What is TechNet Guru Competition?

Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the best articles posted that month. This is your chance to be announced as MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY GURU OF THE MONTH!

One winner in each category will be selected each month for glory and adoration by the MSDN/TechNet Ninjas and community as a whole. Winners will be announced in dedicated blog post that will be published in Microsoft Wiki Ninjas blog, a tweet from the Wiki Ninjas Twitter account, links will be published at Microsoft TNWiki group on Facebook, and other acknowledgement from the community will follow.

Some of our biggest community voices and many MVPs have passed through these halls on their way to fame and fortune.

If you have already made a contribution in the forums or gallery or you published a nice blog, then you can simply convert it into a shared wiki article, reference the original post, and register the article for the TechNet Guru Competition. The articles must be written in May 2019 and must be in English. However, the original blog or forum content can be from before May 2019.

Come and see who is making waves in all your favorite technologies. Maybe it will be you!

Who can join the Competition?

Anyone who has basic knowledge and the desire to share the knowledge is welcome. Articles can appeal to beginners or discusse advanced topics. All you have to do is to add your article to TechNet Wiki from your own specialty category.

How can you win?

1. Please copy/Write over your Microsoft technical solutions and revelations to TechNetWiki.
2. Add a link to your new article on THIS WIKI COMPETITION PAGE (so we know you've contributed)
3. (Optional but recommended) Add a link to your article at the TechNetWiki group on Facebook. The group is very active and people love to help, you can get feedback and even direct improvements in the article before the contest starts.

Do you have any question or want more information?

Feel free to ask any questions below, or Join us at the official MicrosoftTechNet Wiki groups on facebook. Read More about TechNet Guru Awards.

If you win, people will sing your praises online and your name will be raised as Guru of the Month.

PS: Above top banner came from Rajeesh Menoth.

Ever considered creating something in the cloud, but didn’t quite know where to start? It can be a daunting subject to approach, especially if you have little to no experience working with it. Fortunately, it’s never been easier to see what you can do.

The best way to learn something new has always been getting hands-on, which is why you can use a free Azure trial to test out some of the tools and services. That way, at the end of the 30-day trial, you’ll know a lot more about cloud computing and what you can do with it.

To start you off, here are a few things you can do with your Azure trial.

Create a WordPress website

This is one of the easiest things you can do with Azure, and whether or not you plan to keep a website in the cloud, it’s good practice for becoming more accustomed to Azure tools and features. This will also give you a basic idea of how to set up other kinds of websites, perfect if you’ve long been planning to get a portfolio website put together!

In the Azure toolbar, navigate to the ‘Web Sites’ tab and click the ‘Create a web site’ button. From here, it’s as simple as selecting WordPress as your website of choice, then following through some basic setup. Once that’s finished, Azure will initiate build and deploy operations.

Once Azure has completed those operations, you’re ready for the final step. Simply navigate back to the ‘Web Sites’ tab and select your new site. You’ll need to run through some basic WordPress setup, but you’ll now have a functioning website! Try playing with the settings to see what kind of control you have when running it in the cloud.

During the trial, you can run up to ten websites. The DNS name will be fixed for the duration of the trial, but your URLs will be fully customisable if you have a full account.

Store some files

With the free credit in your trial account, you can use up to 8TB of storage. While you’re learning the basics of Azure, why not create some storage and host some files? This might be where you would want to keep server files, but you may also need to share documents with people you’re collaborating with on a project. With all that storage, it’s perfect for moving large video files, too.

To do this, navigate to the ‘Storage accounts’ option in the Azure navigation menu. From here you can create a storage account; in this instance, we want to use the ‘files’ type of storage. Once that’s set up, you can create a file share instance and define how large you want it to be. You have up to 8TB, so don’t worry about running out of space just yet!

With this in place, you’ll be able to select that file share and upload/download files. Try it out, and see if you finally have a good way to send large files to your friends.

Next steps

Now you’ve seen a little of what you can do with Azure. Hopefully it will have got you thinking about what you’d like to do with it, but if you're looking for more small projects to complete during your trial, here are a few suggestions:

• Set up Linux and Windows virtual machines
• Create an automatic backup of files to the cloud
• Create and host a web or mobile app
• Create a Twitter bot

These are some of the simpler uses of the cloud, but you’ll soon find yourself more confident and ready to take on larger projects. Perhaps you'll use it on large volumes of data for machine learning, running high-demand computing, or even getting to grips with the IoT Developer Center.

The free trial is a fantastic way to get started with cloud computing, so try it out and experiment. By the end of the 30 days, perhaps you’ll have your eyes on an exciting project or two!

Resources

• Start a free Azure trial and see what you can do!
• Find out how you can do more with Azure
• Visit Microsoft Learn for free resources on cloud computing and many other subjects

Check out the attached list of technical webinars for next week, to help you build your technical depth. Through these live, instructor-led webinars, you will receive interactive guidance with real-time Q&A capabilities - all at no cost to Microsoft Partner Network members!

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To find additional dates and times for the webinars above, as well as the full suite of webinars and consultations available, visit aka.ms/TechnicalJourney.

April's update focused on new security and compliance capabilities, along with some interesting new or enhanced end-user features. As usual, you can find the video playlist at https://aka.ms/m365update-youtube. The transcript, including links to additional information on everything we cover, can be accessed by clicking on the following link: Microsoft-365-Update-April-2019-Transcript-and-Resources-Guide.

Please also respond to our viewer survey at https://aka.ms/m365updatesurvey.

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Por: Chris Stetkiewicz

Wisam Hirzalla, directora de mercadotecnia de producto para Microsoft Azure, em el campus de Microsoft en Redmond, Washington. Foto por Dan DeLong para Microsoft.

Hace tan solo unos años, la inteligencia artificial era en su mayor parte relegada a universidades y laboratorios de investigación, un encantador concepto de ciencias de la computación con poco uso en los negocios importantes. Hoy, la IA es integrada en todo, desde su refrigerador a su aplicación favorita para hacer ejercicio.

Lance Olson, director de gestión de programa para IA aplicada en Microsoft. Foto por Microsoft.

“En verdad es emocionante, porque hay un nuevo avance cada mes, o cada semana”, comentó Lance Olson, director de gestión de programa para IA aplicada en Microsoft. “Cada vez más, las conversaciones cambian de discutir el arte de lo posible a llegar al siguiente nivel de implementación en un proyecto específico”.

Aun así, muchas compañías batallan en conseguir sus metas de IA, pues el suministro de científicos de datos y expertos en IA no ha mantenido el paso de la creciente demanda. Crear modelos de IA es un trabajo difícil. Y luego viene la complicación de producirlos, y mantenerlos en funcionamiento. Los datos envejecen, mucho más rápido que el código, lo que hace menos precisos a los modelos conforme el mundo cambia a nuestro alrededor.

En su conferencia Microsoft Build 2019, la compañía comenta que está enfocada en ayudar a todos los desarrolladores, incluso a aquellos sin preparación en IA o ciencia de los datos, a que utilicen sus herramientas y servicios para entregar los grandes beneficios que más y más clientes esperan.

“La IA y el aprendizaje automático pueden convertir en héroes a los desarrolladores, por su capacidad de entregar a los clientes experiencias en verdad personalizadas, super inmersivas”, comentó Wisam Hirzalla, directora de bases de datos operacionales y mercadotecnia de producto blockchain en Microsoft. “Queremos facilitar a cualquier compañía el uso de tecnología”.

Aprendizaje automático simplificado y automatizado

Con este fin, Microsoft anuncia nuevas capacidades para su servicio Azure Machine Learning basado en la nube, con una meta de permitir a desarrolladores y profesionales de cualquier nivel de habilidades, construir modelos avanzados de aprendizaje automático.

