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Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

392 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratings

Made for tech enthusiasts and IT professionals. Expanded coverage of your favorite technologies across Microsoft; including Office, Azure, Windows and Data Platforms. We'll even bring you broader topics such as device innovation with Surface, machine learning, and predictive analytics.

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Updates to Microsoft 365 experiences in Teams, Lists, OneDrive, Stream, Viva, and more

March 03, 2021 17:40 - 14 minutes - 25.4 MB Video

Take a deep dive on the recent and upcoming updates in Microsoft 365, including new files experiences across OneDrive and Microsoft 365, new admin controls, and the brand new employee experience platform, Microsoft Viva. With more of us working remotely, we're reliant on being able to securely work on files and content. Microsoft 365 VP, Omar Shahine, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how the newest Microsoft 365 updates help people and organizations to stay connected and secure. Shared Channe...

Azure Communication Services | Build video, voice and chat apps that connect to Microsoft Teams

March 03, 2021 16:47 - 11 minutes - 59.3 MB Video

Tour the newest updates to Azure Communication Services (ACS). Microsoft CVP, Scott Van Vliet, joins host Jeremy Chapman to give you the details, from core capabilities generally available this month, to new capabilities available in preview, including interoperability with Microsoft Teams and using the Azure Bot Framework to enable Intelligent Voice Response. If you're new to Azure Communication Services, it's a new platform for building rich custom communication experiences that leverage...

Azure SQL Database serverless performance vs PaaS | Icertis hands-on use case

February 09, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes - 74.1 MB Video

Watch how to implement a serverless architecture in Azure from Azure SQL Database serverless to Azure container instances. Join solution provider Icertis and watch how they use serverless technology from Azure SQL Database serverless to give their customers a customizable, turnkey and scalable contract intelligence platform. The Icertis Contract Intelligence (or ICI platform) is used by the world's most iconic brands and turns contracts from static documents into strategic advantage by str...

Keep Cloud Cost Down & Set Budget Accountability | Azure Cost Management and Billing

February 02, 2021 15:42 - 15 minutes - 85 MB Video

Take a deep dive on Azure Cost Management and Billing, a free tool that helps you set budget accountability and find optimizations to keep Cloud cost down. Whether you are managing your Cloud expenditure, want to ensure a specific workload or project stays within budget, or want to identify optimizations, Azure Cost Management can help. And Cost Management comes free with your Azure subscription, so there’s no excuse not to use it. Antonio Ortoll, Product Manager for Microsoft Azure, joins...

Operational Foundation for Cloud Migration or Build | Azure Landing Zones

January 25, 2021 18:09 - 12 minutes - 72.2 MB Video

As you migrate or build new solutions in the Cloud with Azure Landing Zones, set yourself up for success with a set of reference environments that provide an operational foundation to host your workloads in Azure. Azure Landing Zones gives you the building blocks and scaffolding at the workload or organizational level to ensure any resource you build or migrate to Azure aligns with the rules and policies you set. We provision a set of Azure baseline services that you deploy as code to give...

Chatbots in Microsoft Teams | Build with Power Virtual Agents

January 19, 2021 17:00 - 13 minutes - 56.5 MB Video

Create intelligent chatbots directly in Microsoft Teams using Power Virtual Agents (PVA). We'll also show how the integration with the Bot Framework Composer lights up new capabilities for building even richer custom experiences. Jeremy Chapman is joined by Emma Archer, Principal Group Program Manager for Power Virtual Agents, who shows you how easy it is to create a new PVA bot in Teams and how to extend it with custom capabilities, leveraging the Bot Framework Composer. With so many of u...

