Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2018
Check out this week’s issue of Weekly Roundup for an at a glance view of hot topics and conversations.
Table of Contents
- Product News Discussions
- Handy Resources
- Interesting Perspectives
- Upcoming Events
- Featured Group
- Member of the Week
PRODUCT NEWS DISCUSSIONS
AVAILABLE NOW
Azure Information Protection Documentation Update for March 2018
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Microsoft announced theDocumentation for Azure Information Protectionhas been updated on the web and the latest content has aMarch 2018(or later) date at the top of the article. Join the conversation in the Azure Information Protection space.
Retention policies for Microsoft Teams
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Microsoft announced starting the roll out of retention policies for Microsoft Teams. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Teams space.
Azure Availability Zones now available for the most comprehensive resiliency strategy
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Microsoft announced the general availability of Availability Zones beginning with select regions in the United States and Europe. Join the conversation in the Azure Compute space.
BigDL Spark deep learning library VM now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Microsoft announced the BigDL deep learning library, a Spark-based framework for creating and deploying deep learning models at scale, while previously deployed on Azure HDInsight and Data Science VM, is now available on Azure Marketplace as a fixed VM image. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Announcing: Office 365 endpoint categories and Office 365 IP Address and URL web service
On Monday, April 2nd, 2018, Microsoft announced a preview of a new web service that publishes these endpoints making it easier for enterprise customers to evaluate, configure, and stay up to date with changes in Office 365 network endpoints.Join the conversation in the Office 365 space.
A new architecture for Exchange hybrid customers enables Outlook mobile and security
On Monday, April 2nd, 2018, Microsoft announced a new architecture for Exchange Server and Office 365 hybrid customers that unlocks Enterprise Mobility and Security (EMS) capabilities for Outlook for iOS and Android.Join the conversation in the Outlook space.
Introducing the Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Center
On Monday, April 2nd, 2018, Microsoft announced the creation of the Microsoft 365 security and compliance center. Join the conversation in the Security, Privacy & Compliance space.
New Microsoft Azure regions available for Australia and New Zealand
On Monday, April 2nd, 2018, Microsoft announced that two new Microsoft Azure regions in Australia are available to customers, making Microsoft the only global provider to deliver cloud services specifically designed to address the requirements of the Australian and New Zealand governments and critical national infrastructure, including banks, utilities, transport and telecommunications. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
The Outlook for iOS and Android architecture is FedRAMP compliant for US Office 365 GCC customers
On Monday, April 2nd, 2018, Microsoft announced that the updated architecture of Outlook for iOS and Android meets all the FedRAMP requirements which are FISMA compliant and based on the NIST 800-53 rev3. Join the conversationin the Outlook space.
Azure IoT Hub is driving down the cost of IoT
On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, Microsoft announced a new capability of Azure IoT Hub: a “device to cloud telemetry” tier, called the IoT Hub basic tier.Join the conversation in the Azure space.
Introducing a new way to purchase Azure monitoring services
On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, Microsoft announced new consistent purchasing experience across the Azure monitoring services. Join the conversation in the Azure space.
Skype for Business on Mac March Update (16.16) Released
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced the Marchupdate of Skype for Business on Mac, including a lot of significant features and bug fixes. Join the conversation in the Skype for Business space.
A flexible new way to purchase Azure SQL Database
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced the preview of an additional purchasing model to the Azure SQL Database Elastic Pool and Single Database deployment options.Join the conversation in the Azure Data + Storage space.
New Stream Features - April 2018
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced new features in Microsoft Stream. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Stream space.
SQL Database: Long-term backup retention preview includes major updates
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced a set of major enhancements to the long-term backup retention solution in Azure SQL Database. Join the conversation in the Azure Data + Storage space.
Improvements to SQL Elastic Pool configuration experience
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced improvements to the SQL elastic pool configuration experience in the Azure portal. Join the conversation in the Azure Data + Storage space.
Announcing the new Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center
On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, Microsoft announced the roll out of a new Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Teams space.
Defend yourself from cybercrime with new Office 365 capabilities
On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, Microsoft announced new advanced protection capabilities coming to Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscribers to help further protect individuals and families from online threats. Join the conversation in the OneDrive for Business space.