Podemos pensar en los practicantes de IA en tres categorías, de acuerdo con Bharat Sandhu, director de inteligencia artificial en Microsoft. Primero, tenemos desarrolladores y científicos de datos a los que les gusta escribir código. Quieren construir modelos de aprendizaje automático, a través de herramientas y procesos que ya conocen. Para ellos, Azure Machine Learning ofrece un “modelo donde el código es primero”, en el cual pueden utilizar las herramientas de desarrollo que quieran.

Un segundo grupo, que incluye a expertos en dominio de negocios, tal vez conozca mucho sobre datos, pero no sabe mucho sobre aprendizaje automático o código. Para esos clientes, la experiencia de aprendizaje automático automatizado de Azure Machine Learning es una opción “sin código”, accesible sin tener que escribir una sola línea de código.

“Una tercera categoría de gente, que están en proceso de aprender conceptos de aprendizaje automático, quieren hacer sus propios modelos, pero no son programadores. Pueden ser profesionales de TI, o personas con antecedentes en estadística o matemáticas”, comentó Sandhu. “Para esos clientes, ofrecemos una experiencia de arrastrar y soltar para hacer modelos de manera visual”.

Sandhu comentó que no importa de qué manera son creados los modelos de aprendizaje automático, todos utilizan el mismo backend, lo que significa que todos los modelos pueden ser integrados de manera sencilla.

Bharat Sandhu, director de mercadotecnia de producto para Microsoft Azure, en la oficina de Microsoft en Bellevue, Washington. Foto por Dan DeLong para Microsoft.

Interoperabilidad

Por supuesto que los desarrolladores y científicos de datos tienen un número de plataformas para elegir dónde construir sus modelos de IA. Para asegurar que las compañías pueden adoptar avances de IA tan rápido como sea posible, Microsoft dice que es importante superar discordancias en la plataforma, los cuales pueden retrasar la distribución de esos modelos para producción.

Una manera en que Microsoft promueve la interoperabilidad entre los diferentes marcos de trabajo de IA es un estándar llamado ONNX Runtime, o Intercambio de Red Neural Abierta (Open Neural Network Exchange). Este esfuerzo conjunto con otras compañías tecnológicas crea modelos de implementación que funcionan en múltiples plataformas.

Esto libera desarrolladores y científicos de datos para utilizar cualquier marco de trabajo y hardware objetivo que sea mejor para ellos. Y libera al equipo operativo para que se enfoquen en desplegar y obtener resultados, en lugar de tener que traducir conforme se mueven entre uno y otro.

En Build, Microsoft anuncia el soporte para integración ONNX con aceleradores de hardware líderes.

La compañía también anuncia que ahora es un colaborador activo al proyecto MLflow, una plataforma de código abierto para gestionar el ciclo de vida del aprendizaje automático.

Actualizaciones en Azure Cognitive Services

Más de 1.3 millones de desarrolladores, sin habilidades específicas en IA o ciencia de los datos, utilizan en la actualidad Azure Cognitive Services para construir aplicaciones inteligentes que pueden ver, escuchar, hablar, entender e incluso comenzar a razonar.

En Build, Microsoft anuncia una nueva categoría de Azure Cognitive Services llamada Decision, que brinda recomendaciones específicas para ayudar a la gente a tomar decisiones. Esta nueva categoría incluye Personalizer, que utiliza una rama de IA llamada aprendizaje de refuerzo para ayudar a la tecnología a recopilar conocimiento de sus propias experiencias y luego ofrecer recomendaciones informadas.

“Podemos tomar el aprendizaje de refuerzo y entregarlo de una manera que sea accesible para los desarrolladores y que no requiera a un científico de datos”, comentó Olson.

En Build, la compañía anuncia muchas otras actualizaciones a Azure Cognitive Services, incluido Ink Recognizer, que puede aprender a leer escritura a mano, Form Recognizer, que identifica formas, y otras nuevas capacidades de transcripción de conversación y otros avances en habla, visión y lenguaje.

Cheetah Mobile, el fabricante de aplicaciones móviles, construyó su CM Translator portátil con Azure Cognitive Services para desarrollar un sistema de habla que brinda traducciones rápidas y de alta calidad. Foto por Cheetah Mobile.

Apenas hemos comenzado

A la fecha, los clientes de Microsoft han creado casi 400 mil agentes digitales a través de su servicio de bot de Azure, y más de 3 mil surgen cada semana. Compañías de todos tamaños buscan IA para que les brinde una ventaja competitiva.

Esto incluye a Cheetah Mobile, un fabricante líder de aplicaciones móviles que construye hardware mejorado por IA, incluido el CM Translator portátil. En lugar de desarrollar todo un sistema de habla desde cero, la compañía utilizó Azure Cognitive Services, para aprovechar su API de texto a habla para brindar traducciones rápidas y de alta calidad.

Jean Lozano, jefe de tecnología en MediaValet. La compañía de gestión de recursos digitales se apoya en las garantías de seguridad y privacidad dentro de Azure para asegurar a sus clientes que las imágenes que procesa serán manejadas de manera apropiada. Foto por MediaValet.

Los ahorros en costo de desarrollo ayudaron a mantener asequible al dispositivo, sin comprometer el flujo natural del habla.

Otras compañías comentan que uno de los mejores beneficios de utilizar datos de Azure y herramientas de IA es que pueden aprovechar otros atributos integrados en las herramientas. Por ejemplo, MediaValet, la compañía de gestión de recursos digitales, confía en las garantías de seguridad y privacidad que Azure brinda para asegurar a los clientes que las imágenes que procesa serán manejadas de manera apropiada.

“No somos una compañía grande, pero podemos jugar con las grandes empresas, porque podemos aprovechar los atributos de seguridad y privacidad de la información, la capacidad de confianza de Azure”, comentó Jean Lozano, jefe de tecnología de MediaValet.

En los meses y años por venir, Microsoft espera que más y más clientes comiencen a utilizar IA, ya sea porque ven los beneficios de negocios o porque las herramientas son más accesibles.

“La IA abre muchas posibilidades. Y los límites son muy pocos, por lo general sólo estás limitado por tu imaginación”, comentó Olson. “No necesita ser algo abrumador para la gente. Hemos comenzado a llegar al punto donde ahora podemos volver accesible la IA a un conjunto mucho más amplio de clientes”.

Květen není jen lásky čas. Je to čas konference Build! Sledujte ji s námi živě 6. května 2019.

Hradec Králové - Offline útoky na Active Directory (a obrana proti nim)
6. května 2019 - Michael Grafnetter
Obmedzenie prístupu k pevným diskom doménového radiča bolo vždy dôležitým aspektom bezpečnosti Active Directory. Táto úloha sa však v dnešnej ére virtualizácie a cloud computingu stáva čoraz zložitejšou. Na tejto prednáške nám Michael Grafnetter načrtne nekonečné možnosti, ktoré by sa otvorili záškodníkom tým, že získajú prístup na čítanie a zápis na fyzický alebo virtuálny disk doménového radiča, ktorý obsahuje jeho databázový súbor ntds.dit. Budete svedkami offline resetu hesla, zmeny členstva v skupine, vloženia histórie SID, zneužitia záložných kľúčov DPAPI, alebo koreňových kľúčov KDS. Diskusia bude samozrejme venovaná aj možnostiam detekcie a obrane proti takýmto útokom. Ako bonus uvidíte aj obnovu doménového kontroléru z databázového súboru za využitia zmienených techník.

Praha - Microsoft Build 2019 Live: Streaming Party
6. května 2019 - Microsoft
Zajímá Vás, co nového představí Microsoft na konferenci Build 2019? Nás taky. Přijďte sledovat živé vysílání keynotes spolu s námi u dobrého občerstvení. Ale pozor, tentokrát v Rosmarin Business Centrum, kanceláře PostSharp.

