by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Seeing that this is a relatively new development, I wanted to share information about automated diagnostics that customers can run inside of the Microsoft 365 admin center. The goal of these is to help you to solve various support-related issues that you might encounter, without having to open a support ticket.
Currently, the way to interact with available diagnostics is via the Need help? button in the Microsoft 365 admin center:
There are a few things you might see when you search in the text field that will come up; for example:
Let’s say you’d like to increase the Exchange Web Services (EWS) throttling setting for your tenant to be able to use a 3rd party migration tool when moving to Exchange Online. If you search for “EWS” you’ll see an auto-suggested option that says “Increase EWS Throttling Policy”. If you choose that, there are several sections that you will see:
The sections you might get will vary based on your search, but let me explain the 3 that are shown in the screenshot:
- Section 1: the Diagnostics section and the button indicate that there are diagnostics associated with your query; pressing that button will run these diagnostics, which might require additional choices until the action is completed. Not all queries will result in diagnostics (there are over 50 of them currently with more coming, but there are many more possible questions!)
- Section 2: the Insights section is the explanation of what you can do to get help with your query. There are many more Insights than there are Diagnostics. When there is a diagnostic, the insight will typically relate to the shown diagnostic.
- Section 3: this section provides ‘top search results’ based on your query.
Recommended articles are usually a ‘wider net’ used to try to answer your question. Insights are targeted to what you typed (there are 100s of these, made for the most frequent things our customers search for). Diagnostics are the most targeted and typically allow you to take specific action without leaving the “Need help?” section.
Which Exchange and Outlook diagnostics are available?
Seeing that this is the Exchange blog, here is a link to the article that lists currently available related diagnostics:
Self-help diagnostics for issues in Exchange Online and Outlook
But wait, there is more!
Various other teams (including SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams) have also created diagnostics and documents listing what is available.
An additional very cool and new initiative is Diagnostics for Social Good, where Microsoft will donate a percentage of realized support savings to charity. To read about this new initiative and see information about SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams diagnostics, please see Diagnostics for Social Good.
If you have feedback about these diagnostics or insights, please comment below!
Nino Bilic
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Introduction
Azure Purview is a unified Data Governance tool used to manage and govern your on-premises, multicloud, and SaaS data. For those of you who have used Azure Purview previously, you will know that to scan sources such as Azure data assets (Blobs, Azure Data Lake Service, etc.) you will need an authentication methodology leveraging either a Purview managed identity or perhaps a service principal. This applies to a wide array of assets, however, there is also a method to use self-hosted integration runtimes (SHIR) that will let you scan data sources in Azure Purview. This is particularly useful to install into your machines when scanning a resource in a private network (on-prem or VNET). One of the top use cases for this is around the scanning of on-prem SQL Servers, which is a frequent ask from customers.
In this blog we will review how to set up a self-hosted integration runtime in Azure Purview and demonstrate how to use it in setting up a scan for an on-prem SQL Server.
Background on Self-Hosted Integration Runtimes
The Integration Runtime (IR) is compute infrastructure used by Azure Data Factory to provide data integration capabilities across different network environments. You can set a linked service which defines a target data store or a compute service along with a defined activity. The IR is the bridge between the activity and linked service and provides the compute environment where the activity either runs on or gets dispatched from. There are several types of Integration Runtime (IR) but we will be focusing on Self-hosted integration runtimes.
Walkthrough
- First navigate to the Management Center in the Purview Studio and select Integration Runtimes.
- Select New at the top, select Self-Hosted and press Continue.
- Enter the name that you want for the Integration Runtime along with any description you would like to add and click Create.
- Then follow the steps for the Manual setup. Make sure to download and install the integration runtime into the self-hosted machine where you want to run it.
- Navigate through the Setup Wizard to install the Integration Runtime
- After finishing this you will have to insert the authentication key in step 4 into the input box shown in the image below. You will not need to change the proxy.
- After the key is verified, go ahead and register the runtime. Verify the information regarding the node name and click finish.
Now that you have set up the SHIR on-premises, you can use it to bring certain sources into Purview. We will demonstrate this with the scanning of SQL Server on-prem.
Now we will assume that you have a SQL Server with access to the master database and we can authenticate using SQL authentication – for more information on this see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/purview/register-scan-on-premises-sql-server#storing-your-sql-login-password-in-a-key-vault-and-creating-a-credential-in-purview to ensure that you have the right credentials formulated and stored accordingly. This is highly important for the scan to work.
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- Navigate to Azure Purview and Register a SQL Server source
- Make sure to enter the name of the source along with the Server endpoint
- After this, configure your scan by entering the following information on Scan name, selection of the Integration Runtime we have created from earlier, Server endpoint (which should already be filled in), and the credential for SQL Authentication. Continue through and run through the scan similarly to other sources by selecting the rule sets and recurrences.
Congratulations! You have now set up your Integration Runtime and can scan through SQL Servers and much more!
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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We’re happy to announce a new monthly webinar series called “monthly threat insights”. On the third Wednesday of each month, the Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence team will dive deep into a selected emerging threat as seen in the threat analytics library available in Microsoft 365 Defender. Using the threat analytics report authored by Microsoft security researchers and analysts, we’ll examine the different facets of the threat: its history, behavior, and detection details, as well as a detailed MITRE ATT&CK framework mapping of attack techniques and recommended mitigations. We will also look at KQL queries you can use in advanced hunting to investigate the threat on your own.
If you use one of the Microsoft Defender products, you will also have access to the full report in the threat analytics page of Microsoft 365 Defender. In this page, you can access the report, see alerts associated with this threat, and determine if you have applicable protections in place.
Be sure to register using this link, and join us every third Wednesday for these timely and insightful webinars.
This Wednesday June 16th at 9AM PST is our first episode; we hope to see you there!
If you can’t join us, we will record these webinars and share them on https://aka.ms/securitywebinars
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Take a look at the latest Microsoft hardware innovations in support of remote and hybrid work at home and in the office. Engineering leader, Branden Powell, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how the new Microsoft and Surface accessories deliver the best experience on Microsoft Teams.
All our accessories are made with premium materials, so they look great and are built to last. They’re compact and lightweight to optimize your space, no matter where you’re working from. We’ve prioritized all-day comfort and mobility, and everything is certified for use with Microsoft Teams to give you a great online meeting experience. The convergence of hardware plus software helps minimize meeting fatigue, so you can stay fresh and in the flow of your work.
The latest round of accessories is available today: Surface Headphones 2+ for Business, Modern USB, Modern Wireless Headsets, Modern USB-C Speaker, and the new Modern Webcam.
