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We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 106 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below:
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Atalo: Hosted and powered by Microsoft Azure, Atalo by Cadvil helps businesses manage all aspects of operations such as HR, production, finance, inventory, and more. Increase efficiency and drive growth with this comprehensive solution with affordable SaaS pricing.
Avanti – Managed Cloud Development Platform: Focus on value and time to market and let the Avanti platform manage all the infrastructure components involved in your software development cycle. Avanti is optimized for Microsoft Azure and follows Microsoft guidelines for a scalable and secure setup.
C3 Generative AI: Production Pilot: The C3 Generative AI production pilot facilitates a transformative human-computer interaction approach allowing enterprise users to quickly access critical information and relevant data through a natural language interface.
Cadvil SPOT: SPOT by Cadvil is an employee engagement and recognition application designed to increase employee morale, collaboration, team building, and production while reducing attrition, absenteeism, employee conflicts, training costs, and HR workload.
CGT Watch: This SaaS platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for biopharma executives to access information and gain valuable insights about cell and gene therapy developments. Stay ahead of market trends and maximize opportunities for success with CGT Watch.
Ciro Hotel Booking Engine: Search hotel listings and book rooms with this app from Tecnoglare Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Sort listings by location, price, name, and star category. The solution can be integrated with all major payment gateways.
CIS Benchmark L1 on Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise: Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides an image of Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise that’s hardened according to a CIS Benchmark. Level 1 (L1) profile settings within the CIS Benchmark have been applied to provide clear security benefits.
ShareDocs Enterpriser CKYC Management Tool: ShareDocs Enterpriser provides a central repository for banking and financial institutions to maintain know-your-customer records. ShareDocs Enterpriser uses face recognition technology to automatically capture photos and data from forms.
Client-Side Global Server Load Balancer: DynConD’s client-side GSLB (global server load balancer) is used by replicated and distributed network services for optimal server selection by taking into account network distance, service response time, and server load.
CloudCasa: Kubernetes Backup Service: CloudCasa, a backup, recovery, and cluster migration service that’s compatible with Azure Kubernetes Service, lets you centrally manage the open-source backup tool Velero across multiple clusters and cloud providers.
CloudDRaaS: C-Data’s CloudDRaaS is a disaster recovery solution for VMware Cloud Director and vSphere. Users can replicate tenant vSphere workloads between an on-premises vCenter Server instance and a provider-hosted instance, or between provider-hosted vCenter Server instances.
CUBIKA Big Insights: CUBIKA Big Insights applies machine learning, analytics, and Digital Dialogue’s natural language processing to task automation, categorizing, and standardizing data. Manage your big-data environment with an automated, governed, and secure platform.
Custom LLM Model Training for Chat Search Service: Neuu Labs Pvt. Ltd.’s Chat.usln.in platform lets you train chatbots on custom data so it can respond to queries. The large language model (LLM) training is appropriate for customer support, sales assistance, task automation, or information retrieval.
Debian 11: This offer from AskforCloud provides Debian 11 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. Debian is an open-source Linux-based operating system known for stability and smooth upgrade processes.
Debian 11 Bullseye: This offer from AskforCloud provides Debian 11 (called Bullseye in development) on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. Debian is an open-source Linux-based operating system known for stability and smooth upgrade processes.
decisionOS by Causal AI: decisionOS powered by Causal AI is a suite of Python packages that can determine the causal effect of your actions and root cause of outcomes. You can assess, quantify, and fix the fairness of your data and models different business-critical scenarios.
Deepsight AI Platform: DeepSight AI Labs’ computer vision platform utilizes AI to quickly parse your video analytics data so you can instantly detect specific objects and potential threats from multiple live cameras. It can be integrated with various IoT devices to make your existing setup smarter.
Digital Platform Conductor: ReadyWorks offers a comprehensive view of your IT estate by automating critical workflows and accurate compliance in your IT processes. It analyzes crucial data, facilitating responses to security and compliance audits with verified asset data, ensuring CMDB accuracy.
eekox for Remote Workspace Management: eekox’s Work as a Service (WaaS) credit-based solution empowers corporate nomads in your organization by providing them with an ideal workspace that promotes productivity and well-being. The platform utilizes Microsoft Azure for scalability and security.
eekox for Team Building: Designed to foster team unity and cohesion, eekox’s instant booking tool allows employees to choose the best space and plan for team building. Foster unity in remote work environments and ensure your team functions smoothly.
E-Invoice and E-Way Bill: Experience the convenience of integrating and generating E-Invoices and E-Way Bills with LogiTax’s solution. The app offers real-time validation, seamless integration, and instant transmission leading to faster processing and improved cash flow.
Engauge: Utilizing a single, unified interface that houses multiple CPaaS companies and gateway providers, Engauge by Decisive Analytical Systems enables digital marketing agencies to capitalize on cost-saving opportunities, streamline invoice management, and deliver a consistent UI/ UX experience.
ERP for Pharma: This ERP suite of solutions for Pharma provides end-to-end bidirectional traceability, ensures compliance, and enhances the quality, consistency, and speed to deliver drugs to market. The application allows you to streamline your workflow and cut production costs.
ERP School Management System (SMS): This integrated educational ERP solution streamlines, automates, and simplifies campus administration and enables educators to make quick and thoughtful decisions that enhance student and faculty performance and ultimately drives institutional growth.
FinanzOS for Tally: Reconcile all your accounting data sets across a wide range of sources with FinanzOS, a finance automation platform from Thoughtle Technologies. Enhance productivity and improve your cash flow efficiency via insights into your accounts receivable and accounts payable data.
FinStinct: FinStinct uses the power of AI/ML and NLP to automate and streamline the processing of unstructured data in the financial services industry. It can even convert complex financial and legal documents into personalized videos for analysis.
FinView: Enhance your customer engagement by converting complex bank, credit card, portfolio, and mutual fund statements into personalized videos. FinView sends the video clip of the research highlights and statement analysis by secure email to your clients.
FlyPal-CRS: Simplify crew management and ensure the proper balance of competent, well-rested crew members on board with FlyPal Crew Rostering System (CRS) from BytzSoft. The application can be configured to meet the needs of general aviation operations or commercial airlines.
FlyPal-SMS Neo: Proactively mitigate safety risks and enable data-driven decision making with aviation app FlyPal Safety Management System (SMS) Neo from BytzSoft. Comprehensive incident analysis tools and modules ensure compliance with international safety regulations.
FocusX – AI-Powered ERP: This AI-powered ERP with in-memory computing and industry-ready templates empowers businesses with ML-driven statistics, predictive analytics, and forecasting. Customers can cherry-pick their desired modules for effective communication and secure transactions.
Foresiet: This SaaS offer from Foresiet provides an AI-powered integrated digital risk protection platform that can identify and forecast risks by analyzing over 100+ unique vectors across on-premises and cloud deployments. Get deeper visibility through content-specific threat intelligence.
Goodbook: Experience the convenience of quickly generating custom pay slips with Goodbook’s intuitive platform. The application provides personalized pay slips and simplifies your payroll process, even if you have no prior accounting knowledge.
