Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – September 29, 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
Microsoft Forms works great with Microsoft Teams
On September 24, 2017, Microsoft announced that If you're using Microsoft Teams, you can now access your Microsoft forms directly. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Forms space.
SharePoint web part powered by Microsoft Forms
On September 24, 2017, Microsoft announced that you can now use a Microsoft Forms web part on your SharePoint pages to collect responses, or show survey results right on your site. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Forms space.
Introducing Multi-Geo in Office 365
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced Multi-Geo Capabilities in Office 365, a new feature that helps multinational customers address their regional, industry specific or organizational data residency requirements in Office 365. Join the conversation in the Security, Privacy and Compliance space.
What's new in Office 365 Usage Reporting – Ignite Edition
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced new usage reporting capabilities in Office 365 that help organizations drive end user adoption. Join the conversation in the Office 365 space.
Build your outer loop: What's next in Yammer
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced an emboldened vision for Yammer - one that creates greater definition and clarity for the role and future of Yammer as a core part of Microsoft 365. Join the conversation in the Yammer space.
New in MyAnalytics: long-term trends, network maps, time spent with Groups, and more
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced adding several top-requested features to MyAnalytics, including long-term trends, network maps, time spent with Groups, and more. Join the conversation in the MyAnalytics space.
Manage Your Compliance from One Place – Announcing Compliance Manager Preview Program
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced a new compliance solution to help your organization to meet data protection and regulatory standards more easily when using Microsoft cloud services – Compliance Manager will enable you to manage your compliance from one place. Join the conversation in the Security, Privacy and Compliance space.
Engage employees in your intelligent social intranet with Yammer
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced announcing the availability of a new native web part for Yammer. Join the conversation in the Yammer space.
Build more meaningful relationships with Office 365 and LinkedIn
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the ability to see information from LinkedIn profiles in Outlook on the Web, OneDrive and SharePoint in Office 365. Join the conversation in the Office 365 space.
Automation and configuration of Azure, on-premises, and hybrid cloud resources at scale
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the release of new automation and configuration capabilities within the Azure portal. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure Compute space.
The Evolution of Skype Operations Framework (SOF) into Practical Guidance for Cloud Voice
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the evolution of Skype Operations Framework into Practical Guidance for Cloud Voice. Join the conversation in the Skype for Business space.
Bringing deeper integration and new capabilities to Office 365 security & compliance
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced several Office 365 security and compliance announcements and updates – as part of the news announced at the Microsoft Ignite conference. Join the conversation in the Security, Privacy and Compliance space.
Microsoft announces a new vision for Intelligent Communications
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the new vision for Intelligent Communications, to transform calling and meeting experiences for people and organizations around the world. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Teams space.
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced Azure Migrate, a new service that provides the guidance, insights, and mechanisms needed to assist you in migrating to Azure. Join the conversation in the Azure Migration space.
Use Azure Cost Management for Free
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced Azure Cost Management, available to all Azure customers and partners, is a SaaS solution that empowers organizations to monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud spend in a multi-cloud environment. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Introducing FastTrack for Microsoft 365
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced FastTrack for Microsoft 365. Join the conversation in the FastTrack for Microsoft 365 space.
Learn Office 365 fast with the new Office Training Center
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced over 130 new training experiences in the new Office 365 Training Center. Join the conversation in the Office 365 space.
Azure Security Center extends advanced threat protection to hybrid cloud workloads
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced new innovations in Azure Security Center. Join the conversation in the Azure Security & Identity space.
Faster compute optimized performance tier for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the upcoming availability of a new, faster performance tier for Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.
First Microsoft Azure Stack systems are headed to your datacenters
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced they've completed work on the initial release of Azure Stack along with our hardware partners. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Lot of exciting updates across Office 365 in the month of September
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced a number of useful Office 365 updates that will help teachers, staff and school IT Admins around the world. Join the conversation in the Education space.
New in Stream Analytics: Output to Azure Functions, built-in anomaly detection, etc.
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of several new and compelling capabilities in Azure Stream Analytics. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Announcing the preview for the Azure Data Box: Achievements will be unlocked
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of the new Microsoft Azure Data Box. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Diving deep into what's new for Azure Machine Learning
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced a set of major updates to Azure Machine Learning designed for data scientists to build, deploy, manage, and monitor models at any scale. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Introducing SQL Vulnerability Assessment for Azure SQL Database and on-premises SQL Server!