QUICK LINKS:
01:27 — Mobility
02:26 — Comfort
03:26 — Microsoft Teams button
04:08 — Mute button
06:20 — Dongle vs. Bluetooth
07:23 — Audio and video experiences
09:24 — Accessories work across platforms
10:09 — Wrap up
Link References:
Get detailed specs at https://aka.ms/modernaccessories
For more on Surface, go to https://www.surface.com
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– Up next, we’re joined by engineering leader, Branden Powell to take a look at the latest Microsoft hardware innovations in support of remote and hybrid work at home and in the office and how they deliver the best experience on Microsoft Teams. So Branden, welcome to Microsoft Mechanics.
– Thanks Jeremy. Super excited to be here.
– And thanks again for joining us. So the latest round of accessories is available today from the latest Surface Headphones 2+ for Business, the new Microsoft accessories line with the Modern USB and the Modern Wireless Headsets and Modern USB-C Speaker to the new Modern Webcam. So Branden, congrats first on the launch and this is probably one of the most significant updates that we’ve seen for a while. And what I really noticed here was the cohesiveness of design across the entire portfolio that we can see from Microsoft now.
– Thanks so much. At the end of the day, we’re really just one design team. You can see here, for example, I’ve got the Surface Headphones on my right and the Microsoft Wireless Headset on the left and you can really see the design synergy. There’s a lot of shared learning and best practices and there’s things we just won’t compromise on. Everything we build uses premium materials. So they look great and they’re built to last. They’re compact and lightweight, really to optimize your space no matter where you’re working from. And we’ve prioritized that all-day comfort and mobility. Also, everything is certified for use with Microsoft Teams to give you a great online meeting experience. And this convergence of hardware, plus software goes a long way to minimizing meeting fatigue so we can keep you fresh and in the flow of your work.
– Right. And one thing that the last year has really shown us is that meeting fatigue is a real issue. So how are we looking to improve things here?
– So, a lot of people may be using the mic, speaker, and cameras on your PCs to join meetings. And that makes a lot of sense. In fact, our Surface PCs are optimized to give you a premium experience there. But there are times when you may want more freedom to adjust the angle of the camera, like with our Modern Webcam that you can adjust, while still keeping you in focus, or you may want to move more freely; untethered to your desk. This is where our Surface Headphones and our Modern Wireless Headset and Speaker make a huge difference and give you that mobility. And an added bonus for device flexibility, the battery life on the Wireless Headset has been tested up to 30 hours for talk time and 50 hours of audio playback. And designing for mobility also means they need to be easy to carry. So if we take the Speaker and Surface Headphones for example, both come with protective cases so you can throw them in your bag as you move from space to space. It’s really easy to remove the speaker from the case. And you’ll also notice that we’ve designed it with cable management in mind.
– Right. And you also mentioned the all-day comfort. So how was the design team then able to achieve that?
– Well, if you take the Modern Headset, for example, each weighs around 140 grams or five ounces. This is one of the lightest-weight headsets and we’ve designed it so you can barely feel it. We were very deliberate and purposeful about choosing the exact right materials, the right density of foam, shape of the ear cups, and even though the headsets are less expensive they still have a similar comfort level to Surface Headphones. And there are other things that are non-negotiable, such as the clamping force of the headset and Surface Headphones. They are calibrated to be used for extended periods of time. There’s also a lot of attention to detail that went into the device controls. On the Microsoft accessories, they’re designed to be tactile. For example, the mute button is concave and the Teams button is convex. We’ve also made meeting controls more ergonomically accessible. For example, if you place your hands on the Wireless Headset, where your right hand naturally falls the Teams button is under your index finger and mute button under your thumb.
– So let’s dig deeper though into the Teams and mute controls that are consistent across Microsoft Accessories and also the Surface Headphones 2+.
– Our whole focus here is on giving you more control and saving you time. The first thing that jumps out at you across the range is the integrated Microsoft Teams button. On the wired headset and speaker it’s backlit, so you can easily find it. It can be a lot more convenient using the physical buttons versus finding controls in the software. And it helps in a couple more ways. When you’re multitasking and have a lot of windows open, it brings Teams to the front so you can easily find and join your meetings. But even as a meeting starts, when you see that notification toast pop up in Windows, hit the Teams button, and it takes you to the screen to quickly join your meeting.
– I gotta say, this is a really cool capability to be able to get back to Teams calls instantly. So for me, a real big differentiator though has been the mute button. You know, we’ve all been there as we work from home and maybe something outside starts up like a lawnmower or a leaf blower. We want to quickly be able to place ourselves on mute to minimize the impact of those distractions.
– Happens at least once a day. We really want to give you more control to deal with those disruptions in your environment and protect your privacy by making it a lot easier to mute yourself with confidence. The microphone mute control for Teams is present on all of our Teams Accessories. You will find dedicated buttons on both Modern Headsets and the speaker with red LED lights to remind you when you’re muted. And on the Surface Headphones it’s a single tap on either side’s touch control to mute. With the Wireless Headset, you place the boom mic in the up position to mute and swivel it down towards your mouth to unmute. We placed an LED light on the microphone arm. So if you’re muted, you can see the red light in your peripheral vision. And if you unmute while the boom arm is up it will voice prompt you to lower the boom. Additionally, both the Wireless Headset and Surface Headphones 2+ for business have a USB dongle with an LED, which is red when muted and green when you’re not. We’ve also built in a push-to-talk capability for devices with the mute button. So you can stay on mute. Just long press that mute button, hold it down to unmute yourself while talking, then release the button to return back to mute.
– And that’s super useful. By the way even if you don’t place yourself on mute sometimes presenters and organizers on Teams calls, they can mute you as well. So whatever the reason the visual indicator really helps keep you informed of your status. That said though, hardware mute buttons: I think they’re pretty common on things like microphones and headsets. So how are these different?
– It’s a good question. And our devices, the mute button is a hardware control that can mute local microphones, but it’s also a software control that synchronizes and interacts with Teams to trigger the audio mute in the Teams app. This eliminates echo as you come off of mute.
– And to be clear, you know that software mute feature is an advantage of the Teams certification. You know, otherwise hardware-only mute is like switching your microphone on and off. So if you’re using a speaker that the mic can pick up then Teams by design will need a couple of seconds to recalibrate as it samples the audio to suppress noise and also transmit the cleanest audio. But let’s go back to the dongle though. So why did Teams-certified versions of the Surface Headphones and the Wireless Headsets need the dongle versus just going over Bluetooth?
– You’re not the first person to ask that question. The dongle gives you a few benefits though. First it’s plug and play, and it takes priority in Teams as the default device if you already have other audio peripherals connected. Compare that to Bluetooth, where typically the last device to connect wins. And beyond that, in terms of performance the dongle helps provide high quality, wide band audio throughput, and more connection reliability. In fact, whereas Bluetooth standard range is 10 meters, with the dongle we’ve tested the range beyond 30 meters in open spaces. Also the dongle’s dedicated frequency band and radio ensures that you’re not competing with other Bluetooth connected devices. And if you happen to lose or misplace your dongle you can fall back to Bluetooth connectivity and order a replacement dongle if you need to. Of course, the dongle ensures all the Teams specific controls just work, including the hook switch which you can use to quickly accept or hang up calls.