GST Return & Reconciliation: LogiTax streamlines the filing process, saving time and ensuring accuracy, thereby optimizing cash flow during upload for businesses with multiple GSTINs. It provides intelligence-driven reconciliation reports for easy ITC claims and vendor management.
HiFairs: Virtual Art Rooms: This SaaS offer from HIDS Technologies uses augmented, virtual, and extended reality to create 2D and 3D virtual art rooms. It supports artists, buyers, and sponsors by creating a digital ecosystem to assist with branding and selling of art products.
HiLearner: Interactive Platform for Learning: Designed to support e-learning, this SaaS offer from HIDS Technologies uses augmented, virtual, and extended reality to host, design, and tailor your classrooms, workshops, and labs. Learn to do more with less, while maintaining scalability and reliability.
iAQT: iAQT is an end-to-end SaaS platform for managing your Out-of-Home (OOH) media inventory. It ensures continued visibility of point-of-sale visual media assets and real time campaign status reporting for closed loop management.
iCert Global HRM: Streamline administrative tasks and engage effectively with customers by delivering personalized experiences through the right channels at the right time with iCert Global HRM. This comprehensive HR management solution fosters customer loyalty.
iCertGlobal LMS: iCert Global’s Learning Management System is a self-paced, live online training solution providing professional certification courses. Accelerate your career with data-driven digital classrooms that offers seamless collaboration between students and teachers.
Ideanote: Ideanote enables goal-driven innovation by collecting, developing, and managing ideas efficiently within Microsoft Teams. Available in multiple languages, the app helps enterprise users achieve strategic goals, enhance customer experiences, and reduce costs.
iMXM: This mobile-enabled point-of-sale visual merchandise management solution is tailored for retail chains and brands. iMXM manages your media inventory across stores, right from planning to installation and monitoring, with real time inventory analytics and campaign planning.
iTrans: An IoT-based solution, iTrans is a blood transportation and Haemovigilance box that addresses key principles for bedside transfusion safety. It ensures patient identification alignment connecting the Haemovigilance checklist directly with the blood issue process for enhanced safety and accuracy.
KappaX: KappaX significantly enhances customer engagement, brand recall, and sales with AI-powered interactive experiences. The collaborative, no-code platform combines customer experience with interactive storytelling and uses videos to drive brand action.
Kriyam FieldSutra: Kriyam FieldSutra streamlines field operations by automating and optimizing your workforce scheduling, dispatching, and tracking. The app provides real time updates allowing you to make informed decisions and respond quickly to customer service requests.
Kyvos: Kyvos’ semantic layer solution simplifies and accelerates analytics for business intelligence and data science teams. It allows you to analyze massive amounts of historical data at scale while enabling sub-second query response times for complex queries.
Laabam One ERP: This SaaS offer from Laabam provides an end-to-end cloud-based enterprise resource planning solution to optimize operations around billing, accounting, GST, and stocks. It supports mobile app integration for efficient data handling and management.
Lever.tax Lite: Designed for startups and small businesses, Lever.tax Lite simplifies the process of accessing tax credits for R&D expenses related to employee salaries. The solution offers a user-friendly form for eligibility assessment, application preparation, and submission.
Lever.tax Premium: Experience a simpler, faster, and more cost-effective approach to obtaining tax benefits with AI-powered Lever.tax Premium. The app generates R&D reports and application details for tax credits tailored to your country’s rules and requirements.
Multi Feature IoT Smart Energy Meter: This app from Delving Research measures 3-phase electrical parameters as well as physical parameters using IoT sensors. It works via GSM, Wi-Fi, or Ethernet and can calculate required capacitor values for power factor improvement with alarm/trip controls.
MTARGET: The Email Company: MTARGET helps deliver personalized emails at scale without having your organization maintain its own email server. Gather high-quality leads and retain customers using this AI-powered platform with SMTP relay, transactional email API, email validator, and more.
NetApp BlueXP (Annual): BlueXP abstracts the complexity of architecting underlying Azure infrastructure resources, making it easier to deploy and operate NetApp’s storage, mobility, protection, and analysis services within your Azure environment. This offer is for an annual subscription.
Novus: Novus streamlines the organization of conference data and offers seamless navigation across multiple conferences relating to oncology. It fosters networking, encourages attendee feedback, and integrates with popular calendar applications.
Omada Identity Cloud: Omada Identity Cloud is a robust identity, governance, and administration service solution. It enhances your Azure Active Directory environment by monitoring identities, groups, teams, and data along with access management workflows and advanced identity analytics.
Omnisient: Omnisient’s platform allows businesses to securely share, monetize, and access 1st party data. It enables businesses to perform market benchmarking and create new revenue streams while protecting consumer privacy and ensuring data sovereignty.
Plumb5: Plumb5 is a customer engagement platform that automates conversion and retention strategies in real time by intelligently connecting all customer touchpoints. It helps your business grow exponentially with effective tagging strategies and auto segmentation.
Qualitas EagleEye Edge Application: This standalone application offers on-premises deployment of AI models allowing you to effortlessly run AI models in any framework. The Qualitas EagleEye Edge deployment tool is used for image capture, annotation, deep learning training, and more.
Qualitas EagleEye Platform: Qualitas EagleEye Platform automates quality control in manufacturing using computer vision technology to extract insights from visual data, streamline tasks, and improve decision-making processes through data labelling, report generation, and inferencing.
Relatude CMS: Relatude, a unique content management system focused on APIs, offers a combination of AI capabilities, a graph-based content model, and an efficient core engine. Its intuitive user interface caters to content producers while providing developers with data models for advanced functionality.
Relatude E-Commerce: Whether you’re working on critical B2B e-commerce solutions or simple B2C web shops, the Relatude e-commerce application seamlessly blends content and commerce, enabling you to build a cohesive online business.
Relatude Web Application Framework: Relatude Web Application Framework (WAF) rapidly develops advanced web applications with AI-powered features, graph-based content model, and an efficient core engine. Developers can reduce risks and save time as WAF handles a significant portion of the code.
Rexo Campus: Designed to help students make informed decisions, Rexo Campus provides data transparency and convenience for educational institutions. The software assists with student registration, examination management, fee collection, HR, and payroll.
Rexo ERP: Rexo ERP is a flexible, scalable solution that offers multiple cross-platform features to meet the specific needs of educational institutions. It helps schools of any size manage students, teachers, courses, and academic programs using big data and cloud analytics.
Safetrans: SafeTrans is a vein-to-vein blood transfusion traceability software that tracks, records, and supports good transfusion practices. It enables blood banks to eliminate cognitive process-based bias errors by ensuring consistent adherence to configured blood transfusion rules.
SheValues – Diversity Hiring (SaaS): SheValues is a SaaS-based recruitment platform that promotes gender equality in the workplace by connecting women in non-IT segments with job opportunities. It aids in candidate sourcing, applicant tracking, and collaborative decision-making during hiring.
Taskurai: Taskurai is a scalable platform for running background tasks and jobs using serverless queues and containers. Build your applications with a powerful and easy to use .NET SDK that’s designed to be robust and resilient and equipped with automatic and configurable retry patterns.
