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Microsoft Tech Community Weekly Roundup – August 18, 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 Microsoft Azure expands with two new regions for AustraliaOn August 14, 2017, Microsoft announced an expansion of Azure into two new regions in Australia. Join the conversation in the Azure space.New updates to the OneDrive iOS mobile appOn August 14, 2017, Microsoft announced OneDrive 9.1 for iOS, with bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. Join the conversation in the OneDrive for Business space. Office for iPad/iPhone August 2017 releases in 35 languagesOn August 15, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of the August release of Office for iPad in 35 languages for Office365 subscribers. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Translation space. Replicated tables now in preview for Azure SQL Data WarehouseOn August 15, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of replicated tables in preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space.Why your team needs an Azure Stack OperatorOn August 15, 2017, with the introduction of Azure Stack, Microsoft announced a new Azure job role, Azure Stack Operator. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Azure Time Series Insights API, Reference Data, Ingress, and Azure UpdatesOn August 15, 2017, Microsoft announced the release of several updates to Time Series Insights based on customer feedback. Join the conversation in the Azure Analytics space.Role-Based Access Control: A Configuration Manager favorite, now in IntuneOn August 15, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of Role Based Access Control in Intune. Join the conversation in the Microsoft Intune space.Introducing Microsoft To-Do PreviewOn August 16, 2017, Microsoft announced the preview of Microsoft To-Do, a new, intelligent task management app that makes it easy to plan and manage your day. Join the conversation in the Microsoft To-Do space.Introducing Azure Event Grid – an event service for modern applicationsOn August 16, 2017, Microsoft announced Azure Event Grid, a fully-managed event routing service and the first of its kind. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Announcing the Just in Time VM Access public previewOn August 16, 2017, Microsoft announced the Just-In-Time (JIT) VM Access mechanism, now in public preview, significantly reducing your exposure to these attacks by enabling you to deny persistent access while providing controlled, audited access to VMs when needed. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Reference Architecture for a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in AzureOn August 16, 2017, Microsoft announced that the Azure CAT Patterns & Practices team has published a new reference architecture for deploying and running a?high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Reference Architecture for SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA on AzureOn August 16, 2017, Microsoft announced that the Azure CAT Patterns & Practices team has published their first reference architecture on SAP NetWeaver and SAP-HANA on Azure, which covers SAP workloads running in Azure. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Investing deeply in Terraform on AzureOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced Azure’s increased?investment in Terraform, partnering closely with HashiCorp, a well-known voice in the DevOps and cloud infrastructure management space. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Azure Service Bus .NET Standard Client Generally AvailabilityOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced that Azure Service Bus .NET Standard client is generally availability. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Azure Service Bus Java Client Generally AvailableOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Java client library version 1.0.0 for Azure Service Bus. Join the conversation in the Azure space.Announcing Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL availability in IndiaOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview availability of Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL in India data centers (Central and West India). Join the conversation in the Azure space.Imanis Data – Cloud migration, backup for your big data applications on Azure HDInsightOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced the availability of Imanis Data on Azure. Join the conversation in the Azure Data & Storage space. August 2017 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-inOn August 17, 2017, Microsoft announced a set of transformation updates for Get & Transform, a powerful set of Excel 2016 features based on the Power Query technology. Join the conversation in the Excel space.HANDY RESOURCESOffice 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. Office Localisation: Linguistic Service Roles - Who Does What?Most users of the international versions of Office apps, services and content?appreciate that there are translators who translate the English source text. Yet, few are aware that localizing Office requires hundreds of people across the globe in a variety of roles, many of which remain unknown to the public. To give you a better insight into who is involved in the localization of Office applications, services and content, we will be launching a series of posts under the title “Day in the life of …” where we will describe the daily life and work of various people participating in Office localization.?Managing your resources with Azure Cloud ShellToday’s Microsoft Mechanics demonstrates how within your browser you can use BASH or PowerShell (currently in private preview) to troubleshoot or automate your most common management tasks.Three things to consider when bringing your existing VTC into a modern meetingPexip’s recently certified for Skype for Business gateway, Pexip Infinity Fusion, offers a video interoperability solution that can scale to the largest organizations, allowing VTC users to seamlessly join Skype calls, all while retaining the user experience of each participant.Plan backup and Disaster Recovery for Azure IaaS DisksHere are a few considerations for planning the right Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) methodology for their disks. How Azure Security Center aids in detecting good applications being used maliciouslyWe’ve written in the past about how Azure Security Center helps detect malicious activity on compromised VMs, including a post detailing a?Bitcoin mining attack?and one on an?outbound DDoS attack. In many cases, attackers use a set of malicious tools to carry out these and other actions on a compromised machine. However, our team of security researchers have identified a new trend where attackers are using good application to carry out malicious actions.Career Impact: Aligning to the BusinessTo kick off the month, we talked about the importance of increased strategic alignment between business and IT. The cloud has led to increased IT collaboration with LoB management and an evolving CIO role. This means that you have the opportunity to function as a business strategist, digital leader and cybersecurity expert all in one. Are you poised for this new role?Where does your CIO sit?Consider this: Previously IT was seen (and in many cases, is still seen) as a cost center. But as the strategic role of IT grows and embeds itself more directly to the business, there is a trend of movement at the upper most layer of businesses—CIOs are moving to report directly to the CEO. In 2016, Gartner?research on the state of the CIO found that the relationship between the CEO and CIO was shifting, with the CIO becoming more of a partner and trusted ally.Skype for Business MVP Spotlight: Anthony CaragolIt's time to put the bright Microsoft Tech Community spotlight on our next Most Valuable Professional (MVP).? Please join me in saying hello to our July Spotlight – Anthony Caragol! ?INTERESTING PERSPECTIVESInfoPath support in SharePoint OnlineContributor Dean Gross wondered if InfoPath was still supported in SharePoint Online due to a pop-up message he received. A lively discussion followed and Chris McNulty from Microsoft confirmed that support was extended to 2026.Post SchedulingMVP Benjamin Elias asked the community whether they would be interested in scheduling Yammer posts ahead of time, and why they would find it helpful, getting a range of responses and testing the level of interest in the community.Connector List MissingA question was posed about an issue in Microsoft Teams where someone was missing their list of connectors. Contributor Duncan McGugan found a solution, an apps section with a setting to turn off external apps that must have accidentally got switched.UPCOMING EVENTSStart building your Microsoft Ignite schedule todayMicrosoft Ignite is just around the corner, so it’s the right time to start mapping out your own journey through the conference. We just released MyIgnite?so you can explore your favorite topics and get ready for a week packed with learning.Session Browser for IgniteMVP John White recently published this session browser for Ignite 2017. It's completely based on Power BI and the data updates several times a day as session information changes. Windows Server Storage AMADo you have questions about Windows Server storage? On August 24th, 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 Server AMA space.FEATURED SPACE Office 365We had an incredibly active Office 365 Administration AMA this week and the Office 365 space is the top trending space of the week. Join the trend and join the conversation!MEMBER OF THE WEEKMatt CoatsMatt has been a member of the community since December, contributing great content and questions in the SharePoint space. Thanks for being a member of the community, Matt! ................
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