Why Microsoft partners with rivals
Video die de omslag van MIcrosoft op het gebied van partnerships over tijd goed weergeeft
Source : Vowe.net
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Microsoft Mt. Rogers: Head-worn productivity displays
The 3D Workspace is gradualy coming to live …
The Mt. Rogers research project is focused on improving traditional productivity tasks in mixed reality environments. It allows users to put on a head-mounted display and surround themselves with as many virtual monitors as is useful. Thus Mt. Rogers offers infinite screen real-estate in a portable and private manner. Our project goals are superb text readability, efficient user input and user comfort. By achieving these goals, Mt. Rogers can function as an effective monitor replacement while giving users access to the full Windows desktop and applications that they already know and love.
Read more : Mt. Rogers: Head-worn productivity displays
Does your company use multiple Public Cloud Providers ? Use Azure Cost Management to control your spend
It’s common for enterprises to run workloads on more than one cloud provider; however, adopting a multi-cloud strategy comes with complexities like handling different cost models, varying billing cycles, and different cloud designs that can be difficult to navigate across multiple dashboards and views.
Azure Cost Management now offers cross-cloud support. This is available in preview and can play a critical role in helping you efficiently and effectively managing your organization’s multi-cloud needs. Onboard your AWS costs via an easy-to-use cloud connector to get a single view of your expenditures, so you can analyze and budget for the future in one place.
Analyzing Azure and AWS spend with cost analysis
Get deep insights into your cloud spend with the rich graphic capabilities in cost analysis. Analyze your costs across 18 available dimensions like provider, service name, usage location, availability zones, meter, and tags. Cost analysis provides the flexibility to view granular charges to understand what’s driving costs and anomalies, or high-level views to analyze total and month-over-month costs for one or both of your cloud providers. Learn more about Azure Cost Management cost analysis.
Continue at source : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-your-cross-cloud-spend-using-azure-cost-management/
Microsoft cloud IT architecture resources
Bij het ontwerp en de implementatie van (hybride) cloud oplossingen is het altijd verstandig om dicht bij de standaard te blijven en grillige workarounds of maatwerk, daar waar mogelijk, te vermijden.
Een belangrijke bron daarbij zijn zgn referentie architecturen; de bron / basis zoals de oplossing bedoeld is en zoals deze kan intergreren met bestaande omgevingen.
Microsoft heeft een goed overzicht van de hun cloud IT architectuur bronnen :
Microsoft cloud for enterprise architects series
Learn core cloud architecture concepts for Microsoft identity, security, networking, and hybrid. Review prescriptive recommendations for protecting files, identities, and devices when using Microsoft’s cloud. Learn how to deploy a modern and secure desktop with Windows 10 and Office ProPlus.
These architecture tools and posters give you information about Microsoft cloud services, including Office 365, Windows 10, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and hybrid on-premises and cloud solutions. IT decision makers and architects can use these resources to determine the ideal solutions for their workloads and to make decisions about core infrastructure components such as identity and security.
Microsoft 365 enterprise solution series
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Microsoft 365 enterprise solution series:
- Microsoft Teams and related productivity services in Microsoft 365 for IT architects
- Groups in Microsoft 365 for IT architects
- Identity and device protection for Office 365
- File protection solutions in Office 365
- Office 365 Information Protection for GDPR
- Microsoft Security Guidance for Political Campaigns, Nonprofits, and Other Agile Organizations
- Microsoft Telephony Solutions
- Deploy a modern and secure desktop with Microsoft
Bron : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/microsoft-cloud-it-architecture-resources
Microsoft Hybrid Cloud
Microsoft hybrid cloud is a set of business scenarios that combine a Microsoft cloud platform with an on-premises component. You can use hybrid cloud as a path to migrate your business and its IT needs to the cloud or integrate cloud platforms and services with your existing on-premises infrastructure as part of your overall IT strategy.
This poster tells the cross-cloud story on hybrid cloud architecture and scenarios for Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Intune, and Dynamics 365.
Download poster : here
Azure solution architectures
Architectures to help you design and implement secure, highly-available, performant and resilient solutions on Azure.
Visit page : Azure solution architectures
Azure IoT Reference architecture
The IoT Architecture Guide aims to accelerate customers building IoT Solutions on Azure by providing a proven production ready architecture, with proven technology implementation choices, and with links to Solution Accelerator reference architecture implementations such as Remote Monitoring and Connected Factory. The document offers an overview of the IoT space, recommended subsystem factoring for scalable IoT solutions, prescriptive technology recommendations per subsystems, and detailed sections per subsystem that explore use cases and technology alternatives.
https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/blog/azure-iot-reference-architecture-update/
How to use Microsoft Teams, a demo tutorial (2019)
Microsoft Teams wordt door steeds meer organisaties in gebruik genomen. Teams is inmiddels een oplossing met een breed scala aan functionaliteit. Deze video geeft je een up to date overzicht van het gebruik van de meest recente functionaliteit van Teams.
Learn everything you need to know about using Microsoft Teams in 15 minutes. Aya Tange from Microsoft Teams walks through the end-to-end user experiences with a full demo tutorial: from chat and collaboration to online meetings and calling capabilities. If you’re in IT, we also cover the core set of admin controls for managing Microsoft Teams.
This show was recorded at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour in Amsterdam.
To learn more, check out: http://aka.ms/SuccessWithTeams
Inside Azure datacenter architecture with Mark Russinovich
Een goed en up to date (mei 2019) overzicht van de ontwikkelingen rond MIcrosoft’s Azure datacenters door Mark Russinovich van MIcrosoft.