TeamPilot Feild Service Management: TeamPilot Field Services by LocationGuru empowers service organizations to efficiently dispatch and monitor their teams in the field while digitizing work orders, expense claims, and inventory management.
Tekmon ESG Reporting: Tekmon’s no-code platform allows users to easily browse prebuilt templates and automate data collection processes to address environmental, social, and governance issues. It enables organizations to create value from their ESG strategy, data, and reporting.
ThirdRay Data Platform: ThirdRay Data Platform is a cloud-based service that automates extraction, processing, analytics, and integration of structured content from documents, video, and voice assets to create real-time actionable business insights.
TxHelpDesk: TxHelpDesk is an omnichannel ticketing tool that allows businesses to deliver a unified and consistent support experience by centralizing customer interactions, automating workflows, and ensuring efficient handling and monitoring of customer requests.
Video Analytics, Transcoding & Storage Optimization: Neuu Labs’ video and image converter supports an extensive range of formats, ensuring compatibility with different devices and platforms. With just a few clicks, you can convert your media files to the format that suits your needs.
Vision AI For Manufacturing: Using advanced machine learning algorithms, Thinking Stack’s Vision AI for Manufacturing optimizes operational efficiency, improves product quality, and increases safety standards across the factory floor.
Vision AI For Retail Sector: Thinking Stack’s Vision AI for Retail ensures that your store layout and product placement comply with your planogram. It also provides crowd analytics by processing real-time video feeds and sends alerts about low-stock, out-of-stock, or misplaced items.
WireGuard on CentOS 7: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with CentOS 7 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
WireGuard on CentOS 8: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with CentOS 8 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
WireGuard on Debian 10: Providing a ready-to-use environment to implement encrypted virtual private networks, AskforCloud’s image includes WireGuard on Debian 10. More performant than OpenVPN, WireGuard is a general-purpose VPN that can run on embedded interfaces and supercomputers.
WireGuard on Debian 11: Providing a ready-to-use environment to implement encrypted virtual private networks, AskforCloud’s image includes WireGuard on Debian 11. More performant than OpenVPN, WireGuard is a general-purpose VPN that can run on embedded interfaces and supercomputers.
WireGuard on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
WireGuard on Windows Server 2012 R2: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with Windows Server 2012 R2 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
WireGuard on Windows Server 2016: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with Windows Server 2016 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
WireGuard on Windows Server 2019: This offer from AskforCloud provides WireGuard along with Windows Server 2019 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. WireGuard is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography for encryption.
Go further with workshops, proofs of concept, and implementations
Data Journey using Microsoft Fabric: 1-Day Workshop: Capgemini’s workshop will present an overview of Microsoft Fabric and articulate its value, then identify a sample use case and roll out infrastructure to support the use case. Capgemini will also develop and deliver train-the-trainer sessions.
Generative AI for Your Enterprise: Proof of Concept: Knowit AB’s proof of concept will represent a cost-effective path to determine if what you’re trying to achieve is feasible and if doing it with AI is worth it. Knowit AB will offer guidance so you can start the AI journey with solid planning and best practices in place.
Infrastructure as Code on Azure – Terraform: In this workshop, SVA will discuss the theoretical and practical basics of HashiCorp’s Terraform, an infrastructure-as-code tool. Participants will learn how to create their first Terraform modules. This service is available only in German.
Mission Planning with Propel on Azure: By advising on implementation practices for Microsoft Azure and providing solution prototyping, Propel’s experts will help clients leap the chasm between product strategy and execution.
OpenAI – 2-Day Workshop: Learn how to create and refine prompts and utilize Azure OpenAI Service and the next generation of Azure AI products with CDW’s interactive workshop. By deploying use cases you can quickly differentiate and sharpen your organization’s competitive edge.
OpenAI – 2-Hour Crash Course: CDW will introduce you to key concepts of AI/ML and Generative AI so you can understand how to utilize them in real-world applications. Learn about Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Chat Playground, and a host of AI-related topics to improve your business processes.
Optimize Sales, Marketing with ML & Generative AI: In this proof of concept, data scientists from Knowit AB will develop a machine learning model for your business needs. Key sales drivers and sales forecasts will simulate different scenarios, and reports and visualizations will highlight sales and marketing opportunities.
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Organizations are increasingly challenged to stay aligned with evolving business requirements and protect against expanding attack surfaces with a diverse portfolio of devices outside of traditional organizational boundaries, adding complexity to the vulnerability management process. Vulnerability management solutions provide understanding of their overall security risk posture and where to prioritize.
In recent years, Microsoft has established itself as a leading solution for vulnerability risk management (VRM) by leveraging its industry-leading threat intelligence and security expertise. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management provides end-to-end capabilities across the VRM lifecycle to identify, assess, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities, making it an ideal tool for managing an expanded attack surface and reducing overall risk posture.
Announcing availability of Defender Vulnerability Management standalone
Earlier this year we released our premium capabilities as an add-on to the core capabilities included with Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 and we are thrilled to announce Defender Vulnerability Management is now offered as a standalone solution. Now organizations not yet on Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, or have another EDR solution, or just looking to replace an existing vulnerability management solution, can take advantage of our context-aware, risk-based prioritization that leverages Microsoft’s unmatched threat intelligence, breach likelihood predictions and business contexts to prioritize vulnerabilities across their portfolio of managed and unmanaged devices.
With this significant addition of a standalone offering, we also introduced enhancements to the Microsoft 365 Defender Unified RBAC permissions model to clearly associate relevant roles & permissions with Defender Vulnerability Management (this change will not affect existing roles).
Figure: Core and premium capabilities in standalone offer
Defender Vulnerability Managementpremium capabilities provide advanced assessments with in-depth visibility into potential exposure to your assets:
Security baselines assessment – customized profiles that you can create to assess and monitor endpoints against industry security benchmarks, such as CIS, STIG and Microsoft benchmarks. Instead of running never-ending compliance scans, monitor your organization’s security baselines seamlessly according to customized profiles.
Block vulnerable applications – In addition to the core remediation capabilities, proactively reduce risks with this premium capability by taking mitigation steps such as warning users or blocking known vulnerable versions of applications. Leverage software usage insights to understand the impact of the vulnerable application.
Hardware and firmware assessment – full visibility into device manufacturer, processors, and BIOs information to assess vulnerabilities for hardware and firmware risks.
Digital certificates and browser extensions assessment – expand your asset coverage beyond devices and gain entity-level visibility into the various browser extensions and digital certificates installed across assets.
Network shares analysis– protect against misconfigurations used in the wild by attackers for lateral movement, reconnaissance, data exfiltration, and more.
Authenticated scans for vulnerability assessment– run scans on unmanaged devices by remotely targeting by IP ranges or hostnames to remotely access the devices for vulnerability assessment purposes.
Defender Vulnerability Management capabilities are integrated into Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Cloud enabling security teams to assess their exposure and address changes to improve security posture of your organization. You now have flexibility in our offering across endpoints and servers. More info on our updated website.
Figure: Availability of Core and premium capabilities across offerings that include Defender Vulnerability Management for endpoints and servers.
Your needs for vulnerability assessments and analysis spans platforms, clouds and modalities and our strategy for Defender Vulnerability Management is to support these environments that span multiple platforms across both on-premises and cloud. We have recently added Fortinet to the network devices and container support is our second big news.
