Microsoft Tech News and Product Updates: 10/18/20

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. Please find below an overview of last weeks product news, post and announcements. 

Product News, Tech Posts & Announcements from last week

Azure Infrastructure
Make the most of Azure to reduce your cloud spend	YouTube
What’s new for Azure VMware solution to accelerate cloud migration	YouTube
What is Azure Hybrid Benefit?	Tech Community
Bring compute, storage, and intelligence to the edge with Azure Stack Edge	Azure Friday
Business Applications
Introducing an empowering new role: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker	Power Apps
Solving automation challenge at Microsoft with citizen development, Microsoft Power Platform	IT Showcase
Azure AI & IoT | Smart Office Reopening with RXR Realty	Mechanics
Delivering Better Customer Experience with Omni Channel	Channel 9
Highlights from Dynamics 365 release wave 2	Dynamics
Windows
Disabling legacy scripting engine JScript in Internet Explorer	IT Pro
App Dev
Apps can now narrate what they see in the world as well as people do	Cognitive Services
Announcing Azure Data Explorer data connector for Azure Synapse (preview)	Synapse
Build your full-PaaS IoT solution with Azure SQL Database	Azure SQL
Microsoft AI breakthrough in automatic image captioning	YouTube
Microsoft 365
Learning and Networking Days – two FREE, one-day events from the EU Collaboration Summit event team	Microsoft 365
Managing communities & channels in Teams	YouTube
What is Microsoft Teams? How to use the new version. (2021)	Mechanics
Security
Azure Defender for IoT is now in public preview	IoT
What is Conditional Access	Docs
Top 10 Best Practices for Azure Security	Tech Community
Securing Administrative Access to Microsoft Cloud App Security and Defender for Identities	Security
CISO Stressbusters: 7 tips for weathering the cybersecurity storms	Security
Announcing the Zero Trust Deployment Center	Security
Manufacturing	Manufacturing Blog
Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Addressing Industrial Digital Transformation Challenges Together	Industry Week
Cyber Risks Continue to Grow in Manufacturing	MAPI
Suspicious Minds: Non-Technical Signs Your Business Might Have Been Hacked	NIST

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Microsoft Tech News and Product Updates: 9/21/2020

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. Please find below an overview of last weeks product news, post and announcements. 

Ignite virtual conference is this week, click image below to goto myignite and register.

Product News, Tech Posts & Announcements from last week

Azure Infrastructure
How to monitor Kubernetes workloads with Azure Monitor for Containers	Azure
Preparing for what’s next: Building landing zones for successful cloud migrations	Azure
Simplify financial reporting with cost allocation—now in preview	Azure
NFS 4.1 support for Azure Files is now in preview	Azure
Azure Shared Disk Support for Clustered SAP ASCS/SCS on Windows Cluster	SAP
Business Applications
Microsoft Learn LTI Application	Tech Community
Your guide to Microsoft Business Applications sessions at Ignite 2020	Dynamics 365
Power Apps at Microsoft Ignite Virtual Conference	PowerApps
Windows
Planning for new capabilities in Windows 10	Tech Community
App Dev
Azure Container Instances – Docker integration now in Docker Desktop stable release	Azure
Microsoft announces new Project OneFuzz framework, an open source developer tool to find and fix bugs at scale	Secure Coding
Query options in Azure Synapse Analytics	James Serra
You’re Not Solving the Problem You Think You’re Solving	AI Show
Microsoft 365
OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – August 2020	OneDrive
Microsoft Ignite 2020 guide to SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, Stream, Visio and Lists	Tech Community
Your Guide to Microsoft Teams @ Ignite 2020	Tech Community
Microsoft 365 Network Connectivity Guide to Ignite 2020	Tech Community
Enable a Seamless Remote Work Experience for your Users	Tech Community
Guide to Microsoft Ignite 2020 – Task Management Edition	Tech Community
Microsoft 365 Admin Guide to Ignite 2020 (Part 1) – IT Efficiency and Agility	Tech Community
Project Cortex Update – Getting Ready for Ignite 2020	Tech Community
Deploying Microsoft Teams across Microsoft hinged on good governance	IT Showcase
Security
What’s new: Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection connector in Public Preview	Tech Community
Secure external collaboration using sensitivity labels	Security
STRONTIUM: Detecting new patterns in credential harvesting	Threat
Microsoft Security: Use baseline default tools to accelerate your security career	Security
Manufacturing	Manufacturing Blog
Where Will Manufacturing Get Highly Skilled Workers for the Digital Revolution?	Industry Week
Webcast: Modernizing Technician Training with Augmented Reality	PTC
OT Is Low-Hanging Fruit for Cybercriminals: What to Do about It	Industry Week
Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably	Innovation
Manufacturers: Pre-Purchase Guide for Equipment	NIST
How AI and Automation Benefit the Supply Chain	MBT

View previous weeks news, tech posts and announcements here on Linkedin or follow me on Twitter @MrLouisG

Your Microsoft team  and I value your partnership and we are committed to helping you achieve more.  Please reach out to us if you need assistance. Have a great week!