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The Microsoft Intune Suite is now generally available—providing a set of advanced endpoint and security management solutions unified in Microsoft Intune. And, as you are always our number one priority, we are committed to equipping you with the information and technical details needed to adopt these new advanced solutions. To get up to speed on all the great features within Intune Suite, we invite you to join us for a two-day virtual skilling event, Tech Accelerator: Microsoft Intune Suite, April 11-12th, 2023. This free, technical skilling event will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about each of the new Intune Suite capabilities including Remote Help, En…

This blog contains important reminder about removing the guest user’s classic co-administrator access to subscriptions and upcoming classic cloud service deprecation on August 31st, 2024. Who will be affected? This blog post serves as an important reminder to Azure Active Directory administrators who manage guest users’ classic co-administrator access to subscriptions. To remove a guest user’s classic co-administrator access to a subscription, Azure Active Directory administrator must follow the instructions provided in the documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/classic-administrators#remove-a-co-administrator. H…

Microsoft Purview Information Barriers v2 (IB v2) is now generally available for all new onboarding customers. IB v2 has enhanced architecture which enables the following new features: Large-scale segment support: The segment limit in organizations has increased to 5,000. Multi-segment support: Users can be assigned to up to 10 segments. Flexible user discoverability: Organizations can now choose to allow IB-protected users to discover each other while adhering to IB communication and collaboration policies. What is Information Barriers? Microsoft Purview Information Barriers (IB) is a comprehensive compliance platform that allows regulated customers in fina…

Today we have an exciting announcement to share about the evolution of Microsoft Outlook for macOS. Don’t have Outlook on your Mac yet? Get Outlook for Mac in the App Store. An image demonstrating the user interface of Outlook for Mac. Outlook for Mac is now free to use Now consumers can use Outlook for free on macOS, no Microsoft 365 subscription or license necessary. Whether at home, work or school, Mac users everywhere can easily add Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo! or IMAP accounts in Outlook and experience the best mail and calendar app on macOS. The Outlook for Mac app complements Outlook for iOS – giving people a consistent, reliable, an…

As part of our commitment to continuously delivering increased value for our Azure Disk Storage customers, we are excited to introduce a cap on the number of billable Azure Standard SSD transactions. As a result, we have made changes to the billable transaction costs per hour that can result in additional cost savings.   The total cost of Azure Standard SSD Disk Storage depends on the size, number of disks, and the number of transactions. The number of transactions a disk can execute/perform/process is unchanged, so your disk will work as it always has been. However, the cost associated with these transactions is now limited and can help avoid greater costs. …

As a tech professional moving ahead in your field, you know that Microsoft Certifications are essential building blocks in your career portfolio. These globally recognized and industry-endorsed certifications validate your knowledge and expertise and prove that you’re keeping pace with today’s technology. Whether you’re a learner or you’re part of an organization that needs to empower its teams to validate their skills, you know that passing a certification exam demands an investment of time and effort. To help you increase your chances of succeeding, Microsoft Learn provides a wide array of exam readiness resources, including: prep videos in the Exam Readiness Zon…

Since the introduction of Visio for the web (then Visio Online) more than six years ago, we’ve continuously improved the viewing and file sharing experience for Visio drawings stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. And we’ll continue to bring exciting innovations to Visio for the web to enhance the diagramming experience across devices. On August 14, 2023, the Microsoft Visio Viewer app will be retired and removed from the Apple App Store, so that our team can focus our energy on making Visio for the web even better. Starting August 14, 2023, existing installations of the app on iPhone and iPad devices will continue to work. However, over time, the integration with ser…

The most important aspect of building a communication solution is ensuring that the end-user is able to successfully join a call. However, it is well known that users can face a myriad of issues, including device settings or connectivity and browser compatibility, that can make joining the web call challenging. By using the Azure Communication Services UI Library with Call Readiness, you can add quality and capability checks into the call experience upfront to turn the user experience into a delightful one. Call Readiness confirms operating system and browser compatibility, device permissions, and connectivity. These are all helpful components for your calling solu…

If you have ever taken any training modules or learned something new by going through the official documentation, the material you used was probably written or co-authored by one or many contributors. These individuals often are volunteers who offer their time and expertise to cover knowledge gaps in our portfolio or to keep the existing content current. In this series, we’ll be interviewing repeat contributors to the Microsoft Learn platform to get to know them better and to learn what motivates them to keep contributing. Today, we're thrilled to introduce you to Mike Martin, an exceptional Senior Cloud Solution Architect and Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. …

