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Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – August 25, 2017 Check out this week’s issue of Weekly Roundup for an at a glance view of hot topics and conversations. Table of Contents Product News Discussions Handy Resources Interesting Perspectives Upcoming Events Featured Group Member of the Week PRODUCT NEWS DISCUSSIONS Perform advanced analytics on Application Insights data using Jupityr NotebookOn August 21, 2017, Microsoft announced a Jupityr Notebook template that extends the power of Application Insights to help you leverage your telemetry data and better monitor the behavior of your Azure applications. Join the conversation in the Azure space.?Microsoft Intune provides support for Android OreoOn August 22, 2017, Microsoft announced day 0 support for Android Oreo for Intune. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Intune space.Microsoft and Red Hat Help Accelerate Enterprise Container AdoptionOn August 22, 2017, Microsoft announced exciting announcements along with Red Hat around container support. Join the conversation in the Azure space. Azure Network Watcher introduces Connectivity Check (Preview)On August 22, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of a new feature to?check network connectivity?in a variety of scenarios when using VM. Join the conversation in the Azure Compute space. New Microsoft Teams updates in Office 365 for EducationOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced new updates that make it even easier for educators and staff to collaborate with OneNote in Teams, for teachers to create richer assignments, and for IT administrators to manage a safe environment for their school. Join the conversation in the Education Sector community.Introducing New Connectors in Access: Microsoft Dynamics and SalesforceOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced the addition of two new connectors in our portfolio:?Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce. These two connectors are rolling out to customers with Office 365 ProPlus, E3, or E5 plans. Join the conversation in the Access space.Azure Analysis Services web designer adds visual model editing to the previewOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced the Azure Analysis Services web designer preview’s most significant new modeling feature yet, the ability to edit your model visually with the new diagram editor. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.Announcing the public preview of Azure Archive Blob Storage and Blob-Level TieringOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Archive Blob Storage and Blob-Level Tiering. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.Azure Monitor now available in Azure GovernmentOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Monitor in Azure Government. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Azure Monitor: Enhanced capabilities for routing logs and metricsOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced a new set of capabilities within Azure Monitor for routing your Azure resource diagnostic logs and metrics to?storage accounts,?Event Hubs?namespaces, or?Log Analytics?workspaces. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Azure Log Analytics – Container Monitoring Solution general availability, CNCF LandscapeOn August 23, 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability for the Container Monitoring management solution for Azure Log Analytics, available in the Azure Marketplace. Join the conversation in the Azure Log Analytics space. New notification features in Microsoft Forms – Aug 2017On August 24, 2017, Microsoft announced the email notification for new responses in Microsoft Forms. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Forms space.HANDY RESOURCESWindows Server Storage AMAOn August 24, 2017, Microsoft hosted a Windows Server Storage AMA to help answer questions. The summary from this event will be available when it’s ready in the Windows Server AMA space.Office 365 Administration AMAOn August 15, 2017, Microsoft hosted an Office 365 Administration AMA to help answer questions. The summary from this event is available in the Office 365 Administration AMA space. Excel Team really listens to our customer baseWith millions of customers worldwide, the Excel team is looking at unique and differentiated ways to connect with our customers. We know that Excel users are extremely engaged… they want to learn new skills, contribute content and knowledge back into the community and form a strong, thriving community.?We love hearing from our customers.Security and Compliance in Azure StackSecurity considerations and compliance regulations are important drivers for people that choose to control their infrastructure using private/hybrid clouds while using IaaS and PaaS technologies to modernize their applications. Azure Stack was designed for these scenarios, and as a result, security and compliance are areas of major investment for Azure Stack.Easily Access Secure Score from the Office 365 Security and Compliance CenterMany of you who follow this blog know that Office 365 Secure Score is a great security analytics tool. However not everyone knows how to access Secure Score. Today we are making easier?to discover and quickly review your security position by adding a Secure Score widget to the home page of the?Office 365 Security and Compliance Center.Really, how connected are your people?Check out this network graph from Bain & Co., which used Workplace Analytics to demonstrate the disconnectedness of its?product?and services sales groups... Customers were complaining about?the disjointed approach of the company's salespeople.?How would you know if it was happening in your organization?LOB EnablementYou’re probably managing at least one—if not multiple—cloud instances across various business units. As you plan for business transformation through digital technologies, is your cloud environment optimized to capture the value of agile implementations?Understanding the BRM roleWith both “shadow IT” and decentralized IT influencing how organizations are structured in a cloud-based economy, companies increasingly focus on IT-business alignment to achieve their strategic goals. To foster tight alignment across departments, successful companies often introduce a business relationship manager (BRM) role. The business relationship manager plays a strategic part in aligning IT and the business to maximize return on investment, and we pointed to its importance this month. Do you have BRMs on your team?INTERESTING PERSPECTIVESSharePoint Workflow or Microsoft Flow?A contributor asked whether SharePoint workflow or Microsoft Flow would be best for creating a process flow around the creation, internal approval and signing of contracts for new consultants. Several people weighed in, including Microsoft employee Stephen Siciliano, who recommended Microsoft Flow.Disk EncryptionA question was asked about encrypting a disk using the 2016 Datacenter Server Core image from Microsoft. Kent Gaardmand offered some resources and advice around this process.What to Pack for Microsoft IgniteMVP Ammar Hasayen offered some tips and tricks on what to pack for Ignite. Other community folks offered their own advice to add to this, sparking great conversation. UPCOMING EVENTSWindows 10 for Education AMADo you have questions about Windows 10 for Education? On August 31th, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT, there will be an opportunity to ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ (AMA) in the Windows 10 deployment space.FEATURED SPACE EducationWith a brand new blog that started this week, the Education space continues to be a source of thought leadership around using Microsoft products in the education sector.MEMBER OF THE WEEKAndrew WarlandA member since the community started, Andrew is a frequent contributor primarily in the SharePoint space. Thanks for being a member of the community, Andrew! ................
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