As Microsoft has announced it was moving to TLS 1.2, the 3DES cipher support is going to be removed by February 28, 2019. If you are not sure if this cipher is still being used by your organization to connect and access Office 365 services you can go to the Secure Score website (http://securescore.microsoft.com) and use the “Remove TLS 1.0/1.1 and 3DES Dependencies” option By clicking the Learn More button…
Read MoreIdentity – A new form of identity is being developed by Microsoft
This clearly follows the path of what has been already announced by Microsoft for using blockchain to manage, protect and validate identities. A new form of identity, called Decentralized Identity, is under way to help developer to validate identities. You can start using these API’s (based on the W3C CCG draft specifications – https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/) by using the samples and documentation available here http://aka.ms/DIDforDevs This will help authenticating and validating various…
Read MoreAzure – Automated SQL Databases backup (Preview)
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 the new capability – called auto-protection – you can automatically get Azure to do the…
Read MoreAzure – A new option is available for the Azure administration portal
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. Once you have defined your new default home you can change it using the Settings…
Read MoreAzure – The Az PowerShell module is now in general availability
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 AzureRM and Az modules installed side by side (using the –AllowClobber) it is not recommended…
Read MoreAzure – Azure Backup Server now support SQL 2017 and Windows Server 2019
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 to know how to upgrade to MABS v3.
Read MoreAzure – Integration of PDF Acrobat Reader with Azure Information Protection is now generally available
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: Download and deploy the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader from https://get.adobe.com/reader/ Download and deploy the add-in available here https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2050049 You can also use the Foxit Reader available here https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/ Download and…
Read MoreExchange Online – Introducing the Fiddler extension for Exchange Online
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 you all the features available with Fiddler (session capture, session colouring…) but also much more…
Read MoreTeams – New capabilities are coming in to calling in Teams
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 calls on a specific number called a shared number. This feature can configure any enterprise…
Read MoreIntune / Windows 10 – You can refresh a device while keeping it enrolled
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 Retain the user data if you want to keep the device enrolled (Azure AD Joined,…
Read MoreIntune / Windows 10 – You can now configure the Delivery Optimization for Windows Update
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 type, then you can define how the Delivery Optimization will work – from HTTP only…
Read MoreAzure VM – You can now replace virtual disk during the restore process
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 have the VM being backed up at least once If you need to restore a…
Read MoreAzure – Azure Site Recovery automatic update is now available
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is an Azure service allowing you to setup a disaster recovery infrastructure by replicating your virtual machines either from on-premises (VMWare/Hyper-V) or from Azure. When you implement ASR you have to deploy a component, known as mobility service, on each virtual machines being replicated. As each time ASR is updated (which is a monthly cadence) you also have to update your mobility agent, which then may…
Read MoreSCCM – You can request a client restart from the SCCM console
With the latest System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch update (build 1810), you can now request a client restart using the SCCM console. To do so, open your SCCM console and reach out the Devices section from the Assets and Compliance workspace to select the device you want to restart Right click on the device and choose Client Notification\Restart If a user is currently logged on the client, he…
Read MoreSCCM – It is now possible to repair installed application from the Software Center
With the latest update of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch (build 1810), it is now possible to repair installed application from the Software Center. The option ‘Allow end-users to attempt to repair this application’ need to be enabled when you deploy the application Once your new application is created and available in the SCCM console you need to edit it and reach the Deployment Type tab to add…
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