Join Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO, to learn how Microsoft’s Azure enables intelligent, modern and innovative applications at scale in the cloud, on-premises and on the edge. Microsoft Azure has achieved massive, global scale, with more than 50 announced regions consisting of over 100 datacenters, and it is growing fast. It delivers the promise of cloud computing, including high-availability, extreme performance, and security, by custom designing software and hardware to work best together. Mark takes you on a tour of Azure’s datacenter architecture and implementation innovations, describing everything from Azure’s global infrastructure, to how we enable large-scale enterprise scenarios on both cloud and edge, to how we bring quantum computing to real-world scenarios today, and more.
Microsoft Teams #architectuur #inrichting #governance #beheer
Als er binnen de Office365 omgeving 1 dienst enorm in beweging is, dan is dat Microsoft Teams. Mede door de steeds grotere adoptie van Teams binnen kleine en grote organisaties is de vraag naar inzicht, structuur en beheer groeiende. Microsoft speelt daar goed op in en je ziet dan ook een hele hoos aan actuele content die de prangende vragen goed adresseert.
Ik heb een kort lijstje samengesteld van wat content die ik in de afgelopen tijd als nuttig heb ervaren. Doe er je voordeel mee
Microsoft Teams architectuur
- A Glimpse at the Architecture of Microsoft Teams
https://www.avepoint.com/blog/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-architecture/ - Microsoft Teams IT architecture and telephony solutions posters
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-architecture-solutions-posters
Beheer van policies / AD gerelateerde zaken rondom Teams
- Using Exchange Address Book Policies with Teams
https://www.petri.com/using-exchange-address-book-policies-teams - How to Implement Address Book Policies in Office 365/Exchange 2013/2016 Effectively
http://www.azure365pro.com/how-to-implement-address-book-policies-in-office-365exchange-20132016-effectively/
Beheer en governance in Teams
- Manage Microsoft Teams settings for your organization
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/enable-features-office-365?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fAdministrator-settings-for-Microsoft-Teams-3966a3f5-7e0f-4ea9-a402-41888f455ba2 - How to manage Microsoft Teams effectively – BRK4012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZruIk-kV8&list=WL&index=48&t=3704s - Governance, management and lifecycle in Microsoft Teams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOCWDYc_HLs&list=WL&index=47&t=0s - Automate team lifecycles with Microsoft Teams and Graph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TVM5Wonpkg&list=WL&index=49&t=8s - SharePoint integration into Microsoft Teams for file sharing, storage & collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vj897RgWKQ&list=WL&index=51&t=1304s - Top 10 Considerations for Microsoft Teams Governance
https://www.avepoint.com/blog/manage/microsoft-teams-governance/
Training voor (beheer van) Teams
- Microsoft Teams Training modules for IT Pros
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-Training-modules-for-IT-Pros/ba-p/353031
Wanneer gebruik je Onedrive. Teams, SharePoint, etc.
Een van de meest gestelde vragen rondom de implementatie en het gebruik van Office365 diensten is “welke tool gebruik je waar en wanneer ?”.
Er zijn net zoveel (goede) antwoorden als vragen en er is dan ook al heel veel over geschreven. Vandaag deelde Gapingvoid een hele simpele graphic die het ook heel goed samenvat :
Simpel ? ja, het ligt er maar aan hoe je het bekijkt. aan het eind van de dag is er namelijk maar 1 persoon die kan beslissen met welk stuk gereedschap hij / zij aan de slag gaat voor welk taak : jijzelf.
Het ‘enige’ dat je dan nog nodig hebt zijn :
- Goede kennis van en (digtitale) vaardigheden met de tools waarmee je wilt werken.
- Goede afspraken met collega’s / de mensen met wie je samenwerkt over welke tools je waarvoor in wilt zetten voor die werkzaamheden die je samen met anderen wilt doen.
Microsoft just released the 1st official preview of Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser
Microsoft today launched the first official version of its Edge browser with the Chromium engine for Windows 10. You can now download the first developer and canary builds here. The canary builds will get daily updates and the developer builds will see weekly updates. Over time, you’ll also be able to opt in to the beta channel and, eventually, the stable channel.
Continue at source : https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/you-can-now-download-the-first-official-preview-of-microsoft-edge-with-chromium/amp/
Windows 10 build 1803–BSOD
As a good Microsoft adapt I have updated to the latest public WIndows 10 build proactively. On both my PCs I now suffer from random BSOD’s. My machine freezes and within 2 minutes a BSOD and aparently I am not the only one …
Paul Thurrott reported that Microsoft is “looking into the issue” : Microsoft to Fix Windows 10 Version 1803 Freezing Issue
“Microsoft is aware that some devices running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) may hang or freeze when using certain apps, such as ‘Hey Cortana’ or Chrome,” a Microsoft support document explains. “Microsoft is working on a solution with the goal of including it in the next regular monthly update, currently targeted for a release date of May 8, 2018.”
and a temorary workaround could be :
Microsoft offers the following workaround if you are experiencing freezes or hangs:
- Try the Windows keyboard shortcut WINKEY + CTRL + SHIFT + B, which wakes the screen. If you’re on a tablet, you can press and hold the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons simultaneously three times, and do so within 2 seconds.
- If you’re using a laptop, close and open the laptop lid.
I certainly hope this gets fixed asap 
UPDATE 8/5/2018
Help is on it’s way as promised by MIcrosoft :
UPDATE 9/5/2018
Despite the update that Microsoft provided yesterday, I still experience freezes and BSODs …
Let’s see what comes out of the community in the comes few days … By any means this is bad for a production release …
A few links with discussions on the topic :