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Johnson Controls simplifies remote access to legacy, on-premises apps with Azure AD and F5 BIG-IP AP

by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2020 | Alerts, Microsoft, Technology, Uncategorized

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

For organizations that operate a hybrid environment with a mix of on-premises and cloud apps, shifting to remote work in response to COVID-19 has not been easy. VPN solutions can be clumsy and slow, making it difficult for users to access legacy apps based on-premises or in private clouds. For today’s “Voice of the Customer” post, Nitin Aggarwal, Global Identity Security Engineer at Johnson Controls, describes how his organization overcame these challenges using the rich integration between Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (F5 BIG-IP APM).

Enabling remote work in a hybrid environment

By Nitin Aggarwal, Global Identity Security Engineer, Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls is the world’s largest supplier of building products, technologies, and services. For more than 130 years, we’ve been making buildings smarter and transforming the environments where people live, work, learn and play. In response to COVID-19, Johnson Controls moved 50,000 non-essential employees to remote work in three weeks. As a result, VPN access increased by over 200 percent and usage spiked to 100 percent throughout the day. People had trouble sharing and were forced to sign in multiple times. To address this challenge, we enabled capabilities in F5 and Azure AD to simplify access to our on-premises apps and implement better security controls.

Securing a hybrid infrastructure

Our organization relies on a combination of hybrid and software-as-a-solution (SaaS) apps, such as Zscaler and Workday, to conduct business-critical work. Our hybrid application set contains some legacy apps that are built on a code base that can’t be updated. One example is a directory access app that we use to look up employee information like first name, last name, global ID, and phone number. It’s critical that we keep this data protected, yet we also need to make our apps available to employees working offsite.

Johnson Controls uses Azure AD to make over 150 Microsoft and non-Microsoft SaaS apps accessible from anywhere. Many of our legacy apps, however, use header-based authentication, which does not easily integrate with modern authentication standards. To enable single sign-on (SSO) to legacy apps for workers inside the network, we used a Web Access Management (WAM) solution. Remote workers used a VPN. The long-term strategy is to modernize these apps, eliminate them, or migrate them to Azure. In the meantime, we need to make them more accessible.

About five months ago we began an initiative to enable authentication to our legacy apps using Azure AD. We wanted to make access easier and apply security controls, including conditional access. Initially we planned to rewrite the authentication model to support Azure AD, but all these apps use different code. Some were built with .NET. Others were written in Java or Linux. It wasn’t possible to apply a single approach and quickly modernize authentication.

Migrating legacy apps to Azure AD in less than one hour

When our Microsoft team learned about our issues with our on-premises apps, they suggested we talk to F5. Johnson Controls uses F5 for load balancing, and F5 offers a product, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (F5 BIG-IP APM), that leverages the load-balancing solution to easily integrate with Azure AD. It requires no timely development work, which was exactly what we were looking for.

If an app is already behind the F5 load balancer and the right team is in place, it can take as little as one hour to migrate apps to Azure AD authentication using F5 BIG-IP APM. We just needed to create the appropriate configurations in F5 and Azure AD. Once the apps are onboarded, whenever a user signs in, they are redirected to Azure AD. Azure AD authenticates the user, sends the attributes back to the legacy app and inserts them in the header. For users, the experience is the same whether they are accessing an on-premises app or a cloud app. They sign in once using SSO and gain access to both cloud and legacy apps. It’s completely seamless.

We started the onboarding process in November. After we moved to remote work in response to the epidemic, we accelerated the schedule. So far, we’ve migrated about 30 apps. We have 15 remaining.

Implementing a Zero Trust security strategy

With authentication for our apps handled by Azure AD, we can put in place the right security controls. Our security strategy is driven by a Zero Trust model. We don’t automatically trust anything that tries to access the network. As we move workloads to the cloud and enable remote work, it’s important to verify the identity of devices, users and services that try to connect to our resources.

To protect our identities, we’ve enabled a conditional access policy in conjunction with multi-factor authentication (MFA). When users are inside the network on a domain-joined device or connected via VPN, they can access with just a password. Anybody outside the networks must use MFA to gain access. We are also using Azure AD Privileged Identity Management to protect global administrators. With Privileged Identity Manager, users who want to access sensitive resources sign in using a different set of credentials from the ones they use for routine work. This makes it less likely that those credentials will be compromised.