Deploy & Configure Microsoft Teams | Intro tutorial

January 19, 2021 15:58 - 8 minutes - 40.2 MB Video

Get the basics for configuring and managing Microsoft Teams. Watch this video and you'll see the prerequisites for the best Microsoft Teams experience including; planning for network capacity and deployment; org-wide tenant-level controls; as well as ways to customize Microsoft Teams for any organization. Configure Microsoft Teams as part of your install: https://config.office.com Learn more details on configuration of Office 365: https://aka.ms/OfficeITSeries Complete list of Microsoft sett...

Optimize Operating Costs with Cloud Economics in Azure

January 14, 2021 18:25 - 11 minutes - 68.5 MB Video

Navigate Cloud Economics in Azure, and see radical cost savings for your organization based on your specific workloads. Cloud billing is tied to compute and storage, which includes the underlying software licensing fees. Costs accrue via a pay for what you consume model, versus the up-front server infrastructure and software licensing costs that you would typically pay on-premises in your data center. Join Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure’s Senior Product Manager, to see how the cloud consumpt...

Microsoft Teams for frontline workers. 2021 Updates

January 14, 2021 18:16 - 14 minutes - 76.2 MB Video

Build a consistent experience for frontline workers with Microsoft Teams updates. Take a look at the latest updates for frontline workers in Microsoft Teams. The past year has revealed a gap that exists for essential workers in terms of equal access to technology. By proactively extending the Team's platform to them, you can avoid workers finding their own potentially risky solutions. Microsoft Teams can run on either personal devices or shared devices, it's integrated with your back offic...

Microsoft Surface Hub 2S 85" | Designed for Strong Person-to-Person and Team Connection

January 11, 2021 17:58 - 7 minutes - 42.2 MB Video

Get an inside look at the new Surface Hub 2S 85”, the largest device in the Surface family. Combining state-of-the-art hardware with Microsoft 365 productivity and meeting experiences, it’s designed to enable stronger person-to-person and Team connection, bringing in-person and virtual meeting participants together in one seamless experience. Also notable is its modular design with removable camera and compute module. Experience: Ideal for teamwork spaces and conference rooms Walk up and u...

Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ with LTE Advanced | First Look at Design, Specs, and Internals

January 11, 2021 17:49 - 7 minutes - 49.1 MB Video

The Surface Pro 7+ is the latest generation of the purpose-built, class defining Surface 2-in-1, available exclusively for commercial customers and educational institutions. It's capable of transforming from a laptop to a tablet, or into studio mode, while also serving as a desktop when docked and connected to external displays. And while the signature form factor remains consistent, it brings the next level of performance and versatility to its category, it comes with options for: - Qua...

Implement Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale & Azure Kubernetes Service

January 06, 2021 17:44 - 12 minutes - 81.4 MB Video

Global investments company, BNY Mellon shows how they leverage Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus), and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to design an intelligent system for data ingest and transformation. Keith Pijanowski, Senior Principal Consultant at BNY Mellon, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share the team’s implementation story and how they unified their data in Azure, established an integrated data and analytics platform, and built new SaaS applications that could leverage...

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Step-by-Step Setup for Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

December 09, 2020 17:21 - 13 minutes - 58.7 MB Video

Make automation more accessible so you can focus on what’s important. From code-free automation to your everyday processes in Microsoft teams, the new Power Automate Desktops Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities expands UI automation across a broader spectrum of legacy apps and your favorite web browsers. Automation is no longer only referring to IT automation. As more of what we do every day is digital, automation can apply to almost any process or task. Whether it's an approval ...

Azure Purview | Map, Discover, and Find Insights Across Data Sources

December 03, 2020 18:40 - 13 minutes - 84.5 MB Video

Azure Purview is a significant breakthrough service, especially from a data management perspective. Because data can take many different forms, it's difficult to get a handle on the volumes of data that sit across your organization in multiple clouds and on premises. Purview solves for data discovery and provides the foundation for effective data governance. Ultimately, the better you understand the data you have, the more effectively you can use it across your organization. Purview provid...

What is Azure Synapse Analytics? Generally Available Today.