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview of our latest security development from the Microsoft SQL product team, the new SQL Vulnerability Assessment (VA). Join the conversation in the SQL Server space.
The next generation of Azure IoT Suite accelerates IoT solutions
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced a new version of Azure IoT Suite's Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution. Join the conversation in the Azure IoT space.
Built-in security and operations management for Azure and hybrid environments
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced several new services and features across Azure Security. Join the conversation in the Azure Security & Identity space.
At Ignite, Microsoft is updating its Cognitive Services collection of intelligent APIs
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced an update of Cognitive Services collection of intelligent APIs. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Azure #CosmosDB – database for serverless era
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of native integration between Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Announcing the public preview of PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview of PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell. Join the conversation in the Windows PowerShell space.
Announcing the general availability of Service Fabric on Linux
On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability of Service Fabric on Linux. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
Email Encryption and Rights Protection
On September 26, 2017, Microsoft announced rich new capabilities in Office 365 Message Encryption that protect and control your sensitive emails. Join the conversation in the Security, Privacy & Compliance space.
OneDrive Announcements at Ignite 2017
On September 26, 2017, Microsoft announced new innovations in OneDrive that further empower you to share and work together, to inform and engage people, to transform business processes, and to harness collective knowledge. Join the conversation in the OneDrive for Business space.
What's new with Azure Active Directory @ Ignite 2017
On September 26, 2017, Microsoft announced a number of updates for Azure Active Directory. Join the conversation in the Azure Active Directory space.
System Center Updates Publisher September 2017 Preview is now available
On September 26, 2017, Microsoft announced System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) Preview 2 is now available. Join the conversation in the System Center Configuration Manager space.
Audio Conferencing extended to Microsoft Team and pay-per-minute offering added for more options
On September 27, 2017, Microsoft announced a few updates to the Audio Conferencing (formally PSTN Conferencing) capabilities in Office 365 which have expanded conferencing scenarios for more Office 365 users and increased its availability to more Office 365 products. Join the conversation in the Skype for Business space.
Connecting the modern workplace with SharePoint and OneDrive: Announcements at Ignite 2017
On September 27, 2017, Microsoft announced new innovations in SharePoint and OneDrive that further empower you to share and work together, to inform and engage people, to transform business processes, and to harness collective knowledge. Join the conversation in the SharePoint space.
New features of Microsoft Forms Sept 2017
On September 27, 2017, Microsoft announced new features in Microsoft Forms. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Forms space.
Ready for JavaOne: Bringing Java and Kubernetes together in Azure
On September 28, 2017, Microsoft announced that developers can now securely deploy and redeploy Java apps to Kubernetes in Azure Container Service using Maven. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Azure space.
HANDY RESOURCES
The definitive guide to Windows Analytics
Windows Analytics is a set of solutions that use telemetry data to provide you with proactive insights that help you understand which devices in your organization are ready to be upgraded to Windows 10, how to solve some common deployment-blocking compatibility issues, which devices are up-to-date, and much more.
Find what you want, discover what you need with personalized intelligent search across Microsoft 365
New intelligent search capabilities and experiences powered by the Microsoft Graph help you find content and people faster and discover relevant knowledge from across your organization. At Microsoft, our vision of search in the enterprise centers on bringing personalized search results to wherever you may be working, from across your intranet, and even the internet. By infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into our familiar experiences in Office, search and discovery become part of your everyday work, rather than a separate destination.
The definitive guide to Windows as a service
Use these resources to learn about the Windows as a service model, the build release process, the Windows 10 update cadence, and the latest and upcoming enhancements that further simplify and streamline the process of keeping your Windows 10 devices up to date.
The definitive guide to Windows 10 management
This is the second in a series of posts designed to provide a one-stop shop for virtual labs, demos, downloads, technical documentation, and other key resources related to a specific Windows 10 feature, scenario, deployment phase, or IT task. The focus of this post is management and, specifically, simplifying the way you manage Windows 10 devices using the power of the cloud.
Maximizing IT's impact with Microsoft 365 Powered Devices
The modern workplace has introduced an explosion of cloud services and devices that have dramatically changed the scenarios IT has to manage and support. And, of course, IT has to manage these countless new challenges with same budget and resources.
Live from Ignite MVP Guest Bloggers ready to go!
Ignite is here and there's lots of excitement! We are going to have a little fun and recap some of the Skype for Business sessions via our Microsoft Tech Community Ignite blog, here. You can find similar recaps for Microsoft Teams at aka.ms/igniteteamsblog. The best part is that these blogs will be written by our very own Office Server & Services MVPs.