Announcing vulnerability assessment (VA) for Containers powered by Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management in Defender for Cloud
With the rise of containerization and microservices, it’s more important than ever to secure the software supply chain and ensure that container images are free from vulnerabilities.
Today, as a result of Defender for Cloud’s integration with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, we are excited to announce thegeneral availability of agentless container posture management in Defender CSPM and the public preview of vulnerability assessment scanning for container images in Defender for Containers.
These new container vulnerability assessment capabilities powered by Defender Vulnerability Management include:
Agentless vulnerability assessment for containers
Zero configuration for onboarding
Near real-time scan of new images
Daily refresh of vulnerability reports
Coverage for both ship (ACR) and runtime (AKS)
Support for OS and language packages
Real-world exploitability insights (based on CISA kev, exploit DB and more)
Support for ACR private links
Agentless container posture management in Defender CSPM, powered by Defender Vulnerability Management
To help proactively strengthen the security posture of your containerized environments, Defender CSPM provides a new vulnerability assessment offering for containers powered by Defender Vulnerability Management, with near real-time scans of new images, daily report refreshes, and real-world exploitability insights. Vulnerabilities are added to Defender CSPM security graph for contextual risk assessment and calculation of attack paths. Customers can now access out-of-the-box container vulnerability assessments that, combined with attack path analysis and agentless discovery of the Kubernetes estate, enable security teams to hunt for risks with the cloud security explorer and prioritize the vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risks to the organization. This agentless approach allows security teams to gain visibility into their Kubernetes and containers registries across the SDLC, removing friction and footprints from the workloads.
Figure Attack path analysis outlining a containerized application publicly exposed with high severity vulnerabilities discovered using Defender Vulnerability Management
Public preview of vulnerability assessment for containers in Defender for Containers, powered by Defender Vulnerability Management
In providing comprehensive cloud workload protection, Defender for Containers’ new integration with Defender Vulnerability Management now provides our customers with vulnerability assessments through one-click enablement, near real-time scan of new images, and daily result refreshes of current and emerging vulnerabilities enriched withexploitability insights – all to help organizations focus on vulnerabilities with the greatest security impact to their organization.
New vulnerability assessment recommendation powered by Defender Vulnerability Management
Enable Container vulnerability assessments powered by Defender Vulnerability Management in one click here.
If you’re interested in learning more about Defender Vulnerability Management visit our website for updated pricing and packaging and datasheet. Read more about our plans and capabilities here. To take advantage of our free 90-day trial, check out our interactive guide, and read more information in our product documentation.
For additional information and other relevant updates on protecting cloud workloads please visit the Microsoft Defender for Cloud blog.
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Delivering exceptional service is key for building customer preference and loyalty. But timely resolution can get challenging when fragmented tools make it hard to find the right information and service delivery gets delayed with lengthy data-entry processes. Today, we’re introducing Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service, bringing the power of next-generation AI to service professionals on the frontline to speed time to resolution. From creating work orders with the right information and assigning them to the right technicians, to equipping the technicians with sufficient support to successfully complete jobs—Copilot will help streamline critical frontline tasks.
New data from Microsoft’s 2023 Work Trend Index Annual Report1 reveals 63 percent of frontline workers struggle with having to do repetitive or menial tasks that take time away from more meaningful work, and 66 percent feel that they don’t have enough time to complete work tasks. The number one thing that frontline leaders value from AI is helping employees with necessary but repetitive/mundane tasks. Whether it’s for a facility inspection, equipment installation, or a maintenance request, frontline service managers want to spend their time figuring out how to improve their team’s efficiency rather than on repetitive tasks such as copying and pasting information from one system to another to create work orders and dispatch technicians. And frontline technicians want the right information at the right time to complete the job, the first time.
Accelerating service delivery
With the preview of Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service today, frontline managers who receive service requests or questions via emails can use next-generation AI to streamline work order creation directly within Outlook. Copilot prepopulates relevant data including summaries of customer escalations into draft work orders for managers to review in their flow of work. Once saved, these work orders automatically sync to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service. Additionally, with updates coming this fall, Copilot will streamline technician scheduling by offering data-driven recommendations based on travel time, availability, skill set, and other factors as well as accelerate responses to customer messages by summarizing key details and next steps in email drafts. Copilot will also become available to assist frontline managers in their flow of work within Microsoft Teams.
“I am really excited about working with Copilot capabilities as I believe it will completely change the way our employees at G&J Pepsi interact with Dynamics 365 Field Service. It will be a game changer for our field service and frontline teams, allowing them to enhance their best-in-class service by getting access to the information they need faster than ever before.”
Eric McKinney, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure at G&J Pepsi
Boosting technician productivity
Today, we’re also introducing the preview of a new Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile experience for frontline technicians to swiftly access all the information they need on the go. This modern user experience supports familiar mobile navigation, gestures, and controls to streamline managing work order Tasks, Services, and Products. From changing the status of a booking with a quick swipe to accessing driving directions to a customer site with one tap, the redesign saves valuable technician time for daily work—cutting down the number of taps for key tasks in half. Technicians can not only easily pick, change, or complete work order details, but also add notes with multiple inline images. Technicians who need additional support can now also use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides embedded in Field Service mobile. Embedded Dynamics 365 Guides in Field Service provides technicians with step-by-step guided instructions, pictures, and videos explaining the immediate task.
Additionally, with the preview of the Dynamics 365 Field Service app in Teams starting today, frontline technicians can now see upcoming work orders at-a-glance as Tasks in their Microsoft Viva Connections home experience and can easily drill into details such as location or issue type. Frontline technicians can also now share full work order details through cards in Teams and access the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist app in one click via their home experience in Teams mobile to problem solve with remote experts in real time using 3D spatial annotations that lock to the physical world.
“Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service will support a faster way of working for our organization by simplifying our transactional work order management process. The ease with which an email can be translated into a work order and planned will increase the speed of our customer responses and improve our customer journey. We are also excited to improve the experience for our customer-facing colleagues with the Microsoft 365 integrations. Microsoft Teams is our main internal communication method, and the integration of Field Service into Teams will greatly simplify the communication about a specific work order, account, or other customer case and improve the case lead time.”
Sven van Veldhuizen, CIO/CDO at Joulz
Streamlining work order management
A redesigned Dynamics 365 Field Service work order management experience is now available for early access, featuring a simplified web experience that brings important information front and center—reducing the number of clicks for key tasks by more than a third. The experience not only offers concise information about the work order but also provides relevant next steps based on booking statuses, and supports making quick updates inline or in a side panel to not lose context. Copilot will provide intelligent recaps within this experience to help frontline managers stay up-to-date without having to navigate through all the information in a work order.
Partnering with our ecosystem
Partners have played a key role in helping us refine Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service ahead of its public preview and we are excited to share some of their observations as early adopters.
“We are excited to bring Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service and Microsoft 365 integrations to augment our sustainable energy customers’ field service workforce—enabling them to stay ahead of the game with increased productivity. Just imagine the productivity gain your service department can realize by having a service-related email translated by AI into a field service work order with the right information, and what field service technicians can accomplish when they get a clear and simple view of all the information they need to focus on in whatever Microsoft 365 tool supports their daily tasks the best.”
