Azure – Automated SQL Databases backup (Preview)

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Following the announcement of Azure Backup for SQL Server on Azure VM (see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/azure-backup-for-sql-server-on-azure-vm-public-preview/) a new backup capability has been added. As you know, when a new SQL database is being added onto your Azure SQL VM instance you have to rediscover the database and then configure the protection for this new database. Now, with […]

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Azure – A new option is available for the Azure administration portal

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Next time you are logging on to your Azure administration portal (https://portal.azure.com) you may be a little bit surprised as it will not display your usual dashboard but a new home page. Don’t be worry it will offer you to select which ‘home page’ you want to set: either the new home or your dashboard.

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Azure – The Az PowerShell module is now in general availability

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As announced in August 2018, a new PowerShell module to manage Azure resources called Az has been in development. It reached the general availability state. To install it, open a PowerShell prompt (as usual using the Run As Administrator) and run the command Install-Module -Name Az -Repository PSGallery –Force NOTE will you can have both

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Azure – Azure Backup Server now support SQL 2017 and Windows Server 2019

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Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) v3 now support SQL 2017 workloads and can be installed on Windows Server 2019. In addition MABS v3 introduces support for TLS 1.2 and support for VMware VM backup (vCenter and ESXi 6.5 and auto-protection when new VMWare VM’s are added to a protected folder) You can get here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup#software-package

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Azure – Integration of PDF Acrobat Reader with Azure Information Protection is now generally available

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Updated Oct 18, 2019 A new version of the plugin has been released, see http://bit.ly/2VOlF0K It has been announced last September at the Ignite 2018 conference and in preview since then. Now, the integration of Acrobat Reader with Azure Information Protection is now GA. To take advantage of it, you have few things to do:

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Exchange Online – Introducing the Fiddler extension for Exchange Online

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You may already know Fiddler, the web debugging tool which has been initially developed by a Microsoft support engineer years ago and now part of Telerik (but still free). Well, the Exchange product team has been proud to announce the availability of a Fiddler extension dedicated to Exchange Online troubleshooting. The Exchange Online extension provides

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Teams – New capabilities are coming in to calling in Teams

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Microsoft Teams calling capabilities are going to be improved as multiple updates are being deployed, which is expected to be started by mid December 2018 and completed by end of January 2019. The below list details the new features going to be available once your tenant has been updated: Shared Line Appearance – Handle multiple

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Intune / Windows 10 – You can refresh a device while keeping it enrolled

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This has been available for few months already but apparently was not quite known. Since last August 2018, you can now request to refresh an enrolled Windows 10 (1703 and later) from Intune. The refresh option – called Fresh Start – will remove all preinstalled application while keeping the device enrolled. It is important to

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Intune / Windows 10 – You can now configure the Delivery Optimization for Windows Update

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The latest Intune update allows you to configure the Delivery Optimization for Windows Update in Windows 10/Windows Server 2019 (yes, Delivery Optimization is also available on Windows Server 2019 ) Do configure the Delivery Optimization you need to create a new Device Profile for Windows 10 or Later and then choose the Delivery Optimization profile

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Azure VM – You can now replace virtual disk during the restore process

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Previously when you had to restore an Azure Virtual Machine you had to fully restore the VM by creating a new VM. Now you can restore the VM by replacing it by overwriting the existing/being restored one. Off course to be able to do this you need to have a recovery vault in place and

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