Author name: Benoit HAMET

Azure – You can now deploy Azure Monitor Application Insights Agent on Azure Virtual machine and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

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You may already know Azure Monitor Application Insights, which is an application performance management service for web developers, helping you gain insights about your application performance and reliability. Well, good news, you can now deploy Azure Monitor Application Insights as an agent (aka extension) on Azure Virtual Machines or Azure Virtual Machines Scale Sets when […]

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Azure – You can now use Azure Monitor to help troubleshooting network issues

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As you may have already experienced, troubleshooting network connectivity issues (either with Azure VNets or in hybrid configuration with VPN/Express Route back to on-premises) can be quite challenging. While Microsoft has been providing network troubleshooting capabilities (with Network Watcher), it is still a time consuming and difficult. Well, good news, you can now use Azure

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Teams – You can now define policy package

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As you already know you can define Teams policies (aka Messaging, Meeting, Application, Calling or Live Events policies) to define various settings for Teams client. This means for each Teams functionality you had/have to create a policy and then apply it to the users; which then could results in configuration/policy inconsistency as every policy is

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Teams – You can now use Teams Advisor to help you rollout Teams (preview)

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While Teams usage is growing, it can be difficult to properly start rolling out Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has deployed a new capability in Teams, called Teams Advisor, to help you rolling out and increase Teams usage. The Teams Advisor assess your Office 365 tenant to determine the most common configuration you may have to implement

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Azure – Azure Advisor is providing operational excellence advices

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By now, you should know Azure Advisor, the Azure feature giving you personalized advices based on your Azure implementation to help you following best practices for security and cost management. Well, now Azure Advisor is also able to give you specific advices to help you achieve Operational Excellence, helping you improving your process and workflows

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Power BI – The new EXE installer command lines

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As announced few weeks back (see https://t.co/Xe4cA1yQaw), the Power BI Desktop MSI package has been removed and replaced by an single EXE file available at https://aka.ms/PBISingleInstaller. If you are managing application deployment (by using SCCM [or any other software deployment solution] or Intune), this move is quite annoying. Well, I got you covered – well

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Azure – The Azure mobile application got refreshed

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As you may already know, the Azure mobile app (for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.azure and iOS https://apps.apple.com/app/microsoft-azure/id1219013620) helps you to keep an eye on your Azure resources while you are on the go. Well, after the Azure portal getting a refresh, this is now the mobile app to get a refreshed and clearer interface. Next time you

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Azure AD Connect / ADFS – You can now stage your migration from AD FS (preview)

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When you are moving to cloud services (in this case Office 365 and/or Azure Active Directory/Azure), it is important that the authentication process is working seamlessly when you are moving away from federated authentication services (AD FS, Okta…) to cloud authentication. This means you need to be able to test and validate the process. Until

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OneDrive – You can now markup a PDF copy of an Office document

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The OneDrive mobile application for Android allows you to create a PDF copy of an Office document (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) and leverage the markup capabilities to highlight or make note to the document without changing the original one. To start using it you need (of course) the OneDrive for Android mobile application (available here

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Exchange Online – A new enhanced filtering settings

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As you are aware, properly configured inbound connectors to Exchange Online is very important to ensure proper and secure mail flow (including capability to fight against spam and phishing emails). While the trusted source is usually identified as the IP address(es), in complex scenario – such as third party hygiene solution, Exchange Hybrid implementation or

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