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What’s New in Microsoft Edge for Education – BETT / January 2021

by Contributed | Jan 21, 2021 | Technology

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As Barbara Holzapfel (VP – Microsoft Education) and Satya Nadella (CEO – Microsoft) discussed during their BETTfest keynote, education is going through significant and rapid changes. As schools evaluate what worked and didn’t work last year, it’s clear that having a reliable browser—like Microsoft Edge—is critical to hybrid learning. Microsoft Edge has built-in, “digital-first” learning tools that are proven to raise reading skills and promote inclusive classrooms – all while allowing students and teachers to personalize their web experience, save time, and browse safely. Today, we’re excited to share both recent updates and brand-new functionality to Microsoft Edge as we kickoff 2021. Learn more below!

Use Microsoft Edge to free up device resources and help maintain device performance

To get hybrid learning off the ground, schools pieced together apps and services to replicate classrooms online. Running multiple apps simultaneously though creates tremendous strain on computer resources—particularly if the device is older with less memory. It’s a zero-sum battle that can easily interrupt and slowdown instruction and learning. Here’s where Microsoft Edge can help: with the new sleeping tabs feature, Microsoft Edge will release system resources from tabs that are inactive after a set period of time. So, instead of unused tabs hogging precious resources, those resources can be used elsewhere for better performance and to help keep learning on track. Sleeping tabs is available in Microsoft Edge version 88+ and can be managed by IT administrators via policy.

Immersive Reader empowers reading independence with additional features

Trying to develop reading skills remotely is challenging; working with a student across a screen is not the same as working across a desk. But with Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge, you can give your students and teachers inclusive learning tools to help empower reading independence. Like other Microsoft products, Immersive Reader comes built-in to Microsoft Edge. New features like Picture Dictionary and translate rounded out 2020, giving students even more tools in Immersive Reader. Picture Dictionary helps students build vocabulary by showing images of words instead of definitions. And with translate, students can translate their reading into 60+ different languages making this a crucial tool for bi-lingual students or those learning a new language. With Microsoft Edge, not only do you get a fast, reliable browser, but you also get inclusive tools for your teachers and students.

Spark student interest with fun, informative knowledge cards

Researching online can often mean wading through multiple results pages full of uninspiring links to find the right information. For students, it’s a lot of time and a lot of effort. Starting this month in Microsoft Bing, popular student topics now show up as fun, digestible knowledge cards for quick and easy consumption of useful content. When students search for topics like animals, they’ll now get an engaging and visually rich experience right at the top of the Microsoft Bing results page to help make learning easier and more fun.

Give students and teachers a pen for the web

Hybrid learning forced us to consider what “digital best practices” look like for students and teachers online. Analog techniques like handwritten note-taking and drawing have been harder to replicate digitally without comprehensive inking capabilities. With Web Capture in Microsoft Edge, students and teachers can easily ink on content from the web, whether it be a snippet of a page or the whole page itself. By using a digital pen or finger on a touch-enabled device (or a mouse cursor, instead), they can draw, underline, and otherwise write on the captured content and then easily save it into notes or share it with others. It’s a dynamic tool that creates new possibilities for online learning. Try it out from the settings menu or by using CRTL + SHIFT + S on Windows devices.

Secure test taking with Proctorio and Microsoft Edge

Setting up hybrid learning environments is complex—administering exams online adds to that complexity. Enter online proctoring solutions like Proctorio¹, available soon as a browser extension from the Microsoft Edge Add-ons site. Trusted by over 1,200 universities, institutions, and corporations, Proctorio administers secure remote proctoring, identity verification, and originality authentication directly through the Microsoft Edge browser. Proctorio is a cost-effective, scalable solution that integrates with your learning management system and can be easily enabled with a simple extension. Deploy the extension to your managed devices—or have users install it on their own—to lock down the online testing environment and get secure, objective results. This Proctorio extension will be available on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons site in the coming weeks.

A lot can happen in a year—2020 sure showed us that. It was only last year that we launched Microsoft Edge with features like Immersive Reader and Collections to help make the web more accessible and inclusive for schools everywhere. We’re continuing that mission in 2021 and we hope that by deploying Microsoft Edge, you’ll get an “easy win” to start the year for both you and your school.