Olomouc - Azure IoT Edge: IoT skoro bez cloudu
15. května 2019 - Štěpán Bechynský
Internet věcí má lehký problém. Často závisí právě na Internetu. A ta je ne vždy dostupná v požadované kvalitě.  Proto chceme mít možnost se obejít bez internetu, ale zároveň využívat různých služeb cloudu, jako je třeba strojové učení. Těchto požadavků lze ve velké míře dosáhnout pomocí technologie Azure IoT Edge. V přednášce uvidíte, jak vytvořit zařízení, které využívá služeb Azure, ale zároveň je na Azure z velké části nezávislé.

- Petr Vlk (MVP, KPCS CZ, WUG)

Welcome back for another analysis of contributions to TechNet Wiki over the last week.

First up, the weekly leader board snapshot...

As always, here are the results of another weekly crawl over the updated articles feed.

Most Revisions Award Who has made the most individual revisions

#1 Peter Geelen with 183 revisions.

#2 Dave Rendón with 46 revisions.

#3 George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos with 38 revisions.

Just behind the winners but also worth a mention are:

#4 Ramabadran Vasudevan with 32 revisions.

#5 Arleta Wanat with 31 revisions.

#6 Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh with 30 revisions.

#7 Av111 with 22 revisions.

#8 Mohsen Amiri1 with 21 revisions.

#9 Emre Ozan Memis with 21 revisions.

#10 Shanky_621 with 7 revisions.

Most Articles Updated Award Who has updated the most articles

#1 Peter Geelen with 114 articles.

#2 Arleta Wanat with 20 articles.

#3 Dave Rendón with 17 articles.

Just behind the winners but also worth a mention are:

#4 George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos with 17 articles.

#5 Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh with 15 articles.

#6 Emre Ozan Memis with 14 articles.

#7 Av111 with 7 articles.

#8 Nonki Takahashi with 5 articles.

#9 Somkiat Foongkiat - Bangkok, Thailand with 4 articles.

#10 Luigi Bruno with 3 articles.

Most Updated Article Award Largest amount of updated content in a single article

The article to have the most change this week was SharePoint Online and Office 365: Create A SharePoint List using REST API, by Manpreethere

This week's reviser was Peter Geelen

Longest Article Award Biggest article updated this week

This week's largest document to get some attention is SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Edit, by Arleta Wanat

This week's revisers were Arleta Wanat & Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh

Most Revised Article Award Article with the most revisions in a week

This week's most fiddled with article is PowerShell Core: Installation on Ubuntu (Bionic Beaver), by Divya Akula. It was revised 24 times last week.

This week's revisers were Dave Rendón, Divya Akula, Emre Ozan Memis, Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh & Peter Geelen

Most Popular Article Award Collaboration is the name of the game!

The article to be updated by the most people this week is Robocopy Complete Reference, by Ramabadran Vasudevan

This week's revisers were Dave Rendón, Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh, Edward van Biljon, Ramabadran Vasudevan, Av111 & George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos

Ninja Edit Award A ninja needs lightning fast reactions!

Below is a list of this week's fastest ninja edits. That's an edit to an article after another person

• Revision 5 of TechNet Guru Competitions: May 2019 was saved by Av111 just 4 minutes after [Kamlesh Kumar]

  Congratulations to Av111!
  Also in the top ten are:

• Revision 13 of TechNet Guru Competitions: May 2019 was saved by Av111 just 5 minutes after RajeeshMenoth
• Revision 8 of TechNet Guru Competitions: May 2019 was saved by Sabah Shariq just 6 minutes after Av111
• Revision 12 of TechNet Guru Competitions: May 2019 was saved by RajeeshMenoth just 9 minutes after Av111
• Revision 9 of TechNet Guru Competitions: May 2019 was saved by Av111 just 12 minutes after Sabah Shariq
• Revision 5 of PowerShell Core: Installation on Ubuntu (Bionic Beaver) was saved by Peter Geelen just 14 minutes after Divya Akula
• Revision 1 of Azure: Installing WordPress was saved by Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh just 31 minutes after Viknaraj
• Revision 3 of Azure Step-by-Step: How to construct Service Principal was saved by Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh just 80 minutes after Edward van Biljon
• Revision 13 of Azure ARM Template: How to deploy Azure VM using ARM template and PowerShell was saved by Ramabadran Vasudevan just 83 minutes after Dave Rendón
• Revision 8 of PowerShell Core: Installation on Ubuntu (Bionic Beaver) was saved by Hamid Sadeghpour Saleh just 85 minutes after Divya Akula

Winner Summary Let's celebrate our winners!

Below are a few statistics on this week's award winners.

Most Revisions Award Winner
The reviser is the winner of this category.

Peter Geelen

Peter Geelen has been interviewed on TechNet Wiki!

• 26 Dec '11: interview-with-a-forefront-identity-manager-mvp-peter-geelen-wiki-tips-experiences-amp-tips-on-becoming-an-mvp

Peter Geelen has featured articles on TechNet Wiki!

• 19 Aug '11: Wiki: How to Automatically Add a Table of Contents (TOC) to Your TechNet Wiki Article
• 05 Sep '11: Forefront Identity Manager Resources
• 03 Jan '12: FIM 2010 Wiki Articles
• 08 May '12: How to Use PowerShell to Create a Wiki Catalog Page
• 09 Mar '13: FIM 2010 Software Solutions from Partners
• 11 Apr '15: Wiki Governance: Copyright, Privacy & Piracy
• 31 Dec '15: Wiki Governance: Copyright, Privacy & Piracy

Peter Geelen has won 301 previous Top Contributor Awards. Most recent five shown below:

• 04 May '19: Most Revisions Award
• 04 May '19: Most Articles Updated Award
• 28 Apr '19: Most Revisions Award
• 28 Apr '19: Most Articles Updated Award
• 28 Apr '19: Ninja Edit Award for azure-media-services-asp-net-streaming-videos

Peter Geelen has TechNet Guru medals, for the following articles:

• In Nov '14: Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) - Resource Portal
• In Sep '15: FIM 2010: Verifying the Sync Engine Security Groups
• In Sep '15: PowerShell: Event viewer statistics
• In Jan '16: FIM 2010: Planning security setup for accounts, groups and services – Part 1. Introduction
• In Jan '16: FIM 2010: Planning security setup for accounts, groups and services – Part 4. Detailed Description
• In May '16: FIM2010 / MIM2016: Run profile statistics with PowerShell and Excel Pivot Tables
• In May '16: FIM2010 / MIM2016: Run profile statistics with SQL and Excel Pivot Tables
• In May '16: Wiki: Fixing table layout (table right side off page)
• In Jun '16: Translation Wiki: Getting started
• In Jun '16: Wiki: Before you post your article – Quick check list
• In Jun '16: Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) Portal
• In Jul '16: Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook: Online Companion Guide
• In Jul '16: Wiki: Collection of Practical hints & tips for writing an article (from Wiki blog)
• In Jul '16: Wiki: Portal or Survival guide?
• In Jul '16: Best Practices for Internal AD Domain and Network Names
• In Aug '16: FIM/MIM Forum: How to get the maximum return on your forum question?
• In Sep '16: FIM/MIM Troubleshooting Error 25009
• In Sep '16: MIM Troubleshooting: upgrade from ILM fails with error 25009 (<hr=0x80230406>)
• In Sep '16: Wiki: report broken links
• In Oct '16: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: FIM MA Full import error 0x80070002
• In Oct '16: Wiki Governance: Why certain Wiki content is removed or archived
• In Oct '16: Active Directory PowerShell: List items with “Protect object from accidental deletion” setting
• In Nov '16: Forums: How to get the maximum return on your forum question?
• In Nov '16: Wiki Template: Alternate TOC with scrollable tables
• In Dec '16: FIM 2010 / MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: The requestor’s identity was not found.
• In Mar '17: O365: Admin password recovery options
• In Apr '17: MIM2016/FIM2010 Troubleshooting: Uninstall fails with error - Administrator privileges required
• In Apr '17: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: Unable to run the Management Agent (Error: 0x8023063d)
• In Apr '17: FIM2010/MIM2016 Troubleshooting: Issues with deleted objects (from CN=Deleted objects container)
• In Apr '17: Security Compliance Manager (SCM): Quick Links (curation)
• In Apr '17: Xamarin: Wiki portal
• In Apr '17: Microsoft Bot Framework: Wiki Portal
• In Dec '17: Windows Component Services Troubleshooting: Unable to edit DCOM security permissions
• In Feb '18: MIM 2016 Service and Portal Troubleshooting: Hotfix installation failure (Unauthorized operation)
• In Feb '18: MIM 2016 Service and Portal Troubleshooting: Hotfix installation failure (deployment or retraction is already under way)
• In Feb '18: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: no-start-bad-ma-configuration
• In Apr '18: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: SQL Connection issues
• In May '18: MIM/FIM Troubleshooting: Sync service terminated with service-specific error %%-2146234334 (Primary Server)
• In May '18: MIM/FIM Troubleshooting Collection: Sync service terminated with service-specific error %%-2146234334
• In Jul '18: MIM 2016: finding & removing orphaned users and groups in MIM Portal
• In Jul '18: Word Quick Tip: Automatically adding a page to odd page-number document
• In Aug '18: Microsoft Teams Troubleshooting: Client App windows fails to minimize (showing purple square)

