Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – September 15, 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
Azure AD B2B Collaboration in Microsoft Teams
On September 11, 2017, Microsoft announced Guest Access in Microsoft Teams, built on the B2B collaboration features of Azure AD. Join the conversation in the Azure Active Directory B2B Collaboration space.
Introducing B-Series, our new burstable VM size
On September 11, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of the B-Series, a new Azure VM family that provides the lowest cost of any existing size with flexible CPU usage. Join the conversation in the Azure Compute space.
End of summer wrap up – SharePoint Business Apps
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft compiled a number of smaller updates made to business application integration for PowerApps and Microsoft Flow with SharePoint lists and libraries. Join the conversation in the SharePoint space.
Announcing Availability of Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server. Join the conversation in the SharePoint space.
32-bit Outlook will soon be Large Address Aware
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft announced that starting in version 1710 of the Office 365 subscription version of Outlook 2016 for Windows, the 32-bit version of Outlook will be Large Address Aware (LAA). Join the conversation in the Outlook space.
Using Azure Analysis Services with Azure Data Lake Storage
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft announced that support for Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) is now available in Azure Analysis Services and in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
Excel O365 performance improvements in September
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft announced Excel O365 16.0.8431.2058 or later update, available to Insiders, fixing performance issues. Join the conversation in the Excel space.
New Power BI Connector for Azure Enterprise users
On September 12, 2017, Microsoft announced the release of Azure Consumption and Insights Connector in Power BI Desktop. Join the conversation in the Azure space.
Insiders can now try Outlook's all new search experience
On September 13, 2017, Microsoft announced the release of a preview of our new, more intelligent search in Outlook for iOS and Android, announced in July, to Outlook Insiders. Join the conversation in the Outlook space.
Office 365 for iPad & iPhone – September 2017
On September 13, 2017, Microsoft announced the September release of Office for iPad & iPhone - Version 2.5 (17090402) is now available in 35 languages. Join the conversation in the Office International community.
Microsoft Video Indexer expands functionality unlocking more video insights
On September 13, 2017, Microsoft announced significant feature updates to the Video Indexer service. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Managed Service Identities and Azure AD: Helping Azure developers keep their secrets secret!
On September 14, 2017, Microsoft announced a preview of a new integration between Azure and Azure Active Directory that is designed to make life easier for developers called Microsoft Service Identity. Join the conversation in the Azure Active Directory space.
Simplifying transition from Hybrid MDM (ConfigMgr+Intune) to Intune standalone
On September 14, 2017, Microsoft announced a new process of moving from hybrid MDM to Intune standalone. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Intune space.
Introducing Azure confidential computing
On September 14, 2017, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Azure is the first cloud to offer new data security capabilities with a collection of features and services called Azure confidential computing. Join the conversation in the Azure space.
Custom Vision Service introduces classifier export, starting with CoreML for iOS 11
On September 14, 2017 Microsoft announced that Custom Vision Service from Microsoft Cognitive Services has added mobile model export. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
IntelliJ Community Edition: 1-Click to Run Java Containers on Azure
On September 14, 2017, Microsoft announced a new feature that enables the 1-Click experience to run containerized Java applications on Azure. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Skype for Business for Mac – September Insider Fast Release is available!
On September 15, 2017, Microsoft announced the September Insider Fast Release of Skype for Business for Mac. Join the conversation in the Skype for Business space.
HANDY RESOURCES
On August 31, 2017, Microsoft hosted a Windows 10 for Education AMA to help answer questions. The summary from this event will be available when it's ready in the Windows deployment space.
The Immense Challenge of Protecting Office 365 Podcast
Many of you are aware of the threat protection services offered in Office 365. These services include Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Advanced Security Management (ASM), and Office 365 Threat Intelligence. Countless users leverage the daily protections offered by each of these services. However, few realize the depth, breadth, and enormous scale of the Office 365 ecosystem. Each month, we analyze 450 BILLION emails for malware. Very few (if any) platforms have such a significant volume of emails that flow through it. Despite this scale, we manage to prevent most cyber threats from ever impacting our millions of customers. We also rapidly respond to any threats that do get through our initial defenses to ensure that there is minimal to no impact or interruption to our customers.
