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Microsoft Teams Essentials: The Setup, Intro & Tutorial

Zachary Cavanell on Dec 01 2021 11:02 AM
Set up Microsoft Teams Essentials, our new most affordable option.
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Increase app availability with auto-scaling | Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 18 2021 09:22 AM
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets lets you create and manage a group of virtual machines to run your app or workload and ...
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Reduce Operational Costs of Stateless Workloads | Azure Spot Virtual Machines

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 15 2021 11:01 AM
Reduce the operational costs of stateless workloads by using Azure Spot Virtual Machines.
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What’s new in SQL Server 2022

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 03 2021 09:50 AM
A first look at SQL Server 2022 — the latest Azure-enabled database and data integration innovations.
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Save time with new hybrid work and collaboration experiences across Microsoft 365

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 02 2021 02:47 PM
Tour updates to improve your hybrid work and collaboration experiences across Microsoft 365.
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Power Apps | Pay-as-you-go Model, Standalone Mobile App Packages & Azure Integration

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 02 2021 02:17 PM
Take advantage of the new pay-as-you-go billing model and seamlessly leverage the low-code Power Platform to spin up Pow...
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Azure Virtual Desktop for on-premises Azure Stack HCI + other hybrid updates

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 02 2021 01:46 PM
Take a look at the just announced capability to run Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI on premises, as well as a ...
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Stop Cloud & Hybrid Apps from being Cyber Attack Entry Points

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 01 2021 01:19 PM
Prevent your cloud and hybrid apps from becoming entry points to cyber attacks and exploits with Microsoft app governanc...
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See Why Microsoft Visio is Now Available to More People. Plus Recent Updates

Zachary Cavanell on Nov 01 2021 12:48 PM
Check out the recent updates to Microsoft Visio, now free to anyone with commercial versions of Office 365 and Microsoft...
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Manage All Your Surface Devices in a Single Portal — Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Zachary Cavanell on Oct 28 2021 11:55 AM
Tour the new Surface management portal in Microsoft Endpoint Manager.
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AI-based Privacy Management for Microsoft 365

Zachary Cavanell on Oct 19 2021 07:04 AM
Get started with Microsoft’s new AI-based privacy management solution for Microsoft 365.
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How to Manage Cloud Spend In Azure — With Your Endpoint of Choice

Zachary Cavanell on Oct 11 2021 09:53 AM
Get tips for visibility and management of your cloud spend in Azure using your endpoint of choice.
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Windows 11 Security — Our Hacker-in-Chief Runs Attacks and Shows Solutions

Zachary Cavanell on Oct 05 2021 07:02 AM
Stay ahead of external and internal threats — and balance performance, reliability, and security with Windows 11.
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App Modernization Options | Azure Migrate tool

Zachary Cavanell on Sep 27 2021 12:50 PM
As you migrate to the cloud, here’s a walk-through of Azure options for app modernization, from the updates for the cont...
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Microsoft Teams Phone — How to Set It Up

Zachary Cavanell on Sep 27 2021 08:28 AM
We’re going to teach you how to use PSTN telephony options with Microsoft Teams Phone.
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Surface Pro 8 Hands-on Review + Updates to the Surface 2-in-1 Lineup

Zachary Cavanell on Sep 22 2021 09:50 AM
Get an in-depth, hands-on tour of the Surface Pro 8, along with updates to the rest of the Surface 2-in-1 family.
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Surface Laptop Studio Hands-on Review

Zachary Cavanell on Sep 22 2021 09:18 AM
Surface Laptop Studio is our most versatile laptop with unparalleled performance, all while delivering the best possible...
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Windows 11: The Optimization and Performance Improvements

Zachary Cavanell on Sep 08 2021 09:08 AM
The Windows 11 team gives an exclusive look at the Windows 11 performance optimizations, improvements to the Windows ser...
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Automate threat detection and response with Azure Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender

Zachary Cavanell on Aug 24 2021 08:03 AM
Integrative defenses and tools to respond quickly in the context of a real attack.
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Zero Trust for Data - Essentials Series - Episode 5

