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Simplify moving resources between regions with Azure Resource Mover

Rob Caron — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:34:12 GMT

: Sujay Talasila joins Scott Hanselman to discuss various scenarios and benefits of Azure Resource Mover for moving your resources across regions using a seamless unified experience.

Introduction to Mixed Reality Business Applications: Dynamics 365 Remote Assist

ShonaBang — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:03:31 GMT

Come discover how mixed reality business applications like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist on HoloLens 2 as well as iOS and Android mobile devices are helping transform the way people and businesses around the world work - all while reducing operational cost and avoiding unnecessary travel to save time and minimize their carbon footprint. Learn more: https://aka.ms/RemoteAssist

Understanding the Benefits of Intelligent Query Processing | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:55:07 GMT

In this episode of Data Exposed with Kate Smith, she'll take you through the basics of why query processing matters, what it does, and how Intelligent Query Processing makes your workloads faster and more efficient.

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Something Old, Something New: Do Kangaroos Prefer Cake or Frosting? | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:07:04 GMT

There are two categories of people: People who put people into two categories, and people who don’t. In this exciting episode of “Something Old, Something New” Buck and Anna will show you how to categorize and classify things using math and Machine Learning. As always, be ready to learn and have fun! (Oh, and we’ll explain that title. Promise.)

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Storage 101 for Azure SQL and SQL Server Engineers | Data Exposed: MVP Edition

MarisaBrasile — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:00:18 GMT

Why is storage so important for Data Engineering? Learn how storage impacts the performance of your database solution. In this episode with MVP Argenis Fernandez, we will go over the basics of I/O, what the different access patterns are for the database engine and how to tell when there is an issue with underlying storage for your database.

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Optimizing your storage costs with Azure Blob Storage | Azure Friday

Rob Caron — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:29:07 GMT

Klaas Langhout shows Scott Hanselman how to use Azure Blob Storage for a variety of cloud workloads while optimizing costs related to controlling capacity and tier, Premium tier for transaction cost savings, choosing the right redundancy, and routing preference.

Oriflame shares how Microservices and CosmosDB on Azure scale their global eCommerce platform

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 22:21:36 GMT

Jakub Ferenc joins Customer Tech Talks to share how Oriflame uses Microservices and CosmosDB on Azure to run and scale their global eCommerce platform.

How to Parameterize Notebooks for Automation in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:15:56 GMT

Jupyter Notebooks bring a wonderful capability to hand someone a single file that contains both code, and instructions on how to run that code. This is great and can be used in many different ways, one of which is to help new team members get up to speed. But what happens when you need to do the same thing as one of your existing Notebooks, but now you need to do it at scale? What if you could take your existing Notebook and add parameters for things like Server name & Database? In this episode with Aaron Nelson, take a look at how new features in Azure Data Studio can help you take your Notebooks to the next level of re-usability.

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Azure SQL Security Series: Understanding Access and Authentication | Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:42:14 GMT

In this episode of Data Exposed Live, Andreas Wolter and Mirek Sztajno (Azure SQL Security Program Managers) guide you through two fundamental areas of securing a SQL Database: Authentication and Access Management. Covering basics and also advanced concepts, this session is meant to help both beginners and experienced users in designing security for their SQL estate.

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Get a unified network monitoring experience with Network Insights | Azure Friday

Rob Caron — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:02:22 GMT

Using Networks Insights to view health, metrics, alerts, and signals from all network monitoring tools in one place, Dalan Mendonca shows Scott Hanselman that there's no need to scramble across tools to troubleshoot your network issues in Azure.

Use Helm Charts from Windows Client Machine to Deploy SQL Server 2019 Containers on Kubernetes

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:20:25 GMT

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes itself. Learn with Amit Khandelwal on Data Exposed how you can use Helm from your Windows machine to deploy SQL Server 2019 containers on Kubernetes all in less than 5 minutes.

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Azure Unblogged - Azure Update Management

Techielass — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:55:27 GMT

In this latest episode of Azure Unblogged, I am chatting to Vijay Nagarajan from the Azure Update Management team. I've long been a fan and user of Azure Update Management both in my own environments and encouraging customers to adopt it, chatting to Vijay I ask about where Azure Update Management fits in on a customer's cloud adoption journey and how it can be leveraged. Patching servers and applications is a bit part of an IT department's "business as usual (BAU)" activities and there are well established method's for patching Windows and Linux servers but I raise the question about third party product patching and where Microsoft's WSUS or Azure Update Management solutions can help in this area. Vijay and I delve into the cost of implementing Azure Update Management (spoiler alert, Azure Update Management is a free solution) and explain how to look at that in a wider context when pricing up your Azure environment. And lastly Vijay shares some information about the roadmap features he and the team are working on and the current private preview. So grab a comfy seat and your favourite drink and join Vijay & I.

Diagnose and solve problems with Azure API Management

Rob Caron — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:33:14 GMT

Khaled Zayed joins Scott Hanselman to show how to troubleshoot availability, performance, and policy issues in your API Management service using API Management Diagnostics.

Get Started with Azure Data Explorer using Apache Spark for Azure Synapse Analytics | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 17:43:42 GMT

In this episode of Data Exposed, Manoj Raheja shows us how to seamlessly integrate with Azure Data Explorer from Apache Spark for Azure Synapse Analytics.

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Azure SQL April 2021 News/Updates | Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:46:40 GMT

Get the latest April news and updates in the world of data with Anna Hoffman, Bob Ward, Marisa Brasile, Michelle Wallig, and Wee Hyong Tok in Data Exposed Live.

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Get Started with the New Database Migration Guides to Migrate Your Databases to Azure | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:01:03 GMT

Database migrations often involve multiple phases, steps, and tools based on various scenarios and workload requirements. To help you migrate your databases to Azure, we have published a set of new Azure Database Migration Guides and a Hub page that provides scenario-based migration content and “How To” guides depending on your source database and target database platforms. In this episode with Mohamed Kabiruddin, he will walk you through the new migration hub page to easily navigate to the content you need based on your scenario, how to use the relevant database migration guides, and how to provide feedback to Microsoft for any specific content.

