Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Quick Ways to Reduce Your Azure Costs Jan 31, 2023

Top tips to optimize cost savings using free tools and plans as you run workloads in Azure. Identify unnecessary spend in Azure Advisor through cost cutting, take advantage of new commitment-based savings plans based on expected utilization, employ cost avoidance tactics, such as setting budgets and monitoring with Microsoft Cost Management, and contain spend through new automation options.

Matt McSpirit, Azure expert, shares quick ways to save money for existing Azure customers.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - Savings with Azure Hybrid Benefit 02:18 - Constrained vCPU options 03:30 - Commitment-based savings plans 05:03 - Savings plans and reserved instances 06:12 - Microsoft Cost Management 06:44 - Budget limits and automation runbooks 08:57 - Azure VM Scale Sets 11:24 - Storage cost management 13:00 - Tags 13:50 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Guidance for Azure cost savings at https://aka.ms/Azure-DMWL

More on Azure Hybrid Benefit at https://aka.ms/HybridBenefit

Sample scripts for budget automation at https://aka.ms/ACMrunbook

Best practices for tagging at https://aka.ms/costmgmt/videos

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Azure Virtual Desktop | Quick Setup Jan 25, 2023

Find what you need to get started with the fastest way to deploy Azure Virtual Desktop with a step-by-step guide. This is a streamlined provisioning experience, with automation built-in based on your parameters, and time saved with directory services setup and integration.

How to set up a fully-operational Azure Virtual Desktop environment: -Prerequisites -Deployment steps -Configure host pools and Remote Apps -Test it out

Matt McSpirit, Azure Expert, walks through the setup, and shares what’s notable and unique to the service.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

00:46 - Prerequisites

01:12 - Deployment steps

02:35 - Windows Multi-session option

04:27 - Deployed resources and services

05:00 - Configuring Remote Apps

06:46 - Testing everything out

08:19 - Teams AudioVideo-redirect

08:57 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Check out the first show in this series for a higher level view at https://aka.ms/AVDMechanics

Check out the complete playlist at https://aka.ms/AVDMechanicsSeries

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New Automation Kit, Process Advisor app, & SAP integration in Power Automate Jan 17, 2023

Prioritize, analyze, and automate business processes faster and more effectively with updates to Power Automate. Get end-to-end visibility over automation projects that will yield the best financial return for your organization with the Automation Kit. Locate bottlenecks and inefficiencies in existing processes, and take corrective action with the Minit desktop app and process advisor. See how to automate more business processes with deeper SAP integration.

Ashvini Sharma, Partner GPM from the Power Automate engineering team, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk through the latest updates.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

01:44 - How to apply process automation: Automation Kit

04:12 - Process advisor

07:07 - Minit desktop app

10:10 - SAP integration

12:50 - Automation Kit to track progress & savings

13:45 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Automation Kit at https://aka.ms/automation-kit

Get the SAP procure to pay solution template at https://aka.ms/SAPP2P

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Architect More Secure Cloud Apps Jan 09, 2023

Protect against ransomware and other threats as you build new cloud-based services and migrate or modernize existing apps and services. Get guidance for where to start, with a free new assessment with security recommendations and a prioritized list tailored for your organization, apps, and services.

Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how to architect your apps and services for Zero Trust security.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

02:32 - Where to start with security architecture

04:36 - Apply prioritized list to a new app

05:38 - Policies and configurations

07:03 - Improving security strategy

09:59 - Implementing strong authentication

12:21 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Take the free assessment at https://aka.ms/microsoftassessments

Check out our show on Zero Trust at https://aka.ms/zerotrustmechanics

How to automate and deploy landing zones at https://aka.ms/LandingZoneMechanics

Manage identity infrastructure in the Microsoft Entra admin center at https://entra.microsoft.com

More on Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework security at https://aka.ms/CAFsecure

How to implement Azure landing zones at https://aka.ms/ALZ

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Manage your multi-cloud identity infrastructure with Microsoft Entra Jan 05, 2023

A single solution to centrally manage your entire identity infrastructure with Microsoft Entra. Whether hybrid across your on-premises systems and the Microsoft Cloud, or across services spanning multiple clouds, like AWS, Google Cloud Platform and your favorite SaaS apps.

Joey Cruz, from the identity team at Microsoft, highlights the comprehensive capabilities of Microsoft Entra, including unified identity management, that spans beyond your Microsoft estate and beyond Azure Active Directory. He demonstrates new and unique capabilities for the day-to-day management of your users and workloads. ►

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

00:25 - Microsoft Entra admin center

01:07 - Secure access to Google services with passwordless authentication using Microsoft Entra

02:20 - Access all of your cloud and on-prem apps from myapps.microsoft.com

03:13 - Supported authentication methods

04:24 - Verified IDs to automate new user verification and access provisioning

05:40 - Workload Identity management for secure app to app communication

06:56 - Privileged Identity Management to protect admin accounts and more

07:41 - Permissions Management to monitor and protect Azure, AWS and GCP in one place

08:20 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Try Microsoft Entra at https://entra.microsoft.com

Check out our docs at https://aka.ms/EntraDocs

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Microsoft Teams Premium Experiences and How to Set It Up Dec 17, 2022

As a meeting organizer or participant, take Microsoft Teams to the next level with advanced capabilities for personalization, deeper AI integration, and better meeting protection with Microsoft Teams Premium. For Teams admins, see the easy steps to enable Teams Premium, as well as your configuration options.

Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, gives a hands-on tour for customized, intelligent, and secure meetings.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

00:25 - Custom branding & Meeting Templates

01:38 - Translated captions and intelligent recap

03:08 - Enhanced security- watermarking

04:12 - Virtual appointments

05:05 - Webinars

06:12 - Admin experience

08:51 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Check out Microsoft Teams Premium at https://aka.ms/TeamsPremiumMechanics

Build and customize Together modes with the Developer Portal at https://dev.teams.microsoft.com

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Use Natural Language & Prompts with AI Models | Azure OpenAI Service Dec 14, 2022

For your next application, leverage large-scale, generative AI models with a deep understanding of language and code, using Azure’s OpenAI service. Interact with models using natural language, prompts, and few-shot learning. Use the Azure OpenAI Studio to experiment and test your models before bringing them into your code to deliver differentiated app experiences, all with Azure’s enterprise-grade security built-in.

Build new experiences with models: GPT-3 generates content based on natural language input Codex translates natural language instructions directly into code DALL-E 2 generates realistic images and art from natural language descriptions

Pablo Castro, Distinguished Engineer and part of the Azure AI team, joins Jeremy Chapman for an in-depth look at Azure’s OpenAI service.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

01:06 - Azure’s OpenAI service

02:44 - Practical examples of OpenAI

05:23 - Integrate OpenAI models into everyday apps

09:32 - Building a custom app from scratch

11:57 - The OpenAI Studio in Azure

13:41 - The Playground

16:02 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Check out Responsible AI principles at https://aka.ms/AIprinciples

Start with Designer preview at https://designer.microsoft.com

Sign up for Azure OpenAI at https://aka.ms/oai/access

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Set up and Manage Azure Dedicated Host Dec 12, 2022

Deploy your own dedicated servers in the cloud with Azure Dedicated Host. Run apps and services just as you would on premises, but with the added flexibility and operational savings that come with running your workloads in Azure.

An Azure Dedicated Host is dedicated to your organization and only hosts your workloads. Azure VMs run on virtualized hardware on top of a host hypervisor, and you can fill your dedicated host with different VM sizes until you run out of space.

Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, shows how to set up and manage Azure Dedicated Host.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

00:22 - What is an Azure Dedicated Host?

02:35 - Set it up

04:28 - Additional protections

05:55 - Scale sets

07:10 - Manage your dedicated host

07:50 - Cost effectiveness

09:14 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Information on Azure Dedicated Host at https://aka.ms/DedicatedHostMechanics

Watch the rest of our series at https://aka.ms/AzureComputeMechanics

Guidance for the number of VMs to run on your host at https://aka.ms/AzureDedicatedHostSKU

Watch more on scale sets at https://aka.ms/ScaleSetMechanics

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Control & Visibility for the Power Platform with Managed Environments Dec 07, 2022

Build app experiences and automate everyday tasks and processes in Power Platform with the Managed Environments capability for easier, proactive governance. Restrict how broadly apps and flows can be shared with capabilities like sharing limits, set up better guardrails through the built-in Solution checker, and test apps before they move into production with the maker-friendly DevOps capability, Pipelines for Power Platform.

Group Product Manager for Microsoft Power Platform, Evan Lew, joins Jeremy Chapman for a deep dive on updates to the Power Platform.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

02:47 - Default environment

04:14 - Admin experience

06:54 - Pipelines for Power Platform

08:15 - Maker experience

11:21 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Download and use Power Platform hub templates at https://aka.ms/MakerSiteTemplate

Watch how to build Power Apps from a drawing at https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformAIMechanics

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Azure Virtual Desktop Essentials | Intro and Full Tour Dec 07, 2022

This is Microsoft’s cloud VDI solution with centralized security, management, and scalability built-in. It's an efficient and flexible approach to desktop virtualization without compromising control.

Azure Virtual Desktop works across your devices and apps, with full-featured experiences for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. The web client also allows you to access your remote desktops and apps from almost any modern browser.

We'll take you on a tour of the essentials for Azure Virtual Desktop, including what it is, how it works and your options for configuring the service as an administrator to meet your organization's needs.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - What is Azure Virtual Desktop?

01:35 - Admin options to configure the service

03:48 - Steps to provision Azure Virtual Desktop

05:09 - Data access options for files and profile containers

05:36 - Zero trust controls for security

06:31 - Utilization and scaling options

07:11 - Where you can find out more about Azure Virtual Desktop

► Link References:

Azure Virtual Desktop documentation to get started https://aka.ms/AVDDocumentation

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Updates to Windows App Management in Intune with Winget Nov 28, 2022

Steps for how to import and publish apps into Intune, without hunting down the packages—including EXEs and MSIs, how to self-install apps from the Company Portal, and best practices to smooth your transition if you’re using the Windows Store for Business.

As part of our series on Windows Management, Jason Githens, from the Intune engineering team, gives a deep dive on the updates for easily adding apps into Intune, powered by winget, the new Windows Package Manager.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

02:13 - Windows Package Manager

03:59 - Company Portal

06:27 - Windows Store for Business

07:36 - Wrap up

► Link References: Optimize your transition from the Store for Business to Intune at https://aka.ms/StoreTransition

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Power BI integration with Microsoft 365 apps & Sharing Improvements Nov 21, 2022

Find and use Microsoft Power BI updates through native installation with Microsoft 365 apps. Collaborate on reports and datasets as you work in your favorite Microsoft 365 apps. Work together on reports inside your organization, and share datasets and reports securely outside of your organization — all while using any device.

New experiences: -Direct report sharing, whether in OneDrive or SharePoint -Multiple Audiences capability, for internal users to share insights with specific people in their organization, all from a single workspace -Cross-tenant dataset sharing capability, to simplify external sharing and collaboration with people outside of your organization.

Mohammad Ali, Principal GPI for Microsoft Power BI, joins Ben Walters, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Power Platform, to walk through all the updates.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - Latest updates 02:55 - Integration with OneDrive & SharePoint 04:44 - Multiple Audiences capability 06:33 - Cross-tenant data sharing 08:37 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Get started at https://www.powerbi.com

Watch our Power BI show on AI-driven insights at https://aka.ms/PowerBIAIMechanics

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Unlimited collaboration insights with Microsoft Graph and Azure Synapse Analytics Nov 14, 2022

This is a 360-degree view into how to bring big data from Microsoft 365 and related services into Azure Synapse Analytics with Microsoft Graph Data Connect. This works internally and externally with your network of customers, suppliers and partners. Harness information that goes above and beyond what’s possible compared to other reporting options in Microsoft 365, and get available solution templates to quickly get started.

Principal Program Manager Lead from the Microsoft Graph team, Jeremy Thake, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how to keep people and your organization connected with Microsoft Graph Data Connect and Azure Synapse.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:53 - Internal and external collaboration 02:24 - Behind Microsoft Graph and Azure Synapse 03:55 - Build a customer 360 solution 06:29 - Data environment behind Power BI dashboard 07:40 - How to bring Graph data into Synapse 09:14 - How to build out a B2B example 10:33 - Wrap up

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New Windows 365 App & Management Updates Oct 18, 2022

Find out what’s new and what’s coming in Windows 365, if you're using it or administering the service for your organization, including the new Windows 365 Desktop App to access Cloud PCs, more comprehensive IT management, and new integration with Citrix HDX+ for Windows 365.

Scott Manchester, lead engineer on the Windows 365 team at Microsoft, walks through the new Windows 365 app, in preview, along with all of the updates. There are new controls for Cloud PC backup and restore as well as new monitoring capabilities coming in Microsoft Intune to discover Cloud PCs with slow networking connection speeds and troubleshoot. You will also be able to detect underutilized Cloud PCs and have the ability to upsize or downsize them to match demand.

Jeremy Chapman then shows new integration coming with Citrix HDX+ for Windows 365 to easily connect the services, an early look of defining and enforcing Citrix policies from within Intune, and how you can use the Citrix Workspace app to access your Windows 365 Cloud PCs along with the familiar Citrix HDX user experience.

And watch till the end to see the updates for Windows 365 Business Edition, including how you can use a Microsoft account like outlook.com for secure login, and new integration coming to enroll Business Edition Cloud PCs easily into Intune for management.

