by Contributed | Jan 25, 2022 | Technology
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Hello FSLogix nation!
Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the FSLogix Preview release 2201.
This is a PUBLIC PREVEW release
To access please go to this link and complete the following form: Public Preview request form
After submitting the form, a download link will be provided.
Changes:
- Fixed issue where the FSLogix Profile Service would crash if it was unable to communicate with the FSLogix Cloud Cache Service.
- The Office file cache is now machine specific, and therefore cannot roam between session hosts, so it is excluded from FSLogix containers.
- FSLogix Search Indexing is now only available in versions of Windows Server that do not provide per-user search indexing. Per-user search indexes were introduced in Windows Server 2019 (version 1809). FSLogix search indexing is not available in Windows 10 or Windows 11.
- FSLogix now correctly handles cases where the Windows Profile SVC refCount registry value is set to an unexpected value.
- Over 30 accessibility related updates have been made to the FSLogix installer and App Rules Editor.
- A Windows event now records when a machine locks a container disk with a message that looks like “This machine ‘[HOSTNAME]’ is using [USERNAME]’s (SID=[USER SID]) profile disk. VHD(x): [FILENAME].”
- Resolved an issue where the DeleteLocalProfileWhenVHDShouldApply registry setting was ignored in some cases.
- Fixed an issue where active user session settings where not retained if the FSLogix service was restarted. This was causing some logoffs to fail.
- FSLogix will no longer attempt to reattach a container disk when the user session is locked.
- Fixed an issue that caused the FSLogix service to crash when reattaching container disks.
- Fixed a Cloud Cache issue that caused IO failures if the session host’s storage blocksize was smaller than a cloud provider’s. For optimal performance, we recommend the session host disk hosting the CCD proxy directoy has a physical block size greater than or equal to the CCD storage provider with the largest blocksize size.
- Fixed a Cloud Cache issue where a timed out read request (network outage, storage outage, etc.) was not handled properly and would eventually fail.
- Reduced the chance for a Cloud Cache container disk corruption if a provider is experiencing connection issues.
- Resolved an issue where temporary rule files were not deleted if rule compilation failed.
- Previously, the Application masking folder was only created for the user who ran the installer. With this update, the rules folder is created when the Rules editor is launched.
- Resolved an interoperability issue with large OneDrive file downloads that was causing some operations to fail.
- Fixed an issue where per-user and per-group settings did not apply if the Profile or ODFC container was not enabled for all users.
- Resolved an issue where the Office container session configuration was not cleaned up if a profile fails to load.
- Fixed an issue where HKCU App Masking rules leveraging wildcards would fail to apply.
- Fixed an issue where FSLogix did not properly handle logoff events if Profile or ODFC containers were disabled during the session or per-user/per-group filters were applied mid-session that excluded the user from the feature. Now FSLogix logoff related events will always occur if FSLogix loaded a container for the user.
- Fixed an issue that caused some sessions configured with an ODFC container to fail to login.
- Resolved an issue where the App Rules editor would crash if there were no assignments configured.
by Contributed | Jan 24, 2022 | Technology
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This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassadors community, and what they’re up to now.
Today we meet Luisa Gonzalez Vasquez who is from Cali, Colombia and recently graduated from Dallas Baptist University in Texas with a Master of Science in Information Technology and Management.
Responses have been edited for clarity and length.
When you joined the Student Ambassador community in 2020, did you have specific goals you wanted to reach?
When I pursued my undergraduate degree in Colombia, my origin country, I hadn’t heard about the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors. If I had known about this fantastic opportunity, I would have loved to participate then, so one of my goals once I joined was to share information about the community. When I joined, there were only 4-5 students from Colombia. Now there are more than 20 students!
I wanted to improve my skills as a developer using Microsoft Cloud Technologies such as Azure, Azure DevOps, and Power Platform. I wanted to grow and share my knowledge with other fellow students and people from Colombia. I wanted to inspire girls to step into technology. As soon as I joined, I created my brand called @mytechxperience, where I aim to inspire other girls to get into technology and follow their dreams no matter how hard it might look. Also, I want to encourage other women to grow and improve their skills in the technology industry by setting an example and sharing all my knowledge and skills learned through the Student Ambassador community and my journey as an international student in the technology field.
Furthermore, I wanted to improve my professional resume and profile to get an internship or job in the technology industry as a developer.
What are the accomplishments that you’re the proudest of and why?
The most significant accomplishment was meeting a lot of people from Latin America who are passionate about sharing their knowledge in technology and helping to empower other students in the region and the world. I made a lot of friends not only from Colombia but also from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, India, the United States, etc. We got together in our Student Ambassadors calls and supported each other in different opportunities and events.
I was also thrilled to have had the opportunity to be a speaker for online events organized by Microsoft, such as the AI student conference in April 2021. I even had the fantastic opportunity to be one of the event hosts in the October 2021 edition. In addition, I am very proud that I had the chance to share my knowledge of Microsoft technologies while I was learning them.
What are you doing now that you’ve graduated?