Filip Bossuyt, Founder & CEO at 9altitudes Group
“Hitachi Solutions has been working with Microsoft to preview Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service and is already seeing how field service organizations will greatly benefit from AI. Our field service customers want solutions fast. With Copilot work order capabilities in Outlook, our customer’s field service managers can stay in the flow of work and immediately assign resources to solve problems, leading to quicker response times and enhanced service delivery.”
Michael Mendoza, Director of Service Transformation at Hitachi Solutions
“Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service is like a window into the future, nothing like what I’ve seen before. It’s literally taking steps out of my work stream by summarizing emails and coming up with the work order description—saving me seconds each time which add up to minutes each day. This matters a lot when you think about the volume of emails with service requests in today’s world.”
Greg Somogyi, Field Service Senior Consultant at Ludia Consulting
“We are excited to introduce Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service to our facilities clients because we see the power in simplicity. For our clients raising responsive repairs to get the right person with the right skill to the right properties at the right time, Copilot enables frontline teams to go from issue to resolution in just a few clicks.”
Matt Hedges, Products Director at TechLabs London
Lastly, we are excited to announce the interoperation of asset performance solutions from ICONICS and Willow with Dynamics 365 Field Service, making it seamless to share critical insights like equipment health and faults in order to proactively detect and resolve asset issues. The IoT-based solutions elevate asset monitoring and service management to new levels of sophistication, empowering frontline workers to make better-informed decisions based on data when providing service and repairs. The new Copilot capabilities in Dynamics 365 Field Service can also help efficiently summarize and update work orders generated based on these IoT-based solutions. This streamlines service workflows, improves response times, and enhances overall service quality for customers. Read about further details on the solutions here.
Learn more about Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service, Microsoft 365 integrations, and more
Today’s announcement builds on recent AI momentum across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Power Platform. Learn more about the latest AI breakthroughs with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot on the Dynamics 365 AI webpage. With Copilot, you’re in control as it is grounded in your business data and automatically inherits your valuable security, compliance and privacy policies, regulations, and processes. Learn about our AI principles that empower impactful responsible AI practices at Microsoft, as well as provide a framework for implementing responsible AI practices at our customers’ organizations.
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service
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1 The Work Trend Index survey was conducted by an independent research firm, Edelman Data x Intelligence, among 31,000 full-time employed or self-employed workers across 31 markets, 6,019 of which are frontline workers, between February 1, 2023, and March 14, 2023. This survey was 20 minutes in length and conducted online, in either the English language or translated into a local language across markets. One thousand full-time workers were surveyed in each market, and global results have been aggregated across all responses to provide an average. Each market is evenly weighted within the global average. Each market was sampled to be representative of the full-time workforce across age, gender, and region; each sample included a mix of work environments (in-person, remote vs. non-remote, office settings vs. non-office settings, etc.), industries, company sizes, tenures, and job levels. Markets surveyed include: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
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Frontline workers are the backbone of the global workforce and often the first to interact with customers and manage on-the-ground operations. When organizations invest in fast time to value technology for their frontline workers, it not only drives positive outcomes for businesses’ bottom lines but also for frontline employees.
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Are yer sites and content mean-spirited and aggressive – like our Looney Tunes friend, Yosemite Sam? Let us parlay any angst into an inner admin calm – your Bugs Bunny if you will. You’ll be hootin’-n-tootin’ in no time thanking us for them thar oversharing insights.
In this episode, you’ll hear from Sesha Mani, Partner Group Product Manager at Microsoft focused on security and compliance. We spoke to Sesha about SAM – that’s SharePoint Advanced Management. We cover its core benefits – helping SharePoint and IT Admins address sprawl and oversharing – mapped to what it gives you beyond the core management aspects within the SharePoint admin center. SAM expands on the principles of securing and managing content and data with advanced access policies for secure content collaboration AND advanced sites content lifecycle management.
“When I say whoa, I mean whoa!”– Yosemite Sam. Whoa now, whoa – sit back and enjoy this here episode.
Be sure to visit our show page to hear all episodes, access the show notes, and get bonus content. And stay connected to the SharePoint community blog and the Syntex community blog where we’ll share more information per episode, guest insights, and take any questions or suggestions from our listeners and SharePoint users (TheIntrazone@microsoft.com).
‘This town IS big enough to get yer Intrazone anywheres’
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Greetings, Azure Database for PostgreSQL community! As we step into August, it’s time to look back and reflect on the significant updates and features we introduced in July 2023. At Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, our consistent focus is on offering stellar performance, unwavering reliability, and unbeatable security via our flexible server solution. Let’s dive into the key takeaways from the last month.
Feature Highlights Summary
In July, we launched significant updates to optimize your experience with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server:
Flexible Server now supports PostgreSQL 15 (general availability)
Automation Tasks for managing your Flexible Server with greater ease (preview)
Flexible Server Migration: Parallel table migration support (general availability)
Flexible Server Migration: Automatic Migration of Users, Roles, Permissions, and Ownerships (general availability)
Introducing AMD Compute SKUs for General Purpose and Memory Optimized Tiers (general availability)
We are excited to announce that PostgreSQL 15 is now Generally Available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in all supported regions. After a successful preview phase, we’re delighted to offer our users the stability, robust features, and security enhancements of PostgreSQL 15.
PostgreSQL 15 includes several new features, performance improvements, and advanced functionalities to address a variety of use cases for developers and DBAs. The upgraded version ensures improved performance, scalability, and efficiency, as well as tightened security controls, reinforcing our commitment to providing our users with the most advanced database solutions. For steps on how to upgrade to PostgreSQL 15, please refer – Major Version Upgrade for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.
We are pleased to introduce the preview of “Automation Tasks” for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. This feature enables users to automate common management tasks such as starting / stopping servers on schedule, scaling server resources, or sending monthly cost report.
Automation tasks are designed to be basic and lightweight. These tasks are essentially logic app resources that execute workflows at the Azure resource level, powered by the multi-tenant Azure Logic Apps service. Once an automation task has completed at least one run, users can view and edit the underlying workflow in the workflow designer.
Creating an automation task doesn’t incur immediate charges. Instead, the billing model is based on consumption, where metering and billing are driven by triggers and action executions in the underlying logic app workflow. Task history contains a log of task runs and their status. If you wish to modify a task after its creation, they can edit it inline or adjust the underlying workflow in the workflow designer. For more details, refer Manage Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server using automation tasks.
We’re delighted to introduce the Intra-Table Parallelism feature to the Flexible Server Migration tool for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Designed to simplify the migration of your single server workload to flexible server, this tool now supports simultaneous migration of multiple partitions within a single table. This parallelism substantially minimizes migration time and enhances process efficiency.
This upgrade is particularly beneficial for larger databases, leading to considerable time and resource savings. If you’re contemplating migrating your database to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, the Intra-Table Parallelism feature provides an efficient pathway to expedite the migration process and quicken your database’s operational readiness.