► Chapters

00:00 What's new and what's coming for Windows 365

01:35 New Windows 365 app, now in preview

04:24 New and upcoming management controls for Windows 365 in Intune

08:45 What's coming with Citrix HDX+ for Windows 365

10:41 Updates for Government Community Cloud and shift workers for Windows 365

11:16 What's new for Windows 365 Business Edition

► Link References

Windows 365 on the web: https://www.windows365.com

Windows 365 app: https://www.aka.ms/windows365app

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Azure SQL for Developers - Performance and Automation Updates Oct 12, 2022

Build, test, and deploy scalable apps quickly with Azure SQL updates for developers. Check out platform enhancements for modern, cloud-based apps: -Create apps locally with Azure SQL Database emulator -Initiate serverless operations with SQL trigger in Azure Functions -Build simple and secure API connections to data with Data API Builder, coming soon

Principal Architect from the SQL engineering team at Microsoft, Bob Ward, joins Jeremy Chapman to share recent updates for the developer experience.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

01:41 - Highlights of solutions for developers

03:13 - Built-in query intelligence

05:56 - Azure SQL Database emulator

07:44 - SQL trigger in Azure Functions

10:44 - Data API Builder

12:32 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Get published code for assigning work orders based on geolocation at https://aka.ms/sqlgeocodesample

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Kubernetes & Azure Arc | Run AKS clusters on Windows PCs Oct 12, 2022

New hybrid deployment options for Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc. As a developer, see how to deploy AKS on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 IoT devices at the edge, as well as improve integration with Azure AD for secure access to AAD-enabled resources. For admins, get key updates on Azure Fleet Manager, a single management view for your Kubernetes clusters, along with monitoring updates using managed Grafana and the Prometheus add-on for aggregated insights.

Principal PM Lead for Azure Kubernetes Service, Jorge Palma, shares how AKS combined with Azure Arc gives you the ability to run AKS anywhere you need it.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Demo: Deploy an on-prem Arc-enabled AKS cluster 03:56 - Create a new app version to add support 05:22 - Apply changes to production environment 06:11 - AKS updates 07:58 - Wrap up

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Azure Confidential Computing - Virtual Machines & Containers Oct 12, 2022

Lift and shift your confidential VM and container workloads to the cloud —without code changes— for higher levels of data protection. When combined with Azure's stringent attestation measurements, Zero Trust security and confidential computing provide the latest silicon level advances. See your options for data encryption and isolation, starting with the virtual machine layer, to containers running in the encrypted VM, and ultimately Azure Container Instances.

From the Azure confidential computing team, Michael McReynolds joins Jeremy Chapman to show how this collectively compares to other options, such as encryption, using application enclaves.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:24 - Options for implementing confidential computing 03:12 - Types of attacks to protect against 04:00 - Confidential VM protections 05:56 - How to create Confidential VMs 08:01 - Container-based architecture advantages 09:38 - Azure Container Instances 11:23 - Wrap up

► Link References: More information on Azure confidential computing at https://aka.ms/AzureCC

Sign up to preview confidential containers on ACI at https://aka.ms/ConfidentialACI

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Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL | How it Works Oct 12, 2022

Build highly scalable applications using the distributed Postgres relational database in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. See how it works with current Postgres tools, how to scale out with distributed tables and nodes to keep apps responsive, and how to eliminate latency with geo-replication capabilities for globally distributed apps.

Cosmos DB has a variety of APIs, including native NoSQL and compatible APIs, targeted at NoSQL workloads. With the introduction of Postgres, Cosmos DB offers relational capabilities— a key cornerstone for application developers.

With distributed Postgres in Cosmos DB, you can build highly scalable, cloud native apps using NoSQL and relational capabilities within a single managed service. Principal Group Program Manager, Charles Feddersen, from the Cosmos DB team joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through the process.

Join the Azure Cosmos DB team for all our announcements from Ignite 2022. Visit https://aka.ms/azurecosmosdbliftoff

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Relational capabilities and scalability 01:46 - See it in action 02:48 - Connect code to cluster 05:20 - Scaling your application 07:49 - SaaS application example 11:05 - Geo-replication 13:21 - Wrap up

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Build Power Apps from a drawing & Power Automate Flows using natural language Oct 12, 2022

Build low code apps and processes easily with the latest updates to Microsoft's Power Platform. Move quickly from ideation on paper, to automatic Power App creation with AI-assisted app development through Express design. Then tie those apps to business processes using natural language to generate automated workflows in Power Automate. For IT admins, we show how the new Managed Environments provide the foundation for better management and governance over data used in your apps and flows.

Business Applications and Platform CVP, Charles Lamanna, joins Jeremy Chapman to go through all the updates with the Power Platform.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 02:14 - How to convert drawings into Power Apps 03:56 - How to generate the backend of an app 05:10 - Natural language to flow 07:40 - More sophisticated app design 09:12 - Managed Environments 12:13 - Wrap up

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Check out Charles Lamanna’s blog for recent updates at https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformIgnite22

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Enhance, Connect, and Manage Content at Scale | Microsoft Syntex Content AI Services Oct 12, 2022

Understand and assemble content at scale, discover and reuse your content in intelligent ways, and as an admin, analyze and protect content. Microsoft Syntex content AI services integrate with your digital estate in Microsoft 365 and offer new pay-as-you-go experiences.

Product Management CVP for Microsoft 365, Omar Shahine, joins Jeremy Chapman to demonstrate what’s available now and what’s coming soon.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:44 - Origins of Syntex

01:47 - IT capabilities

02:29 - Demo: Understand and assemble content

04:44 - Demo: New content creation

07:51 - Content AI

08:26 - Admin roles

11:26 - How to set up Syntex

12:07 - Wrap up

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Surface Pro 9 | Hands-on Review from its Lead Engineer Oct 12, 2022

Find out about the all-new Surface Pro 9 on the 10th anniversary of the Surface Pro line. A secured-core PC, we’ll look at the silicon choices from the 12th Gen Intel® processors built on the Intel® Evo™ platform for work-station class power, to the ARM-based Microsoft SQ® 3 powered by Qualcomm® SnapDragon® with 5G, for superior mobility and performance on the go.

Dave Mitchell, who leads the team that engineers Surface Pro, gives a hands-on review with all the details on performance, hardware options, new capabilities brought to life by the NPU in Surface Pro 9 with 5G, and the new Firmware Attack Surface Reduction (FASR) implementation to meet Secured-core PC standards. We'll showcase the engineering journey of the Surface Pro line and how it's influenced the rest of the Surface line along with updates for enterprise device admins, including new, more granular firmware controls from Intune.

Stick around till the end to see the new Surface Laptop 5, also a Secured-core PC with 12th Gen Intel® processors built on the Intel® Evo™ platform, and the new Surface Studio 2+ with its updated internals, including Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Thunderbolt™ 4 ports.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Surface Pro 9 overview and what's coming up

00:51 - Surface Pro line's 10-year anniversary

02:46 - Details of both Surface Pro 9 chipset options

04:10 - Surface Pro 9 with Intel specifics

05:30 - Surface Pro 9 with 5G (ARM) specifics

06:59 - NPU for Background Blur, Automatic Framing, Eye Contact & Voice Focus

09:30 - Security updates with FASR (Intel), D-RTM and Microsoft Pluton (ARM)

10:21 - Device management updates with Intune

10:55 - Hardware serviceability and repair options

11:25 - Surface Studio 2+ updates

11:52 - Surface Laptop 5 built on the Intel Evo platform

12:39 - Find out more about Microsoft Surface for Business

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Windows Autopilot | How It Works & How to Set It Up Oct 03, 2022

These are the best practices and tips to set yourself up for success with Windows Autopilot. Windows Autopilot is a feature within Intune that allows you to send devices directly from hardware providers to end users.

New device provisioning is foundational to cloud attach and cloud-based update management. During initial Windows setup, Autopilot enables users to enroll their device through Intune device management, so PCs get to a managed and productive state without reimaging.

Principal GPM for Microsoft Windows, Jason Githens, compares the benefits and tradeoffs of Azure AD Join versus Windows Autopilot and shows how to enable Windows Autopilot for easy device enrollment.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Options to enroll devices into Intune 02:56 - Benefits and tradeoffs of Windows Autopilot 04:05 - Admin setup 05:07 - Autopilot settings 07:37 - Tips for success 08:43 - Wrap up

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Viva Engage | The New Community Experience in Microsoft Teams Sep 22, 2022

Bring organizations together to engage across both personal and professional interests with Microsoft Viva Engage, a new experience in Teams and Outlook. The shift to hybrid workplaces has made it harder for employees to connect, engage, and build communities within their internal network. If you’re new to Viva Engage, it’s the evolution of the Yammer Communities app integrated in Microsoft Teams and will be coming soon to Outlook.

We’ll show you how it helps build communities within your internal network, and how you can share experiences and insights with the new Storyline capability using Stories - short videos and pictures that allow you to capture and share key moments. And take a look at a new feature called Answers that helps everyone find answers to their questions and receive guidance from experts across their organization.

Michael Holste, Sr. Product Manager at Microsoft, demonstrates how Viva Engage helps your organization stay connected using familiar tools and platforms.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Core Experiences 01:50 - Using the New Storyline Capability 02:55 - First Look at Premium Features 03:40 - Leadership Corner 04:41 - Social Campaigns 05:11 - Answers Hub 06:22 - Top IT Considerations/Questions 07:28 - Wrap Up

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Windows Autopatch, How it Works | Automate updates to Windows PCs and devices Sep 20, 2022

Go inside our new cloud service with ring-based deployment built-in for the automation of software update management for Windows, Microsoft Edge and your Office and Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams. Windows Autopatch will provide upcoming support for Windows 11 upgrades. If you're using our premium subscription services, it may be available to you at no additional cost.

Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, reverse engineers Windows Autopatch service to show how it works (within Intune and Azure Active Directory), how to get it running, and the time saving configurations it makes on your behalf.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:11 - Enable Windows Autopatch 02:58 - Register devices 05:47 - How sequenced rollouts work 08:19 - Behind broad ring policy 09:42 - Office and Microsoft 365 app updates 10:13 - Wrap up

► Link References: Get started at https://aka.ms/WindowsAutopatch

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Protect data in use with Azure Confidential Computing and Intel SGX Sep 12, 2022

See how to create confidential clouds that host sensitive data in public clouds with Intel Software Guard Extension, as part of Azure confidential computing. Protect your sensitive information in the Cloud.

Mitigate privileged access attacks with hardware enforced protection of sensitive data, and protect against data exfiltration from memory. Beyond security, we’ll demonstrate machine learning analytics on multi-party data.

Data center security expert, Mike Ferron-Jones from Intel, gives you an exclusive look at Microsoft’s work with Intel.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 02:12 - Protect against memory attacks 04:08 - Example of a cross tenant data exfiltration attack 06:09 - Protect your data in use: Confidential computing 07:01 - Mitigate privilege escalation attacks with Intel SGX 09:20 - New confidential computing scenarios 13:54 - Wrap up

► Link References: Detailed information on Azure confidential computing at https://aka.ms/AzureCC

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Keep up to date on Intel innovations at https://www.intel.com/security

More information on Intel SGX go to https://www.Intel.com/SGX

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management | Admin Set-up Tutorial Aug 22, 2022

With remote work and a changing data landscape, risk of data theft has reached new heights - Insider Risk Management helps protect against those risks. Watch the step-by-step tutorial for implementing an Insider Risk Management solution for your organization as part of Microsoft Purview.

It's surprisingly simple to build a baseline for managing activity inside your organization - from getting everything running, to setting policy on the types of violations that should raise system alerts, to assigning permissions for those who should have oversight and a level of incident detail they can see. While more advanced settings like intelligent detections define un-allowed and allowed domains and risk score boosters detect unusual activities or previous policy violations.

Talhah Mir, from the Microsoft Purview team, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you how to set up Insider Risk Management with Microsoft Purview.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 The best way to get started 01:13 Customize core experiences and insights 02:31 How to implement Purview for the first time 03:55 Set permissions 04:47 Customization 07:19 Create policies 07:55 Specify content priority 09:23 Define how a policy gets triggered 11:48 Two categories of detection 12:57 How to sign up for CS management in Microsoft Purview

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Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform | Real-world Demo Aug 16, 2022

We're all trying to work faster and smarter to solve today's data-driven challenges. Microsoft's Intelligent Data Platform can help by removing silos around data and providing near real-time insights, augmented with predictive AI and built-in controls that protect your data wherever it goes.

Sharieff Mansour, a leader on the Data and AI team at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman for a closer look at how databases, analytics, machine learning, and governance come together in the Intelligent Data Platform. See how you can use these integrated services to build powerful new apps or modernize your current ones.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 Introduction of Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform 01:05 Improve the way you work with data 01:37 Foundational advantages of Intelligent Data Platform 02:09 Demo of how Intelligent Data Platform solves a real-world problem 05:30 Tech behind the app 07:37 Built-in AI predictions 10:32 Remove tech and people silos to make data work for you 12:04 Personalize customer interaction with Power Virtual Agent BOT

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Hybrid Dev, Compute & Management Updates with Azure Arc Aug 15, 2022

Run business-critical data workloads on-premises while you interact with servers across clouds. See what’s new when you build and operate hybrid workloads on Azure with Azure Arc. Check out the highlights of how hybrid development and management across Azure, on-premises, edge and multi-cloud services and infrastructure are enabled through Azure Arc.

For most of us, hybrid architecture is now a fact of life. There will always be some combination of on-premises infrastructure, along with edge locations like branch offices or devices running on the edge with IoT. You might also be using services across multiple public clouds. While it can lead to more complexity, hybrid architectures are often needed to achieve compliance, data sovereignty, and to solve for latency.

Apoorva Nori, Azure Program Manager at Microsoft, will show you how you can now build your apps and hybrid workloads to run ANYWHERE and get the benefits of Azure services with Azure Arc. Tour newly Arc-enabled services and infrastructure that help you build your own cloud-native apps and workloads to run what you need, where you need it.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 Introduction of Hybrid Azure Arc updates 01:08 The basics of Azure Arc 02:18 Updates to integrated toolset for building could-native apps on Kubernetes 03:18 Seamlessly roll out updates to apps without any downtime with Arc-enabled cluster 04:22 Run Azure SQL Managed Instance Business Critical on your hardware 05:57 Updates to Azure control plane

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Manage Objectives and Key Results with Transparency | Microsoft Viva Goals Aug 03, 2022

If you’re a manager or a team member, Viva Goals makes it easier to align and stay focused on the strategic priorities of your organization and work together to accelerate progress.