December 03, 2020 18:33 - 14 minutes - 127 MB Video

Azure Synapse is now generally available. Check out the updates with the release and a first look at additional capabilities coming soon. If you're new to Azure Synapse, it's Microsoft's limitless analytics platform that brings together enterprise data warehousing and big data processing into a single managed environment with no systems integration required. John Macintyre, engineering lead for Azure Synapse, joins host Jeremy Chapman to provide details on the newest updates, and walk throug...

Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | What it is and how to set it up in Microsoft 365

November 17, 2020 14:06 - 7 minutes - 34.9 MB Video

Extend information protection controls beyond apps and services to device endpoints with Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (or DLP). As more and more users work outside the traditional corporate walls, natively for managing Windows 10 devices and the new Edge browser, they can discover and protect sensitive data as it's being shared or transferred. If a user inadvertently mislabels a file, DLP will detect sensitive information and apply corresponding restrictions to prevent data loss...

Microsoft Productivity Score | Measure organization productivity via Microsoft 365 admin center

November 10, 2020 13:43 - 11 minutes - 74.9 MB Video

Get insights into the productivity of your organization and receive tips to accelerate your digital transformation. Check out the new service Microsoft Productivity Score, now generally available. In this video, Jared Spataro, Microsoft CVP for Modern Work, joins Jeremy Chapman to demonstrate Microsoft Productivity Score and how it's used. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Intro to Microsoft Productivity Score 01:45 - Demo of what the score is and Productivity Score home 03:38 - Communication c...

Dynamics 365 Commerce: Intelligent and Personalized Experiences

November 10, 2020 13:37 - 9 minutes - 83.8 MB Video

See how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce supports you in the execution of your digital sales strategy with unified, intelligent, and personalized customer shopping experiences. This includes streamlining your existing supply chain and adding more resiliency. We'll show you how Dynamics 365 Commerce provides a unified experience between your organization and your customers, how it enables centralized operations, and what it takes to set it up. As a modern solution, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Comme...

Always-On Service with Dynamics 365 | Power Platform, Chatbots & IoT

November 02, 2020 16:29 - 7 minutes - 75.7 MB Video

Establish an always-on and connected customer and field service approach with Dynamics 365. Vanessa Fournier, Group Product Manager for Dynamics 365, explains how you can use the Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Field Service apps and supporting capabilities to connect with customers wherever they are, as well as how you can add automated support using virtual agents and IoT devices to augment your customer service support infrastructure. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service provides y...

5G & 4G LTE Networking with Edge compute | Azure Edge Zones

November 02, 2020 16:22 - 8 minutes - 76.7 MB Video

Options for very low latency networking with Azure Edge Zones. It brings Azure's global network fabric into local metro area data centers, provided by Microsoft or with mobile carriers, and onto 5G and 4G LTE networks, so your processing power is local to your users. Edge Zones is a turnkey solution for running your own private mobile network with dedicated bandwidth managed by Azure. Join Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure’s Senior Product Manager, for an overview of Azure Edge Zones and the th...

Azure AI & IoT | Smart Office Reopening with RXR Realty | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 13, 2020 16:54 - 17 minutes - 118 MB Video

Reduced COVID-19 risk in the workplace with AI and IoT on the Edge, RXR Realty, New York based real estate company shows the full implementation. Cory Clarke, Product Management VP at RXR, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how they’re tackling an issue that many of us (whether as an employee or an organization) are trying to figure out— how to operate during the pandemic while keeping people safe. See how they are leveraging Azure AI and IoT for automated health checks, air quality control, soci...

What is Microsoft Teams? How to use the new version. (2021)

October 12, 2020 14:44 - 13 minutes - 29.3 MB Video

Full tutorial of the end-to-end experience that makes it easier for you to communicate and work more effectively with your teams. Aya Tange, Microsoft Teams Product Manager, joins host Jeremy Chapman to walk through some of the core capabilities and highlight all the updates along the way. Teams brings together three main experiences: • Chat, so you can collaborate with your team • Meetings and calling, so you can always stay connected • Apps and automation of your everyday business ...