Automatic Migration of Users, Roles, Permissions, and Ownerships
We’ve further upgraded the Flexible Server Migration tool for Azure Database for PostgreSQL by adding the ability to automatically migrate users, roles, permissions, and ownerships from a single server to a flexible server.
This enhancement simplifies the migration process and ensures that all database object ownerships and privileges are correctly assigned to their respective users and roles in the flexible server. This new feature underscores our commitment to making the transition to our flexible server solution as seamless and accurate as possible.
To make the most of these features, refer to our customer guide.
We are delighted to announce that Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now offers you the choice between Intel and AMD hardware. This expanded offering extends to our General Purpose (v5-series) and Memory Optimized (v5-series) tiers. The inclusion of AMD SKUs introduces choice of hardware vendors t for both your primary and secondary servers, thereby providing greater control and flexibility over your workload deployment. As part of our commitment to accessibility, these AMD options are now available in more regions and zones.
For a comprehensive understanding of these offerings, see the service pricing page.
This month, we’re thrilled to spotlight the experience of a renowned global IT solutions provider Fujitsu, who employed Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in their mission to transform their established EDI solution into a cloud-based offering. Using open-source technologies such as Java and PostgreSQL, they integrated our fully managed PostgreSQL database service into their system, relishing its flexibility, scalability, reliability, and security. The use of our PaaS services significantly reduced operational burden and enabled rapid expansion of their services.
A microservice architecture, linking each PaaS service by API, contributed to superior flexibility, scalability, and improved reliability and stability. This not only increased their operational efficiency but also enhanced the convenience of their cloud services.
This customer story exemplifies the immense potential and robustness of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, particularly when paired with open-source technologies. For a more detailed account of their success, please check out the Fujitsu Japan rebuilt their solution by fully utilizing Azure PaaS.
Conclusion
As we close out July 2023, we celebrate key strides in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server’s development. The launch of PostgreSQL 15, preview of Automation Tasks, enhancements to our Migration tool, and the introduction of AMD Compute SKUs, all contribute to an enriched, efficient user experience.
Thank you for taking the time to stay updated with the recent developments in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. We’re excited to see how these new features will contribute to your success.
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We are excited to announce that starting August 7th, 2023, Microsoft Release Planner will support the content in 11 new languages. Users around the world can now view the release plans of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swedish, and English.
This update underscores our commitment to inclusivity. We at Microsoft strongly believe that language should not be a barrier to accessing tools and information. With this update, we aim to provide a more personalized, standardized, and intuitive user experience regardless of where you are in the world.
How to view and manage plans in your preferred language?
Our user-friendly design ensures that the Release Planner automatically loads in your preferred language based on your browser settings. Additionally, you can switch to your desired language through the language switcher in the header.
The Release Planner advantage
The Release planner for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform allows customers to view and manage release plans across all active release waves in a unified and interactive interface while giving them the option to personalize, filter, sort, and collaborate on release plans.
Under the hood, the Release Planner is powered by the Power Apps portal. It is created based on customer feedback to address the constraints of content suitability, discoverability, and personalization. Our goal is to improve the release planning and change management process where it matters most – help customers identify and track their salient capabilities, included in both the current and upcoming release waves.
Here are some of its key features:
Content personalization through ‘My Release plans’
Create a curated list of release plans you would like to follow. All the release plans across various products can be viewed in a unified view.
Collaborate on plans effortlessly and securely
Share your curated list and effortlessly and securely with your stakeholders. Collaborate on individual plans using notes and comments all within the Release Planner experience. Your comments are displayed only to the stakeholders with whom you have shared the plan. The owner of the comment has complete control over editing and deleting the comment.
Filter, sort and group plans based on multiple criteria
Customize your view by using multiple filters, sorting, and grouping criteria. These criteria are available for both ‘All release plans’ and ‘My release plans’ views. You can also view the plans grouped by product theme or timeline.
Thank you for your continued support as we work to make our product more accessible worldwide. We hope this update sparks more creativity and productivity across our global community! Stay tuned for more exciting updates.
Here’s to breaking down barriers and welcoming a world of new possibilities!
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We are delighted to announce that the export to Azure Logic Apps Standard functionality, available in our Logic Apps (Standard) VS Code extension, has reached general availability. This tool provides customers planning to migrate from Integration Services Environment (ISE) or Azure Logic Apps Consumption with a streamlined way to move workflows from those tiers into a Logic Apps Standard project. You can then locally update, test, and debug your workflows to get them ready for redeployment. When you’re ready, you can deploy either directly from Visual Studio Code or through your own DevOps process.
Common usage scenarios
Exporting Logic Apps workflows from ISE to Standard
With ISE being retired on August 31st 2024, customers need a reliable tool to streamline the process of grouping and exporting workflows to Logic Apps Standard. You can find more information on how to use the tool to export workflows from ISE to Logic Apps Standard here. And you can learn more about ISE Retirement and implications on this FAQ.
Exporting Logic Apps workflows from Consumption to Standard
Some customers currently using Logic Apps Consumption are interested in moving their workflows to Logic Apps Standard, to take advantage of a series of benefits that Logic Apps Standard brings, including: native networking integration and isolation, a group of enterprise connectors that runs natively within the Logic Apps runtime, improving performance and removing throttling limits imposed by Azure Connectors, among others benefits. You can learn more about exporting Logic Apps Consumption workflows to Logic Apps Standard here.
native network integration and isolation,
connector isolation, which removes the throttling limits imposed Azure Connectors
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Microsoft Edge for Business, the new, dedicated work experience currently in preview for the Microsoft Edge browser, is planned to be released with Microsoft Edge stable version 116 (scheduled for the week of August 17, 2023). All customers who sign into Edge using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) will automatically be transitioned to Microsoft Edge for Business as part of the release.
What to expect with Microsoft Edge for Business:
Policies, settings, and configurations previously set by an organization and its Entra ID connected users will be automatically transitioned to Edge for Business.
IT maintains full control over policy and feature management and configuration with Edge for Business.
The icon will be updated to include a briefcase.
An optional personal browsing window, Microsoft Edge, is enabled so users with a personal profile can separate their work and personal browsing and take advantage of the full feature set of Edge for personal use. This will also enable automatic switching from the personal to work browser window when work sites are accessed. The personal browser window is lightly managed, with IT maintaining control over security, compliance, and update policies.
From the beginning, Microsoft Edge was designed with the specific needs of businesses and organizations in mind, with enterprise grade security, productivity, management, and now AI, built in. Microsoft Edge for Business is the next step in the journey to deliver the best browser for business across desktop and mobile, with enhanced separation of work and personal browsing, unmanaged device support, and more coming soon.
General
Is this a new browser?
No, this is not a new browser. This is a new, dedicated Microsoft Edge experience built for work that enables organizations to configure it to maximize productivity and security. It has the same functionality that you’re already familiar with in Microsoft Edge in addition to optional automatic switching built to help meet the evolving needs of users and businesses. Signing in with Microsoft Entra ID will automatically enable Microsoft Edge for Business.
How is Edge for Business differentiated from regular Microsoft Edge?
Microsoft Edge for Business is a dedicated work browsing experience. It’s distinguished through visual elements such as an adjusted icon and other minor visual cues.