Vetri Vellore, Viva Goals team lead at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman for a closer look at how this brand-new goal setting and management solution helps drive clarity around your objectives and key results, and makes it seamless for teams to track progress against them as they work. If you are a team leader, we’ll show you the intuitive goal setting experience, along with Microsoft 365 integration for your team members to record their contribution to goals. For admins, we'll demonstrate how quickly you can set everything up.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 Introduction of Microsoft Viva Goals 00:46 Overview of Microsoft Viva experiences 01:06 What's behind Viva Goals 02:49 Overview of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework 05:16 How to create and track OKRs with Viva Goals 07:06 Add/track data for status updates 09:13 Dashboard to measure progress against organizational goals 10:22 How to create a Key Result

► Link Reference: Find the latest information on Viva Goals at: aka.ms/VivaGoals.

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Office and Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment & Update Management 2022 Aug 01, 2022

If you're running Office 2016 or earlier, see your best options to configure Office for deployment and how you can predictably manage updates for newer versions of Office whether you're targeting a few dozen or a few thousand users. Host Jeremy Chapman answers your top questions for Office and Microsoft 365 app deployment and servicing.

Importantly, Office 2016 & 2019 won’t be supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, starting Oct 2023. And Security updates for Office 2013 will end in April 2023. Don't wait until the last minute - now is a great time to upgrade.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 Introduction of Office and Microsoft Apps deployment and update management 00:26 What's different and what's the same 00:50 Click to Run overview 01:40 Tooling updates 01:50 Microsoft 365 Apps admin center overview 02:30 New policy controls 03:20 Changes to how updates are managed 05:33 How to create a servicing profile 07:40 Controls exclusive to Microsoft 365 Apps admin center 09:05 Key support expiration dates to consider

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Easily Scale Your Desktop Automation With Hosted RPA Bots Jul 19, 2022

Run automation flows unattended and scale to work simultaneously on multiple Windows VMs, for even the most challenging tasks. If you’re thinking this is something you’ve been able to do before, we'll show how it’s much easier to get started with Hosted RPA Bots and Virtual Machines operating in Azure.

Ashvini Sharma, Partner GPM from the Microsoft Power Automate team, walks you through how to automate repetitive, mundane tasks across legacy and modern systems at scale using Power Automate’s new Hosted RPA Bots service (preview). Expanded capabilities make integration easier. Now anyone can set up unattended bots to run large scale automations in minutes with just a few basic parameters. You don't even need an Azure subscription.

For more information, check out 'The "Mechanics" of hosted RPA bots blog at https://aka.ms/HostedRPAbotsdocs

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 Introduction of Power Automate's new Hosted RPA Bots service 00:46 Demonstration of how to set up Hosted RPA Bots 02:17 How to create new machine group parameters 03:22 How to update cloud flow running automation 4:11 Preview a sample run queue 5:19 How to manage number of bots running at one time 5:54 New capabilities based on your feedback

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Learn more and sign up for a free trial at: aka.ms/TryHostedRPAbots

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Manage Windows Updates From the Cloud Using Endpoint Manager Jul 11, 2022

Are you a device administrator responsible for updating Windows on dozens, hundreds, or thousands of PCs? Have you used WSUS, Configuration Manager or Intune? In this show, we'll explain all of the options and for managing Windows Updates from the cloud using Microsoft Endpoint Manager and how it compares to your options in Configuration Manager and WSUS.

Jason Githens from the Windows Management team at Microsoft joins Jeremy Chapman for a full tour of Microsoft Endpoint Manager's Windows Update ring, feature update, and quality update policies. These policies add a layer of control on top of Windows Update for Business Group Policy settings and are part of the foundation for Windows Autopatch. We'll take a look at your options and how to use each of them, along with best practice recommendations.

For more information, check out 'The "Mechanics" of cloud-based update management' blog at https://aka.ms/WufBMechanicsBlog

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 Introduction of Windows Update management through Endpoint Manager 00:50 New options to manage Windows updates from the cloud 01:28 Configuration Manager vs. cloud-based update management 02:50 How to set up Configuration Manager using Cloud Attach 5:05 An overview of Windows Update rings 8:03 Create Windows feature and quality updates

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Build, Scale & Operate Kubernetes Workloads in Azure | 2022 Updates Jul 06, 2022

Simplify your Kubernetes experience, without compromising the power of what it can do. If you're experienced or new to cloud-native apps, you'll get a closer look at the recent updates for Azure Kubernetes Service to improve and streamline the developer experience, with the new open-source Draft bootstrapping tool, to containerize and prepare your apps for deployment, along with the new managed Kubernetes Event Driven Autoscaler – or KEDA.

And for operators, we’ll share how you can now run Kubernetes in ARM-based VMs, and Windows Server 2022 node pools, as well as storage driver and traffic optimizations in Azure to speed up performance.

Join Jorge Palma, Principal PM Lead, from the Azure Kubernetes Service Team and Jeremy Chapman as they walk you through the benefits and details of building, scaling and operating Kubernetes workloads in Azure.

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00:00 Intro to recent updates for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 01:49 What are Smart Defaults and how do they help you get started? 03:39 What is the fastest way to get an app running on Kubernetes? 04:57 How does the Draft bootstrapping tool make Kubernetes easier? 09:58 What is Azure managed Grafana and how does it improve monitoring 10:38 Kubernetes can target Windows Server 2022 and ARM-based VMs 11:06 Performance updates to storage drivers

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Azure Landing Zones | Architectural Blueprint, Tooling & Best Practices Jun 21, 2022

As you build new Cloud-based services and migrate or modernize check out the new tools to assess where you are in your Cloud journey and how to automate the build out of recommended foundational services to host your workloads in Azure. We take a look at updates to the Azure Landing Zone guidance, that gives you proven best practices, architectural blueprint and tooling.

Whether you're in a data center, you need to move fast to accommodate new circumstances for your organization, or you simply started experimenting with new services—that experimental workload could be playing an essential role in your operations, while the long-term foundation for your workload might be overlooked. This overview details how recent Azure Landing Zone updates are all about setting you up properly for future growth and scale, while addressing current realities.

Anyone who's building on the Cloud knows you don't always know what you don't know. Instead of going through the pain of experience, Azure Landing Zone gives you a clear path forward to avoid specific gotchas from the get go.

Azure Landing Zone expert Matt McSpirit joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through recent updates.

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00:00 Introduction of Azure Landing Zone updates 00:49 Driving events that push you to consider the Cloud 01:42 Updates to the architecture 02:24 Modular approach that's scalable and repeatable 03:40 Root Management Group - organize subscriptions for services 04:30 On ramps for various starting points 05:43 Land Zone Review 7:50 Build with Landing Zone Accelerator 11:08 How to get started

► Link Reference:

Find everything you need for Azure Landing Zones: aka.ms/alz Assess where your organization lands in the Cloud adoption framework: aka.ms/landingzonereview

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Inside Surface Duo 2 | Microsoft's two screen mobile device for multitasking & hybrid work Jun 14, 2022

Get more done and stay productive wherever you work with Surface Duo 2. Completely re-engineered from the original Surface Duo with a comprehensive design that includes leading mobile productivity with Office 365, best-in-class immersive displays, ultra-fast 5G connectivity, as well as uncompromised camera experiences complemented by powerful intuitive software. Take a tour inside one of the thinnest foldable devices ever created.

Surface Duo 2 opens up new possibilities for multitasking in a hybrid work environment. Built with deep integration into the Windows experience and phone link apps that keep you in sync with everything happening inside the office environment wherever you choose to work. Two high-resolution 5.8-inch PixelSense™ Fusion touch displays with a brighter, more immersive 8.3-inch view allow you to see colleagues on video and view shared presentations simultaneously. Full-range internal stereo speakers guarantee an excellent audio experience with left and right channels that automatically adjust. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G processor with eight gigabytes of RAM, all-day battery life, and 28 hours of talk time, Surface Duo 2's innovative design is built to perform.

Jeremy Chapman gives you a look inside Surface Duo 2, Microsoft's two screen mobile device that brings limitless possibilities for the way you want to work.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 Introduction of Surface Duo 2 00:24 Surface Duo 2's updated design 00:52 New features, possibilities for multitasking 02:07 One touch power on button with fingerprint reader 02:35 Reduce brain strain with these multitasking options 03:29 Tools to enhance your mobile work environment 04:37 Flexible device management options

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For availability and additional information: https://www.surface.com

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Simplify regulatory compliance with Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager Jun 07, 2022

Are you using spreadsheets to manage your regulatory compliance now? You can modernize the process and reduce the time it takes to decipher and comply with regulations that impact your organization. Compliance Manager in Microsoft Purview breaks down compliance criteria to actionable control and manual processes for over 350 regulations and standards globally.

If you're concerned about security and data protection, compliance should also be your concern. Think about cases where data is maintained for 12 months and you've accumulated it for over 10 or 20 years; this makes an attack surface 10 or 20 times larger than it needs to be. And from a regulatory standpoint, in many respects, the risk of not hitting compliance requirements can be far more damaging than a data breach.

When you put in place or meet the majority of compliance requirements, this can lead to a greater protection response of security and privacy threats in the future. Compliance Manager gives you precise guidance on the capabilities you can turn on in Microsoft and other cloud services to meet specific requirements without relying on interpretation.

You can digitize the workflow for collaborating with others in your organization while assigning and documenting actions, including any manual processes. All of which makes it easier to prepare for auditors.

Join Daniel Hidalgo from the Microsoft Purview team and Jeremy Chapman as they walk you through the benefits and details of Compliance Manager in Microsoft Purview.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 Introduction to Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager 00:58 Why you want to use Compliance Manager 03:18 How to assess you compliance 05:22 Run assessment based on specific regulation or a standard 06:16 Check compliance regardless of service (Google Cloud, Okta, Salesforce) 09:38 Collaboration experience of Compliance Manager 11:01 Allocating permissions 11:33 Setting up alerts 12:24 Export materials to auditors 13:04 How to stay up to date with regulation changes 13:48 How to sign up for Compliance Manager in Microsoft Purview

► Link References:

Compliance Score detail: https://aka.ms/ComplianceScoreCalc Get started with Compliance Manager: https://aka.ms/ComplianceManager Set up FREE Trial of Premium Templates: https://aka.ms/TryComplianceManager

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Build developer environments fast with Microsoft Dev Box Jun 02, 2022

A first look at the new Microsoft service that leverages Windows 365 infrastructure to stream secure, ready-to-code developer workstations on demand.

Setting up a dev box is extremely arduous for both geographically distributed and co-located development teams. As a developer, you're configuring different environments, weekly, and monthly, for new projects or team members. And it's not unusual for you to have costly over spec'd physical machines under your desk or hosted virtual machines set up for specific projects.

As a developer, you may need to access and work with sensitive source code or elevated privileges on your local dev environments to install custom tools in SDKs. It can be a difficult task for IT to give developers the flexibility they need while keeping devices secure.

Head of product for Microsoft's developer division, Amanda Silver, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the benefits of the new Microsoft Dev Box service; a self-service experience for quickly creating dev environments when you need them. And if you manage developer teams, you'll see how to efficiently configure and assign dev boxes that include the right tools for the job.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 Introduction 00:48 The benefit of Dev Box 03:12 How does Microsoft Dev Box work? 04:28 Developer experience of Dev Box 05:13 How to connect to your Dev Box 07:33 How to get it up and running 08:23 What is a dev box pool? 11:08 Security & Management of Dev Box 12:45 How to get started

► Link References:

Get on the list for the public preview of Microsoft Dev Box: https://aka.ms/DevBox-SignUp

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Build Text-Based & Talking Chatbots using the Microsoft Power Platform Jun 01, 2022

New updates have come to Power Virtual Agents, our low-code bot creation service that’s part of the Microsoft Power Platform. We’ll show you how this single environment enables fusion teams of citizen and pro developers to author bots that are more engaging with dynamic custom greetings, in addition to quick replies, and more sophisticated and visual through adaptive cards.

Gary Pretty, from the Power Platform Team, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through all of this along with the deep Power FX integration to dynamically adapt bot responses using variables, as well as new native telephony integration that gives your bot a voice.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:23 - New changes 03:22 - Demo- topic navigation, question nodes 04:33 - Next level low-code capabilities 07:24 - Citizen developer and pro dev collaboration 10:06 - Telephony integration 12:17 - Wrap up

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Add Data at Scale | Datamart in Power BI May 24, 2022

Datamart is a new self-service capability included with Power BI Premium that reduces the time it takes to do custom departmental reporting, from weeks to minutes. In just a few clicks, both business users and analysts can easily create and access their own mix of data from dozens of the most common data types and services, all backed by Azure SQL that brings elastic scale and ad-hoc analysis to Power BI. Charles Webb, from the data team at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you a Datamart in action.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - What changes with Datamart? 02:21 - See Datamart in action 05:34 - Analyst experience 06:32 - Complex requests 09:24 - Pull Data with T-SQL 12:01 - Where to get started

► Link References:

For more guidance, check out https://aka.ms/DatamartDocs

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Transform your security operations with Microsoft Security Experts | Human-led services May 09, 2022

Microsoft Security Experts is a new service category that combines expert-trained technology and product innovation with human-led services. In this show, Kelly Bissel, CVP of Microsoft Security Services, demonstrates how the Microsoft Security Services organization can now manage your security operations for you and with you, and the difference this can make in the timely mitigation of a real ransomware attack.

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00:00 - How Microsoft Security Services can help? 01:01 - What types of services are available? 05:07 - How is a real ransomware attack is managed? 10:55 - Wrap-up

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RPA at Scale with Power Automate and Azure Virtual Desktop Apr 26, 2022

Run big unattended automation jobs across multiple VMs dynamically at scale, with the new Azure Virtual Desktop integration starter kit. Ashvini Sharma, from the Power Automate engineering team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share recent updates to Power Automate such as the addition of dynamically, scalable unattended Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Power Automate flows can run in a virtual machine using an automation account, and that VM doesn't need to be constantly running. It can wake up, run your automation, and then stop on a schedule.