Seven reasons why so many Node.js devs are excited about Microsoft Azure
Node.js is arguably one of the most popular technologies in use on the cloud. Many devs all over the world have embraced this platform which, according to the 2017 survey by the Node.js Foundation, is being enjoyed by those who create back-end, front-end, mobile, and even desktop apps. At Microsoft, we are investing heavily in Node.js and JavaScript, which are first class citizens on Azure and across many other products. Whether you are a full-stack, a DevOps specialist, an architect or simply playing around with Node.js, these are seven of the (many) reasons why people love Azure!
Perspective View makes deeper analyses easy in Azure Time Series Insights
Perspective View enables analysts and engineers to efficiently perform complex tasks like multi-step analysis, viewing data from multiple sites, saving checkpoints, or time-based and pattern-based data comparisons. With Azure Time Series Insights, customers have developed a new appetite to deepen their analysis by further exploiting their data. Up to now, this required home-grown workarounds that were costly and time-consuming to accomplish. This post will show some common ways to harness the full power of 'perspective view' to easily boost the insights you get from your data in just a few steps.
Events, Data Points, and Messages – Choosing the right Azure messaging service for your data
With the introduction of Event Grid, Microsoft Azure now offers an even greater choice of messaging infrastructure options. The expanded messaging service fleet consists of the Service Bus message broker, the Event Hubs streaming platform, and the new Event Grid event distribution service. At first glance, it may appear that Service Bus, Event Hubs, and the Event Grid compete with each other. Looking more closely at the kind of information that is published and how that information is consumed and processed reveals that the services are very complementary. A single application might use all three services in combination, each for different functional aspects, and we expect a lot of Azure solutions to do so.
Five principles of innovation in the cloud
If you work in IT you may have noticed that you live in a world of competing agendas. On one side are the forces that expect you to do what you have always done, "keep the lights on." On the other, you are being driven to innovate so you can seize new opportunities, support evolving business needs, and better serve customers. Despite the tendency to be risk-averse, as more and more companies move to cloud environments certain principles have emerged to help foster a more innovative IT mindset, and a more central role for IT within the corporation.
Protecting applications and data on Azure Stack
Azure provides global scale cloud computing running in Microsoft Datacenters in over 40 regions. Azure Stack extends the value of Azure to a wider range of customers and scenarios by making a core set of services available to run on integrated systems running in customer's or service provider datacenters. Many companies and service providers are evaluating Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) to learn more. Many of these companies are going beyond evaluation and thinking through strategy, design, and implementation of a hybrid cloud for modern apps and on-premises cloud services. Business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) planning is an important part of a comprehensive strategy.
Yammer Time – Episode 2 with Kaleem Rahman
Product Manager Kaleem Rahman has been leading up a number of Yammer efforts related to helping remove technical barriers related to adoption of Yammer. Most recently, Kaleem has been working on an initiative that I know will be very popular amongst our customers: Yammer analytics. In this short interview, Kaleem talks about what we've learned along the way and what you might expect to hear at Ignite.
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES
There were a number of concerns about the impact of Hurricane Irma on Microsoft Ignite. There was much speculation but eventually people posted Microsoft's official notice that the event would continue on.
External access for Teams announced
MVP Tony Redmond shared the news about external access for Teams. There were a number of replies indicating curiosity about features and rollout.
(Re)moving students from Groups via SDS
A contributor wondered if there was an option to facilitate a scenario where students should be removed from a certain section and added into a new section in School Data Sync with manual SDS files. Matt McGinnis answered his questions and offered a number of clarifications in the ensuing discussion.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Do you have questions about Windows Analytics? On September 19th, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT, there will be an opportunity to 'Ask Microsoft Anything' (AMA) in the Windows 10 space.
