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Yammer is committed to strengthening the alignment of Yammer to Microsoft 365. This means we will no longer support tenants having more than one home Yammer network. This change will ensure Yammer networks have the same organizational boundaries as their corresponding M365 tenants. Integrating Yammer more fully into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem has been a multi-year effort and new networks created since October 2018 have not permitted this 1:Many configuration. Similarly, new Yammer networks provisioned after January 2020 have been created in Native Mode. In September 2022, the enforcement of Native Mode was announced. Automated network consolidation is an important prereq…

Microsoft Priva is generally available to GCC, GCC High and DoD Safeguard personal data, automate risk mitigation, and manage subject rights requests with Microsoft Priva. For years, existing privacy regulations like the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been paving the path for how government organizations prioritize privacy. As the privacy landscape continues to evolve, the way that government organizations respond to privacy regulations will be critical to maintaining their privacy posture and responding to constituent requests. Microsoft’s newest security brand category, Microsoft Priva, was first announced at Ignite in 2021—today,…

This blog is part two of a three-part series focused on facilitating programmatic data pulls from Microsoft APIs. In part one of this series we discussed how an organization can leverage an Azure AD application registration and OAuth authentication to allow API access to alerts, incidents, and data in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. This API access can enable programmatic Advanced Hunting queries and data pulls to improve hunting consistency, efficiency, speed, and completeness. We specifically provided a high-level overview of the general methodology that can be used, broken down into 5 main steps, and provided details on how one…

One of the core challenges our customers face is how to protect data in their environment. While the cloud enables new scenarios with hybrid and remote workforces, the boundaries have shifted considerably. In the past, data was stored inside a trusted perimeter protected by network boundaries, but that’s no longer the case. With the nature of modern work, sensitive documents are stored in SaaS apps rather than on a network appliance sitting on-premises. Organizations need to adapt to keep workers productive while still protecting their data. Data protection is complex in the modern infrastructure and a common question we get from customers is “What tools should I u…

Building on the announcement posted on the Microsoft Security blog here, I want to also share the following news with our Tech Community readers. Many of you have supported Sentinel since the early days and your ongoing engagement, feedback, and contributions are a huge part of our success. Thank you. It is our pleasure to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SEIM report. We believe this recognition is an affirmation of Microsoft Sentinel’s ability to deliver next-generation Security Operations in the cloud powered by AI and automation. Figure 1. Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event…

Quem me acompanha regularmente já sabe que eu adoro estudar e trabalhar com assuntos relacionados a desempenho no .NET, por isso estou extremamente entusiasmado com a nova versão. Segundo o Stephen Toub essa nova versão é a que apresentou um dos maiores saltos qualitativos em desempenho na história do .NET Core. São muitas melhorias em diversos pontos do Framework, nesse primeiro artigo vou focar nas melhorias em relação ao uso de Threads, assunto este tão presente na nossa vida quando estamos desenvolvendo aplicações Web. Múltiplas Filas Globais O ThreadPool conta com uma fila global de tarefas, onde qualquer thread pode enfileirar ou desenfileira…

Holiday shopping is coming up. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday will test your app’s limits, and so it’s time for the technical teams to ensure that the digital platforms deliver when it is needed the most. Be it shopping applications on the web and mobile or payment gateways or banking systems supporting payments or inventory systems or billing systems – anything and everything associated with the shopping season should be prepared to face the load. You don't want to lose that 1 in a 40 visitor that actually makes a purchase. App resilience is imperative to keep up with the higher customer demand during the holiday season. A key approach to …

After three years apart, we are excited to gather as a community at PASS Data Community Summit 2022. This event takes place November 15 to 18 and marks an exciting “homecoming” for data professionals! We can’t wait for the opportunity to connect, both face-to-face in the Seattle Convention Center and virtually to share how recent advancements across the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform can empower you and your organization. With more than 300 sessions from industry-leading global speakers, PASS Summit is an incredible opportunity to learn and network with the best minds in data. PASS Summit features a great line up of content, both in-person and virtual, with top…