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Azure Landing Zone Q&A

Techielass — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:02:03 GMT

Join Sarah Lean and Thomas Maurer as they talk about the Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones and how both can assist with your Cloud Adoption Journey

Building a balancing robot with Azure Sphere

Rob Caron — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:45:49 GMT

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.

Granular Permissions for Azure SQL Dynamic Data Masking | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:45:27 GMT

In this episode of Data Exposed with David Trigano, learn how you can leverage new capabilities in Dynamic Data Masking, help your organization prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data, and gain control by masking it to a non-privileged user at different levels of your database.

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Ask the Experts: SQL Edge to Cloud | Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:35:24 GMT

Join Bob Ward and Buck Woody, members of the Azure Data product team, to get your questions answered around "anything" SQL Edge to Cloud. Whether it is about what’s new, what’s coming, or something specific, experts will be live to answer your questions in real-time.

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Azure Unblogged - Pricing up your Azure Files

Techielass — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:01:48 GMT

Join Sarah Lean and Will Gries in this episode of Azure Unblogged as they explore the pricing of Azure Files. They discuss the various different storage tiers that are available, how to choose the right one for your organization as well as how to optimize your costs. And lastly they chat about the newly released Reserved Instances.

Easy Ways to Refresh Tabular Models | Data Exposed: MVP Edition

MarisaBrasile — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:37:37 GMT

In this episode with Gaston Cruz, he'll show you the options to process Azure Analysis Services models (Semantic Layer) connecting to an Azure SQL DB as a data source (using SSDT), and then create an architecture using a Service Principal account to process the model (DB, Tables, Partitions) in an automatic way deploying an Azure Logic Apps, and then calling from Azure Data Factory to trigger the process. Finally, he'll conclude by showing you the advantages of using a live connection from Power BI to connect to AAS models. To check out even more Data Exposed Live episodes, see our playlist: https://aka.ms/dataexposedlive Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

Azure Advisor – Your free, personalized guide to Azure best practices

Rob Caron — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:51:48 GMT

Jose Portugal joins Scott Hanselman to show how to use Azure Advisor to optimize your Azure workload usage, lower costs, increase efficiency, and improve security.

Using Azure Cross-region Load Balancer for high availability scenarios

Rob Caron — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:08:53 GMT

Irene Huang joins Scott Hanselman to show him Cross-region Load Balancer, which recently became available for Public Preview. Cross-region Load Balancer is a Public layer-4 network load balancer serving as a single point of contact for global traffic. It provides efficient routing by leveraging Microsoft's global backbone network and geo-proximity load balancing algorithm. You can build regional resilient application by setting up a Cross-region Load Balancer in front of regional deployments.

How to Enable AD Authentication for SQL 2019 Containers in Less than 5 Minutes | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:08:36 GMT

We all know one of the most important and secure methods of authentication in SQL Server is through AD authentication. Learn today in this episode of Data Exposed with Amit Khandelwal how to enable AD authentication for a SQL container and log in using an AD account all in less than 5 minutes using a tool called adutil.

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Something Old, Something New: You have to draw the Line Somewhere| Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:30:19 GMT

Join Buck and Anna as they regress. I mean, explain Regression. You'll learn one of the most widely used tools in Data Science, and how the math works for its predictions.

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How to use Azure Orbital to communicate with your satellites

Rob Caron — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 22:05:46 GMT

Azure Orbital is a fully managed cloud-based ground station as a service that enables you to communicate with your spacecraft or satellite constellations, downlink and uplink data, process your data in the cloud, chain services with Azure services in unique scenarios, and generate products for your customers. Hrishi Shelar joins Scott Hanselman on his birthday to discuss Azure Orbital and how it can help you manage your satellite constellation and how to use the service.

Best practices for Azure Container Instances (ACI) with GitHub Actions

Rob Caron — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:30:20 GMT

Azure Container Instances (ACI) allow for a quick, simple, and cost effective way to run serverless containers in production. ACI is generally available and is for hosting serverless containerized workloads, including ETL pipelines, serverless batch jobs, and API microservices. Come hang out with Scott Hanselman and Jessica Deen as we learn about ACI, GitHub Actions, and container best practices.

What is Universal Print?

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:19:10 GMT

Explore Universal Print and how it can benefit your organization.

Universal Print portal overview

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:16:50 GMT

Explore the Universal Print management portal.

Register and share printers with Universal Print

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:15:29 GMT

In this video, we will discuss how to register a printer using the Universal Print connector and also how to register a Universal Print ready printer. Finally, we will provide an overview of printer sharing.

Deploying printers with Microsoft Intune

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:14:16 GMT

Learn how to deploy printers in Intune.

Universal Print quickstart

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:12:43 GMT

Watch this video to learn how your organization can quickly get set up with Universal Print and share printers with end users.

Printer management with Universal Print

EvanMills — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:39:29 GMT

Explore some of the basic printer management functions in Universal Print.

What's New in Azure SQL Auditing | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:36:39 GMT

Azure SQL Auditing recently announced two new destinations now Generally available, and a new capability called Azure SQL Auditing of Microsoft support operations. In this episode, Anna Hoffman and David Trigano will cover all these new capabilities that allow you to capture any operations done against your SQL assets on Azure at scale. To watch more Data Exposed episodes, check out our playlist on YouTube: https://aka.ms/dataexposedyt Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

Icertis shares how they use Azure Container Instances to manage digital contracts at scale

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:00:21 GMT

Ben Walters chats with Paras Parage and Huzefa Qubbawala from Icertis who built their Contract Lifecycle Management offering using Azure Container Instances and Azure Machine Learning to digitize and mange contracts at scale for their customers.

PCL Constructions shares how Azure IoT and FAR-UV light can drive safer experiences Microsoft Ignite

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:10:22 GMT

Sean Barnes and Mark Bryant from PCL Construction join Customer Tech Talks at Microsoft Ignite to share how they have developed new devices and innovations powered by Azure IoT, to deliver safer experiences in their community.