With Azure AD, we also benefit from Microsoft’s scale and availability. Before we migrated our apps from the WAM to Azure AD, there were frequently problems with access related to the WAM. With Azure AD we no longer worry about downtime. Remote work is easier for employees, and we feel more secure.

Support enabling remote work

If your organization relies on legacy apps for business-critical work, I hope you’ve found this blog useful. In the coming months, as you continue to support employees working from home, refer to the following resources for tips on improving the experience for you and your employees.

Top 5 ways you Azure AD can help you enable remote work

Developing applications for secure remote work with Azure AD

Microsoft’s COVID-19 response

Microsoft 365 Stream Resources for Administration and Security

by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

This morning I had a call with a great, forward thinking, organization that is really looking to leverage the power of Microsoft Stream globally. Our conversation centered around the architecture, considerations for administration, as well as the security and compliance aspects of Stream. As a part of that meeting I promised to pull together a set of resources for review by their various teams internally. Since I know many other organizations, I work with are also considering similar deployments I thought I would share those resources here.

Microsoft Stream Resources:

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The Universal Print connector

by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

We heard the message loud and clear: organizations want to start using Universal Print today. Learn how to start sharing existing printers across your organization using the Universal Print connector.

The future of print

Universal Print moves printing to the cloud by removing the need for the on-premises print servers and Active Directory domain controllers that have been traditionally necessary for printing. Instead, Universal Print uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and enables IT administrators to share printers across their organization, regardless of where end users are located.

For the best experience with Universal Print, organizations should look to Universal-Print-ready printers—intelligent printers that can communicate directly with Universal Print to fetch print jobs and report statuses. Major printer manufacturers are partnering with Microsoft to create new printers that have these capabilities as well as provide firmware upgrades for existing printers that organizations are using today.

The temporary need for a connector

There are many organizations; however, that want to use Universal Print today, without having to wait for Universal-Print-ready printers to be widely available in the market. Some have recently made investments in printers that they do not expect to replace soon, while others simply want to start taking advantage of cloud-based printing.

The connector was created to enable companies to use existing printers with Universal Print. Some printers will receive firmware updates from the printer manufacturer. For other printers; however, the connector acts as a proxy between the Universal Print cloud service and the printer installed on Windows. Once these printers are replaced with newer, Universal-Print-ready versions or updated with the ability to communicate directly with Universal Print, the connecter will no longer be required.

Connector overview

Components

The connector is made up of two major components:

A cloud service interface
A printer interface

The cloud service interface handles the communication with Universal Print. It performs tasks, such as registering printers in Universal Print, managing device authentication with Azure AD, fetching print jobs from the cloud, and communicating printer and job status to Universal Print.

The printer interface handles communication with the physical print device. It performs tasks, such as submitting print jobs to printers and getting status information from these printers.

Implementation

Communication with Universal Print is based on the public Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) standard from PWG and the Microsoft Microsoft Graph API. The cloud service interface of the connector is a communication client of Universal Print. It uses the same protocol and API.

The connector printer interface could be implemented using any API that is suitable for communicating with the target device or group of devices. For example, if the connector is running on Windows, then the Windows print APIs could be used.

Although Microsoft created the first connector implementation as a background service that runs on a PC, the two components of the connector could be implemented by any software developer. As a result, some Microsoft partners have already created their own implementations of the connector, offering features that the Microsoft Universal Print connector does not provide, and vice versa.

For example, as Bruce Leistikow, Product Marketing Director at Y Soft, states:

“On July 21, Y Soft announced a new Universal Print solution comprised of YSoft OMNI Bridge™, a serverless edge device, and YSoft OMNI UP365™. This combined solution instantly and cost-effectively connects in-market multifunction devices and printers to Universal Print. Additionally, Y Soft simultaneously announced that YSoft SAFEQ also offers a connector for Universal Print as a free extension; thereby creating additional value for all SAFEQ on-prem and cloud customers and any business who wants to take advantage of the new Universal Print feature in their Microsoft 365 subscription as part of a print management solution.”

Partner connectors are typically designed to better fit into the partner’s existing solutions, as noted by Jamie McClunie, Product Manager at PaperCut:

“We wanted to make it easy for admins to use, so we’ve implemented all the connector functions natively in our print management software PaperCut MF and NG, meaning one less thing to install and manage. Plus, we’re adding a few enhancements of our own, like the network printer discovery we use in Mobility Print and some of our high availability features for resilience.”

