November 2019

Azure – You can now use Azure AD Authentication to logon on Windows virtual machines (preview)

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After  getting the ability to logon on Linux virtual machines on Azure using your Azure AD credentials (see http://blog.hametbenoit.info/2018/05/23/azure-you-can-use-your-azure-ad-credentials-to-logon-to-linux-vm/), you can now also do the same with Windows virtual machine (Windows Server 2019 Datacenter and Windows 10 1809 [or later]), available to all Azure regions. To be able to use it, you need to ensure […]

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Office 365 – You can define Favorites administration roles

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As you already know, the Roles page on Office 365 administration portal (https://admin.microsoft.com/) allows you to manage Office 365 roles assigned to your users. Well, you can now define your favorites administration roles (aka the one you use/manage the most) to filter the available roles to only those ones. To set an administration role as

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Office – OneNote 2016 mainstream support is going to continue

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For those who still use OneNote 2016 and still do not have moved to the OneNote Windows 10 app (I am one of them ) – probably because there is still to much gap between OneNote 2016 and OneNote app, here is a good news. Despite what was announced in 2018, Microsoft is reversing and

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Azure – A new major version of Azure PowerShell modules (Az) is now available

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  A new Azure PowerShell modules (Az) (version 3.0) has been released and is available for download either using MSI packages or Install-Module command       x86 MSI package: https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/releases/download/v3.0.0-November2019/Az-Cmdlets-3.0.0.30818-x86.msi x64 MSI package: https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/releases/download/v3.0.0-November2019/Az-Cmdlets-3.0.0.30818-x64.msi Install-Module command: Install-Module -Name Az -Repository PSGallery –Force or Update-Module -Name Az (if already had Az PowerShell module installed) As

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Office 365 – Cloud Shell is now also available on Office 365 Administration portal

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You may be already aware of Cloud Shell, a feature introduced with Azure allowing you to run PowerShell commands directly from the web browser (https://shell.azure.com/), which then has been extended to allow you to also connect to Exchange Online. Well, now it is the turn of Office 365 as Cloud Shell just makes his appearance

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Azure – Azure Arc, run Azure services anywhere

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It has just been announced at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 Conference, a new hybrid/multi cloud capability has been added to Azure called Azure ARC. After delivering Azure Stack few years ago delivering a consistent cloud-model for on-premises deployment, Azure ARC is now available in preview allowing you to deploy Azure services anywhere while extending the

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Azure – PowerShell support in Azure Function is now generally available

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As you may already know, Azure Function is a serverless computing service designed to accelerate and simplify application development. Well, good news is PowerShell support in Azure Function is now generally available, which means you can now use your existing PowerShell code into Azure Function You can get more details on how to use PowerShell

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Azure – Azure MFA will now be enabled by default and free

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As just announced at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 Conference, Azure Multi Factor Authentication (Azure MFA) will now be enabled by default for all new Azure AD (and Office 365 or Dynamics as they rely on Azure AD) tenant and will be also free for existing customers with the Microsoft Authenticator app (available on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azure.authenticator

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Azure AD – You can now ‘live try’ Conditional Access

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As you already know, Azure AD Conditional Access policies are one important component helping you securing access to your resources. Implementing Conditional Access policies is sometimes a little bit complicated as it may impact the ability of your users to access those resources. Well, good news, you can now enable a Report Only option when

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Azure – Azure Site Recovery can now clean up deallocated VM’s and NIC’s

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As you know, Azure Site Recovery (ASR) allows you to replicate your virtual machines (either from on-premise to Azure or between 2 Azure regions) to provide you disaster recovery if your primary site is failing. If you are using Azure Site Recovery to replicate between 2 Azure regions, when you fail back to your primary

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