Have you ever been stuck on how to deliver a Microsoft Teams pitch to your users with the hope of driving adoption in your organization? This article/blog will walk you through engaging each unit effectively with the right adoption conversation. The Pandemic, Digital Transformation, Disruption, and Remote Work The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need to have a more critical look at the digital transformation initiatives within most organizations. Most businesses were not prepared for the disruption that came along with the effect of the pandemic. So, there was an initial Reacting to the disruption than Responding to it. Companies struggle with the…

Today we are pleased to announce Closed Captions in PowerPoint Live, a new feature in Microsoft Teams meetings that aims to help those who are Deaf or hard of hearing, have difficulty processing auditory information, have a language barrier, or who are simply joining the meeting from a loud environment, to better understand the auditory content being shared. Meeting attendees will now have the option to turn on closed captions for any video that includes a closed captions file. Closed captions in PowerPoint Live PowerPoint users who are looking to create accessible presentations can easily add closed captions to any embedded PowerPoint video directly from within…

“We are living through a period of historic economic, societal, and technological change, but for all the uncertainty we continue to see in the world one thing is clear: Organizations in every industry are turning to you and your digital capability to help them do more with less, so they can navigate this change and emerge much stronger… …Employees must be empowered and energized to do meaningful work so that they can thrive. To do so, organizations require a new system to build human, social, and knowledge capital across the entire organization. You need to help people feel aligned to the company’s mission, purpose, and business priorities. You need to help them connect…

Large enterprise and strategic customers have existing and established monitoring solutions that are a constraint for adopting new solutions such as the Azure VMware Solution. Customers do not want to adopt a new real-time monitoring framework for the Azure VMware Solution. This Syslog Forwarder function allows a customer to achieve operational excellence with the Azure VMware Solution and meet their operational management goals. The Azure VMware Solution does not currently support Syslog Forwarding to a customer Syslog server. This Syslog Forwarder function provides this capability by streaming Azure VMware Solution Diagnostic logs as a JSON.string to Azure Event …

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Monthly news March 2023 Edition [attachment=34286:name] This is our monthly "What's new" blog post, summarizing product updates and various new assets we released over the past month. In this edition, we are looking at all the goodness from February 2023. Legend: [attachment=34287:name] Product videos [attachment=34288:name] Webcasts (recordings) [attachment=34289:name] Docs on Microsoft [attachment=34290:name] Blogs on Microsoft [attachment=34291:name] GitHub [attachment=34292:name] External content [attachment=34293:name] Product improvements [attachment=34294:name] Announcements Mi…

Logic Apps Standard simplifies deployment tasks by separating infrastructure and code deployments. If you are interested in setting up the full end-to-end CI/CD pipeline for Logic Apps n Azure DeveOps, you can find detailed description of these steps in the blog Deploying Logic App Standard resource through DevOps pipeline - Microsoft Community Hub In this blog, we will explore the creation of Logic app infrastructure components using Azure Biceps template. Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that uses a declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources. In a Bicep file, you define the infrastructure you want to deploy to Azure, and then use that file throughout th…

Creating the Custom Connector A custom connector in Power Apps is a feature that allows users to create a connection between an external API or web service and their Power Apps environment. It allows Power Apps users to extend the capabilities of their applications beyond what is provided by default connectors, by creating custom connections to various web services, REST APIs, and other data sources. Custom connectors enable users to build more robust and personalized apps that meet the unique needs of their organization. Before we dive into the steps, let's take a moment to introduce the Friend Chat API, which falls under the conversation category of ChatGPT …

Enabling Remote Help on Tenant Remote help for Intune is a premium add-on that is licensed separately. So, first step in enabling Remote help is either purchasing its license for the end users or having a trial for Remote help feature. Once you have licenses available, it would be possible to enable Remote help for tenant. Snippet from Tenant Administration - Remote Help View Enabling Remote help can be done on Intune console – Tenant Admin Node – Remote Help view. As you can see in the snippet, it is disabled by default. Configurable With a click on “Configure” button. Configure Remote Help Dialog Box Configuration is straightforw…