Azure VMware Solution | How to run a complete VMware environment on Azure | Ignite 2020

October 12, 2020 14:22 - 7 minutes - 50.1 MB Video

Find out how you can run your VMware workloads natively in Azure with the new Azure VMware Solution. Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure Senior Product Manager, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you how to create a VMware private cloud in Azure, and move your on-premises VMware easily to Azure, while continuing to use your existing investments and skill sets in VMware in the cloud. For anyone new to this concept, Azure VMware Solution, or AVS, is a fully-managed Azure PaaS service that lets you run ...

Azure Arc & Azure Stack HCI Updates | Anywhere Management | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 09, 2020 14:27 - 16 minutes - 94.2 MB Video

How to enable seamless management across your hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and tap into Azure services locally, by taking advantage of the latest updates to Azure Arc and the newly refactored Azure Stack HCI. Azure's always been hybrid by design — we took that hybrid expertise and extended it, enabling multi-cloud and multi-edge capabilities. Azure CVP Julia White joins Matt McSpirit, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Azure, to show Azure hybrid capabilities that give you a seam...

Microsoft Defender | Extended Detection and Response (XDR) | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 09, 2020 14:13 - 14 minutes - 127 MB Video

A deep dive into the newly announced Microsoft Defender. We'll show you how this integrated and automated approach to threat detection response across your end-user environments, multi-cloud, and on-premises infrastructure allows you to stop even the most sophisticated attacks. Microsoft Security CVP, Rob Lefferts, joins host Jeremy Chapman to give a comprehensive tour of Microsoft Defender in action and to show how it can be used to identify and contain an attack. Two of our biggest areas...

Verifiable Credentials Using Blockchain | Digital Identity | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 06, 2020 14:15 - 15 minutes - 84.8 MB Video

in control of your own identity online. Owning your identity is more relevant than ever. In the digital environment, it’s hard to retain ownership of your identity once you’ve shared it. Every time you give away personal information in exchange for a service — like bank account numbers, proof of education, or even employment, it’s now in the custody of those different institutions. You no longer control the data associated with them, and you can’t take it back. Verifiable Credentials is on...

Microsoft Teams Administrator Updates for Compliance and Migration with Jeff Teper | Ignite 2020

October 06, 2020 14:11 - 16 minutes - 87.1 MB Video

eep your users and data safe wherever they're working from, take a tour of all the recent upcoming updates for Microsoft 365 admins. As people work remotely or in hybrid work environments, potentially on unmanaged devices or less trusted networks, information protection is more important than ever. We’ve created a simple environment for everybody — from end-users to administrators, in a way where the data is secure and able to be accessed from any device, in any location. Jeff Teper, Microso...

Windows Virtual Desktop 2020 updates | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 05, 2020 20:56 - 11 minutes - 92.9 MB Video

Go on a tour of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), and see all the latest updates. If you're new to WVD, it's a desktop and app virtualization service hosted in Azure, and it’s more popular than ever with the global acceleration of people working remotely. Kam VedBrat, Partner Group Program Manager for Windows Virtual Desktop, joins host Jeremy Chapman to show how they’ve been accelerating efforts to improve elasticity, simplify deployment and management, and optimize latency for customers all o...

Build Power Apps in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2020

October 05, 2020 20:51 - 17 minutes - 114 MB Video

See how anyone can now build an App directly from within Teams (without ever leaving Teams) using Power Apps, as well as the latest templates to kickstart your efforts. And for pro developers, we’ll show you how T-Mobile built their mission-critical Orbit Power App using custom code, Azure APIs, and connectors. Host Jeremy Chapman is joined by Charles Lamanna, CVP of Microsoft’s Low Code Platform, who shows you: • New Power Platform solution templates for common apps you might use in the c...

