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[Amplifying Black Voices] Finding My Voice at Microsoft

by Contributed | Jun 18, 2021 | Technology

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This blog was written by Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Teams, Christina Gonsalves as part of the Amplifying Black Voices blog series. Christina shares her experience of navigating her first year at Microsoft as a Black woman, during a global pandemic and social uprising.

My first year at Microsoft was a complete struggle.

Despite having just completed two years of business school and growing my confidence there, I was suffering from an intense imposter syndrome, was lost in trying to figure out where I fit in in this huge company, and with how to get things done across what we know can be a very complicated ecosystem of stakeholders.

When I was in the office, it was easy to see I wasn’t alone. The mirror in the women’s bathroom in Building 3 was absolutely covered in post-it notes with words of encouragement: words like “You deserve to be here”, “You’re killing it!”, “You got this!” and:

Once we were hurled into the confusion of the pandemic, it started to feel like I was more alone. Black lives were being violently taken and needed to be enthusiastically protected, I lived across the country from my closest loved ones, and while I was blessed to be on a team with three (!!) Black women, when I looked across the company and even across my broader org, I just wasn’t finding the representation that I wanted to see.

During the summer months of 2020, I worked during the day and marched at night. I cried in between meetings, I looked for solace in ERGs (shoutout to Blacklight for holding meetings daily throughout the worst of times!), and I somehow felt my voice continue to slip. I felt empowered and heard in Capitol Hill, but when I was in meetings, I felt shaky and unsure, and like I wasn’t providing value.

Everything changed after I decided to take some time off of work. I moved back to New Jersey to quarantine with my family, and I spent time re-establishing strict self-care routines that included daily meditation, diving deeper into my spirituality (I practice Buddhism ), long walks with my dog, and sharing meals with loved ones.

Now that I am in my second year – I finally feel like I know what I’m doing! I can ask the right questions in meetings, spin up decks that create clarity, drive strategy forward, and effectively communicate with stakeholders of all types of backgrounds. I have also learned that taking care of myself is always more important than the work – as Michelle Obama said, “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own to-do list”.

To anyone currently struggling with finding their voice, I have the following advice:

Take your time to be intentional

It is so easy to feel like you have to rush into a decision, or like you don’t want to take up too much of somebody’s time by bringing up something that’s on your mind. When everyone’s calendars are full of meetings, and you usually only have 30 minutes to accomplish a lengthy agenda, there tends to be things that you end up pushing down.

I have found so much peace and fulfillment in really seizing each moment – a moment of confusion where I needed to ask a clarifying question, or a moment when someone took an action that was super impactful that I really appreciated and giving them a few words of kindness, or even a moment where I feel something was unkind or unjust and felt like I had to give tough feedback. Each of those moments add up to so much more – and it feels great to just be mindful and communicative off the bat!

Surround yourself with people who encourage you

Especially in the past year, when we all got pretty disconnected from each other physically, I think we have all learned that it is so important to have meaningful human connections. It’s important in life obviously, but it’s also so important at work!

Put the time in to find people who you know will be in your corner and will encourage you after a tough meeting or before a big presentation – and learn about your teammates and lean on them as sources of not only work, but of support.

You have to include “life” in work-life balance

In my periods of most voicelessness, I also felt like I wasn’t using my voice outside of work. When I started leading Buddhist meetings and becoming active with organizations where I could volunteer – like Black Girls Code – and using my voice in places where I knew I could speak well and passionately, I started seeing my voice become stronger at work.

It helps your work to feel powerful and connected in your life!

Remember that nobody has all of the answers – and likely other people have the same questions as you!

It is so easy – especially as someone from a non-technical background – to feel like everyone in the room is smarter than you. It’s not true – don’t fall into that trap! Even if you are struggling with a concept, I can guarantee you that someone has struggled with it before, and there is actually a ton of value for everyone in understanding the basics enough to be able to explain it to someone who is confused.

I’m so excited to continue this journey and see what personal revolutions I have in the next set of years. Until next time!

✌?

Christina

Azure Service Fabric 8.0 Second Refresh Release

by Contributed | Jun 18, 2021 | Technology

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Azure Service Fabric 8.0 Second Refresh is now available!

The Azure Service Fabric 8.0 Second Refresh release includes stability fixes for the runtime, standalone, and Azure environments and has started rolling out to the various Azure regions.