Use the Azure Virtual Desktop integration starter kit to run large-scale automations and scale out the number of virtual machines to distribute your flows across multiple computers. Once the automation is complete, it can shut down your VMs, so you don't have to pay for idle compute.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 02:08 - How to build and scale out automation 05:00 - Directly parse information to a PDF doc 06:11 - Unattended RPA 08:18 - Scaling strategy with Azure Virtual Desktop 11:00 - Wrap up

► Link References:

To learn more, check out https://www.PowerAutomate.com Watch our previous show on RPA with Power Automate at https://aka.ms/MechanicsRPA Find the Azure Virtual Desktop integration starter kit at https://aka.ms/AVDPA

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Manage Data Risks from Employee Insiders with Microsoft Purview Apr 21, 2022

How do you manage insider risk with your staff? What are some of the employee actions that can be automatically discovered? Now, with more and more organizations now supporting hybrid work scenarios and managing employee turnover, insider risk of employee data theft is higher than ever.

In this show, Talhah Mir, lead engineer on the insider risk solutions team at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk through the latest privacy-enabled insider risk management solutions, now part of Microsoft Purview. They’ll show you how these use machine learning to automatically identify high risk incidents such as data theft, and how it provides the context and workflow you need for the right stakeholders to take appropriate actions.

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00:00 - What Insider Risk Management in Microsoft Purview? 00:35 - Is the "Great Resignation" impacting insider risk? 02:48 - How to manage insider risk of employee data theft? 11:20 - How to maintain internal communication compliance? 13:33 - How to get started with Microsoft Purview

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Windows 365 integration into Windows 11 demonstrated Apr 12, 2022

What's in store for Windows 365? Get a early look at what’s coming for Cloud PC experiences with Windows 365, including deeper Windows 11 integration with capabilities for booting directly to your Cloud PC, the new Windows 365 app experience, as well as switching from your local device to your Cloud PC. For admins, we’ll show you how setup and management is easy with native, fully cloud managed Azure Active Directory authentication for your Windows 365 Cloud PCs and the new Windows 365 Business simplified admin experience. Scott Manchester, Partner Director PM for Windows 365, joins Jeremy Chapman to share all the Windows 365 updates.

- Windows 365 Boot will allow specialized devices to go from powering on, to logging in directly to your Cloud PC. - Windows 365 Switch will enable fast desktop switching via the Task View in Windows 11 to move to your Cloud PC and from there back to your local desktop. - Windows 365 app will be included in a future Windows 11 release and available for Windows 10, which allows you to access your Cloud PCs, manage and troubleshoot them. - Windows 365 Offline in the future will allow your Cloud PC to sync locally on your device and you'll be able to work without an internet connection; then once you reconnect any changes made will synchronize to your Cloud PC. - Azure Active Directory Join support for Windows 365 Enterprise is currently in preview and will be generally available in May. - Updates to the Windows 365 Business portal and simplified management experiences for small businesses, and - New Microsoft 365 Lighthouse portal integration for partners who manage multiple customer tenants.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:44 - Boot directly to your Cloud PC with Windows 365 Boot 02:44 - How it works behind the scenes 03:35 - Windows 365 app to access and manage your Cloud PC 05:23 - Windows 365 Switch to move between your local device and Cloud PC 06:11 - Admin setup and management updates 08:14 - Windows 365 Business portal 10:35 - Windows 365 Offline for using your Cloud PC when disconnected 11:22 - Wrap-up

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Updates to Windows management with Endpoint Manager | Cloud attach, remote help, drivers & more Apr 06, 2022

Today we take a closer look at the latest updates to Windows management for hybrid work and what you get when you attach your device management to the Cloud to keep your users and devices up-to-date, productive, and secure.

Jason Githens, from the Microsoft Endpoint Manager team, joins Jeremy Chapman to show upcoming support for driver updates, Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrade management using Cloud-based update policies, the new enterprise grade remote help capability, and more.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:15 - Evolution of Windows management 03:29 - Do cloud-based controls compare to on-prem? 04:35 - Update management demo with Endpoint Manager 06:24 - New driver update policies coming to Endpoint Manager 08:12 - Upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11 at scale 09:49 - How do policy controls compare? 11:48 - New remote help experience in Endpoint Manager 12:33 - Wrap up

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Exclusive for Education | Manage Windows 11 SE with Surface Laptop SE Apr 06, 2022

We’ll look at the combined learning experiences and how to deploy and manage all your Windows 11 SE devices at scale using Microsoft Intune for Education. Steve Dispensa, VP of Windows Management, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how Windows 11 SE and the Surface Laptop SE represent purpose-built software and hardware for education.

Windows 11 SE is a new edition of Windows built off of Windows 11. It’s a cloud-first operating system specifically designed for students and teachers, that brings the best of Windows and Microsoft 365 with Office. Windows 11 SE experiences come to life on a new class of affordable OEM partner devices, which start at $249 in the US.

We’ve also launched the Microsoft Surface Laptop SE, purpose-built for education and Windows 11 SE. This brings streamlined performance and more efficient hardware, which leads to greater all-day battery life. Take apart your Surface Laptop SE to replace parts using common tools, without worrying about adhesives.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:08 - Management experience 03:11 - Student experience for Windows 11 SE 04:35 - Install Win32 apps 06:06 - Closer look at Surface Laptop SE 08:11 - Serviceability 09:36 - Device management experience 11:49 - Reset a Windows 11 SE device 12:47 - Wrap up

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For more about Windows 11 SE and our OEM partner devices go to https://aka.ms/Windows11SE Get a supported list of third party apps at https://aka.ms/Windows11SEapps Find more information about the Surface Laptop SE at to https://www.surface.com/education

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Built-in AI in Power BI. Find the Insight You Can't See! Mar 23, 2022

Integrate Power BI Premium Gen2 inherently with Microsoft's collaboration analytics stack — including the new Power BI app for Microsoft Teams that makes it easier to access, share, and act on insights as you work, the latest AI-driven visualization capabilities with Smart Narratives, and achieving near real-time analytics over your enterprise data using Hybrid Tables in Power BI Premium Gen2. Vanessa Fournier, Microsoft Power BI Director, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how Power BI makes it accessible for everyone to use, from novice to data scientist.

Power BI is the single canvas for business insights, powerful visualizations and AI-driven analytics with hundreds of interactive visualizations at your disposal to build reports and dashboards. And together with Azure Synapse Analytics, it works across all of your data sources, wherever they sit and no matter the size. Within the new Microsoft Teams Power BI app, you can quickly discover and cascade actionable insights, collaborate with others, and make faster, more personal informed decisions. Updates include:

- Microsoft Teams app integration - Goals functionality - Smart Narratives - Hybrid Tables

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00:00 - Introduction 01:41 - Microsoft Teams integration 04:10 - New Goals functionality 05:41 - Smart Narratives 07:15 - Other smart visualizations with AI 08:48 - Set up Synapse Link for Dataverse 09:24 - Hybrid Tables 11:12 - Wrap up

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Single SIM-enabled Number for Teams calls, Mobile & Desk Phones Mar 16, 2022

The new Teams Phone Operator Connect Mobile service is an industry first that lets you use a single SIM-enabled mobile phone number across your company provided mobile, desk phone, and Microsoft Teams. This is enterprise-grade security and consistent call quality as you move between mobile voice and data networks. Mahendra Sekaran, VP of Program Management for Microsoft Teams, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the quick admin steps to set up the first fixed mobile convergence productivity solution for business.

- Instead of two business numbers, use and pay for just one SIM-enabled mobile number

- Uplift from a voice-only call to a Teams call. Add video, people, and share content

- As an admin, assign a SIM-enabled phone number to your employees, set policies for enterprise-grade security

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00:00 - Introduction 00:46 - Operator Connect Mobile 01:42 - Teams integration 03:35 - See how it works 05:49 - Additional integrations 06:18 - Admin setup and policy setting 08:15 - Wrap up

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Watch our previous Teams Phone and the Operator Connect service episode at https://aka.ms/TeamsPhoneMechanics

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Enterprise Grade Protection for Small & Medium Businesses | Microsoft Defender for Business Mar 01, 2022

Specially built for businesses with up to 300 employees, go beyond traditional AV to proactively protect your devices, to help prevent attacks, and respond to sophisticated threats with the newly announced Microsoft Defender for Business. If you're a partner, see how you can get a unified dashboard for managing multiple customers in one view with Microsoft 365 Lighthouse. Security CVP, Rob Lefferts, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you quick steps anyone can take to set it up.

- Designed especially for businesses up to 300 employees - Auto detect and remediate majority of threats - Monitor threats in real-time

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00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - How is Defender different? 03:34 - Walk through the experience 06:55 - What happens during an attack 10:43 - Logged actions 11:18 - Defender for Microsoft IT partners 14:21 - Wrap up

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Azure Chaos Studio | Build fault tolerant apps Feb 24, 2022

Test the resilience of your apps by introducing faults to simulate real-world outages with Azure Chaos Studio. John Engel-Kemnetz, Senior Program Manager for Azure Chaos Studio, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how you can quickly identify failures in your applications —like additional load, high latency, permission issues, and full on outages— to avoid unnecessary downtime.

With Azure Chaos Studio, we've delivered a fully-managed experimentation platform to quickly discover hard-to-find issues. Whether in late-stage development or in production, you can apply controlled chaos to your apps and gather the information needed to resolve issues.

-Introduce faults to simulate the effects of a real-world outage -Prevent outages to VM hosts, automatically redirect traffic to healthy VMs and zones -Run resiliency experiments as part of your automated release process

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00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - See how Azure Chaos Studio works 04:32 - Permission model 06:18 - How to prevent real-life outages 08:08 - Choose the right fault 09:18 - Automated release process 10:47 - Wrap up

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Run resilience architecture reviews to identify resilience gaps using https://aka.ms/thereview

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Power Virtual Agents & Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams | Chatbot Demo & Tutorial Feb 24, 2022

Extend Microsoft Teams collaboration experiences by embedding intelligent Power Virtual Agents into Teams chat. Build interactive adaptive cards for bots to share information, assign chatbots to specific security groups so only users with the appropriate permissions can access them, and see how you can make your bot communicate proactively. We'll also show you how Teams can be directly embedded into your Power Apps. Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Lili Cheng, from the Power Platform team, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk through the updates:

Extend PVA using the Bot Framework Composer to add adaptive cards Proactive communication built into bots Role-based access controls Embed Teams into your Power Apps

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00:00 - Introduction 02:32 - Adaptive card experience 05:11 - Proactive logic in bots 06:15 - Role-based access controls 07:29 - User initiated requests 08:43 - Proactive requests using the Power Automate logic 09:40 - Bring Teams experience into Power Apps 11:08 - Wrap Up

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Infrastructure Deployment Automation with Red Hat Ansible & Azure Bicep | Linux and Open Source Feb 21, 2022

The latest updates to configure and manage your Linux workloads in Azure. We recently introduced a new, simpler open source declarative language called Bicep that helps you easily deploy Azure resources. For Red Hat users, we’ll show you the new managed app version of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on Azure, to set up a maintenance-free ansible environment in Azure. Lachie Evenson, Linux and Azure expert, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how we have focused on removing the learning curve to make it easier to configure and manage your workloads in Azure.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:43 - Linux in Azure

02:08 - Azure Bicep

04:20 - Break down big files using modules

06:52 - Red Hat Ansible

08:52 - Deploy new apps or workloads with Ansible

11:25 - Wrap up

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Bicep is available now, learn more at https://aka.ms/bicep

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Sign up for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform at https://aka.ms/AnsibleManagedApp

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App Architecture | Improve Azure App Performance, Reliability, Security, Operations & Cost Feb 15, 2022

Free tools and guidance with Azure Advisor and the Well-Architected Review to improve your Azure app performance, reliability, security, operations, and cost. Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how you can get actionable recommendations to optimize your architecture across these areas.

Even if you've planned and architected your workloads properly, there may still be room for optimization of your existing services. To help with this, the Well-Architected Framework is a set of guiding tenants derived from the experience gathered from real-world implementations. This is defined across five main categories:

Reliability- the ability of a system to recover from failures and continue to function.

Security- guidance building a comprehensive strategy to protect applications and data from threats.

Cost optimization- manage costs to maximize the value of what you spend.

Operational excellence- guidance on operations and processes that keep a system running in production.

Performance efficiency- main considerations to ensure your system can monitor and respond to service issues to meet your SLAs.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:34 - Five categories of the Well-Architected Framework 01:57 - Actionable recommendations for subscriptions 04:32 - Recommendations for a specific workload 07:22 - Periodic health checks of workloads already deployed and running 08:40 - Wrap up

► Link References:

If you've got existing workloads in the Azure portal, get started with https://aka.ms/AzureAdvisor

Find guidance and links to all the tools in the Azure Architecture Center at https://aka.ms/Architecture

Get Microsoft Assessments and start your well-architected review at https://aka.ms/MicrosoftAssessments

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How to Build and Deliver Apps Fast and Scalable with Azure Container Apps Feb 02, 2022

Build and deploy container-based apps and microservices at scale, with the new fully managed Azure Container Apps service. Jeff Hollan, serverless technology expert for Microsoft Azure, joins Jeremy Chapman to show the benefits and how it works under the covers.

Microservices help teams build and deliver apps faster and more scalable than traditional architectures. Containers are a core piece of tech when building microservices, because they provide a consistent way to package and run microservice code anywhere. You can still run containers and microservices in Azure, but rather than having to do it directly with Kubernetes, get it up and running quickly using Azure Container Apps.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - Why use containers and microservices? 03:08 - How Azure Container Apps service differs 05:35 - How it works 07:40 - Modernize existing apps 10:03 - Benefits of modernizing to container apps 11:46 - Wrap up

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NoSQL Database for High Performance & Scalability | How to Get Started with Azure Cosmos DB Jan 26, 2022

Updates to the managed, limitless scale, NoSQL Azure Cosmos DB database. For your smaller apps, get the best cost performance with the new serverless option for on-demand querying and the Azure Cosmos DB free tier for provisioned throughput. For larger workloads, embed and partition your data, and leverage autoscale for cost optimizations. Estefani Arroyo, Azure Cosmos DB Program Manager, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share updates and benefits of Azure Cosmos DB.