Follow the Tech Community Education Blog to stay informed about all the exciting new features coming to Microsoft Edge or visit the Microsoft Edge education page to download it. And don’t forget to join the conversation with fellow educators on Twitter using #EdgeEdu!

Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database preview

by Contributed | Jan 21, 2021 | Technology

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Moving to the cloud has clear economic benefits: cost savings, productivity gains, scalability, and agility, to name a few. However, many organizations keep sensitive data out of the public cloud due to regulations or to remain in full control, and thus they are missing out on those benefits.

Keep control of your data

Always Encrypted allows you to store your most sensitive data in the public cloud without giving up the control. With Always Encrypted, your data gets transparently encrypted and decrypted outside of the database (inside the client application) using keys that are never revealed to the database system. As a result, administrators, including cloud operators, cannot see the data or the keys in plaintext. For example, a DBA can query a table holding sensitive data or an OS admin can read the memory of the database system process, but all they can access is encrypted data, not plaintext.

Confidential computing

Client-side encryption typically makes it impossible for the database system to perform any computations on encrypted data, which makes it extremely costly to deploy. To work around it, you need to refactor your apps to perform computations outside of the database, which is often impractical.

Always Encrypted addresses this challenge with confidential computing – the ability to process queries on encrypted data without exposing the data in the clear to admins.

Secure enclaves open new possibilities
Until now, Always Encrypted has supported confidential computing with deterministic encryption, which enables simple point lookup searches and equality joins on encrypted data within the database system.

Now in preview in Azure SQL Database, Always Encrypted with secure enclaves takes confidential computing to the next level. A secure enclave is a protected region of memory within the SQL database engine process. It acts as a trusted execution environment for processing sensitive data inside the database engine. A secure enclave appears as an opaque box for the rest of the database engine process and other processes on the hosting machine. There is no way to view any data or code inside the enclave from the outside, even with a debugger. Therefore, during query processing, the secure enclave can safely decrypt sensitive data and perform rich computations on the plaintext.

Always Encrypted with secure enclaves provides two key benefits:

Rich confidential queries, including pattern matching (LIKE) and range comparisons. These new capabilities make it possible to protect a much broader set of sensitive information (names, address, phone numbers, sensitive numerical data) without painful compromises.

In-place encryption – allowing cryptographic operations inside the secure enclave, to eliminate the need to move the data outside of the database for initial encryption or key rotation.

In Azure SQL Database, Always Encrypted uses Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) enclaves – a hardware technology supported in databases that use the new DC-series hardware generation, now also in preview. Selecting DC-series for your database places it on the hardware equipped with Intel SGX, which is a prerequisite for enabling Always Encrypted with secure enclaves.

With this release, Azure SQL Database joins the growing family of Azure confidential computing services, including confidential virtual machines, confidential containers, confidential machine learning, and confidential IoT edge devices.

Customers who are already using secure enclaves
Here are some examples of customers who are already using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database.

Royal Bank of Canada

“Our project focuses on working with different partners to bring more value to respective customers by exchanging encrypted data wherein no person, process or system can see each other’s data. Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database provides us the framework for managing encrypted data and running queries on top of them, while minimizing work on our end. By leveraging Always Encrypted that helps ensure that RBC and Microsoft don’t have access to customer data, we can create a new platform to provide services that we couldn’t offer before.” — Eddy Ortiz, VP of Solution Acceleration and Innovation, Royal Bank of Canada

Financial Fabric

“Always Encrypted with secure enclaves enables the DataHub service from Financial Fabric to meet the strictest of Financial Services Industry data security requirements where PII data remains encrypted throughout its life cycle. Financial calculations on sensitive data are computed completely within the secure “walls” of the enclave giving banks, hedge funds and investors control so that their unencrypted PII data and related computations stay within the secure enclave.” — Paul A. Stirpe Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Financial Fabric

Next steps
For more information and to get started with Always Encrypted with secure enclaves, see:

Always Encrypted with secure enclaves – documentation

Tutorial: Getting started with Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database

A webinar including a deep dive on Always Encrypted with secure enclaves

Azure SQL Connectivity Performance Tips & Tricks | Data Exposed

by Contributed | Jan 21, 2021 | Technology

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Microsoft Cloud App Security User Interface Updates

by Contributed | Jan 21, 2021 | Technology

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In the coming months, Cloud App Security will be updating its UI to provide a more consistent experience across Microsoft 365 security portals.