Packages and Versions

Service Fabric Runtime
- Ubuntu 16 – N/A
- Ubuntu 18 – N/A
- Windows – 8.0.521.9590

Service Fabric for Windows Server
- Service Fabric Standalone Installer Package – 8.0.521.9590

.NET SDK
- Windows .NET SDK – 5.0.521
- Microsoft.ServiceFabric – 8.0.521
- Reliable Services and Reliable Actors – 8.0.521
- ASP.NET Core Service Fabric integration – 8.0.521

Java SDK
- Java for Linux SDK – 1.0.6

Service Fabric PowerShell and CLI
- AzureRM PowerShell Module – 0.3.15
- SFCTL – 11.0.0

Current Breaking Changes

Service Fabric 7.2 and higher runtime drops support for .NET Core Service Fabric apps running with .NET Core 2.2 runtime. .NET Core runtime 2.2 is out of support from Dec 2019. Service Fabric runtime will not install .NET Core runtime 2.2 as part of its dependency. Customers should upgrade their .NET 2.2 runtime SF apps to the next .NET Core LTS version 3.1.

Guest executable and container applications created or upgraded in SF clusters with runtime versions 7.1+ are incompatible with prior SF runtime versions (e.g. SF 7.0).
Following scenarios are impacted:
- An application with guest executables or containers is created or upgraded in an SF 7.1+ cluster.
  The cluster is then downgraded to a previous SF runtime version (e.g. SF 7.0).
  The application fails to activate.
- A cluster upgrade from pre-SF 7.1 version to SF 7.1+ version is in progress.
  In parallel with the SF runtime upgrade, an application with guest executables or containers is created or upgraded.
  The SF runtime upgrade starts rolling back (due to any reason) to the pre-SF 7.1 version.
  The application fails to activate.
To avoid issues when upgrading from a pre-SF 7.1 runtime version to an SF 7.1+ runtime version, do not create or upgrade applications with guest executables or containers while the SF runtime upgrade is in progress.
- The simplest mitigation, when possible, is to delete and recreate the application in SF 7.0.
- The other option is to upgrade the application in SF 7.0 (for example, with a version only change).
If the application is stuck in rollback, the rollback has to be first completed before the application can be upgraded again.

Upcoming Breaking Changes

.NET Core runtime LTS 2.1 runtime will go out of support from Aug 21, 2021. Service Fabric releases after that date will drop support for Service Fabric apps running with .NET Core 2.1 runtime. Service Fabric .NET SDK will take a dependency on .Net runtime 3.* features to support Service Fabric .NET Core apps. This has no impact on Service Fabric .NET Framework SDK.

Support for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Server 1809 will be discontinued in future Service Fabric releases. We recommend updating your cluster VMs to Windows Server 2019.

For more details, please read the release notes.

The MVP Guiding Nigerian Women In Tech

by Contributed | Jun 18, 2021 | Technology

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TechStylers’ success is something to behold.

The Nigeran user group educates women from all over the world on how to build apps, bots, websites, automation and AI without learning to code — and the results are phenomenal.

Hundreds of women have since learnt Power Platform, with many as a result finding employment, earning promotions and launching fruitful careers from non-tech roles.

Business Applications MVP and group co-founder Foyin Olajide-Bello says such success fulfils the group and drives them to educate more “powerful ladies” in all things tech.

“TechStylers began from the observation of the low representation of female speakers. Our mission is to support women who desire to grow their technical knowledge in the Power Platform and other related Microsoft technologies,” Foyin says.

The Nigerian MVP started her app development journey building Power Apps and Power Automate solutions to optimize various paper and Excel-based processes. This experience later came in handy in the workplace when Foyin built an app for her former employer — Sterling Bank, a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria — that helped to save hours of work each week.

After successfully launching a Citizen Developer Academy to help coworkers use Power Apps to solve business challenges, Foyin kickstarted TechStylers to help women all over the world and inspire others to do more.

The group, which recently celebrated its first anniversary, continues to bring women from different walks of life to learn together and grow together, Foyin says.

“I have made a lot of friends all over the world from this community. I have also found the opportunity to be a part of other people’s learning journey by sharing my knowledge and experience on the Power Platform very fulfilling.”

Tech mentoring has proven to be one of the group’s drivers for success and Foyin invites any interested MVPs to work with community members.

For more on Foyin, check out her Twitter @FoyinB or recent feature on #DevStories.