This blog post is a collaboration between Nikhil Sira (Software Engineer), Rohitha Hewawasam (Principal Software Engineering Manager) and Kent Weare (Principal Product Manager) from the Azure Logic Apps team. Introduction We have recently published an update to how we emit telemetry for Application Insights in Azure Logic Apps (Standard). This new update is currently in Public Preview and is an opt-in feature for customers. It can be enabled without introducing risk to your telemetry. For customers who choose not to opt in, they will continue to emit telemetry using the existing method. Benefits Summary Based upon customer feedback, we had opportun…

Welcome to Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - March 2023 - the official monthly newsletter for Microsoft's Logic Apps Aviators community. Catch up on Microsoft news from us and our community. In this issue: News from our product group News from our community And remember - if you have a published something about Logic Apps and want to share with our community, make sure you use #LogicAppsAviators when you publish that on your social media. We are always looking for new contributions to share on our newsletter! News from our product group [attachment=34195:name] Microsoft Customer Story-SPAR NL readies for the future of retail…

Hi, I am Samson Amaugo, a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador. I love writing and talking about all things DotNet. I am currently a student at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. We could connect on Linkedin at My Linkedin Profile. Have you ever thought about going through all your GitHub Repositories, taking note of the languages used, aggregating them, and visualizing it on Excel? Well, that is what this post is all about except you don’t have to do it manually in a mundane way. With the Aid of the Octokit GraphQL Library and Microsoft Graph .NET SDK, you could code up a cool that automates this process. To build out th…

Happy Friday, MTC’ers! I hope you’ve had a good week and that March is treating you well so far. Let's dive in and see what’s going on in the community this week! MTC Moments of the Week First up, we are shining our MTC Member of the Week spotlight on a community member from Down Under, @Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP! True to his username, Doug has been a valued MVP for over 20 years and an active contributor to the MTC across several forums, including M365, Word, Outlook, and Excel. Thanks for being awesome, Doug! Jumping to events, on Tuesday, we closed out February with a brand new episode of Unpacking Endpoint Management all about Group Policy migration a…

In January, we announced that we've elevated our Change Data Capture features front-and-center in ADF. In ADF, CDC processes are light-weight always-running (not batch) data processing with a latency option. And up until today, the lowest latency we were allowing for CDC processing was 15 minutes. But today, I am super-excited to announce that we have enabled the real-time option! Now you can process your change data in seconds. Follow these instructions for setting up a CDC process in ADF and set the Latenc to "real-time". That's it! You won't need to build a pipeline or set a trigger. Your CDC process will continuously look for changes on your sources until y…

Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson here once again with this month’s “Check This Out!” (CTO!) guide. These posts are only intended to be your guide, to lead you to some content of interest, and are just a way we are trying to help our readers a bit more, whether that is learning, troubleshooting, or just finding new content sources! We will give you a bit of a taste of the blog content itself, provide you a way to get to the source content directly, and help to introduce you to some other blogs you may not be aware of that you might find helpful. From all of us on the Core Infrastructure and Security Tech Community blog team, thanks for your continued reading and support!…

Microsoft Graph API - um gateway para seus dados da nuvem Microsoft Um gateway é um ponto central, uma porta de entrada para o que se busca. O Microsoft Graph é exatamente isso, disponível na forma de uma API Web RESTFul (Microsoft Graph Dev Center | APIs and app development) permite que você acesse os recursos de serviço da nuvem Microsoft. É um modelo de programação unificado que você pode usar para acessar dados do Microsoft 365, Windows e Enterprise Mobility + Security. Isso significa dizer que podemos acessar e manipular dados de usuários do Azure AD e Azure AD B2C, Serviços principais do Microsoft 365 como Reservas, Calendário, Tarefas, Pesquisa da Microsof…

We are pleased to announce the general availability of FSLogix 2210 hotfix 1 (2.9.8440.42104). Huge thank you to the community of customers who have opted into our Early Release Preview list. These testers helped to ensure the fixes listed in our known issues page were resolved. What's new in FSLogix 2210 hotfix 1? During the release of 2210 GA, our team posted in the known issues page the significant change to how we were addressing identity roaming. We quickly heard from the community and our customers that this was a big problem. We quickly partnered with our identity team and created a configuration setting to re-enable this roaming behavior while a more lo…