Welcome to our monthly update for Teams for Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community! We’ve been working on some great new updates that we’re excited to share with you, so here’s what’s new this month. Enjoy! What’s New in Assignments OneNote Class Notebook viewer for Teams Mobile Instant Poll in Teams Meeting Intelligent Chat Message Translation in Teams for iOS and Android Open Existing Whiteboards in Teams Meetings Insert online videos in Whiteboard in Teams View Parent Contact Details on Teams Mobile Assign Seats in Together Mode New Set-up and Configuration options in Career Coach 1. What’s New in Assi…

Steps for Installing the third-party .whl packages into DEP-enabled Azure Synapse Spark instances It is really challenging when you need to install third-party .whl packages into a DEP-enabled Azure Synapse Spark Instance. According to the documentation, Manage Apache Spark packages - Azure Synapse Analytics Installing packages from PyPI is not supported within DEP-enabled workspaces. Hence we cannot just upload the .whl packages into the workspace. We need to upload all the dependencies along with the .whl package and it will be an offline installation. Now Synapse spark clusters come with in-built packages and hence we may find some conflicts when we try to …

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching puts professional developer tools, software, and services from Microsoft in the hands of faculty and students with plans that come as a part of various Academic Volume Licensing Agreements. Students receive developer tools at no cost! They also get Friction free access to Azure for Student and access to learning and training resources including Microsoft FREE certification all from within the Azure Portal Education Blade! This is a one stop resource for everything needed to create apps, games, and websites. As an administrator of the Azure Dev Tools for Teaching subscription, you'll be able to: Mana…

Summary Microsoft recently fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB (currently in preview) reported by Orca Security. Customers not using Jupyter Notebooks (99.8% of Azure Cosmos DB customers do NOT use Jupyter notebooks) were not susceptible to this vulnerability. The bug was introduced on August 12th and fully patched worldwide … Microsoft Mitigates Vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB Read More » Continue reading...

Many work apps need the ability to schedule a meeting with others in their organization. Here's how to do it for apps connected to Microsoft 365. Work apps need work data Work apps serve a specific purpose: they help you track projects, follow orders or manage resources. But rarely do they contain all the information that users need to complete their work. Typically, information about people, their calendars, or communication is stored elsewhere, like in Microsoft 365. And that's a shame because completing a task requires users to switch between different apps, which is detrimental to their productivity. Unless of course, you bring work data into your work app…

The self-hosted gateway is an optional, containerized version of the default managed gateway included in every API Management service. It allows you to deploy a gateway in a separate environment where to host your APIs, such as on-prem or AKS. For self-hosted gateway general knowledge, you can refer to this APIM self-hosted gateway official document. In this article, we will not go over the basic concept and usage scenarios. As the self-hosted gateway v2 was released in early 2022, we will focus on the main differences between v1 and v2, as well as some frequently asked questions that are not mentioned in the official document. Section 1: Dependency difference…

In this blog, we'll take a look at how to leverage the Apache Commons Net library to build an FTP client running in Azure Spring App and interacts with an external FTP server. During the set up, I encountered several SSL connections issues for different reasons. So, I would also like to discuss how to troubleshoot SSL connection issue and useful tools we could leverage. Step 1: Create a simple Spring Web application with FTPClient or FTPSClient SDK 1. create the project import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient; import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient; import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFile; public static void main(String[] args){ …

Security teams in both small and large organizations track key metrics to make critical security decisions, as well as identify meaningful trends in their organization over time. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has rich, built-in reporting capabilities that provide insights into your security posture. However, sometimes security teams require custom reporting solutions to create dedicated views, combine multiple data sources, and get additional insights to meet their needs. In this blog, we will showcase an example on how you can leverage Power BI and the Microsoft 365 Defender Advanced Hunting APIs to build a custom dashboard and share a template that you can cu…

