Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – November 10, 2017
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
Automatic tuning will be a new default
On November 6, 2017, Microsoft announced that automatic tuning will be enabled by default in the upcoming period in Azure SQL Database. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
Linux FUSE adapter for Blob Storage
On November 6, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of the new FUSE adapter for Azure Blob Storage. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
TierPoint adds Azure Site Recovery to its DraaS offerings
On November 6, 2017, Microsoft announced that TierPoint, a Microsoft trusted partner, has added Azure Site Recovery to its portfolio of managed Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)offerings.Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
Introducing query replica scale-out for Azure Analysis Services
On November 6, 2017, Microsoft announced the scale out feature for Azure Analysis Services. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
Office Online Server November 2017 Release
On November 8, 2017, Microsoft announced the latest update to Office Online Server (OOS). Join the conversation in the Office 365 space.
Working together with Sway for iPhone and iPad
On November 8, 2017, Microsoft announced the release ofSways Near Me—a new feature forSway iOS—which allows you to instantly work together with people near you. Join the conversation in the Sway space.
Microsoft’s Project Olympus delivers cloud hardware innovation at scale
On November 8, 2017, Microsoft announced that they’re entering the next phase of Project Olympus with the introduction of Project Cerberus - a new open sourced industry standard for platform security which will be collaboratively developed with the OCP community in a manner similar to the hardware design. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Monitoring of Azure ExpressRoute in preview
On November 8, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of ExpressRoute monitoring usingNetwork Performance Monitor(NPM). Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Parent View Only Access and Collaboration Space Permissions in Teams for EDU OneNote Class Notebooks
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced the roll out of the near-term ability to enable both of these capabilities through the stand-aloneOneNote Class Notebookapp, which will allow Teachers to still experience all of the same capabilities for Class Notebooks inside of Teams. We anticipate bringing these experiences natively into the Teams for EDU settings sometime in early 2018. Join the conversation in the Education space.
Bringing AI to job seekers with Resume Assistant in Word, powered by LinkedIn
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced Resume Assistant, a new feature in Microsoft Word to help Office 365 subscribers craft compelling resumes with personalized insights powered by LinkedIn. With over 80 percent of resumes updated in Word, Resume Assistant helps job seekers showcase accomplishments, be more easily discovered by recruiters, and find their ideal job. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Word space.
Auto Attendants and Call Queues: Holidays, Agent Opt In/Out and Serial Routing in Preview
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced the following Phone System (formerly known as CloudPBX) updates in Preview for Skype for Business Online:Holidaysin Auto Attendants,Serial RoutingandAgent to Opt In/Outin Call Queues. Join the conversation in the Skype for Business space.
Time for a change – meet the new Sway.com
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced a visual refresh forSway.com. Sway on the web and Sway for the Windows 10 app now has a simplifiedinterfacewith all the same features you already know and enjoy. Join the conversation in the Sway space.
Application Insights: VSTS dashboard chart widget now available
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced the release of a new Application Insights chart widget for VSTS dashboard. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Announcing automatic OS upgrades for Azure VM scale sets
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announceda new set of automation features to simplify OS image upgrades for Azure Virtual Machine scale sets, allowing you to adopt aset-it-and-forget-itapproach to OS lifecycle maintenance. Join the conversation in the Azure Compute space.
Windows System State Backup to Azure with Azure Backup
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server System State Backup to Azure with the Azure Backup agent.Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
Microsoft Cosmos DB in Azure Storage Explorer - public preview
On November 9, 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview of support for Cosmos DB in the Azure Storage Explorer (ASE).Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
HANDY RESOURCES
Getting the best connectivity and performance in Office 365
Traditional enterprise networks are designed primarily to provide users access to applications and data hosted in company operated datacenters. A secondary use has been as a gateway for access to the Internet for communications and web browsing. In this model, there is minimal or no network security between users and the company operated datacenters, and a substantial security perimeter between users and the Internet with many network devices such as firewalls, anti-virus scanners, data loss prevention, and intrusion detection devices.
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Four Success Factors for Driving Microsoft 365 Adoption Blog Series
Welcome to our blog series about the four success factors for driving Microsoft 365 adoption. In this series we will share insights from our most successful customers, Microsoft and 3rd party research, and proven best practices, about how to be successful with Microsoft 365.There’s little question we have entered a digital first world. One where organizations have an opportunity to embark on a digital transformation to optimize operations, transform products, engage customers, and empower employees.
Free Webcast – Project Online: Reach goals with ease
According to the Project Management Institute, only 62% of projects reach their goals. How can you empower your teams to beat the odds and reach goals more effectively?Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) is a comprehensive and intelligent solution that propels successful execution from initial strategy to outcomes through the Microsoft Cloud. Project Online helps you deliver on business strategies through high-impact outcomes. Watch this free on-demand webcast and learn how your organization can use modern project and portfolio management tools that take advantage of the Microsoft Cloud to better track and complete tasks, monitor progress, and manage resources.