Update your applications with the Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph

by Contributed | Jun 18, 2021 | Technology

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Howdy folks,

In 2020, we made a recommendation to developers to use the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and the Microsoft Graph API when developing applications. Since then, we’ve continued to add capabilities to both MSAL and Microsoft Graph, including improvements in performance, security, and reliability. We’ve also added hundreds of new APIs, including Continuous Access Evaluation-enabled APIs and Conditional Access authentication context to Microsoft Graph. These are now available for developers using MSAL and allow them to build Zero Trust-ready applications.

Since we’re ending support for Active Directory Auth Library (ADAL) and Azure Active Directory Graph on June 30^, 2022, this is a reminder to update your apps to use MSAL and Microsoft Graph. We’ve also made it easier for you to find all the apps that are still using ADAL.

Find the apps still using ADAL and Azure AD Graph

The Azure AD monitoring workbook can help you find applications that use ADAL. This uses a set of queries that collect and visualize information available in Azure AD sign-in logs. You can also use the sign-in logs directly using the sign-in logs schema here.

To access the workbook:

Sign into the Azure portal

Navigate to Azure Active Directory > Monitoring > Workbooks

In the Usage section, open the Sign-ins workbook

The Sign-ins workbook has a new table at the bottom of the page that shows you which recently used apps are using ADAL. You can also export a list of these apps.

Once you’ve identified the apps that are using ADAL, you can use the MSAL migration guide. To find apps that use Azure AD Graph, search your code for the string “graph.windows.net” and then use the Microsoft Graph migration guide.

Send your questions, open issues, and feature requests through Microsoft Q&A by using the tag azure-ad-adal-deprecation or azure-ad-graph-deprecation.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback or suggestions. Let us know what you think in the comments below or on the Azure AD feedback forum.

Best regards,

Alex Simons (Twitter: @Alex_A_Simons)

Corporate Vice President of Program Management

Microsoft Identity Division

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Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 147

by Contributed | Jun 18, 2021 | Technology

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We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 83 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:

Applications
	Agari Phishing Defense for BEC and Spear Phishing: Agari Phishing Defense on Microsoft Azure uses data science models and threat intelligence to defend organizations from phishing, spear phishing, business email compromise, vendor email compromise, and account takeover attacks.
	Akamai Enterprise Application Access: Akamai’s Enterprise Application Access provides a unique, secure alternative to traditional remote-access technologies such as VPNs, RDP, and proxies. The solution integrates data path protection, identity access, application security, and management visibility and control into a single service.
	ArcGIS Pro: Developed by Esri, ArcGIS Pro on Microsoft Azure is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) that empowers users to manage data, perform spatial analysis, and create professional 2D and 3D maps via an intuitive user interface.
	Ascent Analytics: Ensure your staff is better equipped to access, validate, and contribute to the accuracy and integrity of your business data with Ascent Analytics. Features include real-time projections and self-service reporting.
	AWARE: Hosted on Microsoft Azure, AWARE is a digital inclusion tool providing website owners, designers, and developers with the tools to create inclusive websites that comply with World Content Accessibility Guideline 2.1 (WCAG).
	CGI NaviCare: Designed for healthcare organizations, CGI NaviCare is a navigation and knowledge management solution that provides all the patient information you need before, during, and after a visit, procedure, or administrative task.
	Cisco Workload Optimization Manager (CWOM): Cisco Workload Optimization Manager (CWOM) is an AI-powered application resource management solution for Microsoft Azure that simultaneously optimizes performance, compliance, and cost in real time. Gain application-aware visibility and control of your entire hybrid estate with CWOM.
	Citrix ADM Service Agent 13.1: The Citrix ADM Service Agent works as an intermediary between the Citrix Application Delivery Management Service and NetScaler instances on Microsoft Azure.
	EdgeLink: Advantech’s EdgeLink is a data acquisition solution that enables users to monitor critical assets, track equipment performance, receive notifications, and perform system management and configuration via handheld devices.
	ELEKS Data Science Platform (eDSP): Developed to take the pain out of machine learning model management, the ELEKS Data Science Platform (eDSP) empowers teams to deploy and manage models with ease. eDSP helps organizations save time and money while freeing up valuable resources to focus on core business tasks.
	Enterprise Connectivity Suite – Virtual WAN: Zertia’s suite of enterprise connectivity managed services enables you to reduce costs, increase the capabilities of your communications infrastructure, and improve user experience. This application is available only in Spanish.
	Everpaths – Indoor location and wayfinding – SaaS: Everpaths is a real-time location services platform for deploying location-based solutions for indoor and outdoor scenarios. It includes off-the-shelf modules for wayfinding and geographic content, presence control and tracking, and asset traceability and location tracking.
	Express Route – Intercloud Connectivity: Intercloud Connectivity extends the functionality of Microsoft Azure by providing a secure communication channel that enables you to use Azure to gain access to data on other public clouds. This application is available only in Spanish.
	EZSSH: EZSSH protects your SSH endpoints by issuing short-term SSH certificates to securely access critical endpoints, limiting the damage from a compromised key and preventing brute-force attacks. The solution integrates with Microsoft Azure role-based access control and Azure Active Directory.
	Fidelizaluno – Student Retention and Data Driven: Fidelizaluno uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver real-time student data, including a student’s satisfaction, attendance, grades, probability of dropping out, and suggested action plans. This application is available only in Portuguese.
	GigaVUE Cloud Suite for Azure 5.12.00: GigaVUE Cloud Suite for Microsoft Azure delivers intelligent network traffic visibility for workloads running on Azure and enables increased security, operational efficiency, and scale across virtual networks.
	GOPASS Global Travel Risk Management: AlphaZetta GOPASS Global uses data and machine learning to analyze risk and facilitate the restart of corporate travel in a post-COVID-19 world. The solution provides an end-to-end view of all aspects of an employee’s trip and their risk of exposure during travel.
	Lightspeed Alert: Offering real-time scanning and integration with Microsoft Teams, Lightspeed Alert delivers visibility into potential dangerous or harmful student online behavior. Leverage early warning threat detection to help schools and districts prevent bullying, school violence, and suicide.
	Manzana Predictive Marketing: This SaaS solution for predictive marketing is a powerful tool for retailers to send timely and relevant communications and deliver engaging experiences. It enables micro-segmentation, promotions development, and performance assessment.
	Mobility Map: This offer from CityMaaS provides localized accessibility information around the globe to enable disabled communities to visit businesses and places of interest. Its map and accessibility data can be deployed via application programming interface into a website across verticals.
	Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router: Relied on by 125,000-plus organizations including enterprise-level businesses, higher education institutions, and government agencies around the world, pfSense Plus provides dependable, full-featured firewall protection, routing, and VPN connectivity.
	NTX – Ngine Testing eXperience (SaaS): Simplify the test automation process in an intuitive, fast, and versatile way with this offer from Noesis Consultadoria SA. Optimize time to market while reducing costs in your overall development cycle with this no-code solution for non-technical workers.