Run smaller apps for less than $1/month, pay only by operation Increase scalability and multi-region support with provisioned throughput Choose the best partition key- evenly spread operations and data across partitions Run applications efficiently with autoscale throughput

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00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - How is Azure Cosmos DB different? 02:32 - Scale out architecture 04:33 - Example of new serverless option 06:43 - Free tier and provisioned throughput 07:27 - Run NoSQL workloads at scale 09:58 - Partitioning with partition keys 12:04 - How to identify the cause of throttling 13:42 - Autoscale 15:20 - Wrap up

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Get started with Azure Cosmos DB free https://azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db/ Access free Azure Cosmos DB training on Microsoft Learn at https://aka.ms/learncosmosdb Set up a free trial at https://aka.ms/trycosmosdb

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Robotic Process Automation with Power Automate | How we built it: Xerox Jan 20, 2022

Use Microsoft's Power Automate with robotic process automation, or RPA, to extensively automate everyday manual business processes. Xerox and their internal community of citizen developers are using this homegrown expertise to launch a rich catalog of unattended bots as a service to their customers.

Shivani Agarwal, Director of Process Automation at Xerox, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how Xerox is using RPA with Microsoft’s Power Automate. See how everyday business users are driving process automation, the sheer breadth of what they're using automation for, and how it's enabled a new revenue stream for the company.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - Automation example by citizen developer 02:57 - See how it runs 04:34 - Transition from Softomotive & using Power Platform 08:11 - Xerox’s automation center of excellence 09:43 - Walk through example of RPA bot services 12:23 - Wrap up

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Microsoft Teams for frontline workers: What's Live and Coming Soon Jan 13, 2022

You'll see recent and upcoming updates to Teams for frontline workers and admins. Timely communication and access to information on the ground makes for faster decision making and leads to increased job satisfaction. We're building distinct frontline experiences crafted for Teams to bring the whole workforce together to communicate and collaborate on one unified platform. Microsoft Team's Vice President, Kristina Behr, joins Jeremy Chapman to share updates for using Teams on the frontline.

New mobile app experiences with Microsoft Viva Connections Updates to the Teams Walkie Talkie experience for frontline workers to connect and collaborate on the go Simplified provisioning and device management experiences for admin supporting frontline staff New APIs and connectors to integrate Teams with your existing workforce management solutions

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00:00 - Introduction 00:46 - Core frontline worker capabilities in Teams 03:17 - Improvements on Teams mobile app (Viva Connections) 04:45 - Walkie Talkie updates 05:50 - Admin experience: Mobile device management updates 07:09 - New onboarding wizard 10:15 - How prepopulated policy package works 11:52 - Integrate Teams with custom apps 13:02 - What’s next for Teams for frontline workers? 13:51 - Wrap up

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What Azure Option is Right for You? Free New Assessment Tool Jan 11, 2022

Reduce research time for cloud adoption strategy in Azure with new assessment tools. There’s often a lot of room for optimization when you start to move your services to the cloud. Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure expert, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you how to build solutions the right way, with the least amount of trial and error.

Assessment tools can make it easier to find what you need to build or host your workloads in Azure with the right SLAs and help you to assess and close gaps on skill sets, stakeholder support, business KPIs and budget targets. We’ve packaged up the learning we’ve seen working with organizations. There are common patterns where your adoption strategy for the business can start to break down, and conversely, where they succeed. We’ve used these insights to inform our assessments which are part of our Cloud Adoption Framework — and they are completely free to use.

The Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator – look at your current strategy and get broad recommendations as you make the case for building cloud-based solutions

Azure Well-Architected Review – assess things like the reliability, cost management, operational excellence, security and performance efficiency of your workloads

The Cloud Journey Tracker – find the best cloud adoption path based on your needs

Developer Velocity – guidance to boost business performance with your developers

The Governance Benchmark – identify gaps in your organizations current state of governance

Strategic Migration Assessment and Readiness Tool – prepare for large scale cloud migrations

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Assessments in Cloud Adoption Framework 02:51 - Walk through an assessment - tailored recommendations 05:13 - How to share your results 05:53 - How to save your assessments and track progress 06:40 - Assessment questions 07:57 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Find more resources to accelerate your cloud adoption journey at https://aka.ms/adopt Explore more cloud enablement resources at https://www.azure.com/enablement Find assessments at https://aka.ms/MicrosoftAssessments Use the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment at https://aka.ms/StrategyEvaluator

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Cloud Migration - Options for virtual machines, databases, web apps and containers explained Jan 06, 2022

Options for migrating and modernizing almost any workload as you move it to the cloud in Azure. The act of migration, whichever path you choose, whether infrastructure as a service or platform as a service, opens the door to the modernization of your workloads. The Azure Migrate experience is designed to be a central place to track your progress as you move to the cloud. Join Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure Senior Product Manager, as he shares essential things to know as you go down your migration and modernization path, along with real-world examples.

Numerous programs and tooling experiences for migration and modernization come together in the free Azure Migrate tool, as the hub for large-scale migration of your servers, databases, web apps, and even virtual desktop infrastructure. This includes streamlined discovery of the resources you want to migrate, assessment of their readiness for migration, along with the act of migration itself. Additionally, built-in extensibility with popular existing toolsets help to ease your learning curve.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - Virtual Machines 04:16 - Database migration 06:33 - Web app migration 08:07 - Wrap up

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Check out our migration and modernization playlist at https://aka.ms/MechanicsAzureMigrate For hands-on assistance for your project from experts, check out our Azure Migration and Modernization Program at https://azure.com/ammp Find out more about how Celcom used the migration process at https://aka.ms/CelcomMechanics See The American Cancer Society’s full migration story at https://aka.ms/ACSmigration Check out how Capita Reading Cloud migrated 10,000 databases with just one person at the helm at https://aka.ms/CapitaMechanics

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Everywhere Cloud Connectivity & Access to Space Satellite Data — Azure Orbital Dec 09, 2021

Connect to space satellites around the world and bring earth observational data into Azure for analytics via Microsoft and partner ground stations.

Apoorva Nori, from the Azure Space team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to take a first look at the Azure Orbital preview. We’ll show you how it works and how it fits into Microsoft’s strategy with Azure Space to bring cloud connectivity everywhere on earth and to make space satellite data accessible for everyday use cases.

Azure Space marks the convergence between global satellite constellations and the cloud. As the two join together, our purpose is to bring cloud connectivity to even the most remote corners of the earth and connect to satellites and harness the vast amount of data collected from space. This can help solve both long-term trending issues affecting the earth like climate change, or short-term real-time issues such as connected agriculture, monitoring and controlling wildfires, or identifying supply chain bottlenecks.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:58 - Microsoft’s focus with Azure Space 02:16 - Azure Orbital 04:36 - See it in action 07:04 - Examples of space data readings 08:40 - How it works 10:28 - Use cases for world challenges 11:39 - Everyday use cases 15:36 - Wrap up

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How to Keep Internet Explorer Sites Working Dec 07, 2021

Continue using your Internet Explorer dependent sites and web apps, as an individual user or at scale, using IE mode with cloud-managed Microsoft Edge site list for Microsoft 365.

Support for Internet Explorer will end in most versions of Windows 10 as of June 15th, 2022. Microsoft Edge includes IE mode for your IE dependent sites, so you can open them just as you would in Internet Explorer without leaving the Edge browser, and continue using these apps until at least 2029.

Join host Jeremy Chapman as he walks you through the transition to the modern Edge browser.

If you're new to Microsoft Edge as a modern browser, it brings productivity as well as privacy and multiple security options built on the Chromium engine. It's designed for performance and compatibility with current web standards. And importantly, Microsoft Edge is built with a dual engine advantage for compatibility with existing IE dependent sites that you use every day.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - User experience options 03:06 - Admin experience 03:44 - Policy setup and create new site lists 04:52 - Import and publish site lists 05:46 - IE mode configuration 07:14 - Wrap up

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Microsoft Teams Essentials: The Setup, Intro & Tutorial Dec 01, 2021

Set up Microsoft Teams Essentials, our new most affordable option. Get the best of Teams with easy instant meetings for anyone — whether they have Teams or not. The Microsoft Teams Essentials experience starts at just $4 per user per month with no meeting time limits. Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, walks you through step-by-step setup options.

• Sync your existing calendar with Teams. Configure email to be delivered to both Google and Microsoft services with dual delivery. • Use Teams without migrating your mailboxes to the cloud. Allow read and write access across calendars in your on-prem mailboxes when using Microsoft Exchange. • Experience rich online meetings with video and voice, chat-based collaboration with everyone on your team, your customers, or your partners • Easily share your screen or other content with anyone in the meeting, and work simultaneously on documents in the Microsoft Office experience.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:31 - Setup options 02:19 - Paths to deploy Teams Essentials 04:07 - Walk through configuration 05:42 - Sync calendars with Teams 09:18 - Route mail from Microsoft 365 to Gmail 10:17 - Set up mail flow rules 11:34 - Wrap up

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Check out setup options and sign up for the service at https://aka.ms/TeamsPlans Find a Microsoft certified partner near you at https://aka.ms/PartnerFinder If you are the partner or looking to tackle this yourself, go to https://aka.ms/ExchangeHybridCalendar To learn more, check out https://aka.ms/TeamsEssentials

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Increase app availability with auto-scaling | Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets Nov 18, 2021

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets lets you create and manage a group of virtual machines to run your app or workload and provides sophisticated load-balancing, management, and automation. This is a critical service for creating and dynamically managing thousands of VMs in your environment. If you are new to the service this show will get you up to speed or if you haven’t looked at VM Scale Sets in a while we’ll show you how the service has significantly evolved to help you efficiently architect your apps for centralized configuration, high availability, auto-scaling and performance, cost optimization, security, and more.

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00:00 - Virtual machine scale sets intro 00:32 - What is a virtual machine scale set? 00:47 - Centralized configuration options 02:30 - How do scale sets increase availability? 03:54 - How does autoscaling work? 04:58 - Keeping costs down with VM scale sets 05:47 - Building security into your scale set configurations 06:28 - Where you can learn more about VM scale sets

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Reduce Operational Costs of Stateless Workloads | Azure Spot Virtual Machines Nov 17, 2021

Reduce the operational costs of stateless workloads by using Azure Spot Virtual Machines. When compute capacity in Azure frees up, and depending on where you need it, Azure will provision your VM workload on unused compute capacity. Spot VMs are then evicted when Azure needs capacity back or when the current price of using the spot VM is higher than the price threshold you may have specified. This results in considerable discounts. And although the price of your Spot VM will vary based on the amount of unused capacity in Azure, across different VM sizes, and in different Azure regions, you may achieve up to 90% savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:54 - Compute options 02:45 - Find the Spot VM right for you 03:30 - Deployment and provisioning options 05:18 - Architect your Spot VM for resilience 06:39 - Wrap up

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What's new in SQL Server 2022 Nov 17, 2021

A first look at SQL Server 2022—the latest Azure-enabled database and data integration innovations. See what it means for your hybrid workloads, including first-time bi-directional high availability and disaster recovery between Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server, Azure Synapse Link integration with SQL for ETL free near real-time reporting and analytics over your operational data, and new next-generation built-in query intelligence with parameter sensitive plan optimization. Bob Ward, SQL engineering leader, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the focus on this round of updates.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Overview of updates 02:19 - Disaster recovery 04:26 - Failover and restore example 06:16 - Azure Synapse integration 09:04 - Built-in query intelligence 10:19 - See it in action 12:52 - Wrap up

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New Microsoft 365 hybrid work and collaboration experiences to save you time Nov 08, 2021

Tour updates to improve your hybrid work and collaboration experiences across Microsoft 365. We've focused on capabilities that give you more flexibility in the way you work, whether that's in the office, at home, or anywhere in between.

The latest round of updates fall into two main categories: New ways to securely share your work while collaborating with people inside and outside your organization, and the continuous infusion of intelligence across Microsoft 365 experiences to save you time. Omar Shahine, Microsoft 365 CVP, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through all the updates.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:56 - File sharing and what’s new in OneDrive 03:20 - New in OneDrive web experience 04:27 - SharePoint Syntex and user experience 06:35 - Teams and SharePoint connected experiences 07:46 - Capabilities for recorded Teams meetings 09:04 - Updates to Microsoft Lists 10:58 - Updates to Outlook in email 13:36 - Wrap up

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Power Apps | Pay-as-you-go Model, Standalone Mobile App Packages & Azure Integration Nov 02, 2021

Take advantage of the new pay-as-you-go billing model and seamlessly leverage the low-code Power Platform to spin up Power Apps directly from Azure. We’ll also show you how to package Power Apps as self-contained mobile apps. Charles Lamanna, Microsoft Business Applications & Power Platform CVP, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk through updates across the Power Platform.

