How to migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database offline using Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed

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In this episode of Data Exposed with Carlos Robles and Anna Hoffman, we will discuss the recent public preview release of the Azure SQL Database offline migrations using the Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio.

The new migration capability in the Azure SQL Migration extension provides an end-to-end experience to modernize SQL Server to Azure SQL Database. The extension allows you to perform a migration readiness check with actions to remediate possible migration blockers, export the assessment results, and get right-sized Azure recommendations. These recommendations include an all-new elastic recommendation model to meet your database performance needs.


 


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Resources:


Tutorial: Migrate SQL Server to an Azure SQL Database offline using Azure Data Studio with DMS (Preview)


Introducing Azure SQL Database offline migrations for the Azure SQL migration extension 


SQL Server database migration – PoC Environment Setup 


Migrate databases with Azure SQL migration extension for Azure Data Studio


 


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Samba Releases Security Updates

Samba Releases Security Updates

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FBI, FDA OCI, and USDA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Regarding Business Email Compromise Schemes Used to Steal Food

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) detailing recently observed incidents of criminal actors using business email compromise (BEC) to steal shipments of food products and ingredients valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The joint CSA analyzes the common tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) utilized by criminal actors to spoof emails and domains to impersonate legitimate employees and order goods that went unpaid and were possibly resold at devalued prices with labeling that lacked industry standard “need-to-knows” (i.e., necessary information about ingredients, allergens, or expiration dates).

For more information, CISA encourages organizations to review the guidance provided by the FBI, FDA OCI, and USDA in joint CSA Criminal Actors Use Business Email Compromise to Steal Large Shipments of Food Products and Ingredients—whereby businesses are urged “to use a risk-informed analysis to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cyber incidents and cyber-enabled crime.”

Simplify deployment of Microsoft 365 with new and updated deployment guides

Simplify deployment of Microsoft 365 with new and updated deployment guides

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As a Microsoft 365 admin, you need to deploy services for your users and your organization efficiently, comprehensively, and securely. Getting the most out of your investment has everything to do with how quickly you can configure, deploy, and get the right products to the right users. To help minimize time to deployment and free you up to do more, the Advanced deployment guides & assistance page in the Microsoft 365 admin center along with setup.microsoft.com deliver just that – a streamlined approach to Microsoft 365 deployment built on FastTrack best practices. Resources available on support.microsoft.com or learn.microsoft.com offer a wealth of information, training, certification and more. On the other hand, the Microsoft 365 admin center curates relevant guides specific to your tenant, offering you the most actionable information to help you get your Microsoft 365 apps and services deployed to your organization. Today we are announcing a series of improvements to the deployment guides to help you simplify deployment of Microsoft 365.


 


What’s new in the Microsoft 365 admin center Advanced deployment guides & assistance page?


 


To help you easily find guides for the services you’re deploying, we’ve updated the search tools, recommendations, and layouts for the Advanced deployment guides & assistance page in the Microsoft 365 admin center and at setup.microsoft.com. Additionally, to help you track key metrics over time, these new layouts include views that highlight guides for Secure Score (pictured below), as well as the Compliance Score and Adoption score (coming soon).


 


The Secure Score view on the advanced deployment guides & assistance page.The Secure Score view on the advanced deployment guides & assistance page.As a Microsoft 365 admin, you’ll likely need to communicate and share your deployment progress with relevant stakeholders. Rather than documenting and summarizing progress for each deployment process along the way, you can now save valuable time by exporting your progress in Excel and share your progress as needed.


 


Secondly, prioritization is key. With the breadth of services available in your Microsoft 365 subscription, it’s important to prioritize and focus on the highest impact services first. In this update, you can now view the most important actions front and center in the Suggested guides section. In future updates, these suggestions will be tailored to your configuration and licenses.


 


Lastly, to help you stay informed on the latest information about advanced deployment guides, you can now use tags to notify you when a new or updated guide has been released since your last visit to the page.


 


The suggested guides view on the advanced deployment guides & assistance page.The suggested guides view on the advanced deployment guides & assistance page.


New deployment guides on setup.microsoft.com


 


Setup.microsoft.com is the home for advanced deployment guides outside the Microsoft 365 admin center. Now, all the same guides in Microsoft 365 admin center are available on setup.microsoft.com, so admins who don’t have permissions for Microsoft 365 admin center can access the information they need. For admins of adjacent products, partners, or other stakeholders, setup.microsoft.com offers step-by-step deployment information. It serves as a useful learning and guidance resource accessible those who can’t directly sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, or who only have permissions to access other admin centers. The site also helps anyone get informed about deployment as they discover and try Microsoft 365 services before making a purchase.


 


Key updates to this site include:  



  • Expanded searchability to quickly find guides 

  • Better page organization to help you navigate to the right view 

  • Addition of all guides previously only available in the Microsoft 365 admin center (early 2023)


A side-by-side image demonstrating the updated design of the setup.microsoft.com website with new areas to find guides by product or scenario.A side-by-side image demonstrating the updated design of the setup.microsoft.com website with new areas to find guides by product or scenario.


New advanced deployment guides available in both Microsoft 365 admin center and setup.microsoft.com


 


Recently we’ve released a new advanced deployment guide for setting up your Microsoft Zero Trust security model. Coming in the first quarter 2023, we’re planning the release of a new guide for Windows 365 Cloud PC configuration. Check out both locations for the new guides.


 


Microsoft 365 deployment guides give you tailored guidance and resources for planning and deploying your tenant, apps, and services. They explain how to set up products, enable security features, deploy collaboration tools, and provide scripts to speed up advanced deployments. We hope you will find these recent enhancements to make for a more user-friendly and navigable environment as you explore and use the Microsoft 365 advanced deployment guides.


 


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