Peter Geelen's profile page

Most Articles Award Winner
The reviser is the winner of this category.

Peter Geelen

Peter Geelen is mentioned above.

Most Updated Article Award Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that has had the changes.

Manpreethere

This is the first Top Contributors award for Manpreethere on TechNet Wiki! Congratulations Manpreethere!

Manpreethere has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

Manpreethere's profile page

Longest Article Award Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that is so long!

Arleta Wanat

Arleta Wanat has been interviewed on TechNet Wiki!

• 19 Oct '15: interview-with-a-sharepoint-expert-and-wiki-ninja-arleta-wanat

Arleta Wanat has won 51 previous Top Contributor Awards. Most recent five shown below:

• 04 May '19: Most Articles Updated Award
• 04 May '19: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-online-content-types-in-powershell-edit
• 28 Apr '19: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-online-content-types-in-powershell-fields-vs-field-links
• 25 Feb '19: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-online-content-types-in-powershell-fields-vs-field-links
• 16 Feb '19: Most Articles Updated Award

Arleta Wanat has TechNet Guru medals, for the following articles:

• In Feb '15: Retrieve all site mailboxes in your Office 365 tenant
• In Feb '15: SharePoint Online: Turn on support for multiple content types in a list or library using Powershell
• In Feb '15: Retrieve all site mailboxes in your Office 365 tenant
• In Feb '15: SharePoint Online: Turn on support for multiple content types in a list or library using Powershell
• In Apr '15: SharePoint Online: Remove a stuck site mailbox
• In May '15: SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Add
• In May '15: Manage SharePoint Online Access Requests using Powershell
• In Jun '15: Working with multiple items using Powershell
• In Aug '15: Create OneDrive for Business usage report using Powershell
• In Aug '15: SharePoint Online content types in Powershell: Known Errors
• In Oct '15: Create a report on SharePoint file versions
• In Oct '15: SharePoint Online SPOMod: Set-SPOFileCheckin
• In May '16: SharePoint Online: Get all checked-out files using Powershell
• In Jul '16: Powershell GridView to help with SharePoint data viewing
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My name is George-Chrysovaladis Grammatikos, and I'm an Azure Cloud Architect and Azure MVP. I start writing technical articles because I believe that knowledge must be shared. The most articles I already post in TechNet Wiki is for Azure and some of that about SQL Server and Power BI. I also have a personal blog the cloudopszone.com, which I post a lot of my articles there too.

Introduction

In this post I will try to explain how we can design the network subnets in an Azure VNet.

Before begin...

Before I start to talk for the scenario I think that is important to talk for few interesting informations.

There are three Classes of Networks A, B, and C that we can use for Private Addressing.

At the table below we can see the defined RFC 1918 address spaces.

Also, another usefull table is the next one, which we are able to see Networks, Hosts and default Network Masks for Private Networks (A, B, and C)

Useful Tip: It is very important to understand CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation. This is the number of the subnet mask bits. For example, 192.168.1.0/24 means that the three first octets are part of the network and the remaining are for the hosts.

Scenario

Let's see a real-life scenario. We want to deploy on Azure a VNet with the following subnets:

• DMZ (Virtual Network Appliance)
• Front End (Web Server)
• Business (Application Server)
• Back End (Database Server)

At the image below we can see a simple architecture of the VNet with the subnets.

Let's configure the VNet in Azure

The last step of this post is to Create and Configure the VNet of the previous image. We can easily do this in a few minutes from the Azure Portal.

Network Diagram

We can also see the Network Diagram.

From the left Virtual Network main blade, select Monitoring - Diagram, and then we are able to see the Network Diagram of the virtual network, as the image below shows.

Related Links

• Plan virtual networks
• Implement a DMZ between Azure and the Internet
• Designing networking for Microsoft Azure IaaS
• Implement a DMZ between Azure and your on-premises datacenter
• Azure Virtual Network frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Conclusion

In this very quick post, I talk about VNet subnet, this is a common scenario for IT’s in the On-Premises world and it’s great because we can do the same in Azure.

I wish my 2nd guest blog post to be interesting and to help you in your work, at least for those who deal with Azure and for those who don't work with Azure get the opportunity to start using it.

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Welcome to the April 28 – May 4, 2019 edition of the Office 365 Weekly Digest.

There were eight additions to the Office 365 Roadmap last week, including updates for Microsoft Teams, Outlook on the web, FindTime, and Message Encryption in Office 365.

A Microsoft IT Expert Roundtable on SharePoint at Microsoft - portals and publication is the only brand new event. The spotlight event this week is another Microsoft IT event, Speaking of Security - Device Health, on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 10am Pacific. In this session, you will learn about device health, the current state of device security at Microsoft, and more.

"What's New" is the theme from last week's blog posts, including April 2019 updates for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365 overall. In addition, the Microsoft Security, Privacy & Compliance teams were busy with several announcements including new privacy controls in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office, Advanced eDiscovery general availability, and the public preview of data investigation capabilities in Office 365.

Noteworthy item highlights include The Microsoft 365 Update for April 2019 video, calendar updates in Outlook for Windows, info and an e-book on how to understand and improve your security posture with Microsoft 365, and the public preview of authentication sessions management capabilities for Azure AD conditional access.

OFFICE 365 ROADMAP

Below are the items added to the Office 365 Roadmap last week…

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upgrade 101: Managing your upgrade from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams (Part 1)

As an existing Skype for Business customer, we understand that upgrading to a new technology can be confusing and are committed to supporting you on your journey to Microsoft Teams. Through our two upgrade classes, you will find everything you need to plan and implement your upgrade. Part 1 is focused on upgrade planning and user readiness. Targeting project stakeholders with accountability for Skype for Business to Teams upgrade success and user readiness/change managers, this session serves as the foundation for your upgrade planning, including: (1) An overview of our proven, upgrade success framework, (2) Real-world customer examples, (3) Insights into facilitating user readiness and upgrade acceptance, and (4) Orientation to key upgrade guidance resources.

• Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 9am PT
  
• Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 1pm PT
  
• Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 8am PT
  

Upgrade 101: Managing your upgrade from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams (Part 2)

As an existing Skype for Business customer, we understand that upgrading to a new technology can be confusing and are committed to supporting you on your journey to Microsoft Teams. Through our two upgrade classes, you will find everything you need to plan and implement your upgrade. Part 2 is understanding coexistence and interoperability. Designed for the IT Pro/technical experts implementing the migration from Skype for Business to Teams, this session will arm you with the information you need to know before migrating your users, including: (1) End user experiences during the upgrade, (2) Available journey options an organization can take from online or on-premises as the starting point, and (3) Routing and federation experiences.

• Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 10am PT
  
• Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11am PT
  
• Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10am PT
  

Make the switch from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams: End User Guidance

Designed specifically for Skype for Business end users, this course offers everything you need to help make the transition to Microsoft Teams. We'll focus on the core communication capabilities you use today, chat and meetings, as well as provide an orientation to additional collaboration functionality Teams has to offer. The session is also available on demand at https://aka.ms/fromskypetoteamsondemand.

• Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 1pm PT
  
• Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 1pm PT
  
• Monday, May 13, 2019 at 1pm PT
  
• Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 10am PT
  

Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

This 60-minute session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with Microsoft Teams today. From setting your profile, to running a meeting, users will leave this session with the foundation needed to use Teams with confidence. The session is also available on demand at https://aka.ms/teamsgettingstartedondemand.

• Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 8am PT
  
• Friday, May 10, 2019 at 10am PT
  
• Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 9am PT
  
• Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8am PT
  

Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks

Designed for those who are familiar with Microsoft Teams but want to understand some creative ways to optimize Teams in their day-to-day work, our Tips and Tricks session will teach you how to: (1) Filter and find information relevant to you, (2) Keep important resources at your fingertips, (3) Reduce "noise" so you can focus on work, (4) Create effective teams to keep projects moving forward and ensure everyone is in-the-know, (5) Make meetings more efficient by managing the pre, during, and post-meeting experience all within Teams, and more. The session is also available on demand at https://aka.ms/teamstipsandtricksondemand.

• Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 2pm PT
  
• Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 10am PT
  
• Monday, May 13, 2019 at 10am PT
  
• Friday, May 17, 2019 at 8am PT
  

Maximizing Teams Meetings

The average employee spends approximately 30% of their working life in meetings. But meetings in Microsoft Teams are designed to be flexible and enable different types of connections for all the ways that work needs to get done. For users who are familiar with Microsoft Teams but want to better understand and optimize the Teams meeting experience, this session provides guidance into how to create spontaneous and scheduled meetings, leverage the pre, during and post-meeting features, identifying supported devices, and more.

• Monday, May 6, 2019 at 3pm PT
  
• Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 11am PT
  
• Monday, May 13, 2019 at 8am PT
  
• Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 11am PT
  

Customer Immersion Experience: Simplifying your data privacy & compliance journey

Join us for a hands-on introduction to Microsoft 365 Compliance features and an opportunity to experience powerful solutions across the data lifecycle of assess, protect and respond. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Understand your compliance from a single pane of glass, (2) Make identity the new perimeter, (3) Discover and govern sensitive data across clouds, devices and apps, (4) Recognize attacks, detect breaches, and recover quickly using automation, and (5) Streamline your operational processes and understand your security posture. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

• Thursday, May 16, 2019 from 9am – 11am PT
  
• Thursday, May 16, 2019 from 12pm – 2pm PT
  
• Thursday, May 30, 2019 from 9am – 11am PT
  
• Thursday, May 30, 2019 from 12pm - 2pm PT
  

Microsoft IT: Speaking of Security - Device Health

When: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 10am PT | In today's client-to-cloud world, device health is a foundational pillar of security. Unmanaged devices are a powerful entry point for malicious parties, and it is vital that only healthy devices can access critical applications and data. During this webinar you will learn about device health, the current state of device security at Microsoft, and our thinking behind key investment areas we are pursuing. There are other sessions now available on demand at the Speaking of Security webinar series site.

Microsoft Teams Spring Adoption Series: Awareness Campaign - Pilot

When: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 11am PT | Good communication is critical for successful adoption. In this session we'll build a simple campaign of awareness materials targeting your stakeholder team and champions that we'll refine for the broader organization. These include email templates, posters, digital signage, and learning events. We'll share the out-of-the-box resources available from Microsoft and walk through how to customize for your organization. We'll also discuss the importance of curating self-help and training information in a single location, and what to include in a 1-hour kickoff meeting for a department, division, or working group. Join live, or add the event to your calendar. Note: The top-level link has information and links to the recording for previous sessions in this Spring Adoption Series.

Azure Active Directory Webinars for May

When: Multiple sessions currently scheduled from May 14 - 22, 2019 | Are you looking to deploy Azure Active Directory quickly and easily? We are offering free webinars on key Azure Active Directory deployment topics to help you get up and running. Sessions include Getting Ready for Azure AD, Azure AD Connect Health, Streamlining Password Management Using Azure AD, and more. Each 1-hour webinar is designed to support IT Pros in quickly rolling out Azure Active Directory features to their organization. All webinars are free of cost and will include an anonymous Q&A session with our Engineering Team. So, come with your questions! Capacity is limited. Sign up for one or all of the sessions today!  Note: There are also some sessions available on-demand.

Microsoft Compliance and Security Virtual Conference

When: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 from 9am – 2pm PT | In the present, ever-evolving threat landscape, many organizations find their biggest challenges in digital transformation to be ensuring security, privacy, and compliance. With the number of cybersecurity attacks on the rise, tighter local and global data privacy regulations, and the constant demand to ensure employees productivity, the need for an effective solution has never been greater. The Virtual Conference on Compliance and Security is coming on May 14. We invite you to register for a live event where you'll learn how to transform your business while remaining secure and compliant in a rapidly evolving world. Visit the registration page to learn more details about the event, including a preview of the agenda and session overviews. Invite your colleagues and register today to reserve your spot. We hope to see you at the Compliance & Security Virtual Conference!

Microsoft IT Expert Roundtable: SharePoint at Microsoft - portals and publication

When: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 10am PT | Join us for this live webinar where experts from both the business, and IT side of Microsoft will share candid insights and best practices around Enterprise Search, and how we manage our internal portals. They will also answer your questions about our strategy for modernizing employee experiences, delivering targeted communications, and enabling employees to find the authoritative content they need.

Microsoft Teams Spring Adoption Series: Awareness Campaign - Broad

When: Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11am PT | We'll review the responses and feedback we got from the pilot Awareness Campaign and discuss any needed adjustments. Depending on your organizations size, this may take time and be approached in phases by region, user profile or organization. We'll also discuss where outside communications and adoption partners can help the project team scale. Join live, or add the event to your calendar. Note: The top-level link has information and links to the recording for previous sessions in this Spring Adoption Series.

Microsoft Teams Spring Adoption Series: End User Training

When: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11am PT | We have to help users adopt a self-service mindset to learning and discovery in order to keep up with changes in Cloud services. Guided learning sessions delivered by the project team or an appropriate champion can reinforce by sharing tips on getting started and best practices. In this session, we'll review a typical one-hour orientation session and how to deliver it. We'll then review the end-user training resources available to your organization and discuss how to promote them, including in-app prompts and guidance, learning from peers, and published learning resources. Join live, or add the event to your calendar. Note: The top-level link has information and links to the recording for previous sessions in this Spring Adoption Series.

Microsoft Teams Spring Adoption Series: Measuring and Communicating Success

When: Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 11am PT | This week we'll discuss how to collect and communicate success stories, qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitative success stories are anecdotal points of feedback from stakeholders, champions, and users. These may be examples of improved collaboration, reduced internal email, faster team member onboarding, and similar stories. Quantitative success examples come from the Office 365 Microsoft Teams usage reports built into the Office 365 Admin portal. This information can show the usage of Microsoft Teams in your company. Communicating real-world examples and quantitative data is critical to reinforcing project success and getting buy-in and additional resources from leadership. In this session we'll walk through several examples of one-page or one-slide summaries you can create, and how to secure the data and examples you'll use to reinforce the message. Join live, or add the event to your calendar. Note: The top-level link has information and links to the recording for previous sessions in this Spring Adoption Series.

10 time saving tips and tricks with Outlook mobile

When: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 9am PT | Outlook mobile brings together your email, calendar, contacts, documents and more in one fast, fluid experience so you can accomplish the most important tasks in just a few seconds. All backed by enterprise-grade security you can trust. Join the Outlook mobile team for a webinar that will highlight cool tips and tricks that save you time and spark joy. You also get to ask any questions and share feedback with the team directly. In this webinar, you will learn: (1) Why Outlook mobile is the right choice for you, (2) Best practices for getting started, (3) Cool tips and tricks that spark joy and let you accomplish the most important tasks in just a few seconds, and (4) Ask questions or share your feedback directly with the Outlook team. There are also sessions from previous months that can be viewed on demand.