Use this blog to learn about the changes as they unfold.

Week of January 10, 2021

What’s changed: We’ve updated the following filters and controls for tables and forms across all Cloud App Security portal pages.

The design and positioning of Basic and Advanced filters toggle control

The design of Advanced filters in forms such as policies

The design and positioning of table controls

Examples

1. Basic/Advanced filters toggle

2. Save query button

3. Number of results (X of Y) indicator

4. Bulk selection check box

5. Export button

6. Table settings controls

Current design

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New design

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We look forward to sharing more with you. We encourage you to investigate these changes and ask questions.

– The MCAS team

Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 109

by Contributed | Jan 21, 2021 | Technology

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We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 88 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:

Applications
	Adaptive Learning by Vitalyst: Vitalyst’s Adaptive Learning app serves as a central location in Microsoft Teams to access learning resources, sign up for training sessions, and ask questions about Teams and other applications.
	aiola-azure-saas: Aiola’s powerful virtual analyst connects business users to data and AI through a user-friendly chat interface in Slack, WhatsApp, or Microsoft Teams. Accessing forecasting models or promotion optimization is as easy as texting a question.
	Ambyint InfinityPL Plunger Lift Optimization: Ambyint’s InfinityPL enables engineers and field personnel to increase production on plunger-lift wells by detecting anomalous behavior and determining optimal controller setpoints. InfinityPL uses physics-based AI and subject matter expertise to identify well problems.
	Ambyint InfinityRL Rod Lift Optimization: Ambyint’s InfinityRL reduces operating costs and increases production volumes for rod-lift wells. It uses physics-based AI and subject matter expertise to improve operational effectiveness and drive bottom-line performance.
	B2X eCommerce: Part of Grupo Hasar’s suite, B2X is a business-to-business omnichannel solution with customer portfolio management, individual price lists, suggested products, and a promotions engine. This solution is available in Spanish.
	Bosch.IO Retail Service Dashboard: Bosch.IO Retail Service Dashboard provides the grocery industry with a holistic view of data streaming from their IoT services, sensors, and equipment across the store. Retailers can monitor coolers, checkout lines, and more.
	CentOS 7.8 HPC: desktop.studio AG provides this ready-to-use CentOS 7.8 image for high-performance computing workloads running on InfiniBand networks. It includes optimizations and recommended configurations to deliver consistency and reliability.
	CloudMoyo On-the-job Training Management System: CloudMoyo’s On-the-Job Training Management System simplifies the administration of training programs for the railroad industry, including critical field roles like locomotive engineers, diesel engineers, and equipment operators.
	CloudOps 365: CloudOps 365 from Asurgent gives decision-makers insight into their organization’s Microsoft 365 tenants, helping them determine licensing status, security posture, adoption program performance, and more.
	Content Migration – Legacy systems to Office 365: Migration Accelerator from Proventeq smoothly migrates the assets of your enterprise content management platform, enabling you to maximize the potential of your content and information management infrastructure throughout each stage of your migration to Office 365.
	Counter-Strike: Condition Zero on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Get a private game server for Counter-Strike: Condition Zero on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with this one-click deployment from Tidal Media. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero features updated character models, textures, maps, and other graphical tweaks.
	Digital Inspection of Roads: HAL24K’s Digital Inspection of Roads augments and digitalizes agencies’ daily road inspections using video footage from consumer-grade cameras. Digital Inspection of Roads uses machine learning models to automatically detect defects.
	Dorabot AI-CLP Interactive Edition: Dorabot’s AI-CLP helps logistics workers optimize container use and load planning. AI-CLP can be seamlessly integrated with warehouse management systems, and it can handle complicated scenarios involving collocation specifications and weight distribution balance.
	Dr.Bridge: Dr. Bridge from Nihon Unisys Ltd. uses AI to enhance bridge inspection efforts. Through photo analysis, it diagnoses deterioration factors and construction soundness. This app is available only in Japanese.
	Enhanced Offloaded Auditing for D365 – Audit Away: Designed to be used with the Microsoft Power Platform, Audit Away from cloudThing captures record changelogs from Microsoft Dataverse (formerly known as the Common Data Service) and publishes them to configurable storage targets.
