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Azure – Azure File Share now available in preview

A new functionality is available in preview for Azure File Share: the snapshot. Azure File Share snapshot will allow you to store read-only version of files stored on Azure File Share – the same way you can already do on your local Windows client with the versioning. You can enable the snapshot feature on your […]

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Azure – Track changes done on virtual machine

A new feature is available in preview allowing you to track any changes done on a virtual machine. To enable it, you must have a running virtual machine and then go to the virtual machine blade to enable Change tracking (below the Operations section) When enabling the change tracking, you are also provisioning another preview

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Exchange Online – Enable Azure Information Protection on OWA

You may have already configured Azure RMS (Rights Management Service) integration with Outlook Web Access (or so called today Outlook on the Web). You can now also enable the same integration with Azure Information Protection; even if you do not have yet enabled Azure RMS integration. To do so you must: have an Office 365

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SCCM – Integrate SCCM with OMS Update Management

If you are using SCCM and Azure OMS, you already know that you can integrate SCCM with OMS. But do you know you can leverage the OMS capabilities to manage updates with SCCM?   Prerequisites This is possible if you match the following requirements and apply the below configuration You must have an OMS workspace

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Azure – SQL Vulnerability Assessment

Microsoft has introduced a new feature to help you ensuring your Azure SQL services are secured. This feature is called SQL Vulnerability Assessment and is available on preview; the good news is you can also use it with your on-premises SQL servers. It has been designed in a way that even non security/SQL expert can

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Azure – Azure VNet DDoS protection

As announced at the Ignite Conference, a new Distributed Denial of Service protection has been added to Azure virtual network. This comes into 2 different offers: Basic and free Standard, providing custom and tuned protection based on your Azure Resource   To start using it you can register for the standard preview at http://aka.ms/ddosprotection (no

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Azure – Azure Analysis Services now support firewall

The Azure Analysis Services now support firewall, allowing you to lock down the connectivity between Azure Analysis and the defined source. To access and configure this functionality, you can go to the Azure Analysis Services blade, within the Settings section Toggle to switch from Off to On; you will see the default rule (in fact

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Azure – Storage Metric now available in preview

A new feature has been available in preview on Azure to help you analyze usage trend and diagnose issues with your storage account. You can access Storage Metric from the portal or use REST API. From the portal access the storage account you want to gather the metrics and access the Metrics blade; you will

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Azure – Manage updates for Azure Virtual Machine

You can now automate update management for Azure Virtual Machine in an easier way. Using Azure Automation, you can now better manage updates management for your virtual machine on Azure. Prerequisites An automation account (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-create-standalone-account for instruction if required) Virtual machine running on Azure ARM – Classic virtual machine are not supported – within

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