Deep Dive: The Architecture of Azure SQL | Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:32:02 GMT

Have you ever wanted to know how Microsoft has built a Platform as a Service (PaaS) using the power of SQL Server in Azure? Join Bob Ward and Alain Dormehl in this deep dive to learn the evolution of the architecture of Azure SQL along with behind-the-scenes details on how we make Azure SQL work. To check out even more Data Exposed Live episodes, see our playlist: https://aka.ms/dataexposedlive Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

LinkedIn shares how Azure Sentinel helps them manage security at scale at Microsoft Ignite

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:16:14 GMT

Sagar Shah from LinkedIn joins Customer Tech Talks to share how they secure their organization using Azure Sentinel, and how with the power of machine learning they can scale their response to security threats across the organization.

STAR OUTiCO discusses Dynamics 365 and PowerBI with Customer Tech Talks at Microsoft Ignite

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:20:04 GMT

Tim Abbot and Callum Green from STAR OUTiCO join Customer Tech Talks at Microsoft Ignite to discuss how they used Dynamics 365, Conversational Intelligence and Power BI to shift their sales force from a "Customer Management" to a "Customer Engagement" focused process.

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Pace Center for Girls shares how they are using Microsoft Teams in education at Microsoft Ignite

Ben Walters (AZURE) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:19:14 GMT

Matthew Parks from Pace Center for Girls joins Customer Tech Talks to share how their decision to move to Microsoft Teams helped them continue on their mission to empower young women to achieve more.

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Azure Purview: New connectors, Synapse integration, enhanced business glossary, etc. | Azure Friday

Rob Caron — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:17:47 GMT

Gaurav Malhotra joins Scott Hanselman to show him what's new in Azure Purview since it was released in public preview in December 2020. Azure Purview is a unified data governance service that helps you manage and govern your on-premises, multicloud, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) data. Easily create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage.

Durable functions in Python for Azure Functions

Rob Caron — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:18:42 GMT

David Justo joins Scott Hanselman to discuss durable functions in Python, which is an extension of Azure Functions for writing stateful functions in a serverless compute environment. The extension is already available for C# and JavaScript and is now available for Python.

How to Run SQL Assessment Checks in Azure SQL MI | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:46:30 GMT

SQL Assessment API provides a mechanism to evaluate the configuration of your SQL Server for best practices. The API is delivered with a ruleset containing best practice rules suggested by SQL Server Team. This ruleset is enhancing with the release of new versions but at the same time, the API is built with the intent to give a highly customizable and extensible solution. So, users can tune the default rules and create their own ones. The API can be used to assess SQL Server versions 2012 and higher and Azure SQL Managed Instance. In this episode with Aaron Nelson, we’ll show you the basics of the SQL Assessment PowerShell commands, and how you can run the assessments for your Azure SQL Managed Instances as well as your on-prem SQL Server instances. To watch more Data Exposed episodes, check out our playlist on YouTube: https://aka.ms/dataexposedyt Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

Deep Dive: Azure SQL Virtual Machine Sizing | Data Exposed Live

MarisaBrasile — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:36:03 GMT

Typically, you choose a VM when your application requires more control over the computing environment than the other platform-as-a-service options offer. This can be due to vendor requirements, familiarity with virtualization, ease of migration and other scenarios. When selecting a virtual machine to host your SQL Server workload in Azure, you need to choose a virtual machine size that provides optimal performance and fits your organization’s budget. In this session with Pam Lahoud, David Pless, and Amit Banerjee, we will cover topics such as the different virtual machine types that are most appropriate for SQL Server workloads, optimal memory-to-core ratios for various workload types, and features unique to Azure such as write acceleration that can help boost your performance without breaking the bank. We will also cover the Azure Virtual Machine naming conventions and how you can quickly identify the capabilities of a given machine from the virtual machine series name. We will close out the discussion with a review of virtual machine disks and storage limits that will be a precursor to the next deep dive on Azure SQL VM storage. To check out even more Data Exposed Live episodes, see our playlist: https://aka.ms/dataexposedlive Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

Help simplify email and data migration to Microsoft 365 with migration services from FastTrack

JennyWoodbury — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:54:00 GMT

Did you know that FastTrack can help migrate your data when you move to Microsoft 365? Come learn about your migration options: self-serve, partners, and FastTrack experts can help you migrate your data at no additional cost with an eligible subscription of 500+ licenses. Find out about the migration process, hear what’s new with our migration services, and see a demo of our migration experience. We’ll show you how simple it is to get started and securely migrate email and data to Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive for Business.

How to run scripts in your Azure VM by using Run Command

thomasmaurer — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:23:59 GMT

In this video, we are going to have a look at how to run scripts in your Azure VM by using Run Command. You can access your Azure virtual machine (VM) in multiple ways, like SSH or RDP. However, if you have issues with the RDP or SSH network configuration, the Run Command feature is another option. Run Command can run a PowerShell or shell script within an Azure VM remotely by using the VM agent. This scenario is especially useful when you need to troubleshoot operating system network configurations or user access configuration. We are going to have a look at how you can run scripts against multiple Azure virtual machines (VMs) by using PowerShell and the Invoke-AzVMRunCommand feature.

What to use for monitoring your applications in Azure

Rob Caron — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:16:15 GMT

Knowing how your application is doing is vital to keep your users happy. In Azure, there are many services that can help you with this. In this episode, Azure Barry shows Scott Hanselman how to choose the right Azure service to monitor your application.

What to use for deploying and testing your applications in Azure

Rob Caron — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:38:14 GMT

Azure Reservations Deep Dive

Yashesvi — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:33:28 GMT

Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs) can help you optimize your cloud spend. Watch this video to learn how to purchase, view, manage, and optimize your RIs after purchase. We also cover how to consume the usage data to charge back for the reservation usage.