Device provisioning: Identity attestation with TPM
Folks using theIoT Hub Device Provisioning Serviceto securely provision their devices are taking the opportunity to start using hardware security modules (HSM) to store the keys on their devices. Hardware security modules protect cryptographic keys and operations. HSMs provide high levels of protection against key compromise by device software and firmware bugs, and usually provide good protection against hardware attacks. Hardware-based security can reduce the risk of device cloning, can improve supply-chain security, and can bootstrap secure and reliable device enrollment using the Device Provisioning Service. Some of you might be new to using HSMs and are wondering exactly how the Device Provisioning Service validates a device’s identity, especially when using TPMs, and why it’s so secure. This post describes the identity attestation process when using a TPM.
Don’t just prepare for GPDR, embrace it!
With the GDPR deadline of May 2018 approaching, many organizations are preparing simply because they are required to. But those who "embrace GDPR compliance will have a great opportunity to advance their business", according to Elena Elkina, Partner and Co-Founder of Aleada Consulting. This month's Modern Workplace episode focuses on GDPR's impact, where compliance experts Elkina and David Kemp of Micro Focus discuss the challenges of GDPR compliance, along with answering how and why it's important to be ready. The experts discuss the effects of GDPR on data privacy, ethics, and its business impact. Kemp highlights his 5 steps on how to get started with GDPR compliance.
Free webinar on Intelligent Communications
Microsoft recently announceda new vision for intelligent communicationsat Ignite 2017.Thisfree webinarexplores workplace trends driving a need for a communications solution that is not only unified, but enables you to complete tasks more efficiently, participate in more productive meetings, and better manage your everyday communications needs.
Great ways to work with Office 2016 (Outlook, PowerPoint & Word) Infographics in 37 languages
There were some nice infographics produced for Ignite that caught people’s attention on the benefits of Office 2016 - Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. The image below might jog your memory. Our team localized these into 36 other languages for Ignite. They have been and are available to download.
Device provisioning: A manufacturing timeline for TPM devices
A lot of folks using theIoT Hub Device Provisioning Serviceare starting to use hardware security modules (HSMs) in their devices because of how easy it is to use an HSM with the provisioning service. This is great, and the team loves hearing about customers increasing the security of their solutions. However, since a lot of customers are new to HSMs, particularly Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), we've received a couple of questions about how TPMs specifically fit into the existing manufacturing process. This blog post should help clarify things.
Authentication, SSO, and Microsoft Graph in Microsoft Teams
Some of the most common questions we receive from Microsoft Teams developers concern authentication to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), single sign-on (SSO) to Azure AD, and how to access Microsoft Graph APIs from within a Microsoft Teams app. Here, we’ll explain in detail how to do these things, going above and beyondauthentication basics.
Good to know: Azure Backup Server Agent Scheduling
Here are two interesting facts about Azure Backup Server Agent's scheduling. (Note that this is also applicable to Data Protection Manager.)
Using an External Table output in Azure Functions
I am experimenting with passing data to aSqlAzure table using Azure Functions.I used the new and apparentlyexperimental External Table output available in Azure Functions. Experimental just meansin preview.This Azure Functions output is a very promisingway to insert records in all kinds of data sources. I can recommend using it when you want to insert, alter or lookup data.
Ask Microsoft Anything 10/25/17: Microsoft Teams
On October 25th, 2017, the Microsoft Teams community hosted a one-hour "Ask Microsoft Anything" (AMA) event on the topic of Microsoft Teams. The live hour of Q&A provided members the opportunity to ask questions and voice feedback with the product team. If you can picture it, about 10 members of our PM Team, marketing team, and support teams gathered in a conference room in Bellevue, WA, others on the phone working remotely, all scurrying to answer your questions during this hour, real-time. Our team loves hearing your questions and connecting with you, directly. Below, we've summarized the AMA. For the full list of questions and answers, check out theAMA space. We hope you will join us for our next AMA on the Teams Mac client. Stay tuned fordetails soon!
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES
The Tech Community, from zero to hero (100,000 users)
MVP Alistair Pugin shared his experiences and passion for the Tech Community and at Microsoft Ignite as a community reporter. Other MVPs and contributors shared in his sentiment.
Ability to Share with “Anyone” permission change?
Contributor Matt Coats had some issues with permissioning in sharing content from SharePoint. After some discussion, Microsoft employee Stephen Rice was able to help.
Office 365 Weekly digest
It was asked how users without global administrator rights can unsubscribe to “Weekly digest Office 365 changes” without access to the admin center. Various users and MVPs were able to help provide insight into this issue.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FEATURED SPACE
Office International
Show your passion for localization in Microsoft Office and join the Office International community!
MEMBER OF THE WEEK
Detlef Lewin
Since July of 2016, Detlef has been an incredibly active contributor, sharing a lot of great Excel knowledge. Thank you for being a member of the community, Detlef!