	Onapsis Platform for Cybersecurity and Compliance: Through continuous monitoring, Onapsis’ platform delivers a near-real-time preventative, detective, and corrective approach for securing SAP systems and applications whether deployed on-premises or in a private, public, or hybrid cloud environment.
	P 4 Health: Porini for Health provides an enabling infrastructure to bring the power of data standardization and intelligence to the world of clinical analytics. The solution connects the dots between a range of products and platforms, adding value to any healthcare solution.
	PDFMAILER.CLOUD eInvoice, Xrechnung, ZUGFeRD: PDFMAILER.CLOUD by gotomaxx software controls the processing and dispatch of documents and business mail. Create and send electronic invoices and other documents directly from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
	Prefect Agents: This offer delivers ready-made Azure resources to ease deployment of a Docker or Kubernetes agent for Prefect Cloud users. The Docker agent executes flow runs in individual Docker containers. The Kubernetes agent deploys flow runs as Kubernetes jobs.
	Retail automation and shopper experience solutions: This omni-channel retail automation solution from Verofax Limited helps retailers boost in-store traffic, increase shopper satisfaction, and reduce operating expenses. Enable in-app checkout, personalized experience, and augmented staff productivity.
	SMS Signature: Sign any document from anywhere using SMS Signature from Ondato. This solution is designed to help companies accelerate their remote business deals, reduce costs, save time, and create a customer-friendly experience.
	SONDA Smart Detection: This tool helps organizations provide safe experiences for their customers. Control the adoption of recommended sanitary measures and prevent the proliferation of infections. This application is available only in Spanish and Portuguese.
	Strategy-AI for Azure DevOps: Chinchilla Software’s Strategy-AI for Azure DevOps ensures you can take decisive action to improve your time to benefit and drive your success momentum. This offer can help improve team performance tracking and prioritize critical work in Azure DevOps boards.
	TAZI Claritas – Claim Fraud Detection: Detecting fraud patterns and root causes in auto insurance claims can be time-consuming and difficult. TAZI patented technologies allow companies to detect possible fraudulent claims more effectively, preventing loss of wealth.
	TAZI Fides – Customer Retention: Need to identify which customers will leave and how to keep them? This solution combines three powerful machine learning models so you can predict which auto policy holders will churn, what the claim risk for them will be, and what actions you should take.
Consulting services
	ACTS Azure Cloud Foundation: 8-Week Assessment: This assessment by ACTS helps you understand cloud principles and how to plan, design, and structure a move to Microsoft Azure. ACTS conducts workshops to define IT requirements, policies, and governance for cloud implementation design.
	AKS Java Migration Package: 6-Week Implementation: Safely migrate legacy Java apps to the cloud using Azure Kubernetes Service. Meet with BoxBoat Technologies experts, create an enterprise-ready cluster, containerize your application, and establish continuous integration/continuous deployment.
	AKS Landing Zone Jump-start: 1-Week Proof of Concept: This consulting offer from BoxBoat Technologies will jumpstart your adoption of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) the right way. Expert consultants will ensure you have the proper security controls, configuration, design, and governance practices.
	App Modernization with AKS Accelerator: 6-Week Implementation: Let the experts from Insight leverage their broad experience with container orchestration technologies to help you set up, deploy, and secure an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster in your Azure subscription.
	App Modernization: 5-Week Proof of Concept: Advancya Technologies’ app modernization framework takes your existing legacy application through a journey of modernization with Microsoft Azure products and services like App Services, Application Insights, Security Center, and Azure SQL Database.
	Azure – Cloud Adviser: 2-Week Assessment: Orange Business Services Cloud Adviser unifies Microsoft Azure cloud insights in one comprehensive platform for complete IaaS management and governance. CloudAdviser offers a complete solution to make the most of your Azure or multi-cloud infrastructure.
	Azure – Connected Sites: 4-Week Assessment: Orange Business Services Connected Sites–Construction is a comprehensive solution using Azure IoT Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, and other Azure functions to visualize, on a single dashboard, the many facets of a large construction project.
	Azure Application Inception: 1-Week Assessment: Discover and prioritize the business requirements for your new or modified application in Microsoft Azure with this assessment by 3Cloud. This workshop is aligned to Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework, focusing on functionality and efficiency.
	Azure Assessment Service: 5 Weeks: This service from Slovak Telekom identifies which enterprise applications can be moved to the cloud, delivering a cloud feasibility analysis, environment assessment, migration plan, total cost of ownership calculation, and much more.
	Azure Business Case Model Assessment 4-6 Weeks: This offering from ACTS analyzes and rationalizes your IT footprint using data and business case modeling that supports an informed cloud transformation decision. Generate a business case and roadmap for your organization’s desired future state.
	Azure Cloud Migration: 10-Week Implementation: ScaleSquad’s experts will define the target architecture in Azure, migrate environments to Azure, and set up a software factory based on Azure Automation, Cloud Services, Service Fabric, and Azure Kubernetes Services. This offer is available only in French.