Confidential Computing with Serverless Functions By Roy Hopkins, R3 Serverless functions are a cloud-native development model that allows customers to build applications and services without having to manage infrastructure. Services such as Azure Functions automatically scale based on demand and charge only for the actual time spent executing the application code. The simplicity of provisioning, managing, and scaling serverless functions makes them extremely popular and provides a compelling reason to move workloads to the cloud. However, there are downsides and concerns when working with Function as a Service (FaaS) platforms which can prevent some ent…

Welcome to our blog series featuring training content aligned to Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity (SCI) solutions on Microsoft Learn. This month, we’re highlighting the latest learning opportunities and resources from Microsoft Ignite. Join the Protect Everything Cloud Skills Challenge There’s still time to get in on the action! Learn about attack vectors, cyberthreats, incident management, and Kusto Query Language (KQL) in the Microsoft Ignite: Protect Everything Cloud Skills Challenge. Complete the modules in this Cloud Skills Challenge by November 9, 2022, to earn a free Microsoft Certification exam. Watch the On-Demand Learn Live Sessions …

Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL and React Introduction I’m so excited to ‘introduce’ you to a new addition to Azure Cosmos DB service. At Ignite 2022, Microsoft made an announcement for PostgreSQL in CosmosDB! In this blog we will show you how to connect your Front end app to the Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL service in Azure. This is the beginning of a larger series so not all the features you see on the app are complete. We will walk this journey together as we add more production level of deployment into the repo. (Aka. Key-Vault for secrets, Managed Identity and Infrastructure As Code. :)) What is Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL? Cosmos DB…

Microsoft partners like Rubrik and Standss deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from Azure Marketplace. Learn about these offers below: [attachment=25567:name] Rubrik for Microsoft 365: Safeguard your enterprise data from insider threats or ransomware with Rubrik’s air-gapped, immutable, access-controlled backups, while continuously monitoring and remediating data risks. Rubrik Zero Trust Data Security for Microsoft 365 offers unprecedented simplicity and performance for search and restore operations for Microsoft Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. [attachment=25568:name] SendGuard for O…

It’s not a question of Ansible or Azure Arc. Customers are leveraging Ansible and Azure Arc-enabled servers in tandem as they blend Ansible automation and governance with Azure security and monitoring. From onboarding to Azure Arc using Ansible playbooks to managing Arc-enabled servers using Ansible Automation platform to delivering key Arc scenarios using Ansible, Azure Arc meets Ansible users in their tool of choice. Layering Ansible with Azure Arc, IT admins can extend Azure’s observability and cybersecurity capabilities from cloud to edge. Onboard machines to Azure Arc-enabled servers at scale using Ansible Playbooks. Using Ansible playbooks, customers h…

By: Laura Arrizza - Product Manager 2 | Microsoft Intune, Nick Welton - Senior Product Manager | Microsoft 365 Defender, and Jess Krynitsky - Product Manager 2 | Windows Enterprise & Security Overview & Goals Microsoft Intune is excited to announce enhanced Windows Defender Firewall security capabilities that allow for reusing group settings to target devices and users. Notably, the new settings now support the use of Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) rules. These new capabilities simplify management and provide more advanced controls to configure Firewall rules, allowing admins to reuse setting groups across policies. Admins are able to create and ma…

Azure Synapse Analytics October Update 2022 Welcome to the October 2022 update for Azure Synapse Analytics! This month's update focuses on features released at Microsoft Ignite 2022, breaking from the traditional editions. Don’t forget to check out our on the Azure Synapse Analytics YouTube channel! Table of contents Data Integration New Microsoft 365 Pipeline Template Dataflows in Preview SAP Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector is now General Available [*] Apache Spark R language support with key library management capabilities is now in preview Data Integration New Microsoft 365 Pipeline Template Dataflows in Previ…