In addition to the Azure Advent Calendar 2019 and many other offers, there are more ways to learn Azure and coding microservices: Check out 25daysofserverless.com! Open 25daysofserverless.com and 25 days of serverless on GitHub and join the challenge! “There is no better way to learn a new technology than with gamification. And we’re here to help you learn Serverless once and for all with 25 daily challenges: 25 days of Serverless! Come join!” ...
As announced, this Wednesday, on November 27th, 2019, the Global Office Developer Bootcamp took place at the Microsoft office in Vienna, Austria. See some event reflections here. The world wide Global Office Developer Bootcamps 2019 (aka.ms/M365DevBootcamp) are following the success of the Developer Bootcamps 2018 held in 41 countries with over 3,400 attendees and it is now back for its 3rd year. The Bootcamps happen between October 1 to December 15, 2019. The idea is to share the latest and greatest technologies and products (Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Framework, Microsoft Teams, Office Add-ins, Connectors and Actionable Messages, Adaptive Card, Windows, Identity and more) on the Microsoft 365 platform. It was the first time we had the event in Austria. ...
Today, the Microsoft 365 Training Day for Security and Compliance took place at the Microsoft Office in Vienna. Microsoft 365 experts Martina Grom and Klaus Harrer-Nemecek provided information on the cloud security strategy and security implementation for the Modern Workplace. The interest was huge. The event was aimed at IT professionals, IT decision makers, security managers, legal and compliance managers and officers, and compliance consulting and technology partners. After the opening by Hermann Erlach, COO Microsoft Austria, our CEO Martina held the security keynote. Then the event was split into a teams and a safety track. Klaus, Security Technical Specialist at Microsoft Austria, filled the morning sessions about Microsoft 365 Security and the building blocks at a glance, Identity, and Information Protection. In the afternoon, Martina, MVP Office 365 and Microsoft Regional Director, held a workshop about the Security Immersion Experience (SIE) in Microsoft 365. See the event details here. ...
Here´s a quick tip from Mark Russinovich: Azure users, check out all updates to Azure services on the Azure heat map website. The Azure heat map at azurecharts.com shows the Azure Updates data for last 6 months visualized, constantly updated. To see the health of Azure services, check out status.azure.com/status. Enjoy working with Microsoft Azure!
Last week, the Microsoft Ignite conference took place in Orlando, Florida. Microsoft informed about its new products and services and offered over 1000 sessions and over 200 hands-on experiences to attend and watch online. This was our 5th Ignite conference and we had a blast. See some impressions here. Microsoft Ignite, including the pre-day, took place from Sunday, Nov. 3rd to Friday, Nov. 8th, 2019 in the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida, at the same location as in the past three years. The logistics worked properly and all 30,000 attendees could schedule their conference days with the Microsoft Events mobile app (see Google Play and Apple App store) and online, hang out in The Hub area - the expo hall where all partners and the Microsoft booths were located and food was provided - and attend the sessions in the West building and in the Hyatt Hotel across the street. ...
Delegate365 version 8.5 is an update to the extensive Delegate365 version 8.4. This update includes a new sync operation “Sync with security group” and some sync fixes. See a description here. New “Sync with security group” mechanism: In Administration / Sync rules, this option allows to synchronize all members of a Security Group with assigned members of an OU. After a sync, only the members of a security group are assigned to an OU. Removed members will be removed from an OU, new members are added. See a full description of this sync feature at Sync with Security Group. ...
Delegate365 version 8.5 comes with an updated sync operation for the option “Sync with security group”. This option allows to achieve a match between (specific) Office 365 security groups and Delegate365 OU´s. In short, this means that the members of a Security Group control the assigned members of an OU, and after a sync, they are identical. See a description of this sync feature here. Sample scenario To describe the “Sync with Security Group” functionality, here´s a demo. In our organization, there are branches in 3 locations: *Seattle, New York, *and London. We want to have users in some locations automatically assigned to OU´s in Delegate365. For that purpose, we are using Security Groups in Office 365 and add the users as members to these groups. So here´s the detailed scenario. ...
Delegate365 is using the Microsoft 365 and Azure standards to sign-in and to communicate with the Microsoft APIs. Here´s the best practice how to secure your environment for using Delegate365. 1. Secure your Microsoft 365 tenant Microsoft 365 provides a bunch of features to harden a tenant and to raise the Secure Score. Every administrator should start improving the security with setting Conditional Access, MFA, and policies. You can learn more about Microsoft Secure Score here. This demo tenant screenshot above is not properly configured and should definitely be secured. If your need support, we got you covered, see our Enterprise Security & Compliance Workshop offering. ...
We are excited to kick off the Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp in Vienna, Austria, on November 27, 2019! The Microsoft MVPs and community leaders invite YOU to attend this cost free developer bootcamp to learn the latest on Microsoft 365 platform such as Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Framework, Microsoft Teams, Bots, Actionable Messages and more. Learn how to apply the latest technologies to your future projects! The Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp takes place at the Microsoft Office in Vienna: ...
Effective October 1, 2019, the new licensing model for Microsoft PowerApps and Flow will apply. To clarify which functions are included where, we have compiled an overview at a glance here. To make it short, here are the key data: Every user who uses PowerApps or Flow requires a license. PowerApps can be tested for free for 30 days. PowerApps licenses will continue to include Microsoft Flow capabilities. PowerApps and Flow licenses are included in the Office 365 Academic (A), Enterprise (E) and F1 plans - as before. See the complete list at PowerApps licensing overview. So, to create and use a PowerApp or a Flow, the included license is often sufficient. ...