– That makes a lot of sense. But let’s go deeper into the device experiences.
– So a huge theme for us with this round of accessories was the audio and video experience. We want you to look and sound your best, starting with the sound you receive, whether that’s through the speaker or the headsets, it needs to be accurate and tuned for the human voice. So our sound profile is not too boomy or bright on the top end, like a lot of the music-optimized headphones. With our audio devices, we’re optimizing frequency response in the spoken vocal range. Here, for example, you’re seeing a frequency response curve for the speaker during a Teams meeting. This curve is focused on the human voice range, which is typically 200–5,000 Hertz. And when listening to music, we automatically change the EQ profile to boost base frequencies and give you that fuller sound. Equally important is the sound you send in meetings or calls so that you sound natural to others. In our product design and testing, for example, we’ve optimized the length and angle of the boom in our headset to position it more closely to your mouth for better tone reproduction.
– Right, but in addition to audio, you know, the video experience thing is an important aspect of feeling connected and included in remote and hybrid meetings. So why don’t we switch gears to the Modern webcam.
– You’re absolutely right. Video plays a huge role. There are lots of devices out there with integrated cameras built into device bezels and for size or cost reasons just don’t hit the mark in terms of video quality. So we set out to build an affordable 1080p webcam. It’s tuned out of the box for great image quality which shoots at 30 frames per second and is capable of high dynamic range. We also designed the base of the camera to get the lens as close as possible to your screen to optimize your eye gaze during Teams calls. And just like you want the confidence of knowing you’re on mute, we want you to have the same peace of mind that you are off camera too. A lot of engineering and attention went into building an integrated privacy shutter that’s easy to slide open and shut with a magnetic snap as it moves across positions. And even at its price point it has incredible performance in terms of low-image noise, high-color accuracy, image detail, low-latency, and jitter.
– Okay, but do all these accessories then work across platforms as well?
– Yes, everything I’ve shown today works on Windows and Mac OS. Additionally, the audio devices also work on iOS and Android. And even though everything is tuned to work great out of the box, if you’re using Microsoft accessories with Windows, we also have the new Microsoft Accessory Center to help you manage them. The app automatically installs when you connect to any of our Modern accessories. It’s great for managing all your settings, updating device firmware, and more.
– It’s really great to hear how this new accessory lineup supports our new world of remote and hybrid work.
– You know, at the end of the day, we built off our own experiences over the past year to design a set of products that are perfect for this new way of working: at home, at the office, or wherever you get work done.
– Okay. So what do you recommend then for people who might want to get their hands on these accessories?
– We made everything I just presented available today for purchase. You can find them at your favorite electronics retailers and there are more detailed specs at aka.ms/ModernAccessories as well as Surface.com.
– Thanks so much, Branden. And of course, keep watching Microsoft Mechanics for the latest news and updates from Microsoft. Subscribe to our channel if you haven’t yet. And as always, thanks for watching.
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Today, I worked on a very interesting case when our customer wants to connect to the Private EndPoint/Link of Azure SQL Database from Azure SQL Managed Instance. In this article, I would like to share with an example how to do it.
Basically, once you have created the Private Endpoint on the VNET/SUBNET of your Azure SQL Managed Instance. The most important thing is to resolve the IP. We have two options:
- Adding in your DNS server the resolution for your Azure SQL Database Private EndPoint IP.
- For example, servername.database.windows.net points to 10.1.2.5. If you have already deployed you Azure SQL Managed Instance before creating this Private Endpoint in order to update the DNS resolution of your Azure SQL Manage Instance nodes, I would like to suggest to scale up/down your Azure SQL Managed Instance in order to refresh the DNS servers.
- Connecting using the IP address of your Private Endpoint.
- In the Linked Server definition, type a name (for example, MyLinkedServerWithPrivateEndpoint), choose any provider in the data source type the Private Endpoint IP that you have, for example, 10.1.2.5 and finally, in the catalog type the name of your database.
- For login credentials, you need to specify:
- UserName: myloginname@servername (without adding .database.windows.net)
- Password: Type the password of this login.
In this situation, everytime that you run a query, for example, SELECT * FROM MyLinkedServerWithPrivateEndpoint.DatabaseName.SchemaName.TableName you are going to directly to the Private Endpoint. This applies for Azure SQL Database and Azure Synapse.
Enjoy!
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Delivering rich, delightful experiences to our customers continues to be a top priority for our Excel team. A few weeks ago, we shared how to easily format your data with color and style, and more. Today, we bring you a set of new features and improvements to help you better analyze your data, specifically:
- Text to columns
- PivotTable improvements
- Sort improvements
- Interactive charts
- Additional keyboard shortcuts
Text to columns
You can now split text into columns using delimiters. For example, with a few clicks, you can convert “Hello World” in one cell to “Hello” and “World” across two adjacent cells.
You can also select multiple delimiters including tab, semicolon, comma, space, and custom [delimiter] at the same time. For example, “Hello, how are you?” in one cell would split into “Hello”, “”, “how”, “are”, and “you?” across 5 cells if you selected both comma and space as delimiters.
Text to columns
PivotTable improvements
Analyze your data with the new and improved PivotTable experience in Excel for the web including:
- Create a PivotTable quickly with Recommended PivotTables
- Change the settings and look-and-feel of your PivotTable the way you want it via the new PivotTable ribbon including PivotTable Styles and new PivotTable Settings task pane
- Copy, refresh, and show or hide PivotTable task panes with one click using the new PivotTable right click menu
Sort improvements
Sorting is fundamental in data analysis. Sorting can be more than numerical or alphabetical ordering though. In Excel for the web, you can now sort by Cell Color, Font Color, and Conditional Formatting Icon, in addition to Cell Values. Furthermore, you can sort by more than one column.
Sort improvements
Interactive charts
You can now directly select and interact with chart elements when formatting a chart. Double-clicking a chart element launches the format task pane while single-clicking a chart element navigates you to its corresponding formatting options. In addition, non-data chart elements can now be removed from the chart using the delete/backspace keys. You will also be able to see a preview of your selection as you hover your mouse cursor over different chart elements.
Interactive charts
Additional keyboard shortcuts
Many users have asked for additional well-known and commonly used keyboard shortcuts in Excel for the web, and we’re thrilled to bring you:
- End-arrows – move to the last cell in the row or column
- Ctrl-End – move to the last cell that contains data or formatting.
- Ctrl-Shit-End – extend the selection to the last used cell
Also coming soon are
- PgUp/PgDn – move screen up/down
- Alt-PgUp – move screen left
- Alt-PgDn – move screen right
- Alt-Shift-PgUp – extend selection left one screen
- Alt+Shift+PgDn – extend selection right one screen
Find the full list of keyboard shortcuts via Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.