	Experian Address Validation: Experian Address Validation standardizes, validates, and enriches addresses during data entry, enabling you to reduce data entry time by up to 80 percent. The real-time hosted API works with addresses from 245 countries, validating against official postal address sources.
	Experian Aperture Data Studio: Experian Aperture Data Studio combines self-service data quality and globally curated data sets in an intelligent platform. Use it to gain a single customer view and improve day-to-day operational efficiency and reporting accuracy.
	Experian Email Validation: Standardize and validate email addresses with Experian Email Validation. Whether you choose to integrate the API into a website, at a point of sale, or in a call center or CRM system, the API seamlessly protects your data quality.
	Experian Phone Validation: Standardize and validate landline or mobile numbers with Experian Phone Validation. The API references multiple sources to check the existence, validity, format, type, provider, portability, and reachability of each phone number.
	GPS-Enterprise: GPS-Enterprise, a holistic platform for predictive analytics, delivers end-to-end data ingestion, processes extremely complex modeling, and provides deep insights through data visualizations.
	Helio “Demand Planning @ Weather”: Helio from Analytic Partners quantifies the impact of weather on business performance. Its predictive forecasts, fueled by machine learning, help companies answer important business questions by looking forward instead of backward.
	Identity Protection Suite: Image & video redaction: brighter AI’s Identity Protection Suite automatically anonymizes faces and license plates in images and videos, helping companies comply with the General Data Protection Regulation and other data privacy laws.
	Johns Hopkins Balance: Balance is a digital behavioral health program committed to delivering convenient and accessible mental health resources. Connect your employees with a program rooted in providing care on their time and on their terms.
	Journey Insights for CX: Based on Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services architecture, Genoa Performance’s Journey Insights CX captures customer interactions and processes so companies can enhance brand engagement. This app is available only in Portuguese.
	KinderConnect: KinderConnect helps childcare providers and agencies save time on everyday administrative tasks while minimizing the possibility of fraud. The web-based portal can be customized to each agency’s particular needs and state regulations.
	KinderTrack: KinderTrack supports case work done by childcare subsidy agencies, streamlining eligibility determination, provider payments, attendance tracking, reporting, and more. Every change made in the system is recorded in history tables, providing a complete audit trail.
	KNIME Executor BYOL for Azure: KNIME Executor instances execute workflows for KNIME Server. This bring-your-own-license offer provides workflow execution for KNIME Server Large and can utilize a Microsoft Azure virtual machine scale set to spread deployment of KNIME Executor instances across Azure Availability Zones.
	KNIME Server Large BYOL for Azure: KNIME Server is enterprise software for collaboration, automation, management, and deployment of data science workflows. This bring-your-own-license offer is a requirement for using the KNIME Executor solution.
	KnowYourPeople: GBG KnowYourPeople provides fast and auditable background checks so companies can screen job applicants and employees. Use the cloud-based portal to streamline processes and efficiently meet compliance requirements.
	Kuma Service Mesh 1.0: This template-based offer from Kong is meant for pre-production and production environments where customers need Kuma Service Mesh capabilities running on a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
	Low Carbon App: OrxaGrid’s Low Carbon App determines the optimal size of solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicle charging stations for a selected residential, commercial, or industrial site. OrxaGrid aims to maximize financial savings for building owners while reducing carbon emissions.
	LumApps: Empower your employees with the LumApps intranet, which provides access to personalized and multilingual content according to each employee’s profile and location. LumApps can be easily configured and customized to fit brand identity.
	Lumeta Community Edition Command Center v4.0.0.0: FireMon’s Lumeta CloudVisibility delivers security, endpoint discovery, and anomaly detection for hybrid enterprises. Eliminate security blind spots and replace them with authoritative visibility into mobile, virtual, and cloud assets.
	Metro Activity Planner: Metro Activity Planner is a project and task management module within the Metro software suite from Retail Manager Solutions. Features include project templates, a workflow engine, a capacity calculator, and an activity planner.