IT maintains full control over policy and feature management and configuration with Edge for Business. Meanwhile, Microsoft Edge is lightly managed, with IT maintaining control over security and compliance policies of the personal browsing window. With users separating their work and personal browsing and content, personal data can be excluded from enterprise sync in the work browser window, giving users the privacy they want.
What benefit does Microsoft Edge for Business provide?
For IT, Microsoft Edge for Business can reduce the surface area for cyberattacks, heightening the organization’s security posture, since it offers the opportunity to streamline down to one browser for all use cases. For end users who are signed in with work and personal profiles, Edge for Business can provide a better browsing experience with automatic switching, which has security and privacy benefits.
Does Microsoft Edge for Business require a separate download?
No. Microsoft Edge for Business is automatically triggered by signing in with a Microsoft Entra ID.
User experience
What will the user experience be when Edge for Business becomes available?
After Edge stable version 116 release is deployed, and the browser is restarted:
The Microsoft Edge icon will be updated to the Edge for Business icon
When the user launches Edge for Business, Microsoft Entra ID users will automatically be signed in
A one-time banner will appear at the top of the browser after first launching Edge for Business informing the user of the change with a link to learn more
What impact will the change to Edge for Business have on users?
Users who are only signed in with Microsoft Entra ID
After Edge stable version 116 release is deployed, and the browser is restarted, all users who sign in with Microsoft Entra ID will be transitioned to Edge for Business. Edge for Business inherits all configurations and policies previously set for Microsoft Edge, so the main difference users will see at this time is the Microsoft Edge for Business icon and a new location for their profile photo.
Users who are signed in with both Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Account (MSA)
Users who are also signed in with a personal profile (using their Microsoft account (MSA)) can experience automatic switching between their work browser window (Microsoft Edge for Business) and their personal browser window (Microsoft Edge).
With the Edge stable version 116 release:
Switching from the personal browser window to the work browser window will be on by default with the option to turn off by the user
Switching from the work browser window to the personal browser window will be off by default with the option to turn on by the user. Switching from the work browser window to the personal browser window will be default on in future versions of Edge for Business.
To turn on/off automatic switching, visit Edge settings and toggle on/off “Automatic profile switching”.
Work-related sites, such as Microsoft 365 apps and services and sites requiring work login, automatically open in the work browser window. A growing set of popular sites open in the personal browser window once enabled by the user in Edge settings. Users can designate additional sites for work or personal use in settings. (Note: user site designation cannot be overwritten by IT administrators at this time.)
What happens to favorites, passwords, etc.?
Passwords, favorites, and data currently associated with the user’s work profile will be maintained in Edge for Business. Passwords, favorites, and data are not shared between the work browser window and the personal browser window.
What impact will this cause to my default browser settings?
There is no impact to users’ default browser settings.
Will users see both the Edge and Edge for Business icons on the taskbar?
Users that are only signed in with Entra ID will see the Edge for Business icon and not the Edge icon.
Are there materials I can share with my end users to prepare them?
Yes! A downloadable email draft is available and is linked at the bottom of this post.
IT management and controls
Will all policies and configurations previously set by IT be applied to Edge for Business?
Yes, all policies and configurations currently in place will be inherited by Edge for Business.
What controls will IT admins have?
IT maintains control over the security and compliance posture of both Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge for Business. Edge is lightly managed, with users able to access all features, while in Edge for Business, IT can control which features are available to users.
IT admins can disable the personal browser window so that their users can only access Edge for Business. Please note that in this case, users will not be able to use Microsoft account based personal profiles and will not experience automatic switching between work and personal browsing.
What policies will be enabled in the personal browser window?
The Microsoft Edge personal browser window is lightly managed, with all security, compliance, and Edge update policies applied, without the additional overhead of managing another browser. To learn more, please visit this site.
How does my organization turn off the personal browser window?
Yes, Edge for Business includes support for unmanaged devices, currently available in preview. Please use these steps to access this preview.
Is Edge for Business available on mobile?
Yes. Edge for Business on mobile is built with enterprise grade security, productivity, management, and now AI, built in. An updated icon, automatic switching, and management via Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center will be available for Edge for Business on mobile the future.
Can anyone with a Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) can get Microsoft Edge for Business?
Microsoft Edge for Business will be the standard experience for all users with a Microsoft Entra ID.
Will my sites and apps that work in Microsoft Edge work in Microsoft Edge for Business?
Yes, sites and apps that currently work in Microsoft Edge will work in Microsoft Edge for Business.
Are there any functional changes to the Entra ID profile?
No. There are not any functional changes to the Entra ID profile.
Automatic Switching
How do I switch between the Microsoft Edge for Business browser window and the Microsoft Edge browser window?
With the Edge stable version 116 release, URLs entered into the personal browser window that are for work-related sites, such as Microsoft 365 apps and services and sites requiring work login, will automatically open in the work browser window.
Do I need to enable automatic switching?
With this release, switching from the personal browser window to the work browser window will be on by default with the option to turn off by the user. Switching from the work browser window to the personal browser window will be off by default with the option to turn on by the user. This will be enabled by default in a future release. To turn on/off automatic switching, visit Edge settings and toggle on/off “Automatic profile switching”.
Are the work and personal browser window connected?
The work browser window (Microsoft Edge for Business) and personal browser window (Microsoft Edge) will have their own separate caches and storage locations, so information stays separate. This feature does not create any link between the user’s Microsoft Entra ID account and their MSA account, and the organization settings related to linking work and personal accounts are unaffected. There are no functional changes to the Entra ID profile.
How does a user customize the work and personal URL list?
To designate sites to open automatically in the work and personal browser windows, go to edge://settings/profiles/multiProfileSettings and select “Choose preferred browser for sites” to turn off or select a preferred profile for the applicable site.
Is there a group policy to customize the work and personal URL list?
Not at this time.
Is there a group policy to turn on/off automatic switching?
At this time, only users will be able to turn switching between work and personal browser windows on and off.
For organizations that do not want automatic switching or personal profile usage, there is a group policy to turn off multiple profiles.
Is there a group policy to add sites to the site list?
Not at this time.
When the user switches between work and personal browser windows, are they logged out of sites and apps?
No, switching between the work and personal browser windows will not log the user out of sites and apps.
How do I adjust which browser window a site is opened in?
There are two ways to change which browser window is used to open a website:
Click the Switching icon, pictured below, to switch back to the preferred browser window. This action makes the browser remember your choice for that URL.
Go to edge://settings/profiles/multiProfileSettings and select “Choose preferred browser for sites” to turn off or select a preferred profile for the applicable site.
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The Microsoft 365 Commercial Support Team resolves customer support cases and provides support to help you be successful and realize the full potential and value of your purchase. Our support services extend across the entire lifecycle and include pre-sales, onboarding and deployment, usage and management, accounts and billing, and break-fix support. We also spend a considerable amount of time working to improve the supportability of Microsoft 365 services to reduce the number of issues you experience as well as minimize the effort and time it takes to resolve your issues if they do occur.
Today, we’re excited to share more about some of our supportability work with Microsoft Teams Live Events.