Keyboard shortcuts
These are just some of the latest improvements, many more are coming soon!
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Thank you!
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Today’s guest post was written by Chris Bugaj, Karen Janowski, Mike Marotta and Beth Poss – Assistive Technology experts, and co-authors of the new book, Inclusive 365
Designing experiences that reach all learners is a fundamental need for every educator to engage in. However, adopting an inclusive mindset is necessary before one can design educational experiences that meet every individual’s need. Within an inclusive mindset is the belief that inclusion is feasible, that all learners can achieve their potential, and that we must offer strategies that are flexible, accessible to all and intentionally designed. Inclusive educational experiences rarely happen by accident. Designing for inclusivity acknowledges learner variability and focuses on strengths that promote engagement, success, and autonomy.
Ubiquitous integration of educational technology helps create barrier free learning spaces where everyone has access to the tools to succeed and where use of technology supports does not mark any one learner as less accomplished.
As we discuss in our forthcoming book, Inclusive Learning 365, technology can be used to design experiences that are flexible which removes obstacles to independence. In the spirit of building inclusive learning experiences, Microsoft is paving the way toward ensuring ubiquitous access to inclusive technology for all. They have developed a multitude of features which promote accessibility and inclusion which are built into existing tools such as Office 365 and Windows. They have partnered with educational institutions and other technology providers to ensure these tools are widely available to the masses. Providing familiar tools with a variety of customizable features removes obstacles to content access. These tools offer flexibility and choice so that users can identify the features which work best for them, depending on the task and their own unique learning needs.
Changing the visual presentation of text, adding audio supports, translation of both voice recordings with text to speech and playback in multiple languages, are just some of the features built into Microsoft’s Learning Tools. Additionally, they have made one of their flagship accessibility tools, Immersive Reader, available to third party developers extending its reach. Immersive Reader makes text accessible for those who are learning to decode by helping them understand what they are reading. An example of that partnership with other developers is how Wakelet and Immersive Reader interact. For a recent immigrant from Israel, whose primary language was Hebrew, this partnership opened the curriculum for him in a way that wasn’t possible previously. The educator curated grade level content using Wakelet. The learner used the embedded Immersive Reader feature to translate the articles from English to Hebrew and then listened to them in his primary language. He independently accessed grade level content. Eventually, this feature was no longer needed as he gained English language skills. But it made a tremendous difference early in the school year.
Sometimes, accessibility is as simple as spell check—a tool that most of us do not even think about, as it is seamlessly integrated into almost every digital writing tool used. For one nine-year-old learner, however, spell check has made the difference between feeling hesitant as a student and becoming a confident learner with a newfound love for writing. Knowing that she had difficulty with spelling, she would get hung up on how to spell a word, lose her train of thought and get frustrated, often changing a well thought out and effective word she was writing to a less sophisticated and less interesting word that she knew how to spell. Asking the adults around her to help her spell was typically met with the direction “Try to find it in the dictionary”, not a helpful strategy when you might not be sure of the second letter in the word! When one educator explicitly modeled the simple strategy of clicking on the familiar red squiggly underlined word and using the suggestions to help her correct her misspelling, she found a solution to her writing challenges. When educators instead gave her the prompt of “Do your best and see what suggestions spell check gives you.” she took agency of her own learning. When she realized that even when she was doing handwritten work or filling in a printed worksheet, she could open a Word document and type in the word she was struggling with to copy correctly, she felt successful and proud of her work. A simple, often underrated function of a tool helped change the mindset of one young learner, who now sees herself as capable.
If the principal responsibility of an educator is to support the learners they are meant to serve, then every educator should explore both common-place and newer technologies designed with inclusivity and accessibility in mind. Learners, just like this nine-year-old, can be invited to evaluate the features for themselves, develop their own awareness for what’s available, and craft their own technology toolkit for life-long learning.
Join the four of us for a free webinar (June 17th @ 1pm PST) led by Mike Tholfsen, as we discuss Inclusive Learning 365.
Chris Bugaj, Karen Janowski, Mike Marotta and Beth Poss
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
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Today we announced the general availability of the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) and Data Collection Rules (DCR) that are two brand new features from the Azure Monitor product. You can read more about the specific changes announced on this launch in this update announcement here.
Both these features address the data collection aspects of Azure Monitor, indicated by the red dotted box below. They aim to provide powerful new capabilities, while at the same time ensuring data collection setup is a breeze for users! Read on to find out how…
What’s the AMA? Is this “yet another agent”?
The AMA collects monitoring data from the guest operating system of virtual machines and delivers it to Azure Monitor. It is meant to replace all other agents that exist today for a similar purpose, consolidating their features and providing more capabilities on top and enabling long-requested asks by all of you.
So, while it is indeed another agent, it’s primary targeted to address the underlying sentiment of this question, which is pain and frustration at “too many agents”. For users today, there’s one agent if you wish to collect telemetry logs data, another agent if you want to collect metrics from Windows machines for alerting, another one if you want to do the same but from Linux machines. I think we all can agree that’s no fun, and the solution to this is (yep, you guessed it), the AMA!
Is the AMA the ‘one agent’ for everything?
The answer is no, but it’s meant to be the single agent for uploading data to Azure Monitor going forward, which collects telemetry data and sends it to Azure Monitor Logs or Metrics (today), and Event Hubs, Storage Accounts and many other destinations that you need to send telemetry data to (in future).
Other extensions need to be deployed for specific “curated” monitoring scenarios like security or insights, that all use the AMA to pump data to Azure Monitor.
Thus, it’s important to understand the new extension model that the AMA introduces that reduce management overhead and provide a consistent, easy way to enable, update, debug and remove specific monitoring scenarios.
- The AMA is available as a VM extension, and so all VM extension capabilities are available out of box like auto-upgrade, no-config installation and more
- Previously known as ‘Log Analytics Solutions’ or ‘Management Packs’, additional VM extensions may also be installed on the machine for specific monitoring scenarios like security monitoring (Azure Security Centre), SIEM (Sentinel), Virtua Machine Insights, Container Insights, VM Guest Health, Network Monitoring and many more
- These extensions all use the AMA extension to pipe data to the required destination, so user can choose to selectively install only what’s required. Nothing more, nothing less!
Okay, what else is new besides consolidating existing feature sets?