Do you have questions about Azure Log Analytics? On September 21st, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT, there will be an opportunity to 'Ask Microsoft Anything' (AMA) in the Azure Log Analytics space.
Microsoft Ignite 2017 Keynote VIP Sweepstakes
The keynote is one of the marquee moments and attendees arrive early to get the best seats. We're giving away 400 VIP seats to viewing the keynote front of stage at Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando. Be in the running to skip the line by connecting your MyIgnite account to your Microsoft Tech Community account to earn the Microsoft Ignite 2017 Attendee badge on the Microsoft Tech Community. All attendees who earn the Microsoft 2017 Attendee badge in the Tech Community before September 20, 2017 will be entered to win a pass to the VIP viewing area in the keynote hall. We'll draw 200 general attendees and 200 Microsoft MVPs. See below to learn how to get the badge and save your seat! For more information on this sweepstakes, please see our Official Rules.
Countdown to Microsoft Ignite: Engage with our speakers!
With just twelve days left until Microsoft Ignite, we wanted to invite you to connect with this year's speakers, right here on Tech Community. Every session has its own page, with placeholder presentation slides that will be updated with the actual slides following the event.
We have a jampacked week ahead of us with great Excel content, community gatherings, prepays and parties. Plus some great new announcements.
The SharePoint and OneDrive Guide to Microsoft Ignite
With less than two weeks until Microsoft Ignite 2017, the SharePoint and OneDrive team and MVP speakers are firing on all cylinders to finalize their sessions for this year's conference. And while the Ignite session catalog is live at https://myignite.microsoft.com, choosing from over 1,400 sessions can take some time even for the veteran attendee. But have no fear, we are here to help! If you're passionate about SharePoint and OneDrive here are the recommended sessions to get you started along with a full list of 70+ SharePoint and OneDrive sessions in the attached guides.
Microsoft Ignite OneDrive Session Primer
Ignite is coming up fast and we are super excited to share all the cool stuff that is coming to the product. So before you go, you need to know…what session should I be attending? Here are some recommendations.
Microsoft Forms at Ignite 2017
Microsoft Forms team will be at Ignite 2017. Please find us to get latest Forms updates, share us your stories, suggestions, requirements or concerns.
Can't miss Analytics in Microsoft 365 sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2017
As you peruse the session catalog, you'll notice over 600 sessions focused on Office 365 and over 250 sessions that include Analytics. I don't think you'll have trouble filling up your week! Given everything that is going on at Ignite, we wanted to provide a cheat sheet for sessions that focus on MyAnalytics and Workplace Analytics, customer success, and roadmaps moving forward. Be sure to add these to your agenda, attend in person, or watch after the event takes place.
Are you getting ready to head to Orlando for Microsoft Ignite? With 6 days of events and over 1000+ hours of content, there is a lot to see and learn. Grab your calendar and join Delanda Coleman, Praveen Maloo, and Laurie Pottmeyer from the Skype for Business & Microsoft Teams groups us as they share 5 tips for planning your week in Orlando.
Microsoft Tech Summit is back – register for a free event near you
Announcing the 2017–2018 Microsoft Tech Summit global tour! Build your skills with the latest in cloud technologies at a free, technical learning event for IT professionals and developers, coming to a city near you. We're hitting the road with our top engineers to bring you two days of in-depth sessions, networking opportunities, industry insights, and hands-on skill-building with the experts behind Microsoft's cloud services.
FEATURED SPACE
Microsoft Ignite Conversations
Going to Microsoft Ignite and want to meet some people before you go, or get the latest tips and tricks on getting the most out of your experience? Check out our space!
MEMBER OF THE WEEK
A member since last September, Adrienne has offered great contributions primarily in the SharePoint space and will be joining us at Microsoft Ignite. Thank you for being a member of the community, Adrienne!
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