	Azure Data Blueprint Inception: 2-Week Assessment: Move toward an enterprise data strategy with this 3Cloud engagement, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework. You will receive a data value map as well as a feasibility matrix of the defined business case.
	Azure Managed Landing Zone: 2-Week Implementation: Rubicon offers a managed landing zone that enables organizations to securely and reliably host application and data workloads in Microsoft Azure. This offer is available only in Dutch.
	Azure Migration Service – 3-Week Implementation: Slovak Telekom helps move virtual and physical assets to the cloud, as well as between clouds, using Microsoft’s recommended four-step process for the cloud migration journey: assess, migrate, optimize, and secure.
	Azure Monitoring Service: This service from Slovak Telekom ensures you get the most out of Microsoft Azure, providing 24/7 managed support as well as a native Azure monitoring toolset for assessment, monitoring and optimization, data engineering, advanced analytics, automation, and more.
	Azure Secure Landing Zone: 4-Week Implementation: Looking to build, migrate, and modernize Windows Server and SQL Server workloads on Microsoft Azure? Hitachi Solutions’ team of experts will guide you through best-practice considerations for governance, security, solution architecture, and business continuity.
	Azure Security Modernization: 8-Week Assessment: ACTS’ Security Modernization Assessment helps you understand the cloud security tools, controls, and principles you need to secure your Microsoft Azure environment. Deliverables include an Azure security roadmap and remediation plan to start you on your digital transformation journey.
	Azure Smart Tracking: 4-Week Assessment: Orange Business Service’s Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, and Optimization solution provides end-to-end monitoring, management, analysis, and reporting of fleets and goods used and moved across supply chains, leading to improved operational efficiencies and customer experiences.
	Azure Synapse Analytics 1-Day Workshop: In this one-day engagement, pmOne will review your data sources, available Microsoft Azure integration services, and storage methods, then create a plan to integrate your data into Azure Synapse Analytics according to your business requirements.
	Azure Workforce Development: 2-Hour Assessment: Interested in gaining a competitive edge with a new source of diverse, highly productive Microsoft Azure tech talent? Catalyte delivers high-performing Microsoft-skilled technology workforces that are cost-effective, predictable, diverse, local, and sustainable.
	BI Reporting Modernization – 5-Day Assessment: Cambay’s BI Report Modernization assessment includes a deep technical analysis of your existing business intelligence (BI) reporting solutions and the effort required to migrate and modernize your reporting solutions to Microsoft Azure.
	Cloud Adoption Project: 8-Week Implementation: Cloud2Go’s Cloud Adoption Project is a professional service designed to provide customers with a secure and efficient journey to Microsoft Azure that meets their business requirements. This offer is available only in Portuguese.
	Cloud Migration Readiness – 1-Day Workshop: Based on Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, DevOpsGroup’s free Cloud Migration Readiness workshop includes an assessment of your cloud readiness against 10 dimensions, including business strategy, migration plan, cloud landing zone, and governance.
	Code First with Tallan: 3 Week Proof of Concept: Tallan will help your organization strategize, design, and build a proposed use case in Microsoft Azure, enabling you to deliver products or applications and services faster and dramatically increase the success rate of your new endeavors.
	Data Warehousing: 5-Week Proof of Concept: Advancya Technologies will use Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Synapse Analytics to establish a data warehouse for your organization. The proof of concept covers ingesting, transforming, modeling, and storing your data.
	Dedalus Professional Data Implementation – 4 Weeks: Dedalus Professional Data Implementation will help you gain business insights by structuring an environment in Microsoft Azure for data storage, processing, and analysis. Enable a wide range of workloads along with business intelligence, data science, and data analytics applications.
	DevOps Pipeline for Your App: 1-Week Workshop: In this workshop, Accso will collaborate with your team to help you create a continuous integration (CI) pipeline for your organization using one of your applications or an Accso demo application in Microsoft Azure DevOps.
	Difenda – Azure Sentinel Design and Implementation – 2 Weeks: Difenda’s offering is great for organizations beginning their journey with Microsoft Azure Sentinel and for those looking to take Azure Sentinel to the next level. The Difenda team drives best practices and customization to build a solid foundation with Azure Sentinel.
	Hybrid Cloud Experience: 1-Day workshop: Available only in Italian, this workshop by Var Group is designed to deepen your understanding of moving your hybrid cloud environment to Microsoft Azure. Deliverables include a tailor-made cloud adoption plan aligned to your business requirements.
	Industry 4.0 & Azure IoT – 2-Day Assessment: Companies must understand their internal maturity level regarding IoT and Industry 4.0 best practices to allow for process digitalization and increased efficiency and traceability. This assessment from RIS 2048 provides initial diagnostics for these topics to help you build a roadmap for success.
	Intranet.AI Managed Service: Dev4Side’s Intranet.AI delivers a ready-to-go intranet in a box for SharePoint Online. The managed service works with your company’s Microsoft 365 subscription and provides an immediate intranet to suit users’ needs with a cost- and time-effective solution for any industry.