- Centralized yet granular (“resource-centric”) configuration, that allows you to have a setup that works best for your organization using the power of Data Collection Rules (see next section). You can either opt for centralized collection setup (one rule for all machines) as well as granular collection setup (different rule for different set of machines, even though connected to the same workspace)
- Native to ARM, which means you can use ARM templates, Azure policies, etc to manage monitoring code changes in the same as as your service code, with proper review gates and safe deployment practices
- Event filtering for Windows Event Logs that allows you to limit data collection to exactly what you require, thus providing tremendous cost saving opportunity
“We are very excited with the new Windows Security filtering capabilities in Azure Monitor Data Collection Rules. During the last 4-5 months, 3 of our customers have used the new feature. They have all gained significant logging cost savings (30-50%) being able to exclude irrelevant security events into their log workspace. The XPath filtering capabilities adds great filtering capabilities on agent level, so we only send the needed data into Azure Log Analytics. Moving forward we are also excited to learn, that Microsoft will continue to enhance the filtering capabilities to support some of the features in newer versions of XPath”
– Morten Waltorp Knudsen, CEO & Cloud Architect, 2LINKIT
- Support for multiple destinations, where you collect the data once and send it to multiple Log Analytics workspaces (multi-homing anyone?), or a combination of logs and metrics destinations at the same time
- Much better performance in terms of the EPS (events per second) rate, compared to existing agents
- Seamless experience on Azure and non Azure environments, using Azure ARC as a pre-requisite. The ARC agent comes at no extra cost and is only used to install the AMA and additional VM extensions on your non-Azure machines, the same way it’s done for Azure machines (Hint: One way to manage it all).
“We have a large investment for both on-premise and cloud resources. With Azure ARC and Azure Monitor Agent, we are able to collect real-time data from both environments into log analytics to provide analysis, gain visibility from operation management and compliances. This also allows us to reduce redundant tools, processes, and expenses”
– An avid user from a large US telecommunication company
What’s DCR? Why should I bother learning about it?
“I want an easy way to setup monitoring and data collection for all my resources”
“I want to centrally manage what telemetry data I collect, and just do it one way for all instead of managing it differently per machine or resource type”
“I want a single pane of glass view for any/all data being collected from my resources and how/where it’s being sent to”
“I want a simpler monitoring life! :)”
If you can relate to any of the above, then Data Collection Rules is here to help!
Simply put, a DCR is a rule you can use to define what data to collect, how it should be processed, and where it should be sent to. It’s agnostic of the source of the data as well as the destination, making it independent of either and thus flexible enough to configure collection just the way you need to.
As such, DCR presents tremendous opportunity to revisit and simplify your existing data collection setup, and provides freedom from all existing limitations around configuration to make the most out of Azure Monitor!
How do DCRs work with AMA?
- You first create a DCR which is nothing but an Azure ring 1 resource, which resides within Azure in a resource group and subscription of your choice (same as any other resource)
- In the DCR, you select which types of data you’d like to collect from what’s supported today
- Finally you specify the destination(s) where the data needs to be sent to. Within a single DCR, you can specify multiple Log Analytics workspaces today or a combination or logs and metrics destinations in Azure Monitor. Note: The metrics destination is not GA and continues to remain in preview with these limitations
- Once created, one or more DCRs can be applied to one or more machines using DCR-Association (or DCRA) which need to be deployed per machine (1:1 mapping between DCRA and resource)
- These machines should have the AMA installed which then polls into new Azure Monitor Control Service to fetch the DCRs the machine is associated with. Once received, AMA starts collecting the required data
- AMA uses Managed Identity so the machines should have that enables. See prerequisites here.
Note: When using the DCR creation experience on Azure Portal (shown below), you only need to perform step #1. All other steps are performed on your behalf (woohoo, no need to worry about agent installation!)
Does it only support AMA?
As of today, DCR is used to configure what the AMA should collect and where the data should be sent to. In the long term though, Data Collection Rules will become the single, consistent way to configure data collection for other resources like PaaS services (uses Diagnostic Settings today) or application (uses AppInsights SDK today), and whatever else that you need. Tell us now and help us build it for you!
What’s the migration story from existing agents?
We will not be auto migrating customers due to the fact that AMA is not at full parity yet with the existing agents.
- Log Analytics Agents customers may start migrating to AMA if their required set of capabilities and “solutions” are available already. Migration can be performed using the same steps listed in our documentation today, and using policies to replicate these steps “at scale”
- In addition, ensure to cleanup existing agents, workspace keys, config files from machines
- Also disable solutions on workspaces that you wish to use the new agent for instead
- Azure Diagnostic Extension and Telegraf agent customers can start migrating to AMA if they only need to send metrics data to Azure Monitor Metrics. Sending data to Event Hubs and Storage accounts is not supported yet.
We will be releasing migration tools in the coming months to automate and simplify some of this for you. In the meantime, if you need additional guidance or have questions, please reach out to the product group directly. We would be happy to assist!
What’s next?
This launch is just the first step towards a better and more powerful world of data collection for monitoring.
On the agent side:
- We continue to consolidate features from existing agents, including but not limited to:
- Custom log collection
- Windows 10 support
- New destinations like event hubs and storage accounts
- Support for popular solutions (AMA extensions) that you use today. This should unblock more of you to migrate soon to the better agent.
On the DCR side, we will expand scope to act as the control plane for other parts of Azure Monitor data collection, like API based ingestion and Diagnostic Settings.
Lastly, we rely on you to tell us where we should head next. So tell us what you need, and tell us now!
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
May has been really busy for the OneDrive team. Here are the latest functionalities that rolled out to production last month.
- Updated file picking experience for Yammer
- Immersive reader in OneDrive and SharePoint
- Link settings to the Quick Permissions
- Expiring access for external users
- Exclude specific files from sync on macOS
- PDF viewing updates on iOS and Android
- Request Files for GCC High and DoD
Updated file picking experience for Yammer
Roadmap ID : 67240
When users upload files to a Yammer community they will now have access to the files structure and capabilities consistent with OneDrive.
By default, the Pick files window displays your OneDrive folders and files as well as your Document libraries in SharePoint and Teams, including the shortcuts to shared folders that have been added using the Add to OneDrive feature, so you can easily navigate to the documents to select and upload.
Seamless file picking experience in Yammer consistent with OneDrive
Immersive reader in OneDrive and SharePoint
Roadmap ID : 81954
Users can now open documents directly in the Immersive Reader from inside OneDrive and SharePoint and leverage learning tools to change the appearance of your document by using Text options, set Text Size, Spacing, Font, and Themes that suit your learning needs , select Play at the bottom of the window to hear your document read aloud and to see the text highlighted simultaneously change the fonts , etc.
The Immersive Reader features help everyone on any device improve their reading skills, including those with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, emerging readers or a combination of the broad range of unique student abilities.
Open Word files directly into Immersive Reader from inside OneDrive and SharePoint.
Link settings to the quick permissions
Roadmap ID : 81958
Over the next year, we’re using an incremental, data-driven approach for rolling out updates to improve the sharing experience across all Microsoft 365 and Office applications for all platforms (desktop, web, and mobile).
Recently we released Quick Permissions – a more intuitive and discoverable drop-down menu to help you easily select a permission levels( Can edit or Can view ) . We are now adding an additional entry point to Link settings from the Quick permissions dropdown that provide more granular sharing control, so you easily can change link types and sharing permissions..