Pay-as-you-go billing model: Set it up and link your app to your Azure subscription Only pay when people use the app

Track usage with new Azure Meters: Power Apps per app meter- accrue costs per unique user of the app each month Dataverse meter- get two gigabytes of storage + new overage billing when you go over limits Use Azure Cost Management to track your spending and create budgets and alerts

Package Power Apps as standalone mobile apps: Tailor and customize each app experience.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - Pay-as-you-go 01:45 - Track usage with Azure meters 04:07 - Standalone Mobile apps 05:41 - Updates used by Xiaomi's demo app 06:56 - Additional updates 08:59 - Wrap up

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Azure Virtual Desktop for on-premises Azure Stack HCI + other hybrid updates Nov 02, 2021

Take a look at the just announced capability to run Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI on premises, as well as a roundup of what's new in hybrid management across platforms with Azure Arc. Azure Virtual Desktop, formerly known as Windows Virtual Desktop, used to be an all or nothing decision in order to run your VMs from the Azure cloud. Now you can use Azure, Azure Stack HCI, and use Windows 10 multi-session in a hybrid environment where you get the full Windows experience along with cost efficiency. Matt McSpirit, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Azure, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the latest Azure hybrid updates:

A unified management plane in the Azure cloud for your virtual desktops, whether they're running in the cloud or locally on Azure Stack HCI Manage Azure Stack HCI physical hosts and clusters at scale with Azure Arc Deploy a VM from the Azure portal to your on-prem VMware environment Up-to-date inventory of your VMware resource pools, clusters, hosts, and virtual networks all in your VMware environment in the Azure portal

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00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - See it in action: Admin experience 03:51 - Other benefits to Azure Virtual Desktop 05:14 - Workloads running on Azure Stack HCI 07:11 - Improved management of other resources in data center 08:04 - Deploy a VM from the Azure portal to on-prem VMware environment 09:12 - Wrap up

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Try out Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI at https://aka.ms/AVDonHCI Stay tuned to the tech community at https://aka.ms/AzureTechCommunity See the latest updates on the Azure update blog at https://aka.ms/AzureUpdatesBlog

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Stop Cloud & Hybrid Apps from being Cyber Attack Entry Points Nov 01, 2021

Prevent your cloud and hybrid apps from becoming entry points to cyber attacks and exploits with Microsoft app governance, now generally available. Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, walks through a cloud app-based attack and shows how app governance helps you get visibility into the compliance posture of all your connected cloud apps, identify anomalous behaviors and risk, and take action to respond to threats.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Cross app integrations 02:13 - Attack demo 03:49 - How app governance detects and mitigates risks 05:37 - Behind the policy and how to block apps 06:43 - Templates 07:36 - Wrap up

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Enable a trial by going to https://aka.ms/appgovernance To learn more, check out https://aka.ms/appgovernancedocs

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See Why Microsoft Visio is Now Available to More People. Plus Recent Updates Nov 01, 2021

Now free to anyone with commercial versions of Office 365 and Microsoft 365. Check out the recent updates to Microsoft Visio. If you're new to Visio, we'll show you how easy it is to get started, as well as how to coauthor and collaborate across Visio for the web and Microsoft Teams. As a Visio expert, get updates to the desktop app, including new integrations that export diagrams to PowerPoint and Microsoft Word or as a process in Power Automate. Mukul Kumar, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Visio, joins host Jeremy Chapman to walk you through new capabilities and show you how to get started.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:41 - What is Visio? 01:36 - Built-in collaboration capabilities 02:50 - Advanced updates for paid expert users 03:29 - Visio desktop app 04:38 - Export to Word and PowerPoint 06:18 - How everyday users & expert users can collaborate 09:38 - Wrap up

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Manage All Your Surface Devices in a Single Portal — Microsoft Endpoint Manager Oct 28, 2021

Tour the new Surface management portal in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Get a single environment for end-to-end visibility and management of your corporate or user-owned Surface devices. Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, shows how you can go beyond configuration of your Surface devices. Know the status of each device, active support requests, and expiring warranties — all within the portal.

The Surface management portal works with all supported Surface devices, including the Surface Laptop, the Surface 2-in-1 line, the new Surface Laptop Studio, and the Surface Hub.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - User experience 02:39 - View report 03:20 - Warranty and coverage tab 03:53 - Support requests 04:27 - Device management 05:09 - Wrap up

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To learn more, check out https://aka.ms/SurfaceManagementPortal

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AI-based Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 Oct 19, 2021

Get started with Microsoft's new AI-based privacy management solution for Microsoft 365, which applies intelligence to quickly assess your organization's privacy risks and help anyone working with personal data make the right decisions. Alym Rayani, General Manager for Microsoft 365 Compliance and Privacy, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how you can automate subject rights requests for Microsoft 365 data and ensure integration with your existing solutions using our API.

Privacy requirements universally impact organizations as more privacy regulations are introduced around the globe. And just like security is a top priority, privacy needs to be too. Now you can build a privacy resilient organization where everybody working with personal data is empowered to be part of the solution.

For admins- We've tailored the experience to what privacy teams care about to proactively identify and protect against common privacy risks.

For privacy managers- We've built automation for processing subject rights requests at scale, and at quality, whether you're using our built-in experience or tools from a partner.

For users- Understand privacy risks in the moment, or even in the context of your work with data.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:19 - See how it works: Everyday user experience 05:41 - Admin experience 08:00 - Policies 10:20 - Subject rights requests 12:38 - Wrap up

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Get started with a trial experience at https://aka.ms./TryPrivacyManagement Find guidance geared towards admins, data officers, and data workers at https://aka.ms/PrivacyManagementDocs

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How to Manage Cloud Spend In Azure — With Your Endpoint of Choice Oct 11, 2021

Get tips for visibility and management of your cloud spend in Azure using your endpoint of choice, from the Azure Cost Management portal, Power BI for custom views and reporting, to API-based integration that feeds cost data into your existing financial system. Matt McSpirit, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Azure, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how you can configure your Azure environment to meet specific cost reporting needs.

Whether you're from the IT team or the finance team, choose from a number of options:

Azure Cost Management in the Azure portal- Gives you the most comprehensive access to cost management views and reports.

Azure Cost Management Power BI app- Great visibility with pre-built views out-of-the-box to track your Azure spend at the account, subscription, and resource group level.

Power BI desktop connector- For more custom reporting, take our base Power BI template files and customize by building your own views.

API-based integration- For ultimate control and customization, use APIs directly to integrate the data within your internal apps and financial systems.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:29 - See your options 03:32 - Assess spend by department or business unit 05:22 - Configure cost tracking at granular workload level 07:14 - Establish management groups or tags retrospectively 08:38 - Options for Power BI 10:57 - Leverage APIs 11:51 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Watch our episode on cloud economics essentials to understand the fundamentals of cloud costs at https://aka.ms/MechanicsAzureCloudEconomics Get tips on naming your tags at https://aka.ms./CAFTagging Download our cost management app at https://aka.ms/ACMApp For guidance on the Azure Cost Management connector in Power BI desktop, go to https://aka.ms/ACMPowerBI Learn more about configuring resources in Azure with the Azure setup guide at https://aka.ms/AzureSetupGuide Find more tools, templates, and guidance at https://azure.com/cloudeconomics

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Windows 11 Security — Our Hacker-in-Chief Runs Attacks and Shows Solutions Oct 05, 2021

Stay ahead of external and internal threats — and balance performance, reliability, and security with Windows 11. Dave Weston, Windows security expert, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the rationale behind hardware requirements and how they provide significantly more protection against today's most sophisticated malware and attacks.

Cyber attacks are at an all time high. Many of the optional or high-end security controls from Windows 10 are now on by default and required on new machines with Windows 11. The Zero Trust security model is baked into Windows 11, from the silicon on the board itself, to the actual boot process, your login as a user, and the apps you use in your Windows session every day.

See the sites that hackers use, and find out if your organization is exposed. Protect Windows from remote and in-person attacks with Virtualization-based Security. UEFI, Secure Boot and Trusted Boot stop rootkits or bootkits. Secure encryption keys, user credentials, and sensitive data behind a hardware barrier. Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 on new installs by default.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Demo attack: Remote 06:05 - Demo attack: In person 08:01 - Virtualization-based Security 11:06 - Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 12:08 - UEFI, Secure Boot, and Trusted Boot 14:27 - Proof it works 15:37 - Wrap up

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Windows 11 Security — Our Hacker-in-Chief Runs Attacks and Shows Solutions Oct 05, 2021

Stay ahead of external and internal threats — and balance performance, reliability, and security with Windows 11. Dave Weston, Windows security expert, joins Jeremy Chapman to share the rationale behind hardware requirements and how they provide significantly more protection against today's most sophisticated malware and attacks.

Cyber attacks are at an all time high. Many of the optional or high-end security controls from Windows 10 are now on by default and required on new machines with Windows 11. The Zero Trust security model is baked into Windows 11, from the silicon on the board itself, to the actual boot process, your login as a user, and the apps you use in your Windows session every day.

See the sites that hackers use, and find out if your organization is exposed. Protect Windows from remote and in-person attacks with Virtualization-based Security. UEFI, Secure Boot and Trusted Boot stop rootkits or bootkits. Secure encryption keys, user credentials, and sensitive data behind a hardware barrier. Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 on new installs by default.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Demo attack: Remote 06:05 - Demo attack: In person 08:01 - Virtualization-based Security 11:06 - Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 12:08 - UEFI, Secure Boot, and Trusted Boot 14:27 - Proof it works 15:37 - Wrap up

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App Modernization Options | Azure Migrate tool Sep 27, 2021

As you migrate to the cloud, here's a walk-through of Azure options for app modernization, from the updates for the containerization of your apps to run in Azure Kubernetes Service, to running in the Azure App Service. We'll also show you updates to the Azure Migrate tool to help you discover and assess your .net apps at scale before migrating them fully to the managed Azure App Service. Matt McSpirit, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Azure, joins Jeremy Chapman to go deeper on how you can modernize your apps as you migrate them to Azure.

Target AKS or Azure App Service with the App Containerization tool in Azure Migrate Know when to choose virtual machine lift-and-shift migration versus modernization with containers or Azure App Service Server discovery in Azure Migrate can now use multiple local or domain credentials to inventory your servers

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00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Options to choose 02:40 - Latest updates- app containerization 06:21 - Azure App Service: custom containers and migration 08:24 - Configure 09:25 - Discovery 10:05 - Assessment 12:33 - Wrap up

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Microsoft Teams Phone — How to Set It Up Sep 27, 2021

We're going to teach you how to use PSTN telephony options with Microsoft Teams Phone. Teams ties together all of the different communications modalities, so you can easily move from one modality to the next. Shift from a text-based chat to a one-on-one voice call. And just like with a video conference, you can easily add people to it to make it a group call.

Beyond pure voice calling, there are rich PSTN telephony capabilities that are available inside of Teams, and we've made it a lot easier to bring any endpoint, including your physical desktop phone to Microsoft Teams, or use the built-in calling functionality that's inside of Teams itself. Scott Van Vliet, Microsoft CVP, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you the latest capabilities and how to set it up.

Operator Connect helps you bring over your existing phone numbers directly from your telephone service operator of choice into Microsoft Teams. Receive calls from and make calls to normal telephone numbers anywhere, on any device. Seamlessly transfer calls from your laptop to your mobile device, without having to hang up and redial. Turn on live captions with real-time speech-to-text AI conversion if you're in a noisy environment.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:47 - User experience and capabilities 05:42 - How to set it up 06:41 - Match people and services to real telephone numbers 08:41 - Day-to-day management experience 09:35 - Direct routing 10:06 - Wrap up

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Surface Laptop Studio Hands-on Review Sep 22, 2021

Surface Laptop Studio is our most versatile laptop with unparalleled performance, all while delivering the best possible experience with Windows 11. Chris Greiser, from the team that engineered and designed Surface Laptop Studio, gives an in-depth, hands-on tour of the newest member in the Surface family.

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00:00 - Introducing Surface Laptop Studio 00:38 - Designing the hinge 01:09 - CPU and GPU performance 01:58 - AI-powered app demo - NVIDIA Canvas 02:58 - SSD options and serviceability 03:16 - Ports and battery 03:42 - Exterior design and display 04:16 - Inking experience with tactile feedback and haptics 04:55 - Camera and audio optimizations

Core to the innovation in the Surface Laptop Studio, is the flexible, and ultra-durable hinge. It uses a special form of woven fabric together with advanced cable management on the display pivot point and the base of the device, so it can bend up to 180 degrees.

This is also the most powerful device in the Surface portfolio, performance tuned with the latest generation of discrete NVIDIA GPUs and 11th generation Intel® Core™ processors. GPU performance is the highest of the Surface family with discrete NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti or NVIDIA® RTX™ A2000 for business. Also, with two USB-C Thunderbolt™ 4 ports, Surface Laptop Studio is capable of high-speed data transfers of up to 40 Gbps and it works with the breadth of peripherals.

Its PixelSense™ Flow touch display is 14.4” with a 3:2 aspect ratio at 2400 x 1600 resolution and it has a 120Hz refresh rate. The optional Surface Slim Pen stores at the front of the base with integrated wireless charging, so it’s always ready when you need it. The screen when paired with the optional Surface Slim Pen 2’s built-in haptics and tactile signals in Windows 11, enable a natural inking feel.

The 1080p front-facing camera has been optimized to perform well in low light conditions and even as you move or cover your face. Combined with Dual Studio Mics and accurate omnisonic sound reproduction, it's the perfect device for Microsoft Teams.

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Surface Pro 8 Hands-on Review + Updates to the Surface 2-in-1 Lineup Sep 22, 2021

Surface Pro 8 is designed to be the most modern expression of the purpose-built, class-defining Surface 2-in-1, now designed for Windows 11. Dave Mitchell, from the team that engineers and designs Surface 2-in-1s, gives an in-depth, hands-on tour of the Surface Pro 8, along with updates to the rest of the Surface 2-in-1 family.

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00:00 - Introducing Surface Pro 8 00:27 - Review of Surface Pro 8 user experience 00:58 - Performance updates and specs 02:04 - Exterior design and tour 03:29 - Inking experience with tactile feedback and haptics 04:12 - Camera and audio optimizations 05:51 - Internals, connectivity, battery and thermals 07:43 - Updates to Surface Go, Surface Pro X and Surface Pro 7+

Surface Pro 8 was completely redesigned inside and out for the next level of performance and productivity. Its 13" display combines tactile feedback enabled through Windows 11 and the Surface Slim Pen 2 with a 120Hz refresh rate to give the best Surface inking experience to date. It now has two Thunderbolt 4 ports and the latest 11th Gen Intel Core processors. Commercial models now have the option of built-in LTE Advanced with Intel Core i7, i5 or i3 processors.

Beyond the updates to Surface Pro 8, we introduce updates to the rest of the Surface 2-in-1 lineup. Surface Go 3 has been updated to support Windows 11 with more powerful 10th Gen Intel Core i3 and Pentium processors. Surface Pro X is now available with a new WiFi-only option with Windows 11 on ARM, which now supports 64-bit emulation.