Deploying the connector

Instructions on how to download and install the connector, and a short list of prerequisites, can be found in the Universal Print connector quick start guide.

To act as a proxy for printers, the Universal Print connector must be located on the same network as these printers. The printers need to be installed (i.e. via the Settings app or the Print Management app) on the device that hosts the connector service. Additionally, the connector needs to have an outbound connection to the internet to communicate with the Universal Print service in the cloud.

There are many deployment configurations for the connector:

On the Windows print servers on which the organization’s printers are already installed.
On dedicated virtual machines at each site where printers are located.
On virtual machines in Azure that have VPN access to the sites where the printers are located.

For example, an organization that uses a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network to connect its sites could install connectors at a central data center. An organization that uses network appliances that can host virtual machines could install connectors on these appliances at each site.

Registering the connector with Universal Print

We want to hear from you!

The Universal Print connector was developed in response to requests and feedback received via our Universal Print feature requests board on Tech Community. Please continue to add features you would like to see in the connector on that page or upvote ideas that are already there.

If you have questions about the connector, please check out the Universal Print Community to find an answer or post your question for our team to answer.

August Webinars & Remote Work Resources

by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

August Edition Sections:

Highlighted
Upcoming Reston MTC Events
Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning
Microsoft Teams – End Users & Champions
Other M365 Topics (Lists & Office)
Security & Azure AD
Blogs of Interest

Highlighted

Remote Working Federal Training

The Microsoft Federal Customer Success team has been working hard to provide remote working skilling and instruction to our customers working remote on the following topics:

Teams Fundamentals: High-level Teams overview
Productivity in Teams: Best practices for using Teams
App Integration: Microsoft & 3^rd Party apps that be utilized in GCC
Smart Meetings: Using meetings in Teams to their full potential
Live Events: Hosting virtual events up to 10K+
Best Practices: Various topics based on feedback

Below is a schedule of upcoming events. Join all sessions at https://aka.ms/LearnTeamsforGov (we will use the same links daily to host the sessions). Feedback will be available during each session.

Date	Time (EST)	Topic
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Teams Fundamentals
Thursday, Aug 6, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Smart Meetings
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Live Events
Thursday, Aug 13, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	App Integration
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Smart Meetings
Thursday, Aug 20, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Teams Fundamentals
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Productivity in Teams
Thursday, Aug 27, 2020	1:00-2:30pm	Best Practices

Above times don’t work? Check out our on-demand recordings of previous sessions.

Microsoft 365 Adoption Portal

Microsoft recently announced its launch of a comprehensive M365 Adoption Portal. Here you’ll find numerous resources, including: Adoption Guides in flipbook format, Day in the Life training cards, Links to key scenario guidance such as enabling remote work and virtual events, Links to our newly expanded Microsoft 365 Champion program information, Microsoft 365 learning pathways overview, and more.

Do it in Teams Adoption Resources

For end-user content, quick-start guides, and beginner/advanced interactive demos (which are a fantastic first step for new Teams users!), look no further than the “Do it in Teams” portal. This is a fantastic resource for users learning Microsoft Teams.

Upcoming Reston MTC Events

The Reston MTC is open for business and is delivering virtual customer engagements. Reach out to your account teams to schedule and coordinate your request.

Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning

Microsoft Teams: Plan your upgrade (Start here!)

Discover everything you need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand why a formal plan is crucial for upgrade success, (2) Identify the steps to the upgrade success framework, (3) Recognize common attributes of successful customers, and (4) Create and implement their own upgrade plan. The audience for this session is All (Business Sponsors, IT Admins, User Readiness/Change Manager, Project Lead).

Microsoft Teams: Identify your upgrade approach

Determine the most suitable approach based on your current Skype for Business implementation and upgrade goals. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand common scenarios and upgrade approaches, (2) Visualize the user experience for each approach, and (3) Determine the optimal upgrade approach for your organization. IT Admins are the primary audience for this session.

Microsoft Teams: Implement your upgrade approach

Execute your defined upgrade approach as part of your formal upgrade plan. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Recognize the upgrade settings in your O365 tenant admin portal, (2) Understand technical tips and considerations for a successful upgrade, and (3) Apply the appropriate settings in the Portal to execute your upgrade. The primary audience for this session is IT Admins.

Microsoft Teams: Ready your end users

Design a user readiness strategy to help your users love and adopt Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Recognize factors that influence user acceptance and adoption, (2) Define core value messaging for Teams in your organization, and (3) Outline your awareness, training and support activities. The audience for this session is: User Readiness/Change Manager.

Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions

Do it in Teams Adoption Resources

For end-user content, quick-start guides, and beginner/advanced interactive demos (which are a fantastic first step for new Teams users!), look no further than the “Do it in Teams” portal. This is a fantastic resource for users learning Microsoft Teams.

Get Started with Microsoft Teams

Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you’ll leave this session with everything you need to start using Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams: Staying connected with your team while remote

We designed Microsoft Teams to be a virtual office you can take anywhere you go. Work seamlessly and transparently with your remote team and discover greater collaboration and productivity. Join us for this session and explore how to avoid communication sinkholes and do more together, no matter where you are. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Microsoft Teams: Master working from home

Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a ‘work from home’ scenario. During this session, we’ll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team.

Microsoft Teams: Seamless Collaboration with Microsoft 365

Are you still sending an e-mail with an attachment to your teammates when you want to collaborate on a file? How fast do they respond? How do you know if they are working on the file? How do you manage version control? With Microsoft 365 tools for teamwork, you can seamlessly collaborate on files with your team members. Using Microsoft Teams, you can invite your teammates into an environment where they can effectively collaborate and engage in a persistent conversation. Join us for this session and explore how to avoid productivity sinkholes and increase productivity. This interactive 2-hour session will give you the opportunity to test drive Microsoft Teams in a live cloud environment. A trained facilitator will guide you as you apply these tools to your own business scenarios and experience how they can work for you. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 from 12pm – 2pm PT

Go Deeper with Microsoft Teams: Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams

Designed for those who are already familiar with Microsoft Teams, our ‘Go Deeper’ sessions offer insights and best practices. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. Explore ways to determine the best approach for creating workspaces for projects and workgroups. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs (chat versus teams & channels), (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. Note: This session was previously called ‘Learn tips for taking Microsoft Teams to the next level – Part 1’.

Microsoft Teams: Enabling Real-time Collaboration for Cross-functional Teams

How do you bring various stakeholders together across multiple teams to achieve your goal? Do you wish you could reduce the number of meetings or e-mails while still being able to solicit feedback, keep everyone informed, and get consensus? Join us to explore how to bring everything together in a shared workspace with Microsoft Teams. Learn how to chat, meet, share files, and work with other business applications to effectively engage others. This interactive 2-hour session will give you the opportunity to try it for yourself and test drive Microsoft Teams in a live cloud environment. A trained facilitator will guide you as you apply these tools to your own business scenarios and experience how they can work for you. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams

Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and still felt it wasn’t productive? Have you attended a meeting only to leave feeling like not much was accomplished? Join this class to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive and effective. Microsoft Teams can help make your meetings worth showing up for. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Use Teams for your entire meeting experience, (2) Record your meeting, making it easy for those who couldn’t attend to get caught up, (3) Keep important meetings at your fingertips by pinning them for easy access, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs.

Go Deeper with Microsoft Teams: Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams

Designed for those who are already familiar with Microsoft Teams, our ‘Go Deeper’ sessions offer insights and best practices. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. Learn tips and tricks for managing and organizing work and communications in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed (and responded to), (2) Easily find files, chats and projects, (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work, and (4) Simplify your workday. Note: This session was previously called ‘Learn tips for taking Microsoft Teams to the next level – Part 2’.

Microsoft Teams: Do more with apps

Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you’re sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment.

Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams

Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you’ll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace.

Security & Azure AD

Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Identity, Apps, Data and Devices

Identity is at the center of security: don’t compromise when it comes to your company’s valuable information. Join us to explore how to use secure authentication, govern access, get comprehensive protection and set the right identity foundation. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Enable password protection, (2) Bring multi-factor authentication to your Windows 10 users, (3) Protect your users and data through Office 365 multi-factor authentication, and (4) Use conditional access to protect across devices, locations and apps. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 12pm – 2pm PT

Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Your Sensitive Information

Data needs to be protected wherever it’s stored and whenever it travels, and you need the tools to monitor policy violations and risky behavior. Join us to explore how to implement a comprehensive and integrated approach across devices, apps, cloud services, and on-premises. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Identify, monitor and automatically protect sensitive information across Office 365, (2) Help classify and protect documents and email, and (3) Use policies to enable BYOD scenarios by protecting data at the app level. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Thursday, August 13, 2020 from 12pm – 2pm PT

Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Assets and Empowering Your Defenders

Today’s workforce can work from anywhere, on any device, and on any app. Security teams need to understand threat signals from disconnected products and optimize security with minimal complexity. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Safeguard users from malware attacks such as phishing and spoofing with Office 365, (2) Use the Windows Defender ecosystem to proactively monitor and protect your users, (3) Utilize Office 365 ATP to help protect users from bad links and attachments, and (4) Let machine learning and automation protect users from threats. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Customer Immersion Experience: Simplifying Your Privacy and Compliance Journey

Your business needs to control how sensitive data is managed. Join us and explore how to assess your compliance risk, protect sensitive and business critical data, and respond efficiently to data discovery requests. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Simplify assessment of compliance risk, (2) Integrate protection and governance of data, and (3) Intelligently respond to data discovery requests. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

Blogs of Interest

Public Sector Blog Website | RSS Feed

July 2020 US PubSec Roadmap – July 8, 2020
How To Manage Federal Taxpayer Information In Microsoft Teams – 22-Jul-2020
Understanding Compliance Between Microsoft 365 Commercial, GCC, GCC-High and DoD Offerings – 21-Jul-2020

Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed

5 ways to evolve your Firstline Workforce for the new normal – 24-Jul-2020
One place to manage all your Teams devices – 23-Jul-2020
Teams is shaping the future of work with low code features to enhance your digital workspace – 21-Jul-2020

Office & Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Business Blog Website | RSS Feed
Microsoft 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed
Office 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed
Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed
Microsoft SharePoint Blog Website | RSS Feed
Excel Blog Website | RSS Feed
Planner Blog Website | RSS Feed
Microsoft Forms Blog Website | RSS Feed
Outlook Blog Website | RSS Feed
Microsoft Visio Blog Website | RSS Feed
Workplace Analytics MyAnalytics Website | RSS Feed
Yammer Blog Website | RSS Feed
Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed

Enterprise identity, mobility, and security

Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed
Azure Information Protection Blog Website | RSS Feed
Core Infrastructure and Security Blog Website | RSS Feed

Microsoft Azure and Development

Azure Customer Advisory Team (CAT) Website | RSS Feed
Student Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed
Azure Data Explorer Website | RSS Feed
Azure Dev Community Blog Website | RSS Feed
Azure Status Monitoring Blog Website | RSS Feed
Hardware Dev Center Website | RSS Feed
Internet of Things Website | RSS Feed
Premier Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed

Windows, Operations, Management, and Deployment

IT Operations Talk Blog Website | RSS Feed
Windows Kernel Internals Website | RSS Feed

Support and adoption

Driving Adoption Blog Website | RSS Feed
IIS Support Blog Website | RSS Feed
Intune Customer Success Website | RSS Feed
Premier Field Engineering Blog Website | RSS Feed
SharePoint Support Blog Website | RSS Feed
SQL Server Support Blog Website | RSS Feed
Tech Community Blog Website | RSS Feed

Misc

Channel 9 Website | RSS Feed

Thanks for stopping by and reading our monthly resources. Feel free to reach out in the comments below with any comments, questions or ideas on other events to add to the list. Here in Public Sector we want to make sure we are giving you the information and insights to best serve your needs in this community.

Microsoft Security Matters Newsletter – July 2020

by Scott Muniz | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

It’s that time again where we provide a wrap-up of the Microsoft Security & Compliance News for the previous month. For July, it picked up right where June left off with a plethora of great content around product enhancements and new product announcements (tip: scroll to the bottom and read about the Endpoint DLP preview). Enjoy the news below and as always I have called out recommended reading in italics.

General News

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Peak, Plateau, or Plummet? Cyber security trends that are here to stay and how to detect and recover from ransomware attacks

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity & IoT: New risks and how to minimize them

Preventing data loss and mitigating risk in today’s remote work environment

5 cybersecurity paradigm shifts that will lead to more inclusive digital experiences

CISO Stressbusters Post #3: 3 ways to share accountability for security risk management

Microsoft Intelligent Security Association expands to include managed security service providers

Johnson Controls makes working from home easier and more secure with Azure AD and Zscaler ZPA

Microsoft takes legal action against COVID-19-related cybercrime

Introducing Kernel Data Protection, a new security technology for preventing data corruption

How to protect your remote workforce from application-based attacks like consent phishing

The world is your authentication and identity oyster