Microsoft Teams Spring Adoption Series: Ongoing Adoption - Tips and Best Practices

When: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 11am PT | As your user base becomes more comfortable with teams, they'll start to explore functionality beyond basic Chat and Collaboration. "Where should I put my files in Office 365" will become a recurring question as they use Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive. When more Teams come online, best practices like Favoriting a Team, Following a Channel, and using the Activity Feed will help users get the most out of Teams. Your core Project Team should begin to transition from initial enablement to service management and monitoring for service changes and usage issues. Being able to rely/leverage your Champions community for ongoing "best practices" sessions, tips, and communications. Join live, or add the event to your calendar. Note: The top-level link has information and links to the recording for previous sessions in this Spring Adoption Series.

Customer Immersion Experience: Hands-on with security in a cloud-first, mobile-first world

This 2-hour hands-on session will give you the opportunity to try Microsoft technology that secures your digital transformation with a comprehensive platform, unique intelligence, and partnerships. A trained facilitator will guide you as you apply these tools to your own business scenarios and see how they work for you. During this interactive session, you will: (1) Detect and protect against external threats by monitoring, reporting and analyzing activity to react promptly to provide organization security, (2) Protect your information and reduce the risk of data loss, (3) Provide peace of mind with controls and visibility for industry-verified conformity with global standards in compliance, (4) Protect your users and their accounts, and (5) Support your organization with enhanced privacy and compliance to meet the General Data Protection Regulation. Each session is limited to 12 participants, reserve your seat now.

• Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 9am – 11am PT
  
• Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 12pm - 2pm PT
  

BLOG ROUNDUP

New to Microsoft 365 in April—new tools to streamline compliance and make collaboration inclusive and engaging

This month, we released new features and services in Microsoft 365 to help you meet your compliance requirements, manage security policies, and reach more audiences with your content. We're releasing new solutions designed to help you assess your compliance risk and manage policies to protect sensitive data both inside and outside of your organization. New capabilities help you connect with more people and create more engaging content across multiple languages. | Related: Edit your content faster with OneNote

What's New in Microsoft Teams | April 2019

In case you missed it… here is a round of up of what's new with Microsoft Teams in the past month, including Microsoft Teams on Surface Hub, availability of Microsoft Whiteboard in commercial preview, org-wide teams now have larger size limits, show and hide teams to stay organized, general availability of the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module, and more. | Related: Information Barriers Preview | New to Microsoft Teams? Start here with a full Teams demo and tutorial

OneDrive Roadmap Roundup – April 2019

The OneDrive team has been hard at work so you can more easily access, share, and collaborate on all your files from anywhere​. April 2019 brought a slew of updates to OneDrive in Office 365 including: (1) New golden folder icon design, (2) Improvements in the OneDrive sync client such as Incident Deflection, (3) Updated "manage access" pane for classic user interface, and more.

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: April 2019

SharePoint is off and running into the second quarter of calendar year 2019 - so hang on! This is the comprehensive recap for all things SharePoint and related technology. Our goal is to provide change management excellence, with clear, concise and timely resources. All the features listed below began rolling out to Targeted Release customers in Office 365 as of April 2019 (possibly early May 2019). These updates include: (1) Files restore for SharePoint and Teams, (2) Yammer Conversations web part, (3) Modern document sets, (4) Office 365 Group card enhancements, (5) Per-Machine OneDrive sync client for Windows, and many more! | Related: Manage email notifications in SharePoint

Grow and protect your business with more privacy controls in Microsoft 365

Being a customer-obsessed business means being privacy-obsessed. Customers are more aware and sensitive than ever before about your data privacy policies, making decisions to do business with you based on the trust they have about how you handle their data. According to industry analysts such as Forrester, companies with more advanced privacy practices are growing faster today than their peers with less mature policies. In this environment, privacy and compliance professionals play an increasingly strategic role within organizations. As data continues to grow exponentially and travel across organizational boundaries, providing your teams with the right tools to maintain control and manage risk across data, wherever it lives, is our priority. We are excited to share updates in Microsoft 365 that provide organizations with more control and options to strengthen their data privacy practices.

Related:

• Microsoft Office brings you new privacy controls
  
• Manage compliance from one place beyond Microsoft Cloud with Compliance Manager
  
• Advanced eDiscovery general availability
  
• Data investigation capabilities in Office 365 in Public Preview
  
• FAQs on Office 365 Retention, Disposal & Archiving
  

NOTEWORTHY

Video: Microsoft 365 Update for April 2019

Format: Video (11 minutes) | Jim Naroski covers recent enhancements to Office 365, including new icons in Office 365, message encryption, Compliance Manager, Multi-Geo, Security Policy Advisor, Azure AD Password Protection, and more. The video transcript, complete with links to additional information on everything covered, is available at http://aka.ms/m365update-blog.

Calendar updates in Outlook for Windows gives time back

We've made updates to the Calendar in Outlook for Windows to help you effectively manage your most valuable resource, your time. We listened to your suggestions and made improvements so you can schedule meetings faster and easier and better personalize your experience. All the enhancements are available now to Monthly Channel Office 365 subscribers!

Announcing Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption

Our goal continues to be to protect our customers' sensitive data, by making it easier to apply and consume encrypted messages, regardless if your recipient is inside or outside your organization. Unfortunately, protecting and controlling sensitive data that's shared outside your organization is more challenging than if it was shared inside your organization. That's why we are investing in capabilities that not only enhance encryption, but also provide more control over access to encrypted emails by external recipients. We are excited to share new Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption capabilities that enable admins to apply multiple custom email templates, and to expire and revoke encrypted emails accessed through the Office 365 web portal.

Understand and improve your security posture with Microsoft 365

The fourth e-book in this series, Understand & improve your security posture, delves into the tools available in Microsoft 365 to measure and improve enterprise security. It also shows how security professionals can use the data to instill confidence in executive teams and boards of directors, who worry about cybersecurity but may not understand all the issues. Told through the lens of Evan, a (fictitious) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the e-book illustrates how he uses Microsoft 365 to evaluate his company's security posture and improve protection against emerging threats.

Manage authentication sessions in Azure AD conditional access is now in public preview!

We're excited to announce public preview of authentication sessions management capabilities for Azure AD conditional access. Authentication session management capabilities allow you to configure how often your users need to provide sign-in credentials and whether they need to provide credentials after closing and reopening browsers—giving you fined-grained controls that can offer more security and flexibility in your environment. Authentication session management capabilities require Azure AD Premium 1 subscription. Note: This feature replaces the Configurable Token Lifetimes feature currently in public preview. If you're using Configurable Token Lifetimes, please make plans to transition to conditional access for authentication sessions management. Configurable Token Lifetime will be retired six months from now on October 15, 2019.

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Microsoft Build arrancó en Seattle, y la principal conferencia para desarrolladores del año está enfocada en impulsar a los desarrolladores de todos tipos, desde experimentados científicos computacionales a principiantes tecnológicos con grandes ideas. Compartimos las más recientes plataformas, herramientas y servicios Microsoft, que facilitan la creación e innovación a través de IA y realidad mixta con la nube inteligente y el entorno inteligente, así como para ayudar a la gente y las organizaciones a que hagan más cada día.

A continuación un vistazo a algunas de las cosas más destacadas del evento:

1.

Vean las nuevas características en Microsoft Edge construido sobre Chromium OSS que facilitarán recolectar, organizar y compartir contenido, y brindarles controles adicionales de privacidad para que tomen sus propias decisiones sobre cómo los terceros pueden rastrearlos.

2.