	Invero Windows Virtual Desktop Enablement: 4-Week Implementation: Invero’s Windows Virtual Desktop Enablement implementation combines on-site workshops with analysis of your virtual desktop requirements to develop a comprehensive governance model and rapidly implement a pilot for testing and operationalizing your new VDI environment.
	IOT Bricks on Azure – 10-Week Implementation: Available from Seidor, this IoT Bricks on Microsoft Azure implementation delivers a flexible, customized solution to cover your requirements for monitoring, servitization, operational efficiency, process optimization, maintenance services, and overall equipment effectiveness.
	Knowledge Mining & Document Intelligence: 4-Week Proof of Concept: The Neudesic Knowledge Mining and Document Intelligence Platform Accelerator takes you from an initial ideation and discovery session of Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services use cases to the implementation of a minimum viable product for use case validation.
	Manage Virtual WAN – SD-WAN Cisco Meraki: Zertia’s Cisco Meraki to Microsoft Azure virtual WAN managed service enables businesses using Meraki MX appliances in remote offices to connect directly to Microsoft Azure. This offer is available only in Spanish.
	Manage Virtual WAN – SD-WAN Fortinet: Zertia’s Fortinet to Microsoft Azure virtual WAN managed service enables businesses using Fortinet Secure appliances in remote offices to connect directly to Microsoft Azure. This offer is available only in Spanish.
	MBS Windows Virtual Desktop Managed Service: MB Solutions’ Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure managed service provides your organization with a platform that delivers secure remote desktops and applications to your users.
	Move Your SMB to Azure Cloud: 2-Week Implementation: Terminal’s implementation gets your business running on Microsoft Azure without costly on-premises servers, complex networks, and clunky remote access solutions. Empower employees to connect from anywhere, authenticate via Azure Active Directory, and more.
	On-prem MariaDB to Azure Database Migration Workshop: To help start your on-premises MariaDB to Microsoft Azure Database migration, Neal Analytics will review your existing data environment, data sources, and data connector availability. Deliverables include an initial migration plan tailored to your business needs.
	On-prem PostgreSQL to Azure Database Migration Workshop: To help start your on-premises PostgreSQL to Microsoft Azure Database migration, Neal Analytics will review your existing data environment, data sources, and data connector availability. Deliverables include an initial migration plan tailored to your business needs.
	Sitecore Managed Services: With in-depth knowledge and experience designing, hosting, maintaining, and optimizing Sitecore solutions on Microsoft Azure, AKQA connects data-driven service, technology, and cloud services to transform brands and deliver value to clients.
	Sitecore on Azure: One-Month Implementation: Speed up your go-to-market while encouraging the adoption of advanced content management and personalization technologies with Actum’s one-month implementation of the Sitecore Experience Platform on Microsoft Azure PaaS, ready for scaling and feature development.
	SQL Data Warehouse to Azure Synapse Analytics Migration Workshop: To help start your on-premises SQL Data Warehouse to Microsoft Azure Synapse Data Analytics migration, Neal Analytics will review your existing data environment, data sources, and data connector availability. Deliverables include an initial migration plan tailored to your business needs.
	TimeXtender Consulting Services: 5 Days: Automate the process of getting data ready for analysis with E-Mergo’s TimeXtender, an automated, scalable data management service that helps your organization implement and operate data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts – without writing code.
	VDI – Apps & Desktop on Windows Virtual Desktop: 6-Week Implementation: Orange Business Services will work with your team to select key applications, assess them, and then port them to a Windows Virtual Desktop environment on Microsoft Azure for testing and validation.
	VDI – Horizon Cloud on Azure: 5-Week Proof of Concept: Orange Business Services’ kick-start proof of concept enables your team to evaluate VMware Horizon on Microsoft Azure, ensuring your users have a great experience the first time they use their new virtual desktop or published application.
	VDI – Windows Virtual Desktop: 5-Day Proof of Concept: In this five-day proof of concept, Orange Business Services will demonstrate its comprehensive toolkit and best practices for Windows Virtual Desktop deployments on Microsoft Azure.
	Virtual Desktop & Productivity: 2-Week Implementation: Enable your employees to work from home and access their data and applications remotely with IFI Techsolutions’ implementation of Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure, tailored to your business needs.
	VMware Horizon on Azure – 4-Week Assessment: Learn how you can enable your remote workforce to work from anywhere at any time using any device in this assessment from Cambay Consulting. Improve business continuity, protect your data, and accelerate time to value in the cloud with VMware Horizon on Microsoft Azure.
	Web Application Modernization (EVOLVE): 6-Week Proof of Concept: Move your legacy web apps to Microsoft Azure PaaS with Invero’s EVOLVE Web Application Modernization proof of concept, which provides you with a foundational framework for repeatable, best-practice web application modernization.
	Windows Virtual Desktop – 2-Day Assessment: Available from Cambay Consulting, this Windows Virtual Desktop assessment will help you evaluate Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure and provide you with data and recommendations for deploying an Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop environment.