What’s new in Microsoft Teams – April update
On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, Microsoft announced a number ofnew updates in Microsoft Teams. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Teams space.
Application Security Groups now generally available in all Azure regions
On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, Microsoft announced the general availability of Application Security Groups (ASG) in all Azure regions. This feature provides security micro-segmentation for your virtual networks in Azure. Join the conversation in the Azure Security + Identity space.
COMING SOON
Your favorite email folders and groups now in Outlook for iOS
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Microsoft announced you can add, remove and reorder favorites right from your mobile device, rolling out for Outlook for iOS in the coming weeks. Join the conversation in the Outlook space.
Upcoming improvements to the Azure AD sign-in experience
On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Microsoft announced visual design updates that are coming to the Azure AD sign-in experience. Join the conversation in the Azure Active Directory space.
HANDY RESOURCES
Get the Planner mobile app on iPhone, iPad, and Android!
Capture tasks, update progress, continue conversations and more with the Planner mobile app on iPhone, iPad, and Android.Download the app now!
Skype Room Systems v2 Troubleshooting Tips for Devices Automatically Upgraded to Win10 Version 1709
As of this writing, the Skype team has not yet lifted the Windows 10 Version 1709 upgrade block on Skype Room Systems v2 devices. However, some customers have reported that they have nonetheless received the upgrade. If your Skype Room Systems v2 device is upgraded to Windows version 1709 and you are experiencing device issues, please try performing the following device reset procedure to remediate the problem.
Decorating CSOM calls in PowerShell
To ensure service availability and maintain service health, some HTTP requests may be prioritized over others. Our documentation recommends decorating theUser-Agentheader of the HTTP request as a design practice for reducing or avoiding SPO request throttling (link). Although there are many examples of decorating CSOM calls in the context of a C# application, this article demonstrates how to decorate CSOM calls within a PowerShell script.
Sharing Office 365 Room's availability to external users
You may be sharing meeting rooms with your partners and they can use your room when it is not used. The following steps shows you how to share the room with people outside your company
Essential tools and services for building mobile apps
Azure, Visual Studio, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center give you the flexible, yet robust tools and services to build, test, deploy, and continuously improve Android and iOS apps that your users will love. Use your favorite language and tools, to tap into robust cloud services, and quickly scale to millions of users on demand.
Unique identities are hard: How I learned to stop worrying and love the ID scope
Behold the ID scope, one of the most nuanced concepts in the IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service. It is both reviled and lauded for its name-spacing characteristics in device provisioning. It throws a wrench in complex provisioning scenarios, but it’s also necessary for secure zero-touch device provisioning.
Ingest, prepare, and transform using Azure Databricks and Data Factory
Today’s business managers depend heavily on reliable data integration systems that run complex ETL/ELT workflows (extract, transform/load and load/transform data). These workflows allow businesses to ingest data in various forms and shapes from different on-prem/cloud data sources; transform/shape the data and gain actionable insights into data to make important business decisions. With thegeneral availabilityof Azure Databricks comes support for doing ETL/ELT withAzure Data Factory.
Accelerate Data Warehouse Modernization to Azure with Informatica’s AI-Driven Platform
Data is central to digital transformation. We have seen many customers moving their data workloads to Azure which benefits from the inherent performance and agility of cloud. Enterprises are moving on-premises workloads to public cloud at an increasing rate. Results from the2016 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Surveyindicate that cloud adoption is now mainstream and accelerating as enterprises shift data-intensive operations to the cloud. Specifically, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) adoption is predicted to be the fastest-growing sector of cloud platforms according to KPMG, growing from 32 percent in 2017 to 56 percent adoption in 2020.
Microsoft Tech Summit Amsterdam Mar 28-29 2018
Amsterdam hosted our latest Microsoft Tech Summit! A staggering 3,100 registered attendees were inspired by keynotes, breakouts and theatre sessions, with two packed days of activity. There were 2,800 people on the waiting list – we couldn’t fit them all in!
Today on Azure Friday: Backup and Recovery with Azure Files
Mike Emard joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Files, which offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, and deep dive into the latest backup and restore capability in Azure Files.