Vean cómo la tecnología ayuda a Starbucks y a sus baristas a entregar grandes experiencias al cliente incluida la gestión del mantenimiento predictivo de las máquinas de café con Azure Sphere; brindar recomendaciones personalizadas para los clientes a través de la aplicación móvil de Starbucks con aprendizaje de refuerzo sobre Azure; e impulsar la trazabilidad digital de los esfuerzos para dar seguimiento a los granos de café desde el campo hasta la tienda con el servicio blockchain de Azure.

La tecnología ayuda a Starbucks y a sus baristas a entregar increíbles experiencias para los clientes (Foto cortesía de Starbucks)

3.

Conozcan sobre Fluid Framework, una plataforma basada en web que se espera esté disponible más adelante en el año y que brindará a los equipos nuevas maneras de crear en conjunto, para permitir que el contenido sea deconstruido y reconstruido en componentes modulares y también para que los agentes inteligentes puedan trabajar junto con las personas para labores de coautoría, brindar sugerencias de fotos, traducir datos y más.

4.

Conozcan más sobre la visión de Microsoft para los agentes inteligentes que aprovechan los avances en IA conversacional y aprendizaje automático iniciados por Semantic Machines, el cual Microsoft adquirió en mayo de 2018. Mostramos una aplicación de calendarización de la tecnología que puede hacer de la organización de su día con un asistente inteligente una experiencia más natural y poderosa, y la misma tecnología será integrada de manera eventual en nuestra IA conversacional para avanzar a través de todos los productos y servicios Microsoft.

Una mujer toma parte de un diálogo fluido, de ida y vuelta, con un asistente inteligente que le ayuda a manejar citas que se aproximan en su calendario.

5.

Vean cómo más usos diarios de IA en Microsoft 365 y Office 365 pueden ayudar a mejorar la productividad, incluido Ideas en Word para Word Online, que puede ayudarles a diseñar y presentar documentos pulidos de manera sencilla, y Microsoft Search, una nueva experiencia de búsqueda empresarial que aplica tecnología IA desde Bing e información de valor profunda y personalizada presentada desde Microsoft Graph.

6.

Conozcan más sobre una nueva plataforma que puede ayudar a facilitar para las compañías crear sistemas autónomos, ya sea un robot que puede ayudar en situaciones amenazantes, un dron que puede inspeccionar equipo remoto o sistemas que pueden calibrar equipo de fábrica de manera autónoma. El primer componente en esta plataforma está ahora disponible en un programa limitado de versión previa.

Una versión experimental de Sarcos Guardian S, un robot que puede ser utilizado en recuperación de desastres o para inspecciones industriales, utiliza la plataforma de sistemas autónomos de Microsoft. (Foto por Dan DeLong)

7.

Aprendan lo que los desarrolladores podrán hacer con Microsoft Graph data connect, un servicio que ayuda a las organizaciones a reunir datos de productividad desde Microsoft Graph con sus propios datos de negocios de manera segura, para brindar nuevas oportunidades para crear aplicaciones impulsadas por información de valor a la vez que ayuda a hacer frente a los retos de mover y gestionar grandes cantidades de datos.

8.

Conozcan más sobre las nuevas herramientas y capacidades en Azure AI para desarrolladores y científicos de datos, incluido Ink Recognizer, el cual permite a los desarrolladores integrar reconocimiento de tinta digital, una capacidad avanzada de habla a texto que transcribe conversaciones de reuniones en tiempo real para que los participantes se puedan involucrar por completo en la discusión y sepan después quién dijo qué.

9.

Vean cómo el nuevo Azure Blockchain Service impulsará a los desarrolladores, para permitirles implementar una red de consorcio gestionada por completo con sólo unos clics y utilizar gobernanza integrada para agregar nuevos miembros, establecer permisos y autenticar las aplicaciones de usuario. También podrán monitorear la salud y actividad de su red.

10.

Vean IoT Plug and Play. Uno de los retos más grandes que los clientes enfrentan cuando despliegan soluciones de Internet de las Cosas es conectar sus dispositivos IoT a la nube. IoT Plug and Play ofrece un nuevo lenguaje abierto de modelado para ayudar a que esto suceda de manera fluida, así como un gran ecosistema de dispositivos certificados por socios que funcionan, con cerca de una docena de dispositivos certificados ahora disponibles.

Obtengan más detalles de todos estos anuncios y más en nuestro sitio web Microsoft Build 2019.

Foto principal: Brian Smale.

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ブログのシステムが変更になる関係でで、近い将来このブログは読み取り専用となり、その後しばらくして削除されることになります。
新しいブログシステムでは残念ながら日本語による個人ブログが持てなくなったため、下記の場所に移管しました。今後は新しい場所の更新のみ行っていきます。
https://yukinork.wordpress.com/

マイクロソフトでは、様々な支援ができるよう多数のセミナー（ウェビナーおよび各地でスクール形式行われるセミナー）を開催しております。

遠方で参加が難しい方や当日都合が悪くなった方には、オンラインでご参加いただける形式のセミナーも多数実施しておりますので、お気軽にご参加いただき、お役立て下さい。（参加には事前のお申込みが必要になります）

なお、過去のウェビナーは Azure サイトの歩き方ページより、
[学習する] ― [過去の Web / 動画セミナー (2018 年 1 月以降)] から参照いただけます。

※このエントリーは、期間内のイベントに限り、登録サイトが公開され次第順次アップデートされます。

セミナー

ウェビナー

Azure のイベント からもイベントの一覧をご覧いただけます。

私たちは皆を真実を求めています。クラウド分析プロバイダーを適切に評価するには、独立したベンチマーク結果、分析情報への全社的なアクセス、セキュリティとプライバシーの 3 つの重要事項について質問します。

日本語版のポストは、下記の URL よりご覧いただけます。

https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/want-to-evaluate-your-cloud-analytics-provider-here-are-the-three-questions-to-ask/

※このポストは、2019 年 4 月 8 日に投稿された Want to evaluate your cloud analytics provider? Here are the three questions to ask.

Azure の Announcements 一覧は https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/topics/announcements/ よりご覧いただけます。

このたび、大きな変更点として、クラウドからエッジまでのミッションにかかわるお客様に向けて 2 つの新規 Azure Government Secret リージョンが初めて提供されました。現在、プライベート プレビューの段階で、認定資格を保留中となっています。

日本語版のポストは、下記の URL よりご覧いただけます。

https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/announcing-azure-government-secret-private-preview-and-expansion-of-dod-il5/

※このポストは、2019 年 4 月 17 日に投稿された Announcing Azure Government Secret private preview and expansion of DoD IL5

Azure の Announcements 一覧は https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/topics/announcements/ よりご覧いただけます。

このたび、Azure と Sylabs は、Open Container Initiative (OCI) 配布仕様をサポートするレジストリでの Singularity コンテナー イメージの格納を実現するコラボレーションを発表しました。Singularity バージョン 3.0 では、安全な新しい Singularity Image Format (SIF) が定義されています。

日本語版のポストは、下記の URL よりご覧いただけます。

https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/azure-container-registry-now-supports-singularity-image-format-containers/

※このポストは、2019 年 4 月 17 日に投稿された Azure Container Registry now supports Singularity Image Format containers

Azure の Announcements 一覧は https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/topics/announcements/ よりご覧いただけます。

Azure Cost Management 機能の一般提供が、従量課金制と Azure Government のお客様向けにいよいよ開始されました。これにより、クラウド コストの分析と予防的管理の機能が大幅に拡張されます。

日本語版のポストは、下記の URL よりご覧いただけます。

https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/azure-cost-management-now-generally-available-for-pay-as-you-go-customers/

※このポストは、2019 年 4 月 22 日に投稿された Azure Cost Management now generally available for Pay-As-You-Go customers

Azure の Announcements 一覧は https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/blog/topics/announcements/ よりご覧いただけます。

執筆者: John M. Wargo Principal Program Manager

このポストは、2019 年 4 月 24 日に投稿された Azure Notification Hubs and Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging Migration の翻訳です。