Day 1 at Microsoft Ignite- Interview with Jeff Teper
Jeff Teper- CVP Office, SharePoint and OneDrive joins me to share his thoughts on the many announcements around OneDrive we had today as well as his thoughts around 10 years of OneDrive, where the product has been, and where it is going.
Microsoft Forms is a simple, lightweight tool that lets you quickly create a form, collect responses in real time, and view automatic charts to visualize your data. You can build a form in minutes, no training necessary, and respondents can fill it out on any browser without having to install a separate app.
Day 2 at Ignite- Meet Our OneDrive Engineering Leadership
Since Ignite 2016, we have released over 100 new features and pieces of functionality. 43 of those items were driven by nearly 18k members of our community via the Uservoice program. Today Omar Shahine and Jason Moore will talk about how an upvote becomes a feature and the role Uservoice plays in the process.
Welcome to the Sway Tech Community
Our new Sway Tech Community is where we will showcase our latest product updates, share insider tips and tricks, and listen to your valued feedback.
Day 3 at Ignite- Meet Our Sync Team
Meet Tony East and Patricia Hendricks, the folks that lead our OneDrive sync engineering team. Join us to hear about the developement of the new OneDrive sync client, innovations around bandwidth management and what's next for Windows, Files On-Demand and sync!
Get the most out of your Azure portal experience
Hello, Azure friends! If you manage Azure resources, you're probably already familiar with the Azure portal. In this blog post, I'd like to highlight some of the experiences and capabilities that you can take advantage of to get the most out of your Azure portal experience.
Five more reasons why you should download the Azure mobile app
You may have already heard about the Azure mobile app at the Build conference back in May 2017. The app lets you stay connected with Azure even when you are on the go. You can read more details in our launch blog post from May. Over the last few months, we have been working closely with our customers to improve the Azure mobile app. And today, we are excited to share five more reasons why the Azure app is a must-have.
MVP GUEST BLOGS
BRK2025: Transform your large-scale meetings with Skype Meeting Broadcast
I really like Skype Meeting Broadcast for scenarios where you have a message that you want to reach a lot of people with where they can consume it on any device live or on-demand. By using the QA module people can ask questions anonymously and get answers privately or in public. Skype for Business Meeting Broadcast is available in most Office 365 SKU's and works well for small organizations that wants to create webinars or large corporations that wants to do internal training, presentations or stream live events.
Ignite Live Blog : Build and package apps for your modern teams
Teams is becoming the main hub for teamwork and communication. Switching between apps or context can be time consuming. So why not integrate your app in Teams?
Ignite Live Blog: Get an overview of Microsoft Teams architecture
Microsoft Teams is big, a lot bigger than you think. While it all comes together in a unified app hub experience there is an immense amount of integration and services behind the scenes that delivers the single application windows experience. And that is something users need to remember – the Teams application provides a single desktop, mobile and web experience that sits on top of the collective Office 365 experience.
Collaborate in a chat-based workspace with Microsoft Teams
At this breakout session, productivity is the best word to describe what is a way to be more effective in a daily basis.
Microsoft Ignite Live Blog: Is voice in the cloud for you?
When I first saw the title of this session, I thought this was going to be a short and easy write up. But then I had chat with Albert up front, and realized this could quite possibly be one of the most difficult blog posts I had to do this week.
MVP Live Blog: Collaborate on the go with Microsoft Teams Mobile Apps
Teams is a chat based Collaboration Tool that allows you to work in Teams Seamlessly. Most of you probably already know what Teams is all about, this session focusses specifically on the Teams mobile client so let's zoom in to one of the most important feature when it comes to Teams Mobile client in Enterprises which is Security.
BRK2010: Call quality management for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams helps you transcend geographical boundaries by connecting you to people in other locations. To succeed within an organization, you need to make sure calls get connected properly and call quality is good. What constitutes good call quality? This is highly subjective, but packet loss, jitter and latency are key network metrics you can measure. By understanding that signaling and media can take different paths, you can make sure that media has an optimal path between the sender and receiver in 1-to-1 calls and conferences. This is where call quality may get difficult to understand and master, luckily there are several tools available that we can work with su
BRK 3036: Understanding Call Queues and Auto Attendant
A good understanding of the Microsoft Phone System Cloud Services capabilities in Office 365 for incoming call routing is required to properly and quickly route callers to the correct destination, all without human intervention. These services, Auto Attendants and Call Queues, are the main interfaces for the callers to reach people and departments in your organization over the phone.