Intuitive access to link settings for updating sharing permissions.
Expiring access for external users
Roadmap ID : 43797
To protect shared files, administrators can set a mandatory expiration period to ensure access doesn’t last forever and help avoid leaking organization data by accident. This policy can be enabled in the SharePoint admin center (both modern and classic) and applies to both OneDrive and SharePoint. Once the policy is implemented, external users will automatically lose access to content on the site-by-site level (or OneDrive-by-OneDrive level). SharePoint site administrators and OneDrive owners will have the authority to extend or remove access for the selected users.
Admins and end users can expire shares to external users
Exclude specific files from sync on macOS
Roadmap ID : 80684
We enabled functionality in OneDrive for macOS that allows IT admins to prevent the OneDrive sync app from uploading certain files to OneDrive or SharePoint. IT admins who are managing macOS devices in their organizations can enable this setting using the prescribed plist file entry to prevent users from uploading specific file types such as .exe or .mp3 when they sync their OneDrive files.
When this setting is enabled, the sync app doesn’t upload new files that match the specified keywords, and the files remain in the local OneDrive folder.
In Finder, the files will appear with an “Excluded from sync” icon in the Status column, and users will see a notification in the OneDrive activity center explaining why the files aren’t syncing.
Exclude files notification in Finder and Activity center.
PDF viewing updates on iOS and Android
- Jump to Page for PDF viewing
Roadmap ID : 81920, 81919
Users of OneDrive for iOS and Android will be able to to navigate quickly to specific pages in PDFs . When viewing a PDF, users can tap on the page number at the bottom of the screen for the “Jump to Page” dialog to appear and then enter any page number to move to that page.
Jump flow on iOS.
- Outline for PDF viewing
Roadmap ID : 81918, 81917
Outline creates a clickable table of contents to help people who use OneDrive on iOS and Android to quickly navigate PDFs. In iOS when viewing a PDF, tap More . When the table of contents appear, tap any page title to jump to that page . On Android when viewing a PDF, tap Outline for the the table of contents to appear.
Note : The outline feature only works if the PDFs contain outline information inside the metadata. If such information does exist, we simply will not show the outline command in OneDrive.
Outline flow in iOS
Request Files for GCC High and DoD
Roadmap ID : 72228
The popular Request Files feature is now available for GCC high and DoD. With “Request Files” users can collect data from internal and external stakeholders using an upload-only link.
Request files via upload only link
Learn more and stay engaged..
We continue to evolve OneDrive as a place to access, share, and collaborate on all your files in Office 365, keeping them protected and readily accessible on all your devices, anywhere.
To learn more about OneDrive,
Thank you again for your support of OneDrive. We look forward to your continued feedback and hope to connect with you at another upcoming Microsoft or community-led event .
If you are interested to join our team do check out aka.ms/ODSPTEAMSPM
Thanks for your time reading all about OneDrive,
Ankita Kirti – OneDrive | Microsoft
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2021 | Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 76 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:
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C3 AI Ex Machina: C3 AI Ex Machina is a no-code AI product that enables individuals, teams, and enterprises to build AI models and prep petabytes of disparate data with prebuilt connectors such as Snowflake, S3, Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage, and Databricks.
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Capassa Digital CFO: Capassa gathers and analyzes data from your small business’s accounting and finance departments, then presents the numbers visually to give you a better overview. Capassa will help you understand what’s working and what needs to be improved.
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CBRE Host: With a high level of uncertainty around office environments due to COVID-19, CBRE’s Host empowers employees to choose where they want to work, emphasizes socially distanced desk options, provides digital entry passes, and helps employers manage building occupancy.
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CDP 7.2.x Runtimes: This offer from Cloudera provides images for setting up a Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Public Cloud environment with Data Lake and Data Hub. CDP Public Cloud makes it easier to achieve high-value analytics from the edge to AI in a familiar cluster model in the cloud.
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CDP Public Cloud images: This offer from Cloudera provides images for setting up a Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Public Cloud environment with FreeIPA and Data Lake. CDP Public Cloud makes it easier to achieve high-value analytics from the edge to AI in a familiar cluster model in the cloud.
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Cegeka Capacity Smart Parking: Cegeka’s Capacity platform enables facility managers and parking asset owners to better utilize their parking spaces. The platform offers central management for access control, capacity monitoring, customer assistance, and more.
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CentOS 8.3 Minimal: This image offered by Ntegral provides CentOS 8.3 Minimal, a minimal Linux distribution optimized for production environments. CentOS is an excellent virtual machine platform for workloads that include Node.js, web applications, and various database platforms.
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CloudSphere Cloud Migration Planning: CloudSphere’s Cloud Migration Planning can discover and map the entire topology of your IT estate, databases, and operating systems, uncovering any unknown connections and dependencies that could complicate your migration.
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Debian 10 Server: This offer from Cloud Infrastructure Services provides Debian 10 Server. Many popular Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Knoppix, PureOS, SteamOS, and Tails, choose Debian as a base for their software.
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Desktop360: Citrix on Azure Managed Service: Desktop360 from Entisys360 is a managed, ready-to-use Windows 10 virtual desktop deployed in a customer’s Microsoft Azure resource group and delivered by the customer’s Citrix cloud.
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distriBind for MGAs: Designed for managing general agents and insurance agents, distriBind’s back-office software automates premium reconciliation and carrier reporting. If you use digital distribution, distriBind can deliver real-time operations and allow you to report without bordereaux.
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Epsilon Smart: Fostering digital transformation for Greek businesses and their taxes, Epsilon Smart offers a web invoicing app for freelancers and small to medium-sized businesses. This app is compliant with the AADE myDATA platform and is available in Greek and English.
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FHIRBlocks Consent4Health: Consent4Health uses FHIR, blockchain, cryptography, fine-grained consent management, and a decentralized identity framework to free data custodians from the risk of managing electronic health information on behalf of patients.
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GORDIC GINIS: GINIS is a comprehensive solution for public administration organizations. It features economics, file service, human resources, and payroll systems. This app is available in Czech.
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ioMoVoR: Part of the ioMoVo cloud storage solution, ioMoVoR lets users move their data within ioMoVo and also across any platform of their choice.
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IoT Device Management: IoT Device Management is a stand-alone part of eSoftLink, LACROIX Group’s end-to-end IoT platform. Connect, drive, and monitor your industrial IoT solution with this platform-agnostic product that can be deployed on-premises or as a software as a service.
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Mavis: AI-Based Pharma Insights: Graphene’s AI engine, Mavis, analyzes and aggregates information to present complex insights to pharmaceutical companies. Mavis is trained by medical and pharmaceutical experts to identify, group, and present insights by country. |
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MongoDB Server on CentOS: This offer from Cloud Infrastructure Services provides MongoDB Server 4.4 Community Edition on CentOS 8.3. MongoDB is a powerful distributed document database with high availability, horizontal scaling, and geographic distribution.