Azure Communication Services | Enterprise-grade Video, Voice, & Chat experiences

October 01, 2020 20:00 - 13 minutes - 106 MB Video

Introducing Azure Communication Services: a brand new platform that leverages the same enterprise-grade services behind Microsoft Teams through Azure to deliver video, voice, and chat experiences, and much more. CVP Scott Van Vliet, joins Jeremy Chapman to announce the public preview of Azure Communication Services, to discuss the significance of delivering these capabilities, and to show you how to build it. Imagine taking the same chat, voice, video experiences, and capabilities of Micro...

Microsoft Endpoint Manager updates with Brad Anderson | 2020

October 01, 2020 19:48 - 17 minutes - 41.9 MB Video

The latest updates for endpoint and app management, to enable secure remote work experiences from wherever your users are. Due to the pandemic, “work from everywhere” is the new normal. Common tasks like hardware procurement and provisioning, and help desk are radically different when users and IT teams aren’t coming into the office. People have quickly realized not all of their hardware is up to the task of enabling work from everywhere. Brad Anderson, Microsoft 365 CVP, joins host Jeremy C...

Microsoft Surface Duo | The Internals & User Experience

September 29, 2020 22:12 - 11 minutes - 27.2 MB Video

Detailed look at the internals and user experience of the new Microsoft Surface Duo and find out what sets it apart. Vineet Thuvara, Senior Director of Program Management for the Surface team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share details on how Duo is the ultimate intersection of hardware and software experience. It's the first dual-screen foldable device for Microsoft that combines the best of Surface's signature hardware design and Microsoft productivity experiences. It runs on top of an A...

Azure sustainability | The mechanics of reducing the carbon footprint of Microsoft's data centers

September 29, 2020 22:05 - 6 minutes - 65.3 MB Video

Find out what we're doing at Microsoft to sustainably operate our global data center footprint that runs Azure's global network. When you consume services hosted in Azure, you’ll benefit from measurable reductions in your organization’s carbon footprint. This is helpful if you need to meet specific regulatory carbon goals or want to be more efficient and environmentally responsible in the way you operate your compute infrastructure. In fact, studies show that Microsoft's cloud services are u...

Microsoft Teams Rooms Setup | Step-by-Step

September 28, 2020 14:42 - 7 minutes - 30.3 MB Video

Walk through Microsoft Teams Rooms setup, admin configurations, and getting your in-room consoles connected. Microsoft Teams Room combines a digital workspace for Microsoft Teams with dedicated Microsoft certified devices to enable first class meeting experiences, whether you're joining remotely or from in the room. Hardware options are available that range from simple integrated sound bars with a streamlined set of components, to larger systems that include multiple microphones, speakers, c...

Microsoft Teams Rooms | Your Integrated Meeting Solution

September 28, 2020 14:36 - 6 minutes - 44.1 MB Video

Take a tour of Microsoft Teams Rooms; a solution that combines the digital workspace of Microsoft Teams with dedicated Microsoft certified devices. Jeremy Chapman shares how Microsoft Teams Rooms not only simplifies your meeting experience, but provides an integrated meeting solution to reshape team collaboration in your organization with a reliable experience for everyone. He’ll cover options based on how people collaborate in your meeting spaces and the size of your rooms, as well as the k...

Azure Cognitive Services for OCR | GE Aviation's Practical Use Case

September 24, 2020 20:13 - 11 minutes - 79.9 MB Video

Find out how GE Aviation has implemented Azure's Custom Vision to improve the variety and accuracy of document searches through OCR. See the steps they are taking to modernize their on-premises records management system as they move to Azure, and how they are making it easier for their airline customers to respond to new requirements and regulations. Jeremy Chapman joins Nate Hicks, Senior Product Manager for GE Aviation's Digital Group, to discuss how they are taking advantage of Azure Opti...