Zachary Cavanell on Aug 16 2021 09:08 AM
Protect data across your files and content, as well as structured and unstructured data wherever it resides, with the Ze...
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Predictive AI and Marketing Automation in Dynamics 365

Zachary Cavanell on Aug 09 2021 09:13 AM
Get an in-depth look at how you can find and keep your customers with Customer Insights in Dynamics 365.
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Windows 365 admin setup and management tutorial for Cloud PCs

Zachary Cavanell on Aug 02 2021 11:28 AM
Get your Cloud PCs up and running with Windows 365. 
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Build and customize model-driven apps | Power Apps Studio Updates

Zachary Cavanell on Jul 27 2021 09:55 AM
Simplify your app authoring experience with the latest updates in Power Apps.
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Hybrid cloud migration, modernization and unified management with Azure

Zachary Cavanell on Jul 19 2021 11:34 AM
Take a look at options for migrating your apps to a hybrid cloud and on-premises state with Azure Migrate and Azure Arc.
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Windows 365, your Cloud PC | What it is, how it works, and how to set it up

Zachary Cavanell on Jul 14 2021 10:00 AM
Securely stream your personalized Windows experience, including your desktop, apps, settings, and content, at any time t...
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Zero Trust for Network & Infrastructure - Essentials Series - Episode 4

Zachary Cavanell on Jul 07 2021 09:47 AM
Apply Zero Trust principles and policies to your network and infrastructure with this essentials episode.
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How to present videos in Microsoft Teams meetings WITHOUT LAG using web streaming & PowerPoint Live

Zachary Cavanell on Jun 24 2021 10:28 AM
Stream embedded PowerPoint videos (with audio) natively from Microsoft 365 to reduce lag and dropped frames
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Zero Trust, The Essentials video series

Zachary Cavanell on Jun 21 2021 11:31 AM
This video series shows how you can adopt a Zero Trust approach for security and benefit from the core ways in which Mic...
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Microsoft Viva, The Essentials video series

Zachary Cavanell on Jun 21 2021 10:40 AM
This series of videos shows team leaders and admin the underlying tech and options for enabling and configuring the four...
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Migrate & Modernize Linux VMs and Databases into Azure

Zachary Cavanell on Jun 21 2021 09:19 AM
Look at Azure as a platform for running your Linux virtual machine and open source database workloads.

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gilbertpeter
in How to present videos in Microsoft Teams meetings WITHOUT LAG using web streaming & PowerPoint Live on Nov 26 2021 11:50 AM
i figured out how to make this work... it wouldn't work for a Microsoft stream video but it worked like a charm with a youtube video - so i made a "hidden" you tube video and imbedded it and worked great
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SavageM1987
in Windows 365, your Cloud PC | What it is, how it works, and how to set it up on Nov 16 2021 05:57 PM
Is it possible to login to your cloud PC directly from the windows login bypassing the local PC all together giving the end user a seamless login experience? Basically would not even be able to tell they are on cloud PC vs local PC.
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ryovan
in Windows 11: The Optimization and Performance Improvements on Nov 03 2021 11:29 PM
Dear Community members, It gives me a pleasure to be a part of Microsoft community. My Suggestions to improve Windows 11. 1. In start menu swap user login info and power button.For shutshown or sleep, it will be very fast. 2. In right mouse click of Task bar, now it shows only Taskbar settings. My s...
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JonasCollet
in How to present videos in Microsoft Teams meetings WITHOUT LAG using web streaming & PowerPoint Live on Oct 21 2021 04:42 AM
I just tried this solution with a colleague but we cannot replicate this experience - in our case, no matter what we do, the users have to press "play" and "pause" themselves for the online video embedded in powerpoint live to play. The presenter can only advance the slides, but when I as a presente...
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Sadie2085
in Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 | Details, Review, Tech & Design Specs on Oct 09 2021 04:39 AM
Great sharing ! Indeed Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 is one of the best machine suitable for professional and for business uses. even this machine is perfect for hardcore gaming. so it can be consider best laptops for gaming.
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