Virtual Spot Machines Overview

Rajeesh_Azure — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:52:32 GMT

With Azure Spot Virtual Machines, you can access unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts. Watch this video to learn when you can use Spot Virtual Machines, and how you can setup the max with Azure Spot Virtual Machines, you can access unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts. Watch this video to learn when you can use Spot Virtual Machines, and how you can setup the maximum price that you optionally agree to in advance. See how you can access the price history and the eviction rate for the VMs you select. Discover unique Azure pricing and benefits when running your applications on Spot Virtual Machines.imum price that you optionally agree to in advance. See how you can access the price history and the eviction rate for the VMs you select. Discover unique Azure pricing and benefits when running your applications on Spot Virtual Machines.

To the Azure Cloud With Red Hat Enterprise Linux Image Builder

Michael Yen-Chi Ho — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:38:13 GMT

Effortlessly migrate and deploy your Linux workloads to the cloud, Learn how Red Hat Enterprise Linux can help migrate your workloads in hybrid cloud environments. When it comes to effortlessly migrate your Linux workloads to the cloud, simplicity, consistency, and repeatability are key elements. You need a standardized way to configure and create custom system images and effortlessly deploy them across your hybrid cloud environments. Come to this session to learn and watch a demo on how Red Hat Enterprise Linux can meet this challenge.

A Modern Data Platform Architected for the Cloud

Michael Yen-Chi Ho — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:18:20 GMT

Cloudera and Microsoft Azure empower workload management, Learn how enterprise data cloud enables edge to AI workloads, Harness the flexiability of Azure's storage, computed and networking in the cloud. Customers globally are adopting Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) on Microsoft Azure to move analytics and ML workloads to the cloud. Designed to take advantage of the strengths of Azure, CDP is an enterprise data cloud that enables edge to AI workloads while also providing the security, accountability, and governance needed for business users and IT. Experience how CDP on Azure can help your organization harness the ability and flexibility of Azure’s storage, compute and networking PaaS services. Together, Cloudera and Azure empower customers to gain greater insights into their business and the ability to make better and timely decisions to supercharge their business.

Simplify networking & remote user connectivity with Azure Virtual WAN

wellee — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:22:20 GMT

Learn more about Azure Virtual WAN and the integration with SDWAN technologies to simplify connectivity and security.

Embracing DevSecOps on Azure and Across Hybrid Cloud

Michael Yen-Chi Ho — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:04:49 GMT

Learn how to adopt DevSecOps on Azure across cloud environments, Moderize your applications and simplfy hybrid cloud operations with VMware Tanzu and Microsft Azure. Your organization is committed to modernizing applications and that requires full adoption of containers. But how do you do that in a secure, automated way that scales? And do it in a consistent manner across Azure and your existing data centers? To be successful, you need to adopt DevSecOps and bring together many component technologies that can operate across clouds. VMware Tanzu Advanced makes it easier to adopt DevSecOps, stand up a modern app platform, and operate consistently across cloud environments. Tanzu Advanced allows you to take advantage of Azure’s elastic infrastructure and unique services while simplifying hybrid cloud operations. In this session we will show you how to: • Easily manage containers and clusters across Azure and your existing data centers • Integrate security throughout the container lifecycle • Speed the development and delivery of containerized workloads

At-scale server migrations to Azure using Azure Migrate and PowerShell

Rahul Gupta — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:34:44 GMT

The new Azure Migrate Azure PowerShell module, now in public preview, adds PowerShell support for Server Migration tool’s agentless method of migrating VMware virtual machines to Azure. See how you can now configure and manage replication of servers to Azure and migrate them to Azure virtual machines using Azure PowerShell cmdlets. Learn how to use the PowerShell cmdlets to perform migrations in an automated repeatable manner and achieve the migration scale and velocity you need.

Optimize connectivity to your Azure services over the internet

mknayak — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:23:50 GMT

Learn more about Azure global network that powers the applications and Azure routing preference.

Azure Load Balancing: Best-suited for your workload

AnaviNahar — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:55:33 GMT

Learn about various load balancing options available from Azure, including a service selection tool for your workloads.

Discover & Assess SQL Server Data Estate Migrating to Azure SQL Using Azure Migrate | Data Exposed

MarisaBrasile — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:26:02 GMT

Do you want to learn how to discover and assess your SQL Server data estate for Azure SQL readiness migrations at scale? Join Venkata Raj Pochiraju and Ajay Jagannathan and be the first to witness the brand new Azure Migrate service capabilities to assist you in discovering your SQL Servers across data centers, find application dependencies, Azure SQL readiness, target Azure SQL deployment option recommendations, and monthly estimates inclusive of Azure Hybrid benefits. Azure Migrate SQL Server assessment comprehensive reports are extremely applicable for planning and prioritizing the upcoming SQL Server migrations to Azure SQL. To check out even more Data Exposed Live episodes, see our playlist: https://aka.ms/dataexposedlive Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt Follow us on Twitter: https://aka.ms/azuresqltw

Hybrid Connectivity

AjitBhullar — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:35:19 GMT

Learn about various connectivity services from Azure.

Getting Started with Elastic on Microsoft Azure

Michael Yen-Chi Ho — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:21:29 GMT

Learn how to integrate Microsoft Azure with Elastic, Enhance search capabilities and protect your data for your apps on Azure. Join us for this session and learn how to get started with Elastic on Microsoft Azure. We will focus on the details and benefits of running Elastic Cloud managed service from the Azure Marketplace. Learn how to integrate Elastic with other Microsoft Azure and 365 services so your IT pros can observe and protect your applications and data in Azure, and your knowledge workers can find all the information they need. You will also see a demo for searching efficiently across diverse content sources like Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, GitHub, Dynamics, SharePoint and more.

Azure Unblogged - Azure Arc Jumpstart Project

thomasmaurer — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:32:51 GMT

In this episode of Azure Unblogged, Thomas Maurer speaks with Lior Kamrat about the Azure Arc Jumpstart project. The Azure Arc Jumpstart project is designed to provide a "zero to hero" experience so you can start working with Azure Arc right away! With step-by-step guides for independent Azure Arc scenarios that incorporate as much automation as possible, detailed screenshots and code samples, and a rich and comprehensive experience - The Jumpstart project has you covered!

This is Windows security!