	Minerva: Minerva Patient Engagement Suite, MphRx’s flagship platform, enables healthcare organizations to provide telemedicine and holistic care onsite. Deployed in more than 20 countries, the platform is used by more than 1.5 million patients and 350,000 healthcare professionals.
	mTHM: mPrest’s Transformer Health Management (THM) monitors power transformers for abnormalities. THM aggregates information from multiple sensors and uses advanced analytical algorithms to gauge transformer health and predict failures.
	OneWindow Workplace for Healthcare: Withum’s OneWindow Workplace for Healthcare simplifies the rollout and adoption of Microsoft 365 in healthcare organizations. OneWindow creates consistency and engages employees through corporate communications, leadership conversations, and data dashboards.
	PeopleSense – Easy People Counting: Retailers, service providers, councils, and facility managers can use PeopleSense to monitor pedestrians and vehicles to gauge activity, optimize service intervals, improve customer experience, and flag potential security breaches.
	Phonexia Voice Verify: Powered by deep neural networks and designed for contact centers, Phonexia Voice Verify authenticates customers over the phone. Its voice biometrics can verify a person after only three seconds of speech and detect speaker changes throughout the call to help prevent fraud.
	powerThings – Power Platform Solution Accelerators: cloudThing’s powerThings are pre-built accelerators that can be deployed atop the Microsoft Power Platform to solve common technical challenges and deliver cloudThing capabilities.
	QuTScloud: Empower your organization to optimize its cloud data and maximize the value of the cloud with QuTScloud, a virtual network attached storage (NAS) appliance from QNAP Systems. QuTScloud includes expandable storage along with data sharing, backup, and security features.
	REMS: Based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Bitforit’s Real Estate Management System (REMS) extends typical CRM functionalities with real estate processes, including purchase, legal, eviction, rent, and collaboration with developers, government, brokers, and service providers.
	Reverse Proxy Server + NginX on Ubuntu 18.04: Tidal Media offers this image of Reverse Proxy Server + NginX on Ubuntu 18.04, specially hardened for Microsoft Azure and pre-configured for rapid and secure deployment. Provide an additional level of abstraction and control to ensure the smooth flow of network traffic.
	RiskIQ PassiveTotal: RiskIQ PassiveTotal integrates with Azure Sentinel and Azure Defender to give security teams a 360-degree view of their attack surface to better detect threats and defend their enterprise. Accelerate investigations, increase visibility, and respond more effectively to threats.
	Riverbed SaaS Accelerator: An easy-to-deploy service, Riverbed Technology’s SaaS Accelerator maximizes SaaS application performance by overcoming network limitations of latency and data congestion as well as the unpredictability of last-mile user experiences.
	SAP Data Custodian: SAP Data Custodian is a public cloud and SAP application data protection service that can help mitigate cloud data protection concerns and help you move to the cloud with confidence. Features include data residency control, contextual data access control, and customer-controlled encryption keys.
	SearchUnify – Cognitive Search Engine: SearchUnify from Grazitti Interactive is a unified cognitive search platform and insights engine that facilitates the building of AI-based apps. SearchUnify’s out-of-the-box support for more than 35 native connectors helps you access relevant information without leaving Microsoft Dynamics 365.
	Secure Linux – RedHat 7.4: BISSaN offers this hardened Linux – RedHat 7.4 image to provide a security-focused environment that is ideal for running web applications, databases, and application servers. The solution also helps mitigate insufficient authorization and network and program attack threats.
	Serialization for the Supply Chain: The Digimarc platform supports the creation, quality control, and detection of Digmarc’s unique code, which is used to create serialized digital identities for media objects and facilitate greater visibility in the supply chain.
	Shufti Pro Identity verification KYC AML solutions: Shufti Pro is an AI-powered identity verification solution that employs artificial intelligence and human intelligence to provide robust identification solutions that help eliminate risks and identity theft and financial crimes.
	Smaartbrand: Smaartbrand from Enixta Innovations taps the customer voice from multiple channels (e-commerce, social media, vlogs, blogs) in various formats (audio, text, images, videos) to extract actionable insights so that brands can enhance their product offerings and customer experience.