Microsoft Teams Live Events and the full capabilities of Microsoft 365 make it easy for you to deliver small, medium, or large-scale virtual events to connect with employees and customers. For the past few years, a small team within our Microsoft 365 Commercial Support organization has been helping customers prepare for, set up, and run webinars, events, and large virtual meetings as part of the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program. The team has helped deliver thousands of virtual events and engages regularly with a wide range of customers, including some of the largest enterprises.
Today, I’m excited to welcome three members of our support team who work on this program to share some of their guidance, insights, and best practices for delivering successful virtual meetings using Microsoft Teams.
Brian: Welcome Susheel, Saurabh, and Sylvie! Tell us a little bit about your roles and what you’ve been working on.
Susheel: I am a Microsoft live events assistance engineer, and, in my role, I help customers globally make their events successful. I support them from the initial stage through to the last minute.
Saurabh: I am a Microsoft virtual events assistance engineer, and, in my role, I can help you get more familiar with setting up and running an event, webinar, or large meeting and be available during the event to help if any questions or issues come up.
Sylvie: I am a Support Planner, and I focus on Microsoft Teams. In my role, I get to design and enable end to end support experiences for our customers.
Brian: Ok, so there are a few different meeting types with Microsoft Teams… how do you know which one is best suited to your needs?
Susheel: You’re right and it really depends on the meeting size and desired capabilities. Here’s a table we use to help guide our customers in the selection. Note that this table may change as new Teams features are released.
Option
Teams Meeting
Webinars
Live events
Registration feature
Not available
Included – Can be customized
Not available
Attendee count
1,000
(IfView only mode is enabled then up to 10,000 (1001-10000) users with view only permissions)
Fully interactive audience (can talk, answer polls, etc) – up to 1,000 users.
20,000 users in view only mode, with capabilities for Q&A
Max Participation
10,000
1,000
20,000 (Special request 100k)
Attendee microphone
Microphone can be disabled (which prevents attendees from enabling their microphone)
Microphone can be disabled (which prevents attendees from enabling their microphone)
Disabled for attendees
Attendee camera
All cameras can be disabled, or individual cameras can be enabled/disabled
All cameras can be disabled, or individual cameras can be enabled/disabled
Disabled for attendees
Audience participation
Interaction level can be customized by the organizer
Interaction level can be customized by the organizer
Limited interaction
Join by phone (attendee)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Breakout rooms
Can be done for only 300 attendees
Can be done for only 300 attendees
Not available
Recording
Available in Meeting Chat/ OneDrive
Available in Meeting Chat/ OneDrive
Stored in Azure Media Services(valid for 180 days)
Interaction with Attendees
Meeting Chat & Raise Hand
Meeting Chat & Raise Hand
Moderated Q&A
Multiple people on Screen
Spotlight Feature
Spotlight Feature
Using encoders
MS Polls
Yes
Yes
No
Live Captions
No
No
Yes
Attendance Report
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brian: Wow, this is great. So, you’ve helped customers prepare for and deliver thousands of online events, what’s the typical event size and format?
Saurabh: I am glad you asked, I have worked with customers where the size has been anything between 1k – 100k, and for simple live events the Teams Quick start events would be the first choice and for the customized events, we go for Teams encoder-based events. These are both part of the Live Events option in the table above.
Brian: What are some of the tips and tricks you’d recommend for putting on a successful event?
And here are a few things that have helped our customers and are considered good practices for any meeting that you run:
[1] Whenever presenters are sharing content or audio, they need to make sure their Microsoft Teams status is set to Do not disturb to avoid unwanted notifications and notification sounds from popping up and getting delivered to attendees.
[2] If you are presenting or producing an event, make sure that you close out of all your unused background applications to avoid the utilization of laptop memory/processor internet load.
[3] For the highest audio quality, we recommend that on-camera presenters avoid using Bluetooth audio devices as this can cause delays in audio and video sync. We suggest using hard-wired headsets and equipment.
[4] One of the ways to test that the tech is ready for a live event is to create a short welcome video with audio and check with a test attendee account to ensure that audio and video are working fine.
[6] If you are running a live event from home or a remote place, make sure that no other streaming services are being used in that location at the same time (for example – Netflix, YouTube).
[7] If possible, we recommend using a hardwired internet connection instead of a wireless connection to ensure high quality signal strength.
[8] Make sure none of your producers or presenters are forwarding the meeting links that they receive in the mailbox (email) from the event’s organizer. This is because the role of each event member needs to be defined and forwarding links may cause permissions issues. It’s best to share the list of producers and presenters with the event organizer so the organizer can accurately define everyone’s role.
[10] If you forget to include system audio while you’re already presenting, you can still navigate to the top center of the screenshare (Active Screenshare) and look for the below pop-up:
When including system audio, make sure no other audio programs are being played in the background. Otherwise, the audio system will include that as well.
[11] Once the live event starts, the producer should mute everyone and each presenter should un-mute themselves before they start speaking. This will help to minimize disruptions during the meeting.
[12] Avoid touching the END button during the live event. If you restart the live event, all the live event resources (recording, attendance report, Questions & Answers report) will be replaced with new ones.
[13] If you are in pre-live mode and encounter any technical issues, you can click the RESTART button to refresh the services on the backend (allow a couple minutes for this to happen) and then rejoin the event.
[14] All of the producers and presenters need to join the live event using the Microsoft Teams desktop application for Windows or MAC, not the web version or on a mobile device.
[15] If a producer or presenter joins the live event on a mobile device, they will get redirected to the attendee link because joining as a producer or presenter on a mobile device is not supported. Presenter roles are now supported on select IPad devices. Find more information in: Get started with Microsoft Teams live events – Microsoft Support
[16] Producer and presenter roles and views are not currently supported for Linux, including Chromebooks.
[17] Ensure attendees have installed the latest versions of Microsoft Teams and web browsers for highest quality results.
[18] Make sure Microsoft Teams is the only meeting application running during the live event. Close out of other meeting applications (Zoom, WebEx, etc.) to avoid echo issues and resources conflicts during the event.
Brian: Great list and super helpful – thank you for sharing! The Microsoft 365 Live Events Assistance Program seems like a valuable resource, can you tell us a bit more about it?
Sylvie: The Live Events Assistance Program is a unique support program. It is designed to assist customers in preparation for their large event. If you need assistance with setting up and running an event, webinar or large meeting, the team can help you configure and set up your event. They can also be available during the event if you have any questions. Check out the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program for more information.
Brian: Thank you Susheel, Saurabh, and Sylvie for sharing all these great insights and information!
Susheel Dogra is a Support Engineer in the CSS Modern Work Support Team focused on supporting live events using Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365.
Saurabh D. Singh is a Support Engineer in the CSS Modern Work Support Team focused on supporting live events using Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365.
Sylvie Bousquet-Kadackal is a Senior Support Planner in the CSS Modern Work Supportability Team working on end-to-end support experience design for Microsoft Teams releases and programs.
Brian Stoner is a Director in the CSS Modern Work Supportability Team where he leads a team of technical and business program managers.
The CSS Modern Work Supportability Team delivers innovative self-help solutions and diagnostics, in-service enhancements, and support programs to help customers get maximum value from their Microsoft 365 commercial subscriptions and create an easy-to-use, connected support experience.
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