David Weston (DWIZZZLE) — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:13:44 GMT

Windows security gets better with every release. See how Windows is a hardened OS at the core that keeps your devices protected and productive end to end. We’ll also offer a sneak peek at where we’re investing our engineering muscle to take Windows platform security even further.

OPS110 Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Roadmap Deep Dive

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:16:17 GMT

In this session Sarah Lean and Tom Hickling explore Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), how organisations have been using it during the pandemic, how it fits into a Hybrid scenario and also look at some of the new road map features coming in 2021.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talk Community Chat: https://aka.ms/ops110-chat
Learn More About Windows Virtual Desktop: https://aka.ms/ops110-learnmore
RDP Shortpath: https://aka.ms/ops110-shortpath
MSXI App Attach: https://aka.ms/ops110-msixapp
Anti Screen Scraping: https://aka.ms/ops110-antiscreen
What's New: https://aka.ms/ops110-whatsnew
WVD Roadmap: https://aka.ms/ops110-roadmap
Windows Virtual Desktop User Voice: https://aka.ms/ops110-uservoice

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 What is today's session
2:00 How has Windows Virtual Desktop helped during the pandemic
5:41 Windows Virtual Desktop and Hybrid
9:11 Let's look at the roadmap
9:59 MSIX App Attach
17:53 MSIX App Attach Demo
25:50 RDP Shortpath Private
30:08 RDP Shortpath Private Demo
31:11 Anti Screen Capture Protection
33:26 Anti Screen Capture Demo
34:53 Start VM on Connect
37:19 Start VM on Connect Demo
38:58 Further reading
41:17 UserVoice is important
42:38 Wrap Up

OPS109 Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI

Anthony Bartolo — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:05:59 GMT

In this session, you’ll learn about the new Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI, how you can use it to run your containerized Windows and Linux apps, how it integrates with Azure, and how it provides the best platform to run additional Azure services, including Arc-enabled Data Services. This will help you to modernize your existing applications on our Azure Stack HCI Hybrid Cloud Platform.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talk Community Chat https://aka.ms/ops109-chat
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stac...
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI Preview Registration https://azure.microsoft.com/products/...
Azure Stack HCI https://azure.microsoft.com/products/...
Azure Stack HCI solution overview https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stac...
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) https://azure.microsoft.com/services/...
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Docs https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/aks?...

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Azure Hybrid Overview
5:10 Kubernetes on Azure
8:39 What is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI
15:34 High-Level Architecture
18:51 Architecture AKS-HCI Components
21:21 Demo: Deployment
33:19 Demo: Deploy Worker Nodes
43:41 Demo: Deploy an Application
59:27 How to evaluate the new AKS on Azure Stack HCI
1:00:58 Wrap up

OPS108 Windows authentication internals in a hybrid world

Anthony Bartolo — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:07:08 GMT

Have you ever wondered what happens when you type your password into Windows? With the cloud becoming a major part of our world, we find ourselves having to talk to both on-premises and cloud-native resources, which dramatically affects what happens when you do type your password into Windows. Follow along as Steve Syfuhs gives a guided tour of how Windows handles logons internally and secures your authentication in a hybrid world.

✔Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talks Community Chat: https://aka.ms/OPS108-chat
Steve on Security: https://syfuhs.net/
Detailed look at Windows Credentials: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-se...
Windows Hello for Business: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/se...
Passwordless FIDO: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/acti...
FIDO Hybrid to on-prem: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/acti...
Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-ha...

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:11 Logging on to Windows
03:36 Types of logins
06:33 The Logon UI
09:39 Local Security Authority
21:53 Logon UI Part II
23:42 Local Security Authority Part II
25:14 Kerberos in Windows
35:35 Logon Sessions including Azure Active Directory
38:09 Local Security Authority Part III
43:53 Oauth in Windows - Types of credentials
45:55 Windows Hello Logon
53:34 FIDO Logon
56:32 Local Security Authority Part IV
1:01:08 Azure AD Join
1:05:14 Community Q&A - How long do we need to keep on-premises AD around?
1:09:39 How can we enable MFA/FIDO keys for normal AD Login and not only for Apps that support Modern Auth?
1:12:44 When will we get rid of passwords once and for all?

OPS107 Hybrid as a management plane

Anthony Bartolo — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:02:59 GMT

Jeff, Orin & Sonia discuss how cloud makes on-prem environments better, including cloud tiering & management tools, and what the future looks like for IT Pros.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talks Community Chat: https://aka.ms/OPS107-chat
Windows Admin Center: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-se...
Azure Policy definitions for Azure Arc enabled Servers: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azur...
Azure File Sync Cloud Tiering: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/stor...
Azure Lighthouse: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/ligh...

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 The IT response to COVID-19
04:43 Where to next?
06:38 The criticality of the Domain Controller
07:52 Security improvements in later versions of Windows Server
08:44 What should IT Pros learn next?
13:50 Security versus compatibility
17:40 Azure policies deployed on-premises via Azure Arc
20:00 Systems management today versus in the past
21:10 Inventory and management in distributed environments
24:05 Managing hybrid environments with Azure Arc
26:45 How the cloud compliments on-prem
30:34 Better together - Windows Server 2019 and Azure File Sync
40:47 Centrally manage from Azure
43:50 Azure Monitor
44:25 Systems Center integration
44:54 Azure Policy
45:44 The next set of tools for your IT Pro toolbox and your career
46:38 SMB customers, Partners and managed service providers and Azure Lighthouse
51:58 On-prem "upwards" management and Windows Admin Center
56:05 Azure IoT Edge plug-in for Windows Admin Center
57:19 Orin kills mmc.exe
59:37 Windows Admin Center OR PowerShell? Why not both!
1:00:16 SPOILER ALERT - New versions of Windows Server will be released in the future
1:01:00 Azure Stack HCI