	Supply Chain: Production Planning Simulation Soft: Cosmo Tech Supply Chain is a digital supply chain twin that simulates and optimizes production plans and drives the alignment of decisions throughout the supply chain. Simulate demand variability arising from unexpected events and adjust plans while achieving desired KPIs.
	SYSOTools.com: Available only in Spanish, SYSOTools is a technology and collaborative assistant that enables stakeholders to extend the occupational safety and health strategy more effectively and efficiently across your organization.
	Testportal for K12 Education: The Testportal platform enables reliable online knowledge assessment via proctored exams, tests, and quizzes. Its integration with Microsoft Teams facilitates easy test sharing and provides secure identity verification thanks to Azure Active Directory.
	Thought Machine Vault: Thought Machine Vault is a cloud-native core banking platform designed to enable banks to deploy modern systems and move away from the legacy IT platforms. Vault is built around APIs using a microservice architecture.
	Unimetis: Based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Unimetis is an education lifecycle managing platform that helps facilitate, optimize, and manage the daily routines of students, teachers, and faculty.
	VibSign: VibSign, available only in Japanese, uses artificial intelligence and IoT sensors to detect the state of bearings in rotating machines and help prevent sudden outages and unplanned downtime of factory equipment.
	Virtual Conference Manager: Virtual Conference Manager (VCM) from Opsgility makes it easy to deliver a virtual conference with a rich set of interactivity options for your attendees. Built on Microsoft Teams, VCM ensures your conference is secure and can be accessed from a browser or the Teams app.
	Voicespin APPs: Voicespin is a scalable call center and global VoIP gateway solution for inbound and outbound calls that enables users to make calls directly from a browser.
	WInsights for Animal Healthcare: Powered by Microsoft Azure, WinWire Technologies’ WInsights for animal healthcare transforms data into actionable insights to help animal health organizations improve animal well-being, monetize critical data assets, drive growth, and accelerate time-to-market.
	Your identity: Available only in Spanish, Your Identity simplifies the process of identifying customers through place of residence verification; fingerprint, facial, and vocal biometric registration; crime sheet research; and more.
Consulting services
	2-Day App Modernization Workshop: Active Solution’s App Modernization Workshop will help you move your application to Microsoft Azure, which enables you to focus on delivering business value faster instead of having to handle growing hardware needs and a complex IT infrastructure.
	2-day workshop: Secure authentication with FIDO2: In this two-day workshop, perinova IT-Management will work with you to develop a strategy for passwordless login, multifactor authentication, single sign-on, and a password safe for your organization. Deliverables include recommendations for Azure licensing and services.
	4-Hr Workshop on Azure WVD by Embee: Delivered via Microsoft Teams, Embee Software’s free Windows Virtual Desktop workshop will provide you with a basic understanding of the components required to deploy on Microsoft Azure, including a readiness assessment to help you plan your next steps.
	AI & Data Discovery 2-Week Workshop: Want to learn how to make your data work for you? Predica’s Artificial Intelligence & Data Discovery Workshop will help your organization develop a suitable data strategy; understand technology, licensing, and skills requirements; and identify key pain points.
	App Modernization: 2-Week Workshop: Aligned with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework, Lunavi’s App Modernization Workshop includes a deep assessment of the chosen application and its associated data components, creation of new application architecture integrated with the Azure Landing Zone, and testing and validation.
	Azure App Development 1-Day Spark Workshop: Vectorform’s Azure App Development Workshop will help you kickstart your Azure projects by explaining opportunities, industry and market trends, and company dynamics. Vectorform will also identify potential solutions and outline best next steps for your organization.
	Azure Cloud Optimization Platform Accelerator: 4-Week Implementation: The Cloud Optimization Platform Accelerator from Neudesic is designed to help your organization easily understand and control your Microsoft Azure cloud environment to reduce costs, increase performance, and maintain compliance.
	Azure Synapse – 2-Hour Free Workshop: Available only in Spanish, 54cuatro’s free workshop will introduce you to Azure Synapse Analytics and create a roadmap from your current data warehouse platform to a modern data warehouse model on Microsoft Azure.
	Azure Synapse – 10-Day Migration Assessment: Get a thorough review of your current data platform along with a roadmap for migrating your workloads to Azure Synapse Analytics in 54cuatro’s 10-day assessment. This service is available only in Spanish.