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Windows 11: The Optimization and Performance Improvements Sep 08, 2021

The Windows 11 team gives an exclusive look at the Windows 11 performance optimizations, improvements to the Windows servicing model and orchestration engine, as well as policy management and the rationale behind Windows 11 system requirements. Steve Dispensa, VP of Enterprise Management at Microsoft, joins host Jeremy Chapman to take you under the hood of Windows 11.

This is the first Windows conceived for Zero Trust and a hybrid work world. For users, we've removed distractions as you work to make it easier for you to focus with the new modern interface and refined aesthetics. For IT, we've made incremental improvements that are designed to fit like a glove in your existing management tools and processes.

Save time- Choose which screens you want to focus on most with the new Snap Assist feature.

Save resources- Configure new sleeping tabs to go dark after inactivity.

Resume your PC from sleep instantly. RAM stays energized and other process threads run faster.

MEM policies for Windows 10 also apply to Windows 11.

Feature updates are delivered once per year; Enterprise and Education is supported for 36-months.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:09 - Prioritizing apps and processes 04:22 - Resume from sleep 05:42 - Reduced disk footprint 06:25 - Windows 11 hardware requirements 07:28 - Application compatibility & servicing model 08:38 - Update process for admins 10:16 - MEM policies 11:38 - Wrap up

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Automate threat detection and response with Azure Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender Aug 24, 2021

Watch how Microsoft's cloud-based SIM, Azure Sentinel, along with our XDR technologies, including Microsoft 365 Defender, provide an automated approach to threat detection and response. Rob Lefferts, Microsoft Security CVP, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you the latest integrative defenses and tools to respond quickly in the context of a real attack.

The threat landscape has reached a new level of urgency, whether it's human operated ransomware, or sophisticated command and control attacks, and the techniques being used are getting harder to detect — like supply chain attacks that embed malware in the apps and IoT devices that you trust. Stop these types of attacks with the right measures and preparation.

Put the right defense layers in place with the Zero Trust security model.

Increase your organization's ability to detect and respond before an attack does any damage.

If the damage has already started, contain the blast radius and quickly reverse any damage that has already been done.

Our integrated SIM with Azure Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender and Azure Defender for XDR apply Microsoft's unique volume and diversity of threat intelligence for early warning and response to give you visibility and depth of insight across your organization.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Preparation to stop attacks 03:02 - Demo of hybrid attack 04:56 - Where to start: Azure Sentinel 08:53 - Stop the spread: Microsoft 365 Defender 10:27 - Alerts 13:10 - Compromised user accounts 15:21 - Users on unmanaged devices 16:59 - Wrap up

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Zero Trust for Data - Essentials Series - Episode 5 Aug 16, 2021

Protect data across your files and content, as well as structured and unstructured data wherever it resides, with the Zero Trust security model. As always, the approach applies the principles of verify explicitly, least privileged access, and assume breach. Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, highlights how you can apply Zero Trust security to keep your data protected.

With Zero Trust, protections are designed to follow your data wherever it resides, whether that's in your infrastructure or in the services that you manage. Protections continue as data flows and people work together with sensitive information. Information can also be protected from leaks by people inside of your organization or from people who should not have access. With the right protections in place, you can protect data if your devices are infected with malware, and you can also block and prevent data access in the case of a data breach. The good news is you can extend protections at a granular level, from your databases and individual data fields, to sensitive words within your databases, and trigger words while using apps.

Steps to protect your data: Identify top sensitive information Apply labels and classifiers Apply principle of least privilege and assume breach

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Identify your sensitive data 03:55 - Data classification 06:51 - Take action: Least privilege and assume breach 07:22 - See an example 07:54 - Insider risk management capabilities 09:20 - Wrap up

► Link References: Watch our previous deep dive shows across the layers of Zero Trust at https://aka.ms/ZeroTrustMechanics For more on Zero Trust, go to https://aka.ms/zerotrust

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Predictive AI and Marketing Automation in Dynamics 365 Aug 09, 2021

Get an in-depth look at how you can find and keep your customers with Customer Insights in Dynamics 365. Explore the predictive AI and automation that can identify the customers you are most at risk of losing, as well as develop and track the marketing that will earn them back. Thiale Diop, Product Manager for Dynamics 365, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through the configuration and setup.

With Dynamics 365 Marketing, you can leverage artificial intelligence to personalize and optimize customer experiences across every channel. Build automated marketing workflows that deliver targeted content based on the individual's unique needs at any point in their buyer journey with built-in tools for event management and insights about all your company’s marketing activities.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:08 - Requirements to Get Started 05:16 - Review the Results 07:16 - Handover to Marketing Team in Dynamics 365 Marketing 12:37 - Assessment of Campaign Data 14:45 - Wrap up

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Find our Customer Insights video with Satish Thomas at https://aka.ms/CIMechanics For guidance on how to implement personalized customer journeys, check out https://aka.ms/D365MarketingHowTo

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Windows 365 admin setup and management tutorial for Cloud PCs Aug 02, 2021

Get your Cloud PCs up and running with Windows 365. Explore the prerequisites, what the imaging and provisioning process looks like, as well as ongoing management. Christiaan Brinkhoff, Principal Program Manager for Windows 365, joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through the administrator setup in Azure and Microsoft Endpoint Manager, as well as the user experience in the browser and the additional functionality you get when you access your Cloud PC with Remote Desktop apps.

If you're new to Windows 365, it's a Cloud PC that lets you securely stream your Windows experience, including your desktop, apps, settings, and content to any device. Everything is kept simple and familiar from a deployment configuration perspective. If you're a device admin, it will be easy to get everything started and running with Windows 365.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Setup experience 01:29 - Build and assign Cloud PCs 02:35 - Configure Cloud PC environment in MEM 04:36 - Create provisioning policy in MEM 06:15 - Assign policies to a group 08:22 - User experience in the browser 10:15 - Benefit of Remote Desktop apps 11:58 - Wrap up

► Link References: Access a trial for Windows 365 at https://aka.ms/CPCTrial Find our Windows 365 introduction video with Scott Manchester at https://aka.ms/cloudPCMechanics For guidance on choosing the right Cloud PC for your specific user types, check out https://aka.ms/CPCsizing Get a detailed step-by-step guide for setting up Windows 365 at https://aka.ms/deploycpc

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Build and customize model-driven apps | Power Apps Studio Updates Jul 27, 2021

Simplify your app authoring experience with the latest updates in Power Apps. The new modern app designer makes model-driven apps far more accessible and easier to build. Customize pages, then generate Power Fx formulas that write themselves when you specify what you want using natural language. Emma Cooper, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Power Apps, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how these updates make it easier to build apps and bring in advanced functionality with very low code.

Build your own model-driven apps: Fully working app, no formulas or code buildingGenerate data already stored in Dataverse Preview, then publish

Customize your apps: Add custom pages Build custom logic with Power Fx Make apps available in Microsoft Teams

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:34 - Office Depot’s model-driven app 02:41 - How to build a model-driven app 04:58 - How to customize your app 06:44 - What is Power Fx? 09:56 - Make apps available in Teams 10:25 - Wrap up

► Link References: Get a full list of the Power Fx functions available at https://aka.ms/powerfxfunctions For tips, tricks, and guidance on Power Apps, go to https://aka.ms/powerappsresources Check out our show on Dataverse at https://aka.ms/MechanicsDataverse

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Hybrid cloud migration, modernization and unified management with Azure Jul 19, 2021

Take a look at options for migrating your apps to a hybrid cloud and on-premises state with Azure Migrate and Azure Arc. Matt McSpirit, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Azure, joins host Jeremy Chapman to show how your resources in the Cloud can work seamlessly with resources on premises under a single management plane.

Hybrid migration is a reality for most organizations, especially when some workloads must be kept on premises. The good news is with Azure Migrate, we help you migrate and assess your on-prem environment and can place those resources under management. Your entire environment, whether on-prem or in the Cloud, can come under unified management with Azure Arc that extends the Azure control plane to your hybrid environment.

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00:00 - Introduction 00:53 - Dependency map 02:43 - Migrate backend to Azure 04:32 - Migrate frontend to Azure 06:53 - Azure Arc 09:02 - Management and compliance 10:32 - Other options 11:25 - Wrap up

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For a guide on how to run an assessment with Azure Migrate, check out our show at https://aka.ms/MechanicsAzureMigrate If you're ready to test out migration with Azure Migrate go to https://aka.ms/azuremigrate Find out more about Azure Arc at https://aka.ms/AzureArc

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Windows 365, your Cloud PC | What it is, how it works, and how to set it up Jul 14, 2021

Windows 365 is your PC in the cloud. Securely stream your personalized Windows experience, including your desktop, apps, settings, and content, at any time to all of your devices. For IT, see how easy it is, as a fully-managed service, to assign and configure Cloud PCs using familiar tools like Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

Given the need to work remotely and securely, there has been a huge demand for cloud based solutions in the past year. Windows 365 modernizes the way Windows experiences are delivered for anyone on any device. It’s a premium experience for both end users and IT. It’s easy to use, and just as easy for IT to manage using familiar tools and processes. Scott Manchester, Partner Director of PM for Windows 365, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how it works and how to set it up.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:08 - User experience 05:39 - Admin experience: Deployment 09:01 - Monitor health and performance 11:16 - Security and compliance 13:11 - Wrap up

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Zero Trust for Network & Infrastructure - Essentials Series - Episode 4 Jul 07, 2021

Apply zero trust principles and policies to your network and infrastructure with this essentials episode. It's a high-level overview of the principles of the Zero Trust security model, spanning identity, endpoints, applications, networks, infrastructure, and data.

Your network and its underlying configuration provides secure access to your resources. Infrastructure, whether on premises servers, local or cloud hosted VMs, containers, storage, or PaaS databases, all represent a critical threat vector. Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, walks you through how to apply the core Zero Trust tenets of verify explicitly, apply least privileged access, and assume breach for each of these layers, along with your options.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:42 - Network: Verify explicitly 02:21 - Network: Least privileged access and assume breach 04:20 - Infrastructure: Verify explicitly 05:56 - Infrastructure: Least privileged access and assume breach 08:48 - Wrap up

► Link References: Check out our other shows on Zero Trust Essentials at https://aka.ms/zerotrustmechanics Use Azure resource manager templates to deploy hands-on experiences in your Azure subscription at https://aka.ms/AZNetSec Learn more at https://aka.ms/zerotrust

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How to present videos in Microsoft Teams meetings WITHOUT LAG using web streaming & PowerPoint Live Jun 24, 2021

Need to present a video to a group of people online, but when you play it on your computer and share your desktop, it’s laggy and dropping frames for others in a Microsoft Teams meeting, or maybe it’s missing the audio track?

In this remote and hybrid working tip, Jeremy Chapman from the Microsoft 365 team at Microsoft will show you a simple trick that will avoid those issues using web streaming along with PowerPoint Live as part of a Microsoft Teams presentation, so everyone can watch your video without lag or missing audio.

He'll also explain what’s causing the lag or dropped frames when you share a video using desktop or window sharing and give you a step-by-step tutorial so can share videos the right way in your future presentations.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Video playback challenges when sharing your desktop 01:24 - The solution using web streaming 01:58 - Using PowerPoint Live to share and synchronize video playback 02:22 - Demo: adding online videos using PowerPoint on the web 03:34 - Demo: Microsoft Teams meeting experience for the presenter and other participants 04:29 - Demo: Using PowerPoint desktop to add a video from your device 04:50 - Demo: Uploading a local PowerPoint file to enable web-based video streaming in a Teams meeting 05:39 - Closing thoughts and link to similar videos

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Migrate & Modernize Linux VMs and Databases into Azure Jun 21, 2021

Look at Azure as a platform for running your Linux virtual machine and open source database workloads. Check out options for how you can lift and shift existing VMs and databases to Azure and modernize them using cloud native approaches. Matt McSpirit, from the Azure engineering team, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how Azure supports open source platforms across operating systems, with different Linux distros as well as their publishers and open source databases.

Azure has been working with Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical, Flat Car, Elastic and HashiCorp, and open source databases like MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, MariaDB for years. More than 60% of our marketplace solutions run on Linux, and we support open source native PaaS services, as well. Beyond the workload level, we contribute back to the upstream Linux and Kubernetes communities that many of the modern and cloud native architectures rely on.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Run Linux VMs in Azure 03:01 - Move an open source app from on-prem into Azure 06:04 - How to migrate VMs 07:36 - How to move database into Azure 10:52 - Repackage your VM to run as a container 12:40 - Configure an app 13:31 - Other options 14:48 - Wrap up

► Link References: To find information related to Linux running on Azure, check out https://azure.com/Linux Go to Azure migrate and test out a migration at https://aka.ms/azuremigrate Find the tools to migrate your data stores at https://aka.ms/datamigration Deploy Red Hat solutions on Azure at https://Azure.com/RedHat Run SUSE Linux on Azure at https://Azure.com/SUSE For more on Azure, go to https://Azure.com/AzureMigrate

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Microsoft Viva Insights | Improve productivity and wellbeing | Demo and tutorial, including set-up Jun 17, 2021

See how Microsoft Viva Insights delivers data-driven privacy, protected insights, and recommended actions to help individuals and teams improve productivity and wellbeing. Engineering leader, Kamal Janardhan, joins Jeremy Chapman for a deep dive and a view of your options for configuration.

If you're new to Microsoft Viva, it comprises four modules that deliver new employee experiences across knowledge, communications, learning, and insights, all in the context of your work. These leverage the foundational technologies of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph and AI to deliver a modern employee experience platform.

With hybrid work at home and in the office as the new normal, Viva Insights gives individuals, managers, and leaders the insight to develop healthier work habits and a better work environment. It is an intelligent experience designed to leverage MyAnalytics, Workplace Analytics, and Exchange Online to deliver insights that recommend actions to help prioritize well-being and productivity.

As an individual: Get personalized reminders to book focus time or to take regular mental breaks. Integration with Headspace brings in guided meditations to help relax your mind.