OPS106 How to be an AD Hybrid Health Hero

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:09:30 GMT

Once you've connected your identity to Azure AD, how do you ensure it continues to function as expected? In this session, you'll learn how to keep your hybrid identity environment healthy, across different Active Directory and Azure Active Directory scenarios.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talks Community Chat: https://aka.ms/OPS104-chat
https://aka.ms/deploymentplans
https://aka.ms/ResilientAAD
https://aka.ms/AADConnectHealthFAQ
https://aka.ms/AADConnectHealthAgentI...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t...
https://aka.ms/ADFSHardeningGuide
https://aka.ms/AADStagedMigration
https://aka.ms/SeamlessSSOUnderTheHood
https://aka.ms/SeamlessSSOKeyRolling
https://akam.ms/AADPTAUnderTheHood
https://aka.ms/AADPTASecurityDeepDive
https://aka.ms/AADSmartLockout
https://aka.ms/AADConnectFAQ
https://aka.ms/SPA
https://aka.ms/AADPTATroubleshooting
https://myignite.microsoft.com/archiv...
https://aka.ms/AADPHS
https://aka.ms/AADCDocs
https://aka.ms/Zero-Trust
https://aka.ms/AADCDocs/DR
https://aka.ms/AADCDocs/Config
https://aka.ms/SANS2018SummitAADLogs
https://aka.ms/aad2splunk
https://aka.ms/aad2sumo
https://aka.ms/aad2QRadar
https://aka.ms/aad2Archsight
https://aka.ms/aad2/Syslog
https://aka.ms/AADTokenLifetimes
https://aka.ms/AADPrt
https://aka.ms/AADManagedIdentities
https://aka.ms/AzureADAppGallery
https://aka.ms/AzureADAppRequest
https://aka.ms/AADOpsGuide

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:00:56 Turn on MFA for your Admins - MFA, Conditional Access or Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
00:01:43 Resiliency - 1 cloud-only admin account.
00:02:14 Authentication Stack Health
00:02:33 Azure AD Connect Health
00:04:23 ADFS Connect Health Setup
00:06:12 ADFS Extranet/Smart Lockout Enablement
00:11:51 Operations matter to Enterprise Security!
00:15:49 Bad password attempt report
00:16:53 Risky IP report
00:18:02 Defender for Identity supports ADFS
00:18:42 ADFS parting thoughts - Treat ADFS like a Tier 0 resource, updated and harden long-term ADFS deployments or move to Password Hash Sync or Passthru Authentication
00:21:02 Seamless SSO - details and operational health
00:24:21 Rolling Seamless SSO Keys
00:25:14 Pass Through Authentication - details and operational health
00:29:31 Password Hash Sync
00:31:37 AAD Connect Sync Health - sync process and security
00:40:23 Monitor your AAD Connect Health
00:44:15 Failover & Backup
00:48:58 Logs
00:50:13 Azure AD and Azure Monitor
00:52:00 SIEM Integration
00:53:34 Non-interactive User Sign-In Logs
00:56:14 Service Principal Sign-In Logs
00:57:19 Managed Identities Logs
00:58:04 Provisioning Logs
01:00:00 lastSignInDateTime
01:03:36 Go Dos!

OPS105 Virtualized and Hybrid Backup Deep Dive

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:09:56 GMT

Ben Armstrong explains the evolution of backup, from Windows Server to Hyper-V, Azure and Containers.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talks Community Chat: https://aka.ms/OPS105-chat
Backup & Hyper-V: https://aka.ms/BackupHyperV-TE2014
Azure DataCenter Architecture 2020: https://aka.ms/AzureDC-MarkR2020

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Where's my data?
08:16 Then virtual machines came along …
13:30 Volume Shadow Copy Service
20:50 The problem with VSS and Hyper-V
26:12 Solving the problem of MORE data
33:32 2016 introduces RCT
36:39 Microsoft Azure virtualisation & cloud storage
42:23 Azure backup versus on-prem backup
48:54 Containers!
56:10 AKS on Azure Stack HCI with Azure Arc enabled data services
1:00:57 How public cloud has befitted hybrid and on-prem

OPS104 Securing SMB from within and without

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:08:59 GMT

In this session, Ned Pyle discuss how widely the SMB protocol is used on Windows, Windows Server and in Microsoft Azure. Learn specific strategies to secure it from lateral movement and interception attacks.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talks Community Chat: https://aka.ms/OPS104-chat
About SMB over QUIC: https://aka.ms/SMBoverQUIC-Mar20Blog
SMB Interception Defense: https://aka.ms/smbinterceptiondefense
Beyond the Edge: How to Secure SMB Traffic in Windows: https://aka.ms/smbtrafficcontrol

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:32 SMB is everywhere
06:00 Distributed system defense is hard, not impossible
07:51 Interception defense
09:22 Paths to securing SMB
13:40 PATCH
14:30 No SMB1
19:03 No Guest Auth
21:03 No WebDAV
23:30 SMB over QUIC coming!
24:26 Limit outbound SMB
25:58 UNC Hardening
34:10 SMB 3.1.1
41:00 Encryption
44:46 No NTLM, Harden Kerberos
57:27 Movement defense
59:58 Block inbound edge
1:03:30 Inventory SMB
1:11:00 Firewall block and allow
1:16:39 Disable SMB Server
1:23:00 Final thoughts

OPS103 Securing your Hybrid environment – Part 2 - Azure Sentinel

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:08:34 GMT

Anthony sits down with Sarah Young, Sr. Program Manager for all things Security related, to discuss use of Azure Sentinel on a hybrid environment. The pair discuss how log analytics is ingested, reviewed, reported on and how attacks are remediated with data coming from both on-premises and in cloud environments.