Google が Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) から Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) への移行を発表しました。これを受け、Azure Notification Hubs などのプッシュ サービスは Android デバイスへの通知方法を調整する必要が出てきました。

このためマイクロソフトはサービス バックエンドを更新し、適宜 API と SDK の更新を公開しました。また、お客様への影響を最小限に抑えるために、実装では既存の GCM 通知スキーマとの互換性を維持することにし、現在は FCM Legacy Mode で FCM を使用して Android デバイスに通知を行っています。最終的には、新機能やペイロード形式などを含めて、FCM を本格的にサポートしたいと考えています。この変更は長期にわたることを想定しており、現在は既存のアプリや SDK との互換性の維持を重視して移行を行っている段階です。そのため現在アプリでは (SDK との併用で) GCM ライブラリと FCM ライブラリのどちらも使用でき、問題なく通知されるようになっています。

つい先日、一部のお客様に向けて、GCM エンドポイントを通知に使用しているアプリに関する警告メッセージが Google から送信されました。これはあくまで警告であり、障害が起きているということではありません。アプリへの Android 通知は引き続き Google に送られ、Google で処理されます。Google のサービス構成で GCM エンドポイントを明示的に指定していたお客様が、非推奨のエンドポイントをまだ使用していたケースがあったようですが、私たちはこの問題を把握し、Google からメールが送られる問題の解決に取り組んでいました。

そして、その非推奨のエンドポイントを置き換え、修正プログラムを配信しました。

もしアプリで GCM ライブラリを使用している場合は、Google の指示に従ってアプリ内で FCM ライブラリへのアップグレードを行ってください。マイクロソフトの SDK はどちらのライブラリとも互換性があるため、マイクロソフト側のアプリでアップデートを行う必要はありません (SDK を最新の状態にしている場合に限ります)。

とは言え、この状況は一時的な処置ですので、1 年以内には API と SDK を更新し、FCM を完全にサポートしたいと考えています (GCM はサポート終了となる見込み)。以下は本件に関してよく寄せられる質問とその回答です。こちらを参照しながら対応を進めてください。

Q: 互換性を維持するために、期限までにやるべきことはありますか。Google が現在発表している期限は 5 月 29 日ですが、変更の可能性はありますか。

A: 特にありません。マイクロソフトが既存の GCM 通知スキーマとの互換性を維持させるため、GCM キーは引き続き皆様のアプリで使用されている GCM の SDK とライブラリと同様に問題なく機能します。
FCM の SDK とライブラリにアップグレードし新機能を利用する場合でも、GCM キーはそのまま機能します。FCM キーの使用に切り替えることも可能ですが、新しい Firebase プロジェクトを作成する際に必ず既存の GCM プロジェクトに Firebase を追加してください。そうすることで、GCM の SDK とライブラリを使用している古いバージョンのアプリを顧客が使用している場合に、そのアプリとの下位互換性が保証されます。

新しい FCM プロジェクトの作成時に既存の GCM プロジェクトに関連付けていない場合は、新しい FCM シークレットで Notification Hubs をアップデートすると、新しい FCM キーには古い GCM プロジェクトへのリンクがないため、現行のアプリに通知をプッシュできなくなります。

Q: 古い GCM エンドポイントが使用されているとメールで通知がありましたが、なぜですか。何か対応する必要はあるのでしょうか。

A: 何もしなくて大丈夫です。マイクロソフトは今新しいエンドポイントへの移行を進めており、間もなく完了するため、変更の必要はありません。問題が起きているわけではなく、マイクロソフト側で GCM エンドポイントを使用しなくなったことが Google から警告メッセージが送信された理由です。

Q: ユーザーへのサービスを中断せずに、新しい FCM の SDK とライブラリに移行するにはどうすればよいでしょうか。

A: いつアップグレードしても大丈夫です。Google はまだ GCM の SDK とライブラリの廃止について発表していません。ユーザーへのプッシュ通知を中断しないためには、新しい Firebase プロジェクトの作成時に必ず既存の GCM プロジェクトに関連付けるようにしてください。そうすることで、GCM の SDK とライブラリで実行されている古いバージョンのアプリを使用しているユーザーと、FCM の SDK とライブラリで実行されるアプリの新規ユーザーに対して新しい Firebase シークレットが機能します。

Q: FCM の新機能やスキーマを通知に使用できるようになるのはいつですか。

A: マイクロソフトの API と SDK のアップデートが公開されるまでしばらくお待ちください。今後数か月のうちにお知らせできる見込みです。

Azure Notification Hubs のさらに詳しい情報についてはこちらをご覧ください。またこちらのページから利用を開始していただけます。

執筆者: Nick Brown (Security Software Engineer, Cloud & AI Security Green Team)

このポストは、2019 年 4 月 25 日に投稿された Securing Azure SQL Databases with managed identities just got easier! の翻訳です。

Azure Services App Authentication ライブラリ バージョン 1.2.0 (英語) のプレビュー 2 がリリースされました。このリリースでは、既存の .NET アプリで Azure SQL Database へのシンプルかつシームレスな認証が可能になり、コードを変更する必要はなく、設定を変更するだけで済むようになりました。これまで既存の SQL アプリでマネージド ID と AAD ベース認証を使用するには、認証に使用するアクセス トークンを取得および設定するために、コードを変更する必要がありました。開発者の多くは App Authentication ライブラリを使い慣れているため、そこから次のようにアクセス トークンを取得していました。

SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
connection.AccessToken = await (new AzureServiceTokenProvider()).GetAccessTokenAsync("https://database.windows.net/")
connection.Open();

このコード変更の実装とテストは、簡単に済まないケースがよく見られました。EntityFramework が複雑に絡んでくることが原因で、エラーが発生しやすかったためです。それは StackOverflow (英語) に寄せられた問い合わせの多さ (英語) からも明らかでした。しかし、.NET Framework 4.7.2 (英語) では SqlClient 向けの新機能が追加され、アプリの設定を介して SQL 認証プロバイダーを登録できるようになりました。この SQL 認証プロバイダーの実装作業は既に完了しているため、この後示すとおり、プロバイダーを登録するための簡単な設定変更のみでよくなりました。

今回リリースされた新しい App Authentication ライブラリによって、多くの開発者の皆様が SQL を基盤とした既存のソリューションで新機能を試し、App Authentication ライブラリとマネージド ID によるセキュリティ上のメリットを得られるようになると考えています。この新機能の詳細情報と試用については、こちらのサンプル (英語) をご確認ください。

リリース前: 資格情報を含む接続文字列を使用

<connectionStrings>
   <!-- using connection string containing credentials -->
   <add name="MyDbConnection" connectionString="Data Source=tcp:[SQL Server Name].database.windows.net;Initial Catalog=[SQL DB name];UID=[UID];Password=[pwd]" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

リリース後: App Authentication の SqlAppAuthenticationProvider を登録

<configSections>
   ...
   <!-- Change #1: Register the new SqlAuthenticationProvider configuration section -->
   <section name="SqlAuthenticationProviders" type="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlAuthenticationProviderConfigurationSection, System.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
   <!-- Change #2: Update the connection string to remove credentials and reference the registered SQL authentication provider from change #3 -->
   <add name="MyDbConnection" connectionString="Data Source=tcp:[SQL Server Name].database.windows.net;Initial Catalog=[SQL DB Name];UID=AnyString;Authentication=Active Directory Interactive" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<!-- Change #3: Add the new SqlAuthenticationProvider configuration section, registering the built-in authentication provider in AppAuth library -->
<SqlAuthenticationProviders>
   <providers>
     <add name="Active Directory Interactive" type="Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication.SqlAppAuthenticationProvider, Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication" />
   </providers>
</SqlAuthenticationProviders>

ぜひ今すぐ App Authentication ライブラリの新しい SQL 認証プロバイダー機能をお試しください。不明な点や懸念事項がございましたら、StackOverflow (英語) までお寄せください。