I have a lot of plans for this year! I will be joining as a full-time software developer at a company called Elevate Credit, Inc located in Dallas, Texas. I plan to improve my profile to apply to the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program. I plan to resume my online blog and my Instagram account and continue participating in multiple community events to help empower people, especially women, to join the technology field.
If you could redo your time as a Student Ambassador, is there anything you would have done differently?
The only thing I would have preferred to be different is getting to know about the community earlier in my life! I think this is a fantastic opportunity to grow and help others succeed not only in technology and tech skills, but also in areas such as organizing an event, planning a presentation, being a speaker, and other needed skills for an impressive professional career.
If you were to describe the community to a student who is interested in joining, what would you say about it to convince him or her to join?
Please do it! Do not think twice about it and do it! Just apply, be yourself, and do not accept “no” as a response. If you do not pass on the first try, keep trying! Life is about failing and trying. Giving up is not an option. Applications are accepted all year long. The people working with the community are amazing! You will have countless opportunities to grow and improve your skills and learn from others. You will get access to learning opportunities, mentorship opportunities, and many things that will help you build your professional career. Also, start completing the free Azure Fundamentals learning path in Microsoft Learn so you are better prepared when the time comes to share your knowledge!
What advice would you give to new Student Ambassadors?
Read about all the different career opportunities using Microsoft technologies and focus on improving your skills in those and sharing your knowledge with everyone. Engage and connect to the weekly calls where many great opportunities are shared!
What is your motto in life, your guiding principle?
Be passionate and persistent about your dreams and goals in life. Nothing is impossible. The sky is the limit.
What is one random fact about you that few people are aware of?
I have a huge passion for art. I played guitar growing up, I used to sign, and I did theater for five years! My biggest dream growing up was to be an actress, artist, writer, among other careers. However, as a software developer, I feel that I can be very creative and build new stuff. That, for me, is art!
Good luck to you in the future, Luisa!
Readers, you can reach Luisa on Instagram and LinkedIn.
by Contributed | Jan 22, 2022 | Technology
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The huge success of Docker in energizing the tech community around containers has been truly amazing to see. As containers are the foundation of Kubernetes, it goes hand in hand that Docker was a core part of the platform. As Kubernetes matured, and the needs of the community and our customers grew, the tight coupling of Docker to Kubernetes through dockershim (the interface between the Kubernetes platform and the Docker runtime) needed to evolve. On 2 December 2020, with the release of Kubernetes 1.20, Kubernetes announced it is deprecating Docker as a container runtime, through the use of dockershim, in a future release of Kubernetes.
With the upcoming Kubernetes 1.24 release, dockershim will be removed.
If you are using a supported Kubernetes version in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS):
- For Linux node pools, there is no action required on your part. All supported Kubernetes versions on AKS use containerd as the default runtime for Kubernetes 1.19 and greater.
- For Windows Server 2019 node pools, in January 2021, we announced the general availability of containerd as the default container runtime for Kubernetes 1.23 and greater. If you are using a cluster with a Kubernetes version prior to 1.23, you can create a new node pool with containerd enabled before the switch over to it being the default in 1.23 then move your pods to the new pool.
We work very closely with the community through our participation in the Kubernetes Special Interest Groups (SIG) from Storage, to Windows and everything in between and I’d like to thank both the community and our engineering teams for the work to get to this milestone.
by Contributed | Jan 21, 2022 | Technology
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Hello friends,
Happy new year everyone! With the new year come new possibilities. Today I’m excited to announce two Azure AD External Identities updates including the public preview of multi-factor authentication (MFA) with time-based one-time passcode (time-based OTP) for B2C users and an important change to our support for data residency in Azure AD B2C directories.
Strengthen MFA for B2C users with time-based OTP
Rising fraud and security attacks make it critical to protect consumer accounts with more secure forms of MFA. By incorporating time-based OTP through an authenticator app in your B2C user flows, you can provide a higher level of security compared to existing email and phone factors, without incurring additional telephony charges. Learn more from my colleague, Alex Weinert, about why we believe app-based MFA is more secure than email and phone MFA alone.
Time-based OTP for your user accounts can be configured with any authentication application. We recommend setting up your time-based OTP with Microsoft Authenticator, which uses encrypted bi-directional communication for authentication status and supports additional context and control that make it easier for your users to help protect themselves.
In this B2C user flow, a Contoso customer is prompted to complete authentication using time-based OTP with the Microsoft Authenticator application.
Read the documentation to learn how to set up time-based OTP for Azure AD B2C.
Data residency pricing update
We understand how important it is for our customers to have control over their data and to comply with local data residency requirements. As a first step in supporting this business-critical need, earlier this year we announced the general availability of Azure AD B2C data residency in Australia. To support increased demand for this support, beginning mid-2022, current and new customers who have data residency configured for Australia or other specific countries/regions will incur an add-on charge of $0.02 per monthly active user (MAU).
Based on your feedback, we are continuing to grow our data residency offerings so that you can target selection of the country/region needed to meet data storage requirements.
We love hearing from you, so please share your feedback on these updates through the Azure forum or by tagging @AzureAD on Twitter.
Robin Goldstein
Twitter: @RobinGo_MS
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