✔ Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talk Azure Sentinel Blog post: https://aka.ms/ops103-blog
IT Ops Talk Azure Sentinel Community Chat: https://aka.ms/ops103-chat
Learn More About Azure Sentinel: https://aka.ms/ops103-learnmore
Azure Sentinel Documentation: https://aka.ms/ops103-docs
Azure Sentinel Learn modules: https://aka.ms/ops103-learn
Azure Sentinel Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/ops103-ninja
Azure Sentinel Tech Community: https://aka.ms/ops103-techcom
Azure Sentinel GitHub Repo: https://aka.ms/ops103-github

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Does Azure Sentinel only protect cloud environments?
5:36 Data Connectors demo
7:04 Common Event Format (CEF) demo
8:44 Syslog walkthrough
9:21 Security Events walkthrough
13:50 Does sending on-prem data up to the SEIM invoke latency?
16:30 GitHub repo and outside submissions of security templates
22:00 Log Analytics workspaces demo
23:51 Sentinel Reporting demo
25:49 Analytics rule wizard demo
34:00 Analytics data source filtering demo
35:09 Sentinel Incidents and Investigations demo
39:37 Logic Apps and Automation demo
49:28 Sentinel and On-premises Active Directory protection
51:40 Wrap Up

OPS101 Securing your Hybrid environment - Part 1 - Azure Security Center

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:08:10 GMT

Now more than ever, organizations are challenged with keeping their employees productive working remotely and interacting with their customers over digital channels. At the same time there has been an increase in evolving digital security threats as bad actors recognize an opportunity to disrupt your business. Moreover, security resources are stretched, and prioritization is important.

In this session, Sarah Young, Sr. PM of Azure Security, walks us though Azure Security Center use in a Hybrid environment incorporating an on-premises and in-cloud architecture.

✔Resources:
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talk Azure Security Center Blog post: https://aka.ms/ops101-blog
IT Ops Talk Azure Security Center Community Chat: https://aka.ms/ops101-chat
Learn More About Azure Security Center: https://aka.ms/ops101-learnmore
Azure Security Center Documentation: https://aka.ms/ops101-docs
Azure Security Center Learn modules: https://aka.ms/ops101-learn
Azure Security Center Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/ops101-ninja
Azure Security Center Tech Community: https://aka.ms/ops101-techcom
Azure Security Center GitHub Repo: https://aka.ms/ops101-github
Azure Security Center in the Field YouTube series: https://aka.ms/ops101-ASCfield

To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Name changes to the Azure Security Center offering
3:25 Azure Security Center dashboard walk-through demo
4:28 Secure Score Demo
9:54 Common Vulnerability and Exposures list (CVE) explanation
11:28 Secure Score Demo - Azure Arc
12:52 Is there a difference in reporting from on-pre or in-cloud?
14:38 Azure Security Center recommendations demo
16:02 Remediation and Role based access control demo
18:20 Identity is our new perimeter
20:08 Importance of governance in cloud to assist in security posture
25:49 Is Azure Arc required to use Azure Security Center to secure on-premises?
29:10 Regulatory compliance demo
33:16 What is the difference between Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel
35:12 Azure Defender Threat Protection demo
40:00 Wrap Up

OPS100 ITOps Talks: All Things Hybrid - Mark Russinovich Microsoft Azure Hybrid Solutions

Anthony Bartolo — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:07:24 GMT

Mark Russinovich, CTO and Technical Fellow of Microsoft Azure shares his view of All Things Hybrid with Microsoft Azure. There is a whole spectrum of hybrid capabilities you can enable within your hybrid strategy – Mark zeroes on these three opportunities:
- Azure Stack portfolio, highlighting Azure Stack HCI
- Azure Arc for deep on-premises insights aggregated into a single Azure workspace
- Azure Sentinel, your single pane of glass for your security posture

Speaker:
Mark Russinovich, CTO and Technical Fellow of Microsoft Azure

Community Chat
Want to chat about the Event? Come join us on Discord! https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks-General

Include hybrid students with apps in class meetings

Max Fritz — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:53 GMT

Join us to learn about the newest ways to engage students in a class meetings: Apps. Apps inside of meetings can provide a whole new way to bring out student collaboration.

Drive student engagement with your favorite apps

Max Fritz — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:51 GMT

As an educator, you likely have some go-to apps that you use in your classroom. Learn all about how those apps can work inside of Teams, and see some of the more popular apps that are built in.

On-demand learning with video and Microsoft Stream

MichaelB_Sweden — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:48 GMT

Micorosft Stream is an amazing video platform that can be used to provide on-demand learning content within you Class Teams. Join us to learn how!

Assess student progress and proctor student assessment

Jason La Greca — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:45 GMT

Learn how Microsoft Teams in combination with other tools from Microsoft 365 can be used together to asses student progress and proctor assessments all within a single app.

Creating an inclusive and accessible experience

Juliano Menegazzo Souza — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:43 GMT

Inclusivity and accessibility are a core to providing an authentic and equitable learning environment. Learn how Microsoft Teams can help you include students in meetings, apps, classes and more.

Teams Meetings in Hybrid Learning Environments

Jason La Greca — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:40 GMT

Hybrid learning has taken education by storm, and is here to stay. Learn all about how to engage students both inside the classroom and at home with Teams meetings.

Bring your own app to Teams

joguerre — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:37 GMT

Are you ready to take Microsoft Teams to the next step? Learn all about how to bring your LoB apps into Teams!

App Templates to enhance Hybrid Learning

joguerre — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:34 GMT

App Templates for Microsoft Teams can enhance the built in functionalities in a variety of ways. In this session, you can learn how to implement them and hear about some of the most popular templates for education.

Teams & Learning Management Systems

Jethro SEGHERS — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:31 GMT

Learn how Teams works closely with popular Learning Management Systems to provide meeting creation integration and more!

Managing Teams policy and governance

mannys_msft — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:18:28 GMT

Learn how to manage Teams policies to ensure proper compliance and to provide student safety within your institution.

5 Things You Should Know About PDF Reader in Microsoft Edge

Aditi_Gangwar — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:25 GMT

Watch this quick introduction into the features and capabilities in the PDF reader in Microsoft Edge: Improved reading capabilities, highlight, ink, and text notes, accessibility, validating digital signatures, and viewing protected files

Building, Deploying, and Managing WebView2 Applications

PalakGoel — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:21 GMT

Developers wanting to maximize code reusability in a multi-platform, multi-device world are betting more and more on web technologies. Learn about how WebView2 enables developers to host web content in native applications while using the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) rendering engine and then about deploying and managing WebView2 applications. For our previous WebView2 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ri7TmPeqLc

Igniting the Web Apps Story

Luis Gonzalez — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:19 GMT

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are supported in Microsoft Edge, and they represent an opportunity to enhance discoverability and engagement with your application. Join this session to learn a bit more about new capabilities of the Web platform and how these modern Web applications integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Windows.