As a manager and a leader: Get granular visibility into work patterns to detect trends like burnout. Stay more connected with your team and minimize attrition.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - What is Viva Insights? 02:52 - Individual user experience 07:43 - Configuration 08:40 - Manager & leader experience 09:42 - Org leader experience 10:43 - Customization 11:40 - Privacy 12:26 - Wrap up

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Microsoft Teams certified accessory tour | Modern Headsets, Speaker, Webcam & Surface Headphones 2+ Jun 16, 2021

Take a look at the latest Microsoft hardware innovations in support of remote and hybrid work at home and in the office. Engineering leader, Branden Powell, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how the new Microsoft and Surface accessories deliver the best experience on Microsoft Teams.

All our accessories are made with premium materials, so they look great and are built to last. They're compact and lightweight to optimize your space, no matter where you're working from. We've prioritized all-day comfort and mobility, and everything is certified for use with Microsoft Teams to give you a great online meeting experience. The convergence of hardware plus software helps minimize meeting fatigue, so you can stay fresh and in the flow of your work.

The latest round of accessories is available today: Surface Headphones 2+ for Business, Modern USB, Modern Wireless Headsets, Modern USB-C Speaker, and the new Modern Webcam.

► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - Mobility 02:26 - Comfort 03:26 - Microsoft Teams button 04:08 - Mute button 06:20 - Dongle vs. Bluetooth 07:23 - Audio and video experiences 09:24 - Accessories work across platforms 10:09 - Wrap up

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Zero Trust for Endpoints and Applications - Essentials Series - Episode 3 Jun 10, 2021

See how you can apply Zero Trust principles and policies to your endpoints and apps; the conduits for users to access your data, network, and resources. Jeremy Chapman walks through your options, controls, and recent updates to implement the Zero Trust security model.

Our Essentials episode gave a high-level overview of the principles of the Zero Trust security model, spanning identity, endpoints, applications, networks, infrastructure, and data. For Zero Trust, endpoints refer to the devices people use every day — both corporate or personally owned computers and mobile devices. The prevalence of remote work means devices can be connected from anywhere and the controls you apply should be correlated to the level of risk at those endpoints. For corporate managed endpoints that run within your firewall or your VPN, you will still want to use principles of Zero Trust: Verify explicitly, apply least privileged access, and assume breach.

We've thought about the endpoint attack vectors holistically and have solutions to help you protect your endpoints and the resources that they're accessing.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 01:16 - Register your endpoints 01:49 - Configure and enforce compliance 02:31 - Search policies with new settings catalog 03:15 - Group Policy analytics 04:00 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 04:36 - Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) 06:36 - Reverse proxy 07:06 - Authentication context 08:44 - Anomaly detection policies 09:21 - Wrap up

► Link References:

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Microsoft Viva Learning | Personalized learning experience through Microsoft 365 Jun 07, 2021

Go deeper on Microsoft Viva Learning, a central place for individuals and teams to discover personal learning content and build skills within the flow of everyday work. Swati Jhawar, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Viva, joins Jeremy Chapman to share options for setup, learning content curation, and integration with your existing learning management system.

Microsoft Viva has four modules (Connections, Insights, Topics & Learning) that deliver new employee experiences in the context of their work. Viva leverages the foundational technologies of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph and AI to deliver a modern employee experience platform.

With Viva Learning, you have a center for personalized skill development that offers a unique social experience where learning content is available in the flow of work. It recommends and manages the progress of key trainings all from one place and is built on top of SharePoint, Microsoft Search, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Graph, and Substrate.

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00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - What is Viva Learning? 02:35 - See the personal learning experience 04:46 - How to share content 06:40 - Content within Teams app and others 08:04 - Setup for admins 09:03 - How to configure required training 10:14 - What’s next for Viva Learning? 10:46 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Watch our Essentials episode at https://aka.ms/VivaEssentials Build out your SharePoint site with a step-by-step guide at https://aka.ms/SPVivaLearning For the latest news and updates go to https://aka.ms/vivalearning Check out the rest of our series for Microsoft Viva at https://aka.ms/VivaMechanics

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Power Apps for ProDevs | APIs, DevOps & Publishing to Microsoft Teams Jun 03, 2021

Take a closer look at how the Power Platform can be used for professional developers’ most demanding business apps. Per Mikkelsen, GPM for Microsoft Power Platform, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share how you can build APIs as serverless functions, integrate Power Apps as part of your CI/CD pipelines, and publish Power Apps to Microsoft Teams for increased discoverability.

The Power Platform is designed for any app and any developer. We've set out to remove a lot of the pain in the software development process and speed things up that can take a lot of time. This makes it simple to build new apps or extend existing apps, fast.

Most of what you need to build your UI and to integrate your business logic and workflow processes can be done by the Power Platform. It sits on top of Dataverse to give you a powerful and managed data backend for any data, so that you have common data and logic stack that all your apps and services can use. On top of that, we give you all 400 data connectors, which seamlessly connect with the barrier systems and services that you may have in your organization. And if you need more custom logic on the backend, you also have all the coding environments available in Azure.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 01:55 - Build complex apps 03:00 - T-Mobile example app 04:41 - How to build custom APIs 08:52 - How Power Apps works with existing DevOps or CI/CD processes 11:35 - How to make apps more discoverable 12:11 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Watch our show on Dataverse at https://aka.ms/DataverseMechanics If you're using Azure DevOps, check out https://aka.ms/PowerBuildTools For more on governance capabilities available with the Power Platform, go to https://aka.ms/GovernPowerPlatform Check out the new learning path we published at https://aka.ms/FusionDevPath

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Microsoft Project and Dynamics 365 Project Operations | Updates for 2021 Jun 01, 2021

Take a look at new project management options from Microsoft, and how they meet your project needs. From integrated experiences with Microsoft Teams using Project for the web, all the way to Project Operations in Dynamics 365 to support the delivery of project-based services with seamless integration into your ERP system, and manage all phases of your projects.

We've set out to take our mature project management engine with Microsoft Project, and make project management more accessible to everyone in your organization. George Bullock, joins host Jeremy Chapman, to share project management options for sophisticated projects.

Project for the web

Now use it within the context of Microsoft Teams. Easy to create and manage projects — see completed tasks, track progress, and modify details Contacts are in Teams, natively, right in your directory service.

Dynamics 365 Project Operations

Project for the web capabilities are embedded within, so core project planning and resource management is the same. Expanded set of capabilities across sales management and project accounting. Easily manage your entire project life cycle, from planning to billing and finance.

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00:00 - Introduction 02:32 - Project for the web in Teams 04:30 - How to manage a more sophisticated project 06:06 - Project Operations in Dynamics 365 08:46 - Billing capabilities 09:33 - Finance capabilities 09:59 - Set up: Project for the web 10:47 - Set up: Project Operations 11:27 - Wrap up

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Microsoft Viva Connections | Curated Organization and Personal Experience May 24, 2021

Take a look at the new Microsoft Viva Connections, part of your Microsoft 365 subscription, that provides a curated, company branded experience in the context of the apps used every day, like Microsoft Teams. Adam Harmetz, lead engineer, joins host Jeremy Chapman to walk through the user experience, how to set it up, and options for personalizing information sharing by role.

If you're new to Microsoft Viva, it comprises four modules that deliver new employee experiences across knowledge, communications, resources, learning and insights. These leverage the foundational technologies of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and AI to deliver a modern employee experience platform.

Viva Connections is specifically about boosting employee engagement. This spans everyone in your organization, from everyday users, specific groups in departments, to frontline workers. It expands on your SharePoint home site and newsfeed and is designed to offer a destination that delivers personalized news, conversations, and commonly used resources.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - Desktop UX 02:24 - Web UX 03:32 - How to set it up through PowerShell 05:54 - Mobile UX 07:26 - How to build adaptive cards 09:40 - Audience targeting 10:34 - How to get started 11:15 - Wrap up

► Link References:

To get started and find PowerShell scripts, go to https://aka.ms/VivaConnectionsPSBlog

Watch our Essentials episode at https://aka.ms/VivaEssentials

Set up Global Nav in your SharePoint Homesite at https://aka.ms/SetupGlobalNav

Watch the rest of our series on Microsoft Viva at https://aka.ms/VivaMechanics

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Zero Trust Identity Controls - Essentials Series - Episode 2 May 24, 2021

Tour your identity options when moving to the Zero Trust security model. Our last Essentials episode gave a high-level overview of the Zero Trust security model principles: identity, endpoints, applications, networks, infrastructure, and data.

Join our host, Jeremy Chapman, as he unpacks the foundational layer of the model with identity. As the primary control plane for Zero Trust, it acts as the front door for people, service accounts, and devices as each requests access to resources. Identity is at the core of the Zero Trust concepts of never trust, always verify and grant the appropriate level of access through the principle of least privilege.

Verify Explicitly Azure AD - easily implement additional protections to verify explicitly Multi-factor authentication (MFA) - requires an additional authentication factor. Replace passwords with Microsoft Authenticator, Windows Hello, or FIDO2 keys. Activity reports in the Authentication methods - see who’s capable of MFA and passwordless authentication, how many recent registrations and by type. Usage - see the distribution of MFA sign-ins and by method, as well as the number of password changes and resets.

Least Privilege access Conditional Access in Azure AD - uses real-time intelligence at the time of sign-in to assess the risk level, then blocks or grants access. Built-in Insights and Reporting - expose the impact of enabled policies pre- and post enforcement.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction 00:37 - Demo in Azure AD 01:47 - Azure AD Application Proxy 02:50 - How to set up multi-factor authentication 04:44 - Activity Reports for admins 05:21 - Least privileged access and conditional access 07:22 - Conditional Access Insights and Reporting 08:16 - Wrap up

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Control & Management of Microsoft Viva Topics May 17, 2021

Take a deep dive on Microsoft Viva Topics, which uses AI to organize information into accessible knowledge within the apps and services you use every day. Walk through the admin experience for setup, as well as the controls available to publish and curate topic pages and ensure content accuracy. CJ Tan, Lead Program Manager, joins host Jeremy Chapman to cover the overall experience for users, knowledge managers, and admins.

If you're new to Microsoft Viva, it comprises four modules that deliver new employee experiences across knowledge, communications, resources, learning and insights. These leverage the foundational technologies of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and AI to deliver a modern employee experience platform.

Viva Topics builds a system that transforms information into knowledge and actively delivers it to you in the context of your work. As many of us are working remotely or in more hybrid office environments, it can be harder to stay informed. With Topics, we connect you to the knowledge and the people closest to it.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

01:45 - See how Topics works

03:46 - AI behind the scenes

04:57 - Knowledge manager experience

07:47 - User experience

09:25 - Admin experience- how to set it up

10:58 - Protect sensitive information

12:01 - Scope who can contribute

13:37 - Manually create topics immediately

► Link References:

Watch our Essentials episode at https://aka.ms/VivaEssentials

Find additional tutorials and guidance at https://aka.ms/vivatopics

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Zero Trust Security Implementation - Essentials Series - Episode 1 May 13, 2021

Adopt a Zero Trust approach for security and benefit from the core ways in which Microsoft can help. In the past, your defenses may have been focused on protecting network access with on-premises firewalls and VPNs, assuming everything inside the network was safe. But as corporate data footprints have expanded to sit outside your corporate network, to live in the Cloud or a hybrid across both, the Zero Trust security model has evolved to address a more holistic set of attack vectors.

Based on the principles of “verify explicitly”, “apply least privileged access” and “always assume breach”, Zero Trust establishes a comprehensive control plane across multiple layers of defense:

Identity: Azure Active Directory assigns identity and conditional access controls for your people, the service accounts used for apps and processes, and your devices.

Endpoints: Microsoft Endpoint Manager assures devices and their installed apps meet your security and compliance policy requirements

Applications: Microsoft Endpoint Manager can be used to configure and enforce policy management. Microsoft Cloud App Security can discover and manage Shadow IT services in use.

Network: Get a number of controls, including Network Segmentation, Threat protection, and Encryption.

Infrastructure: Azure landing zones, Blueprints and Policies can ensure newly deployed infrastructure meets compliance requirements for cloud resources. Azure Security Center and Log Analytics help with configuration and software update management for on-premises, cross-cloud and cross-platform infrastructure. Data Limit data access to only the people and processes that need it.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

00:37 - Six layers of defense

02:31 - Identity

03:48 - Endpoints

04:48 - Applications

05:46 - Network

06:36 - Infrastructure

07:18 - Data

08:11 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

Learn more at https://aka.ms/zerotrust

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Introduction to Microsoft Viva, an Employee Experience Platform May 10, 2021

Tour Microsoft Viva, the new employee experience platform that connects learning, insights, resources, and communication. Viva is a unique set of curated and AI enriched experiences built on top of and integrated with the foundational services of Microsoft 365. Join Jeremy Chapman as he shares Viva’s capabilities, the underlying tech, and your core options for enabling and configuring Microsoft Viva as a team leader or admin.

Microsoft Viva’s 4 core modules:

Viva Topics - builds a knowledge system for your organization

Viva Connections - boosts employee engagement

Viva Learning - creates a central hub to discover learning content and build new skills

Viva Insights - recommends actions to help improve productivity and wellbeing

As an employee:

Get more time to focus and recharge – no matter where you’re working from.

Connect with others, stay informed and engaged.

Accelerate learning new skills, and balance your time at work.

At an organizational level:

Boost morale and retention and the overall success of your organization.

Foster a new culture of support for employees, so even when not physically together with colleagues, they feel connected to collective goals.

Employees can easily leverage the knowledge and connections of their work community to get things done and feel invested in their career growth.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - Viva Topics

01:54 - Viva Connections

02:21 - Viva Learning

02:56 - Viva Insights

03:38 - Implementing Viva

04:18 - Upcoming highlights

05:49 - Privacy and security

06:50 - Platform extensibility

08:21 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

For deep dives on all the Viva modules, go to https://aka.ms/VivaMechanics

Learn more at https://aka.ms/Viva

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