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MongoDB Server on Ubuntu: This offer from Cloud Infrastructure Services provides MongoDB Server 4.4 Community Edition on Ubuntu 20.04. MongoDB is a powerful distributed document database with high availability, horizontal scaling, and geographic distribution.
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Nomidio IDP: Nomidio IDP is a password-free multifactor authentication solution certified under the OpenID Connect standard and SAML 2.0. It allows enterprises to biometrically authenticate users at scale without significant up-front or ongoing costs.
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Nuuka Connect: Nuuka Connect connects commercial or public buildings to IoT solutions, sensors, energy meters, and more in the cloud. Nuuka Connect provides a unified data format and open APIs to access building information and optimize building systems.
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Nuuka Optimize: Nuuka Optimize is software for HVAC processes that can be connected to any building and allow operators to flexibly adjust energy consumption. This enables lower costs and a reduction of CO2 emissions.
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OptScale: Hystax’s OptScale provides visibility to help companies optimize IT costs and control Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services workloads. The solution offers dozens of cost optimization scenarios, resource lifecycle management, and more.
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Proge Learning Insights: Proge Learning Insights from Proge-Software supports universities and other educational institutions with their distance-learning initiatives. Proge Learning Insights features an advanced analytics dashboard based on Microsoft Power BI.
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Rail-Inspector: Rail-Inspector accurately processes and analyzes imagery captured during drone surveys. Rail-Inspector identifies and measures railway features, classifying anomalies and reporting areas of concern to railroad decision-makers.
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Redis Server on CentOS: This offer from Cloud Infrastructure Services provides Redis Server on CentOS 8.3. Redis is an open-source in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, and message broker.
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Redis Server on Ubuntu: This offer from Cloud Infrastructure Services provides Redis Server on Ubuntu 20.04. Redis is an open-source in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, and message broker.
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Retency Privacy Engine: Retency Privacy Engine’s de-identification technology provides database protection and personal data privacy. It’s commonly used in insurance and banking (for fraud prediction and risk assessment), marketing (for ad optimization), and city planning (for public transportation optimization).
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Riverbed Cloud Accelerator: Riverbed Cloud Accelerator simplifies cloud adoption and accelerates performance for application users and developers by removing network inhibitors, such as bandwidth constraints and unpredictable latency.
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SafetyAware: At-Risk and Lone Worker Safety: Running on Aware360’s PeopleIoT platform, SafetyAware provides instant communication and robust response that supports at-risk and lone workers wherever they are. Key elements of the solution include wearable devices and satellite connectivity.
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SendGuard for Outlook: SendGuard from Standss (South Pacific) Ltd. is a compliance and information security add-in for Microsoft 365. SendGuard can scan emails for profanity and guard against security breaches, warning users with a pop-up before they send them.
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SSIMPLUS VOD Monitor: SSIMPLUS VOD Monitor adds an intelligence layer to your video workflow so you can detect issues and quickly solve them. Track video-on-demand asset quality at scale from source to viewer and meet your customers’ high expectations.
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SynerScope Ixivault: SynerScope’s Ixivault visualizes linked data from traditional sources, like spreadsheets and databases, as well as from images, video, IoT data, and documents. Ixivault helps users rapidly categorize, label, and clean large data sets.
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Tom Sawyer Graph Database Browser: Tom Sawyer Graph Database Browser provides fast and easy visualization and analysis for graph databases. Users of all skill levels can view five graph layouts and run social network and link analysis, clustering, pathfinding, and more analytics using toolbar and menu options.
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Vitro Digital Record Platform: Vitro Software, formerly known as Slainte Healthcare, brings a “show value, then grow value” approach to digital transformation in hospitals and healthcare settings. Its digital record platform offers operational efficiencies and easy navigation.
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Work From Anywhere: Built on Microsoft Defender, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure, BMIT’s Work From Anywhere bespoke solutions enable employees to work remotely while securely accessing data. BMIT can design and deploy tools to make your business run smoother.
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Workplace Automation Self Help & First Fix: First Fix from Workplace Automation contains scripts to efficiently complete common administrative tasks faced by IT service desks. Improve your service desk productivity with automation, self-help features, and a device support report.
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Work Securely: Built on Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Azure, BMIT Work Securely bespoke solutions protect employee devices, guard against possible data loss, reduce the risk of identity theft, and perform risk analysis on your business data and security posture.
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App Dev with Azure CosmosDB: 1-Day Briefing: This briefing from white duck GmbH will demonstrate ways to implement modern cloud applications with NoSQL database storage using Azure CosmosDB. Design a modern, scalable solution architecture for your apps.
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Automize CSP subscription management: Automize will provide Azure CSP support and managed services for your chosen subscription. Automize will assist with onboarding, activation, billing, service requests, and more. |
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Automize Landing Zone: 3-Day implementation: Create the framework for your organization’s cloud adoption strategy in this three-day implementation by Automize. This service is aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and ensures a smooth migration to Microsoft Azure.
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Azure Cloud Migration: 5-Day Evaluation: Izertis will develop a plan to migrate your digital identity management services to the cloud or hybrid environment using Microsoft Azure. Improve your processes of authentication, security, and identity management. This offer is available only in Spanish.
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Azure DevOps & GitHub: 1-Day Assessment: white duck GmbH will audit your current infrastructure and offer a roadmap to a modern DevOps-driven agile development process based on platforms like Microsoft Azure DevOps or GitHub.
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Azure Fundamentals for ISVs: 1-Day Workshop: This workshop by white duck GmbH will provide an overview of Microsoft Azure from a developer’s perspective along with an introduction to architectural concepts for cloud solutions and the basics of modern DevOps methods. Help your team learn the fundamentals of cloud computing.
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Azure Kubernetes Service: 10-Day Proof of Concept: This PoC from white duck GmbH will help your organization ship faster, operate with ease, and scale confidently. Learn how to use end-to-end prototyping in application development based on Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service.
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Azure Kubernetes Service Health Check: 1-Day Assessment: In this assessment, experts from BoxBoat Technologies will assess the stability, security, and configuration of your Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. Ensure peace of mind by making your Kubernetes platform safe, compliant, performant, and cost-effective.
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Azure Performance Management: 1-Day Workshop: In this workshop, diva-e Platforms GmbH will analyze the performance of your digital applications and existing Microsoft Azure infrastructure and make recommendations to optimize operations. This offer is available only in German.
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Azure Sentinel Accelerator: 2-Week Implementation: ANS Group’s implementation will deliver a fully functional production-grade Microsoft Azure Sentinel environment across multi-cloud and hybrid platforms. This will help your organization with efficient incident detection, analysis, and response.
