunky, @PEPPER and @MyLocalData! Alfred’s pick is @Oldtimer → You have a badge coming your way! Have a great weekend everyone!