Power BI & Azure - Self-Service Report Creation | Humana's Practical Use Case

September 24, 2020 20:05 - 14 minutes - 73.9 MB Video

Duplicate the Power BI and Azure efforts Humana, a US-based health and well-being organization, uses to create a single self-service reporting platform that builds a unified profile of their members. This enables Humana to proactively reduce members’ health risks with access to key services and healthcare. Power BI offers flexibility for users to ask questions of their data and conduct ad-hoc analysis, while also updating reports with new material in a shorter amount of time. Sean Chandler...

Microsoft Edge Browser: Security, Compatibility, and Update Management (Chromium | 2020)

August 26, 2020 17:41 - 15 minutes - 61.3 MB Video

Take a hands-on tour to experience the security, compatibility, and manageability of the new Microsoft Edge. Edge is based on Chromium and designed to be the best browser for business. Our host, Jeremy Chapman, shows you what sets it apart from other browsers. QUICK LINKS: 00:23 - Security 06:23 - Compatibility 12:14 - Manageability Security Edge helps protect your network and devices from malicious attacks and prevents unauthorized access and leaks of corporate data. Microsoft D...

Supply Chain & Logistics Management in Dynamics 365

August 26, 2020 17:34 - 8 minutes - 90.3 MB Video

Build a more resilient supply chain with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (SCM). Now more than ever, it's critical to have real-time insights into supply chain factors. Dynamics 365 SCM gives you those insights by providing unified operations across areas like warehousing, planning and transportation. We've also built intelligence on that integrated foundation to provide insights so you can identify issues and keep fulfilling orders, even in today's fast changing environment. Vanessa Fou...

How to migrate web apps to Azure App Service

August 25, 2020 17:19 - 9 minutes - 37.5 MB Video

Take a look at the latest options for assessing and migrating your apps and their underlying code into Azure. Azure App Service allows you to bring code and containers straight into Azure and connect to integrated databases, whether those are on-premises or in Azure. In many cases, this is the easiest path to migrate your existing .NET apps into Azure. Join Jeremy Chapman, as he shows how to bring an app that you already have running on-premises into Azure App Service. If you're new to Azu...

Azure Synapse Fraud Detection Using Big Data Analytics | Clearsale's Practical Use Case

August 25, 2020 17:13 - 8 minutes - 41.9 MB Video

Watch how Clearsale, a leading fraud detection company in Brazil, is using Azure Synapse to modernize their operational analytics data platform. Clearsale helps customers verify an average of half a million transactions daily using big data analytics to detect fraud across the world. Host Jeremy Chapman, speaks with Jelther Goncalves, Data Engineer at Clearsale, to discuss how Clearsale is using Azure Synapse to expand their machine learning analytics for anomaly detection and to operate at ...

Azure AI and Machine Learning | Using Azure Stack Edge to help stop animal trafficking

August 19, 2020 18:31 - 14 minutes - 82.5 MB Video

Take a look at Azure Stack Edge and its growing application for AI and machine learning workloads. Find out how it’s being piloted, as part of Microsoft's AI For Good program, at London’s Heathrow Airport, to prevent illegal wildlife trafficking by inspecting passenger luggage for positive matches. All this is achieved using Azure Custom Vision AI models running locally on Azure Stack Edge. Matt McSpirit, Senior Program Manager for Azure Stack, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how the Azure AI ...

Build a Unified Customer Profile with Customer Insights in Dynamics 365 | Customer Data Platform

August 19, 2020 18:26 - 16 minutes - 71.2 MB Video

Want to build a 360 degree view of your customers? Take a tour of Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to see what it is, how to set it up, and how to get predictive recommended actions with Azure Synapse. Jeremy Chapman is joined by Satish Thomas, Director of Program Management and a leader on Customer Insights. Customer Insights was built to harness a fundamental change that's happening in the world today. Customer data is essentially coming from everywhere: a customer service call, a website ...