Microsoft Embraces Audits to Help Financial Services Organizations Demonstrate Regulatory Compliance
Look around: the rate of digital transformation is accelerating. New devices and even new ways of working are materializing everywhere, and the financial services industry is no exception. Financial services organizations are reinventing their business to incorporate the new digital transformation mindset and to use it to their competitive advantage. Digital intelligence can be used to push everything – market trends, account services, customer experience, risk analysis, proposal management, employee engagement and productivity – further and faster. There are many rules and regulations corralling the financial sector from capital adequacy (Basel IV) to bank secrecy (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) to Anti-Money Laundering regulations globally to data retention (SEC 17a-4) and data privacy (GDPR). Conversely, there are regulations such as PSD2 and new cloud computing guidelines that create opportunities to innovate. Financial services institutions must digitally transform themselves while also proving compliance with a widening sea of regulations.
IT pro readiness for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft published several tutorials that help IT pros to learn how to plan, enable and manage Microsoft Teams. No matter if you’re a customer or a partner, it’s always helpful to have a deep understanding of Teams to plan, enable and manage Microsoft Teams for your organization. A lot of great documentation and practical guidance is available on different platforms—which is great on the one hand because there are so many resources you can leverage but can also be intimidating. It’s not always obvious where to start.
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES
Introducing “Request sign-off” – an approval flow that requires no set up
Microsoft employee KeremYuceturk explained a new feature in SharePoint called “Request sign-off.” People were excited about the new feature, and Kerem patiently answered a number of questions about it.
Outlook Customer Manager for Android loading forever
Contributor J. Sobota had an issue with Outlook Customer Manager working correctly on Android within the Outlook app. Microsoft employee SixuXieexplained the confusion, indicating Outlook Customer Manager was not yet available on Android.
Pop up text box in Excel
It was asked in Excel 2016 how to change the text box that comes up when you select a cell. Microsoft employee Matt Mickle clarified that this was an accessibility feature and indicated how to change the setting or turn it off.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Explore innovative tech and endless possibilities at Microsoft Ignite
On September 24–28, Microsoft will gather the tech industry’s brightest minds to see the future of tech at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida—and you can join them.Registrationfor Microsoft’s largest and most comprehensive conference for enterprise technology is open now.
Learn from experts and play with emerging tech at Microsoft Build
Microsoft’s largest developer conference, Microsoft Build, is around the corner, andthere’s still time to register. Programmers and Microsoft engineers will gather May 7–9 in Seattle, Washington, to discuss what’s next in cloud, AI, mixed reality, and more. The event will feature incredible technical sessions, inspiring speakers, and interactive workshops—as well as plenty of time to connect and celebrate.
Join us for SharePoint Conference North America May 20-23
On May 21st, the SharePoint Conference North America will kick off in Las Vegas, NV. This year the event will include over 160 sessions for IT Pros, Developers, and Business Users focused on helping you make the most out of your investments in OneDrive, SharePoint and Office 365. This conference is a premier opportunity to hear experts from Microsoft and around the world share their experience and knowledge about a variety of topics such as cloud services, best practices & real-world project insights.
Join Microsoft at #AIIM18 – the principal event for intelligent information management – April 10-13
Hi folks! Once again, we’re proud that Microsoft will be returning to theAIIM Conferencein San Antonio, Texas this month as a platinum sponsor. We’re bringing a large contingent from Redmond to help represent and answer your questions about information reuse, knowledge capture, collaboration and governance.
#GlobalAzure Bootcamp 2018
The Global Azure Bootcamp (#GlobalAzure) is a worldwide series of one-day technical learning events for Azure. It is created and hosted by leaders from the global cloud developer community. This is community, pure and simple, at its very best. And you can join too!
Learn how to build great cloud apps at the Azure Developer Tour!
TheAzure Developer Touris coming to acity near youand we’d love to see you there!Building on the cloud helps you tap into massive compute, scalable data storage and advanced tools, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. With the cloud, you can build revolutionary apps that transform your business and improve people'slives.
FEATURED SPACE
Outlook
With a bunch of recent news, learn the latest and greatest information in our Outlook space!
MEMBER OF THE WEEK
Lorenzo Kim
A member since March of this year, Lorenzo has asked excellent questions in the Excel space. Thank you for being a member of the community, Lorenzo!