Kiosk Mode

Adrian_Guta — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:15 GMT

Kiosk mode provides a customizable, locked-down experience to help our customers and users get essential jobs done. We are releasing kiosk mode in Microsoft Edge and want to share the features enabled and guidance on how to configure the Microsoft Edge kiosk mode experience via Intune.

Mobile Productivity in the Enterprise

Darryl_B — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:13 GMT

Microsoft Edge mobile is available today on iOS and Android, and supports a rich set of features for the enterprise. To allow for faster innovation we are aligning the mobile codebase with desktop and will have a public Beta in the coming months.

Top Reasons Why Customers Love Microsoft Edge

collwilliams — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:02:10 GMT

Microsoft Edge launched just over a year ago, and it’s been a whirlwind year! Come learn why both end-users and IT admins love using Microsoft Edge, why using Microsoft leaves everyone more secure, and what’s next.

Universal Print: Voice of the customer

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:49:12 GMT

Customers from various industries talk about their experience with Universal Print during preview. They found it to be easy to implement and use. This innovative solution helps IT solve the printing needs of remote workers and essential workers during the pandemic.

Universal Print partner spotlight compilation

Alan Meeus — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:08:08 GMT

Universal Print partners talk about how their solutions integrate with Universal Print and the value it brings to customers.

Universal Print partner spotlight: HP

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:49:36 GMT

The HP for Universal Print Workpath app modernizes the print experience to give users simple, driverless printing. Microsoft and HP have collaborated to create a print solution that takes advantage of cloud technology and seamlessly integrates HP multi-function printers with the Microsoft cloud. Users enjoy the added benefit of a basic pull-print solution that lets users authenticate and print selected jobs from a printer’s control panel. The app also helps eliminate dependency on printer firmware updates.

Universal Print partner spotlight: Process Fusion

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:49:52 GMT

Process Fusion UniPrint Infinity with Universal Print by Microsoft integration gives you the choice of print to physical or print to digital. UniPrint Infinity’s device- and network-agnostic solution extends Universal Print’s capabilities by enabling secure print release for physical output. The print-to-digital feature allows the capture, auto-classification, and data extraction of a digital print job using Microsoft’s machine learning and AI platform for process automation.

Universal Print partner spotlight: MPS Monitor

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:50:06 GMT

MPS Monitor brings Universal Print by Microsoft functionality—including printer sharing, print queues, and pull-print—to any MPS Monitor user with a suitable Microsoft 365 subscription. MPS Monitor’s multi-tenant cloud service automatically syncs with Microsoft Azure Active Directory to activate the Universal Print service for select customers. With MPS Monitor with Universal Print integration, companies can enable printing from zero-trust networks via single sign-on.

Universal Print partner spotlight: MyQ

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:50:19 GMT

MyQ X is a next-gen comprehensive print management solution that extends the capabilities of Universal Print to older printer models and enhances it with powerful features. Hosted on Microsoft Azure, MyQ X features printer display personalization, centralized fleet management, air-tight document security, and intuitive scanning workflows. It supports multi-function printers of any age. The integration with Universal Print enables customers to improve their document security, reduce their print service costs, and empower their remote workers with a strong print management tool.

Universal Print partner spotlight: ThinPrint

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:50:34 GMT

ThinPrint ezeep Hub brings Universal Print by Microsoft to any printer, whether the printer is at the office, on campus, or at home. It can support single printers as well as fleets of printers. ezeep Hub creates an outbound connection from its location to secure printers while avoiding complex firewall configurations. With just an Ethernet connection and power, ezeep Hub detects printers on its local network and adds them to a Universal Print account so they can be assigned to users.

Universal Print partner spotlight: Printix

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:50:45 GMT

Printix is a native cloud print management solution that extends the capabilities of Microsoft Universal Print. Hosted on Azure, Printix provides direct print, secure print, and mobile print from any device to any printer. It’s supported on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iOS, and Android.The integration with Universal Print is the latest in a long line of Microsoft integrations offered by Printix; others include Azure AD single sign-on, Endpoint Manager to automatically deploy Printix Client, Power BI to create reports and insight into print usage, and support for Windows Virtual Desktop. As an established Microsoft ISV partner, Printix gives organizations of any size an extended print management platform and service, without compromise.

Universal Print partner spotlight: PriApps

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:51:11 GMT

riApps is an award-winning developer of innovative print management and document capture solutions. PriApps helps its customers reduce costs, increase security and confidentiality, improve user productivity, and eliminate waste by allowing them to take control of their printing and document capture workflows, regardless of make or model of printer or MFP.PriApps enhances Universal Print by allowing users to securely release print jobs at any printer or MFP, track usage, apply print rules and quotas, and assign Cost Account or Client Matter codes for cost recovery. Users can track Universal Print usage for accurate reporting and easily output data to Power BI for business analytics and interactive visualizations.

Universal Print partner spotlight: Pharos

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:51:17 GMT

Pharos is a cloud services and technology company specializing in print management software and solutions. Pharos helps organizations of all sizes make their printing more secure, cost-effective, user-friendly, and sustainable.Like Microsoft, Pharos envisions a world in which printing is simple, secure, and free of print servers. By integrating Pharos Beacon with Microsoft 365 and Universal Print, organizations can add a critical layer of security and confidentiality to their printing workflows and significantly reduce print-related waste and costs.

Universal Print partner spotlight: Kofax

Alan Meeus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:51:25 GMT

Kofax provides an integrated Intelligent Automation software platform, productivity tools, and solutions that digitally transform document-intensive workflows at scale, enabling organizations to Work Like Tomorrow™—today. Combined with Microsoft Universal Print cloud services, ControlSuite delivers security, compliance and productivity through document workflow automation.