	Cloud transformation prestudy: 3-week assessment: Learn how to take advantage of modern Microsoft Azure services to gain a competitive advantage in Etteplan More’s three-week cloud transformation assessment. Deliverables include a roadmap detailing next steps and which Azure services will bring the best value to your business.
	Data Modernization: 2-Week Workshop: Aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Lunavi’s Data Modernization workshop will teach you how to bring together data from across your organization to uncover new insights and integrate Azure apps and services with your data sources.
	Implement FHIR HL7 HIPAA on Azure SaaS PoC: In this proof of concept, TwoConnect will work with your healthcare organization to identify FHIR, HL7, and HIPAA app migration or integration opportunities that would improve operational efficiency.
	Introduction to AKS and Kubernetes: 1-day workshop: This one-day workshop from Gofore Oyj serves as a technical introduction to Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Workshop topics include an introduction to the services, the benefits of using them, and identifying right time to start using AKS.
	Kubernetes 1-day Proof-Of-Concept: In this one-day Kubernetes proof of concept, Active Solution’s experts will teach you how your team can use Azure Kubernetes Services to remove bottlenecks in production processes. Develop and deliver high-quality apps faster with Kubernetes.
	Maestro Cloud Management Service: Standardize and automate complex Microsoft Azure environments with this managed service from Softline. Softline will provide monitoring, customized cost analytics, utilization reports, alerts, infrastructure recommendations, and more.
	Manage API’s w/ Azure & BizTalk: 3-Day Assessment: API management platforms are designed to extend BizTalk’s protocol mediation and message format transformation capabilities. In this offer, TwoConnect will review your company’s APIs and determine a migration path to Microsoft Azure API Management.
	Microsoft Azure DevOps CIO: 1-Hr Assessment: DevOps solutions enable a consistent experience across hybrid multi-cloud environments to accelerate application development while optimizing pipelines with cloud-native DevOps technologies. Learn how you can benefit from Azure DevOps in ITCO’s one-hour assessment.
	Migration Strategy as a Service: 6-Week Assessment: Looking for a flexible, scalable, and reliable environment for your IT ecosystem? In this six-week assessment, Tech Mahindra will use its InfoWise AI-augmented solution to assess your current setup and provide optimizations for your organization’s move to Microsoft Azure.
	Secure Account Lifecycle Management: 8-Week Implementation: Designed to automate and streamline the user identity lifecycle, Catalyte’s eight-week implementation will connect Azure Active Directory with the Workday human capital management solution to enhance enterprise HR management and protect your apps and users.
	Security and Compliance: 3-Week Proof of Concept: In this three-week proof of concept, Conterra will assess your current infrastructure, prepare the environment for security features, configure scenarios, and implement security and compliance features for your pilot user group.
	Sopra Steria Go2Cloud Assessment and Roadmap 6 weeks: Available in Norwegian, Sopra Steria’s six-week assessment will help you develop a business case and plan to lift and shift your organization’s data from a datacenter to Microsoft Azure. Take advantage of Azure components for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
	Surveyor 360 WVD: 10-Day Assessment: Phoenix Software’s Surveyor 360 WVD offering is designed to help you assess your current environment and seamlessly transition to Windows Virtual Desktop for speciﬁc use cases or at scale across your organization.
	Teams Workshop: This workshop from Move provides an introduction to Microsoft Teams, enabling you to manage, adapt, and secure the productivity and collaboration platform and help users with simple issues.
	VMware Azure Transition: 2-Week Assessment: Through a series of discussions and discovery sessions, Insight’s experts will develop an understanding of where your organization is today and what steps you can take toward Azure VMware Solution.
	Windows/SQL 2008 End of Support – 1-Day Workshop: Migrating to Microsoft Azure allows you to continue to innovate securely in the cloud while making it faster, easier, and less expensive to remain current with security updates and regulatory compliance. In this one-day workshop, BrainScale will prepare you for migration to Azure or SQL Managed Instance.
	WVD: 2-Day Assessment: Sela Group’s experts will engage with your relevant stakeholders in this two-day assessment to gather information and help you determine how to successfully and efficiently implement Windows Virtual Desktop in your organization.
	WVD: 10-Day Implementation: Simplify the management of your virtualized desktop and app environment by connecting your virtual machines to Windows Virtual Desktop in this 10-day implementation from Sela Group.