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Azure Sentinel Managed Service: 3-Day Implementation: Insight Technology Solutions will help clients implement Microsoft Azure Sentinel while providing end-to-end services, including a team of analysts to manage round-the-clock security operations.
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Azure Well-Architected Framework: 3-Day Assessment: Objectivity’s assessment will validate your organization’s existing solution against Microsoft Azure best practices. Get an accurate understanding of your cloud architecture and ensure it is reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient.
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Cloud Adoption: 8-Week Assessment: Trace3 will help your organization assess, design, and build a foundation of your cloud adoption strategy that is secure, easily configurable, and ready to deploy workloads in Microsoft Azure.
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Cloud Cost Management: This service by myCloudDoor will help you monitor and manage the cost and resources associated with your company’s consumption of Microsoft Azure. Keep track of the administrative tasks and continuously optimize your consumption and cost forecasts.
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Cloud Migration Services: CloudMoyo will make your organization’s migration to Microsoft Azure seamless through rearchitecting, refactoring, rehosting, and rebuilding. Create a roadmap for a digital future through this risk-free migration to the cloud.
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Cloud Migration Strategy: 8-Week Assessment: Trace3 will help you understand your migration options and recommend the right approach to meet your business needs. Establish a scalable process to assess, migrate, optimize, secure, and manage your workloads in Microsoft Azure.
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CloudMoyo Integration Services: Scale your company’s growth and empower end users with CloudMoyo’s integration services. CloudMoyo will help connect your on-site applications, systems, repositories, and IT environment to Microsoft Azure. |
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CloudMoyo Snowflake on Azure implementation: In this implementation, CloudMoyo will run the Snowflake Data Warehouse on Microsoft Azure to offer a unified view of enterprise data and business performance, along with improved data security and self-service analytics capabilities. |
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Cloud-Native Application on Kubernetes: 10-Week Implementation: This implementation by Objectivity offers an innovative minimum viable product created with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and AI. Containerization will allow organizations to better control application deployment, scaling, and management. |
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Cloud Security SIEM Managed Services: 2-Week Implementation: PT Mitra Integrasi Informatika’s implementation will provide Azure Sentinel, the next-generation security information and event management (SIEM) solution from Microsoft, so your organization can detect and eliminate cybersecurity threats with ease.
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CloudSphere Cloud Migration Planning: CloudSphere’s automated assessment will map out the topology of your current IT infrastructure and help discover dependencies or issues that might complicate your migration to Microsoft Azure.
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Data Integration Platform on Azure: 4-Week Proof of Concept: Objectivity’s proof of concept will help design an optimal integration process for all your data scattered across disparate sources. This will harness the power of Microsoft Azure Data Lake and Microsoft Power BI solutions and help your organization become more data-driven.
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Data Integration Platform on Azure: 10-Week Implementation: Objectivity will implement an optimal integration process for all your data scattered across disparate sources. Harness the power of Microsoft Azure Data Lake and Microsoft Power BI solutions and help your organization become more data-driven.
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Data Platform Implementation: 10 Weeks: Motifworks’ 10-week implementation brings Microsoft Azure and big data analytics competency to help your organization with end-to-end data platform modernization. This will help reduce total cost of ownership and improve your operation margins.
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Data Platform Modernization: Link Development’s data platform modernization can help boost your organization’s digital productivity by using Microsoft Azure data services. Reduce administrative costs and make better data-driven decisions.
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Data Platform Modernization: 8-Week Implementation: Trace3’s data platform modernization uses Microsoft Azure tools to help organizations achieve the agility and elasticity necessary to run an intelligence-driven business. The implementation incorporates tools like ADF, ADLS, Databricks, and Azure Synapse to drive outcomes.
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Integration Center of Excellence: 9-Week Implementation: Using the Microsoft Azure platform, Synegrate will implement an enterprise integration with a strong focus on people, processes, and policies. This will result in high-quality integrations, greater ROI, and improved total cost of ownership.
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IoT Envisioning: 4-Day Workshop: Insight Canada’s workshop will help build a foundational understanding of how IoT and Microsoft Azure services can drive transformational change in your organization by enabling data-driven intelligence and integration.
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Managed Azure Landing Zone: 1-Hour Briefing: KCOM Group’s briefing provides an overview of how your organization can get started with Microsoft Azure without having to design, build, manage, and support the Azure infrastructure. Harness the performance, scalability, and innovation of Azure by deploying this landing zone.
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Managed Detection and Response Service: This managed service from Venzo A/S uses the capability of Microsoft security products combined with features of Azure Lighthouse to gain visibility into your organization’s data sources via delegated access management. Identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks before they become a threat.
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Modern Data Platform on Azure: 4-Week Proof of Concept: Objectivity’s proof of concept will provide a custom architecture design for a modern data platform on Microsoft Azure. This will help your organization manage its cloud migration easily and efficiently.
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Modern Data Platform on Azure: 5-Day Assessment: Objectivity’s offering is designed to identify and assess the current state of your data solution and the feasibility and ROI of migrating one or more applications to Microsoft Azure. It includes a roadmap for a seamless migration process.
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Modern Data Platform on Azure: 10-Week Implementation: In this implementation, Objectivity will help your company take data processing to a new level with Microsoft Azure. You’ll receive a custom-fit, end-to-end data solution that can still be easily expanded in the future.
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Modern Desktop Deployment & Management: intellecom GmbH will supply modern desktop provisioning and management based on your Microsoft 365 subscription and
desktop deployment. This offer is available in German and English.
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Modernize Data Warehouse on Azure: 2-Day Assessment: In this engagement, UXLI will help you assess, design, and deploy modern data services for your cloud adoption, thus increasing the agility, scalability, and reliability of your data. A high-level strategy to include Microsoft Azure analytics will be included. |
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Modernize .NET Apps: 3-Week Assessment: This offer by Lightstream is geared toward customers who have chosen to modernize their .NET applications with Microsoft Azure. Benefits include a proven and repeatable process that creates a complete modernization plan with speed, security, and efficiency.
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Modernize your application with the cloud: 5-week implementation: CLOUDFIELD will help you modernize and speed up application development using Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service and other Azure services. Easily navigate business-critical requirements to improve your end customers’ experience.
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Vision Workshop: 2-Week Assessment: Sparkhound’s workshop will help you determine what’s most valuable for your business based on empirical data from Microsoft Azure analytics services. Learn how to prioritize budgeting and resources for your business, technology, and sustainability.
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Windows Virtual Desktop: 2-Day Workshop: In this workshop, Cluster Reply will administer a fully functioning Windows Virtual Desktop proof of concept. This will enable your organization to envision secure, work-from-anywhere scenarios and their positive business implications.
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Windows Virtual Desktop: 2-Week Proof of Concept: Simplify your remote modern workplace with a proof of concept of Windows Virtual Desktop delivered by OBVUS. Learn how you can eliminate hardware constraints and increase your organization’s agility and performance.
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