Configure custom policies in Skype for Business Online and Microsoft Teams
Christian Burke (Enterprise Program Manager, Skype CxD, Microsoft) & Martin Rinas (Sr Program Manager, Microsoft) delivered a session to help us understand custom policies in detail. During this presentation, they talked about both hybrid and online-only scenarios detailing the key attributes that affect the user experience. They also talked about how you can apply extensive Skype for Business Online and Teams engineering team field experience to your environment.
MVP Live Blog Understanding meetings in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams plays an important role in the Digital Transformation for the Intelligent Cloud to Empower Employees. Intelligent Communications is signaling that we can take communications and use cloud powered services like transcription and cloud recording. It's all powered by the Next Generation Skype Back-End Infrastructure. Microsoft Teams is the canvas, the presentation layer for all the new Communication Capabilities on top of Office 365 and Office Graph.
Ignite Live Blog : Building apps and services with the Office 365 Communications Platform
Office 365 Communications Platform is the new platform combining Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Development Platform. There was an introductory session (BRK2197) to the Communications Platform in the morning by Andrew Bybee and David Newman. In this 300 level session David and Srividhya walked us through what we will be able to do with this new platform. Before the demos, David framed the communications platform capabilities in the context of the overall Office 365 Platform. In Office 365 there are lots of canvases and applications that are based on Microsoft Graph and can be used to create or integrate communication scenarios.
Best-in-class authentication in Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams – BRK 4001
Natasha has been in the Unified Communications space for over 14 years. She has worked on Live Meeting, OCS, Lync and Skype for Business. Her current area of expertise is with Security and Compliance features for Skype for Business.
MVP Live Blog: BRK3036 Understanding Call Queues & Auto Attendants
Marina Kolomiets and Irena Andonova gave an overview of Call Queues and Auto Attendants and "What's Coming Soon".
Share corporate resources with your partners using Azure Active Directory
At this Breakout Session, Collaboration is the best word to describe what is a way to be more effective in a daily basis.
Ignite Live Blogging: Ask the Unified Communications Experts at Microsoft
Today's session is an open mic discussion which will be driven by questions from the audience. There has been some confusion during the conference, and during my time in the booth at the Expo floor, one of the most asked questions was: Is Skype being replaced by Teams?
Microsoft Ignite Live Blog: Learn about enterprise security & compliance with Microsoft Teams
When any organization is considering a move to the cloud - application, platform, telephony infrastructure - there are a great many considerations. Enterprise security and compliance is a topic that has the potential to stop a potential cloud move in its tracks. With all the recent announcements regarding Microsoft Teams at Ignite, many are wondering where exactly security and compliance fit into this incredible tool built around teamwork, especially with all the PSTN capabilities that are in Teams' near future.
MVP Live Blog: BRK2035 Plan Your UC Refresh Correctly: Skype for Business on premises vNext
Microsoft has announced that "Teams will evolve as the primary client for intelligent communications in Office 365". A natural question that was on many attendees minds, demonstrated by the large session was, "How are my current investments in Skype for Business Server protected?" The answer is: Skype for Business Server 2019.
MVP Live Blog: BRK3006 Driving Adoption of Microsoft Teams with Karuana Gatimu & Dan Stevenson
Karuana started the session by noting that "The successful adoption of Microsoft Teams represents a change in behavior." Later on Dan noted that this is not Lync 2013 to Skype for Business. It's a significantly new way of thinking.
Moving to a Hybrid Unified Communications environment
At this Breakout Session, Unified is the best word to describe what is a way to be more effective on a daily basis.
Adding Audio Conferencing Services in Office 365 to your meeting experience
Audio Conferencing (formerly known as PSTN conferencing) allows users in your organization to create & host meetings that contain dial-in phone numbers (shared or dedicated). Participants can use those phone numbers to call into a meeting using their PSTN phone to join the meeting.
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES
Set View on O365 Document Library linked to Teams
A contributor asked how to apply a preset view to a SharePoint document library you connect to teams. The community was able to provide helpful responses that solved his issue.
Excel links to other workbooks
MVP Wyn Hopkins was very helpful in answering a question about linking data from another workbook into my current worksheet and showing the file name linked to in the current workbook.
There was a question about accessing company email from OWA for Android, indicating receiving some confusing system prompts. Some solutions were suggested involving using Outlook for Android and uninstalling recent sets of updates.
FEATURED SPACE
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MEMBER OF THE WEEK
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