Protect users from common remote work attacks | Microsoft Secure Score updates (WFH 2020)

August 18, 2020 18:04 - 16 minutes - 98 MB Video

The security and threat landscape has changed with more of us working from home. Attackers are getting more sophisticated in both luring victims and hiding automated commands. Equally, the protections from your on-premises network perimeter and firewall don't always apply when your users are away from the office, using personal devices, or if you've had to free up capacity on your VPN to avoid saturation. In this episode, we catch up with David Weston, Microsoft Hacker in Chief, once again...

Azure Synapse Anonymized Data Transformation | Southern Company's Practical Use Case

August 18, 2020 17:58 - 7 minutes - 37 MB Video

See how Southern Company, an American gas and electric utility firm, is evaluating Azure Synapse to make it easier to share anonymized data with their analytics partners, and also to strengthen their capabilities to do analytics in-house. Host Jeremy Chapman speaks with Greg Floyd, Enterprise Architect Specialist at Southern Company, to share how Azure Synapse optimizes data transformation without giving away personal information, and simplifies the solution by reducing the number of overlap...

Azure Synapse Predictive Maintenance, Safety, and Efficiency | GE Aviation's Practical Use Case

August 17, 2020 16:59 - 7 minutes - 38.7 MB Video

A practical use case for Predictive Maintenance, Safety, and Efficiency through Microsoft Azure Synapse. Find out how Azure Synapse is part of the next-generation data and analytics platform for global aviation tech company, GE Aviation. Jeremy Chapman speaks with Luke Bowman, Senior Product Manager at GE Aviation’s Digital Group, to discuss how they are evaluating Azure Synapse to drive the development of predictive maintenance analytics at scale to help airlines, as well as to get ahead ...

How to migrate SQL Server databases to Azure

August 17, 2020 16:53 - 13 minutes - 64.7 MB Video

Running SQL Server on-premises and looking to move to Azure? Review your best options for assessment and migration. Bob Ward, SQL Server database expert and engineering lead, joins host Jeremy Chapman to walk through different migration options for moving your SQL Databases into the cloud, and then shows how to perform a migration end-to-end. Whether you need to increase your capacity, take advantage of built-in high availability in disaster recovery, or reduce your operational costs, movi...

Power Platform Admin Center | Unified IT Management Experience

August 11, 2020 19:15 - 11 minutes - 58 MB Video

Find out how Microsoft’s Power Platform admin center provides a unified management experience for IT. Julie Strauss, Principal PM Director for Microsoft Power Platform, joins host Jeremy Chapman to take a look at the controls you have in IT to manage environments, monitor across your tenant, as well as secure data access and more. Power Platform’s low-code environment, such as Power Automate and Power Apps, is becoming more and more prolific among business users and citizen developers, but...

Azure Synapse | Predictive Maintenance at Macaw

August 11, 2020 19:06 - 8 minutes - 45.2 MB Video

A practical use case for performing predictive maintenance through Microsoft Azure Synapse. Join Macaw, Netherlands-based AI and analytics firm, to see how they’re using Azure Synapse to help modernize the residential and commercial water supply in Holland with IoT and proactive analytics. Macaw specializes in modernizing data platforms for customers, and is using Azure Synapse to build analytics on top of nearly closed legacy systems. Host Jeremy Chapman speaks with Henko Kors, Data and A...

Azure Arc | 2020 Updates | Bring Azure services and management to any infrastructure

August 10, 2020 17:23 - 11 minutes - 60.9 MB Video

Check out updates on how you can manage and secure distributed multi-cloud compute resources in Azure using Azure Arc. This extends a unified management plan to your virtual machines and physical servers on-premises, including your SQL Servers wherever they are. Travis Wright, Principal Group Program Manager from the Azure Data Engineering Team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share the latest updates. If you're new to Azure Arc, it simplifies complex and distributed environments across on-pr...

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